The Dayak Shamans of Western Kalimantan Borneo mediate between people and the Makhluk halus or invisible beings. who have their own well-defined roles, live in sky, earth, water other places, with similar needs as humans, relations humans spirits context traditional beliefs are inseparable. Interestingly, these common to both Selako Shamanism Islam. Malay oral tradition has a major influence on...

I The Jewish-Christian debate goes back to the origins of Christianity. Jews are portrayed in the New Testament as questioning both Jesus’ messianic status as well as the claim that he was resurrected from the dead. As adherers to a religion which emerged from Judaism, early Christians found it necessary to write polemical treatises attacking Judaism, probably more for purposes of self-definiti...

A growing literature explores relationships between religion, ecology, and environmental stewardship. In Christian writings, Celtic Christianity has been proposed as exemplary for contemporary Christians seeking harmonious relationships among humanity, God, and nature. The accuracy of descriptions in this recent literature of ecological values perceived in Celtic Christianity requires critical ...

The Emerging Church is one of the more interesting new movements in the religious landscape of the United States today. The Emerging Church has come out of US Evangelicalism, which has found itself in crisis, with a diminishing number of young people remaining in the church and a general popular impression of being intolerant, judgmental, and right-wing. Many in the Emerging Church are attempti...

Does Reformed theology necessarily imply vehement objections to natural theology? Do the Christians need despise at all? This article argues that "the book of nature" will establish historical-theological foundation for appreciating general revelation in creation and affirming theology. In order get argument, it summarize historical overview liber naturae Christianity tradition. Subsequently, E...

this paper intended to analysis the essay of the spirit of christianity and it s fate, one of the hegel’s initial writings, with a view to the issue of love and its role in his thought. in this essay, hegel considered the christian tradition categories, including life and love, in respect to the social and political condition of modern man. this essay has written in frankfurt and in it, in spit...

With more and evidence coming to light of the cultural genocide inflicted by settler Christians upon Indigenous peoples through residential school system, it is hard see how Christian identities can hold together in current Canadian context. Nevertheless, many community within Canada continue call themselves Christian, provide important leadership for church. This phenomenon cannot be properly ...

The article examines the role of monasticism in modern world according to teachings Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew І. Particular attention is paid current social problems today, their relationship with monastic tradition. states that mission becomes not only spiritual, but also social, moral and ecological. Some aspects Orthodox Church's doctrine concerning gender issues possibilities female ...

The article examines one of the most important traditions Samoyedic peoples, which complicates mission Russian Orthodox Church — consumption fresh blood a young deer. This tradition refers to practice sacrifice, so it cannot be fully accepted by as there is canonical prohibition against consuming blood. As result, problem arises that hinders successful among peoples and impedes growth Church. D...

* Ph.D., M.D., Department of Philosophy, Rice University, Professor Emeritus, Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, Texas ABSTRACT: Christian bioethics conflicts with secular morality and its bioethics. From artificial insemination from donors, embryonic stem-cell research, and abortion to passive euthanasia, the commitments of traditional Christian bioethics collide with those of the dominant s...