...THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION by DONALD BROADRIBB With contributions by Marilyn H... ...contributions by Marilyn Holly and Norma Lyons Second Edition Published by the Author York, Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was... ...sm And Jung Christianity 59 Origins How Much Does Historical Truth Matter? Centrality Of Beliefs In Christianity Christian Belief Before The Nicaean C... ...Of Beliefs In Christianity Christian Belief Before The Nicaean Council The Centrality Of Beliefs The Holy Rituals Exclusive Allegiance The Social Base... ...f Islam was also well-known, principally because of the Crusades and other wars past and present. Just what Islam taught and practiced was, however, l... ...ion of God arises within some groups (e.g., Jews, Muslims, Hindus, various African tribes, some varieties of American Indian culture), while other gro... ... leaders, called rabbis, led worship in small local buildings (synagogues) involving neither sacrifices nor priests. The records portray Je- sus as pa... ...League some time to actually desist, mainly for reasons of exhaustion from wars against tribes outside the League, by about AD 1750. (The date of the ... ...not married to each other, or several dozen other feasts, dances, or rites involving participation by the community. Some prophetic dreams, such as th...

...ction. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture which went hand in hand with their social st...