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... Index, he thought, would be a great help to all students of the Sacred Books of tile East, and of the greatest value for the study of the history of religions....

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...ANASI PATNA CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE • Vll INTRODUCTORY NOTE Xl LIST OF RELIGIONS REPRESENTED IN THE S. B. E. XV LIST OF" THE TRANSLATORS XV KEY ... ... the East include all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions that have 'exercised a profound influence on the civilization of... ...und influence on the civilization of the continent of Asia. Of the Indian religions the Vedic-Brah­ manic system here claims twenty-one volumes, Budd... ... Muller for the first time placed the historical and comparative study of religions on a solid foundation. But with that large view of the aims and ... ...er. The volume, in fact, constitutes a handbook for the study of Oriental religions as far as represented by the Sacred Books of the East. By saving... ...ike any other Index, but must resemble a Manual of the History of Eastern Religions. For it would have been of little use to collect, under such hea... ...es of trans­ lations from seven different languages, belonging to as many religions, had to grapple with peculiar difficulties. He had not only to m... ...t only to make himself acquainted with the terminologies of the different religions represented in the Sacred Books of the East but also to take int... ...m for this volume the title of a sort of Manual of the History of Eastern Religions, I hope I may not be misunderstood. Many books on the History an...

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...rd "Urantia" as the name of the planet Earth and state that their intent is to "present enlarged concepts and advanced truth." The book aims to unite religion, science and philosophy, and its enormous amount of material about science is unique among literature claimed to be presented by higher intelligences. Among other topics, the book discusses the origin and meaning of ...

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...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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...n future, we were be able to identify the chosen one and eliminate only it? In many religions (Catholicism) contraception is murder. In Judaism, mas... ...y say "I am an Israeli". Affiliation - to a community, fraternity, nation, state, religion, or team - is really a positive statement of self- defin... ...of "laissez faire, laissez passer" - the hands-off battle cry. Theirs was a natural religion. The market, as an agglomeration of individuals, they ... ...dern Physics is converging with Philosophy (possibly with the philosophical side of Religion as well) and the convergence is precisely where concept... ...se in the sense that we are subject to the same discipline and adhere to the same "religion". We are an inevitable result - not a chance happening.... ... Judaism is founded on shared biology as much as shared history and customs. As a religion, it proscribes a conjugal union with non-Jews. Jews are... ...or restriction on joining the collective that is known as the Jewish people or the religion that is Judaism. It is true that some Jews are differen... ...rs. Bound by a common history, a common set of languages, a common ethos, a common religion, common defenses and ubiquitous enemies - Jews learned ... ...the "old ways" - against the hegemonic culture, the upper classes, the established religions, the superpowers, the European order. The Nazis borrow...

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...I find that one of the missionaries of the Protestant sect, who accounts himself among the learned men of the twentieth century, a helper of the pure religion of Christ and one of the civilized and cultured occidentals, by name, Peter Z. Easton, has been so provoked by jealousy at the universal spread of the heavenly word of His Holiness Abdul-Baha throughout vast expanses...

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...s all the nations of the universe, shall be in the bosom of the church, full of religion, of piety, and that holy fear of God which is the proper ch... ...ins to convert the Jews into Gentiles and make them renounce their God and their religion; they might adore the gods of wood and stone, which the oth... ..., for all was full of continual wars, inquietude, and disturbance; and the true religion having triumphed over so many and grievous oppositions, the ... ...ality of his epistle, but because it spoke of Jesus Christ and of the Christian religion. And is it to be believed that St. Peter would fear on this... ... be some purely spiritual kingdom? May it not peradventure be the tabernacle of religion, or the seat of the high priest? Certainly not. The high pr... ...shed with iniquity;” consequently without faith, without righteousness, without religion, and in the highest disorder and most lamentable carelessnes... ...c. and likewise because that princess renounced her idols and embraced the true religion. But both reasons appear to me false and improbable. False;... ...idonians, Hittites, &c. d id likewise renounce their idols and embrace the true religion, notwithstanding that this most sensual king did for all an... ...g converted to Christ, there shall reign universally upon it one uniform faith, religion, righteousness, concord, and peace: “every one under his ow...

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...on nature lays, It would not lack supply of excellence. But ye perversely to religion strain Him, who was born to gird on him the sword, And of the fl... ...ention he to Innocent Set forth, and from him first receiv’d the seal On his religion. Then, when numerous flock’d The tribe of lowly ones, that trac’...

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...er the Christian faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it. In it, Chesterton presents an original view of the Christian religion. He sees it as the answer to natural human needs, the answer to a riddle in his own words, and not simply as an arbitrary truth received from somewhere outside the boundaries of human experience....

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