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2 days ago · Allāt, al-'Uzzā and Manāt were three goddesses worshipped by the Meccans. Discerning the meaning of "gharāniq" is difficult, as it is a hapax legomenon (i.e. used only once in the text). Commentators wrote that it meant the cranes.
2 days ago · Zarathushtra Spitama, [ c ] more commonly known as Zoroaster[ d ] or Zarathustra, [ e ] was an Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism.
5 days ago · As we consider what changing forms of sacred space mean for the modern era, looking for a revitalization of spirituality through architecture alone risks a repeat of an error made in the last...
1 day ago · Gnostics borrowed significant ideas and terms from Platonism, [47] using Greek philosophical concepts throughout their text, including such concepts as hypostasis (reality, existence), ousia (essence, substance, being), and demiurge (creator God).
4 days ago · “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
5 days ago · Indigenous religions exist generally within holistic cultures, in which every object and act may have religious meaning. Art, music, religion, and social behavior within such cultures can be so inseparable that it is hard to say what is distinctly religious and what is not.
3 days ago · The Chinese are extremely focused on their lineage and bloodline where literal translation of the word “religion” in Chinese is zongjia, meaning “lineage teaching” (Sumegi, 2013). All people of the same bloodline are very closely interconnected and must be provided with proper cremation services for the salvation of the soul and as part of respect for the dead.
