exclusivism is among the matters of dispute among the theologians and advocates of religions, which has since long ago been of interest to the christian theologians and emphasized by them and now is facing various challenges. in this writing, only their out-religious reasons, such as referring other religions to christianity, the resurrection of jesus and similar issues are presented from major...

The sacred texts of five world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism) use similar belief systems to set limits on sexual behavior. We propose that this similarity is a shared cultural solution to a biological problem: namely male uncertainty over the paternity of offspring. Furthermore, we propose the hypothesis that religious practices that more strongly regulate fema...

In changing and uncertain times, humanity looks toward spirituality for tranquility and peace. Historically angels have been at the forefront of bringing comfort and understanding from God. The Greek word angelos means messenger and is the origin of the modern English word angel. In monotheist–the worship of one Godreligions, angels are often mentioned in stories as being intermediaries between...

one of the important theological issues in many religions - and most importantly in abrahamic religions - is ‘angelology’, especially the recognition of ‘archangels.’ this study focuses on one of the angels called ‘raphael’ and compares his significance and duties in the three religions: judaism, christianity and islam. in addition, it is examined whether raphael equals the islamic angel ‘israf...

The purpose of the present paper is a sociological analysis on the attitude of the Islamic religions approximation. It is an attempt to answer the question what the attitude of students is to the Islamic religions approximation. According to the theory which tends to Tzyshh and Krvmka, three conceptual elements, evaluative and action elements have been analyzed, and in terms of population, the ...

similarities and differences of interdiction in khamseh religions   fatemeh hosseinpour mogaddami [1] eivazi (ph.d.) [2] abstract interdiction and its application is one of the important subjects from judicial, legal and also social aspects. interdiction means prohibition of financial possessions and the interdictor is the person who is prohibited from possession of his properties. the reasons ...

Since the beginning of his mandate, Pope Francis has used the concept of periphery as a metaphor of social marginality. However, the notion of periphery also seems to target the asymmetries generated by the liberal version of globalization. Pope Francis’ narrative has to be read in the broader context of the relation between religions and globalization. That interaction is usually conceptualize...

Between 500 BCE and 300 BCE, religions worldwide underwent a dramatic shift, emphasizing morality and asceticism for the first time. A new study suggests that the emergence of this new type of religion can be explained by increases in prosperity.

Abstract Background The relation between religiousness and prejudice has been the topic of a large research literature, yet this was so far mostly limited to Western societies with Christian heritage. Purpose This study sought compare religiousness–prejudice relationship adherents monotheistic non-monotheistic religions. Focusing on inter-religious we examined whether theological exclusivism mo...