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- John of Patmos is the name given to the author of the Book of Revelation ... John of Patmos is traditionally identified with John the Apostle and ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 17:05, 4 May 2024
- writings about salvation and the nature of the cosmos influenced a number ... Böhme’s ideas about the process of Creation, the primacy of will ...15 KB (2,409 words) - 12:46, 6 November 2021
- painter who was born in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire. Among the celebrated painters of the twentieth century, Chagall is ...14 KB (2,115 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- resorting to mythology. They initiated a new method of explanation known ... The pre-Socratic style of thought is often called natural philosophy ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 22:19, 30 November 2022
- Apostasy is the formal renunciation of one's religion. One who ... in that the latter refers to the corruption of specific religious doctrines ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... rights laws are most often written. Examples of civil rights and liberties ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- teacher. He was the foremost French composer of his generation, and his musical ... a foster-nurse for four years. At the age of nine, he was sent to study ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 07:36, 15 April 2024
- date back about 2500 years with the arrival of Judaism, ... followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Lollardy or Lollardry was the political and religious movement of ... perform those same rites, believing that religious power and authority came ...12 KB (1,874 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- The Seneca Falls Convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York, on July ... times have turned to the founding documents of the United States to meet their ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 09:46, 26 January 2023
- thinker. Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists ... goal. Tormented between a strict religious temperament and his sensual ...19 KB (2,888 words) - 07:47, 6 March 2023
- Canonization is the process of posthumously declaring someone to be ... The practice of Canonization is currently practiced by the Roman Catholic ...17 KB (2,634 words) - 19:27, 25 November 2023
- he wrote to demonstrate the many dimensions of the instrument. Much of his ... in Chingford, Essex (now Greater London), of mixed Indian (Parsi), Spanish ...18 KB (2,515 words) - 22:23, 4 October 2022
- independently in both the official Records of the Grand Historian and unofficial ... China's long history that the concept of ruler's social obligations ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 18:50, 26 November 2022
- longing, or storm and impulse) is the name of a movement in German literature ... to have provided the ideological basis of Sturm und Drang, and Johann ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- The Wyndham New Yorker Hotel is a historic hotel located at 481 Eighth ... and interviews broadcast worldwide from New York by BBC News. This iconic ...16 KB (2,157 words) - 21:59, 14 November 2022
- C.E., best known for his role in the trial of Jesus. His full name was Yosef ... A member of the party of the Sadducees, Caiaphas was the son-in-law ...15 KB (2,468 words) - 18:17, 25 November 2023
- The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of early Christian gnostic ... Corpus Hermeticum and a partial translation of Plato's Republic. The ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:06, 10 November 2022
- Lake Ladoga, located in the northwestern part of Russia, is the largest ... In total, Lake Ladoga covers an area of 6,700 fresh water square miles ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- than revelation—should form the basis of religion. In England and the ... In France, on the other hand, Deism in the person of Voltaire took ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 09:13, 28 January 2024
- The Count of Saint Germain (c. 1710–1784) was a mysterious gentleman ... music, and magic. He had no visible means of support, but no lack of resources ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 08:29, 10 January 2024
- Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia or its émigrés ... Aleksandr Pushkin and culminating in two of the greatest novelists in world ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 02:35, 31 March 2023
- themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. Influenced by the philosophy ... In September, 1874 he was sent to the Jesuit College of Sainte-Barbe ...15 KB (2,277 words) - 16:59, 7 November 2022
- human rights activist, former Prisoner of Zion, Israeli politician and author. As a refusenik and dissident, he became a member of the Moscow Helsinki ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- 573 – August 23, 634) ruled as the first of the Muslim caliphs (632–634). Abu Bakr was a towering figure in the development and early survival ...14 KB (2,336 words) - 06:48, 14 June 2023
- regarded as the “crown” or the “cream” of the Vedas ... philosophy, meditation, and the nature of God; they form the core spiritual ...28 KB (4,159 words) - 13:11, 3 May 2023
- Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, ... with Eastern mysticism. Like many composers of the early twentieth century ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of European classical music. He ... Ives' upbringing was imbued with religious music and he would ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- public figure. He served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations ... While widely recognized as a leading representative of Judaism in ...46 KB (6,319 words) - 07:34, 27 February 2023
- also spelled "Djawa") is an island of Indonesia and the site of its ... Formed mostly as the result of volcanic events, Java is the 12th largest ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- Environmentalism is a perspective that encompasses a broad range of ... Since environmental issues are considered as outcomes of modernity ...21 KB (2,883 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
- theos, god) refers to belief in, or worship of, multiple gods or deities. ... The term "polytheism" is sometimes applied to a wide variety ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper ... racism and the degrading conditions of blacks undermined the recognition ...24 KB (3,479 words) - 18:24, 17 April 2023
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... " (Mark 12:17) fostered the development of separate rival Church and State ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- Yerushalmi, was born August 1, 1932 (29th of Tamuz) – and assassinated ... views, exemplified in his promotion of a theocratic "Greater ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 04:16, 9 November 2022
- most prominent in the first few centuries of the Common Era. It is also ... The origins of gnosticism are not clearly known, but there is general ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- Scientology is a new religious movement based on the writings of L ... The organization presents itself as a fully integrated system of religious ...33 KB (4,873 words) - 17:26, 25 January 2023
- 023.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya]] Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted ...41 KB (6,212 words) - 21:02, 25 November 2023
- nationalist political ideologies or mass movements that are concerned with ... Fascists promote a type of national unity that is usually based on ...43 KB (6,085 words) - 00:42, 25 March 2024
- scientific, and governmental center of the Republic of Croatia. It ... but obeyed the kings and emperors of various neighboring powers ...25 KB (3,575 words) - 05:19, 13 June 2023
- Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. While far from ... laws and commandments to them in the form of the Torah. Jewish practice ...32 KB (4,804 words) - 20:55, 4 October 2022
- and mechanics. He introduced some of the familiar notation still ... Euler was born in Basel to Paul Euler, a pastor of the Reformed Church ...33 KB (4,972 words) - 15:54, 5 July 2023
- also found in almanacs, such as the times of the rising and setting of the ... acts as an important reference point for religious, astronomical, agricultural ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- Neocolonialism is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- American Samoa is an unorganized, incorporated territory of the United ... It is a destination spot of many vacationers due to its seasonally ...18 KB (2,598 words) - 06:47, 25 July 2023
- ::This article is about the traditional culture of Korea. For the ... The traditional culture of Korea has its mythical beginnings 5000 ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- Angkor refers to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the ... and most vibrant Hindu empire outside of India. The Khmer name has become ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- Autonomous Region—a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic ... contact with Muslim merchants. The presence of the Hui ethnic group, with ...15 KB (2,041 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2022
- ("lucky place"), is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan ... Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- a Romanian historian, philosopher, theorist of religion, literary critic, ... His most significant contributions to the study of religion are his ...30 KB (4,475 words) - 18:55, 9 November 2022
- bend in each arm. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates ... Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- Wisconsin, one of the 50 United States of America, is located near ... Bordered by the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois, ...35 KB (5,043 words) - 23:16, 17 May 2023
- The term Indian philosophy may refer to any of several traditions ... All the schools of Indian philosophy are characterized by some common ...22 KB (3,133 words) - 22:02, 4 February 2023
- the Romans as Flavius Theodoricus, was king of the Ostrogoths (471-526), ... ruler of Italy (493–526), and regent of the Visigoths (511–526 ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 18:00, 30 April 2023
- – January 23, 1991), a Canadian, was one of the most distinguished literary ... Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec but raised in Moncton, New Brunswick, Frye ...25 KB (3,694 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- the United States. In 2007, the population of the city proper was estimated ... and the social and geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- quot;) are sacred texts that serve a variety of purposes in the individual ... The scriptures of the world's religions have provided humanity ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- important and controversial English writer of the twentieth century, and ... Although he is now esteemed as one of the most important figures in ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 07:34, 12 January 2024
- twenty to thirty Scouts under guidance of a Scout leader, and subdivided ... fitness through a structured program of outdoor activities. The Scout ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers ... in the seventeenth century as a Christian religious denomination by people ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- The Talmud (Hebrew: תלמוד) is a record of rabbinical discussions ... (c. 200 C.E.), the first written compendium of Judaism's Oral Law; and ...32 KB (4,820 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- Mesoamerican paper, made from the inner bark of certain trees, the main being ... is generally considered the most important of the few that survive. ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- Korea's first religion, the religion of Dangun, the mythical founder ... and Christianity absorbed elements of Shamanism, Buddhism, and Daoism ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- Fasting refers to the act of willingly abstaining from the consumption ... Fasting for religious and spiritual reasons has been a part of human ...36 KB (5,745 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- Mo) is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory ... Many theorists agree that we can distinguish between two senses of ...45 KB (6,401 words) - 05:50, 30 November 2022
- Mother Teresa, in full Saint Teresa of Calcutta, (born Agnesa Gonxha ... Her supporters sometimes referred to her as the "Angel of Mercy ...24 KB (3,633 words) - 20:00, 15 March 2023
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... a strong and vibrant presence, and faces new challenges as Korean society ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- leader who served as the key architect of the October Revolution, and ... Communism's expansion into the rest of the world would be achieved ...42 KB (6,401 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- he is also considered to be the father of the modern Italian language ... Dante is sometimes considered to be the most important poet of the ...23 KB (3,672 words) - 22:11, 25 January 2024
- The political integration of India established a united nation for ... India's leaders faced the prospect of inheriting a nation fragmented ...40 KB (5,861 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird, today ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation ... The core group consisted of the American poets Zukofsky, Williams ...24 KB (3,660 words) - 19:52, 17 November 2022
- The Church Fathers or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential ... Catholic and Orthodox traditions regarding the Fathers of the Church ...21 KB (3,112 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- or other ideological goals. Most definitions of terrorism include only those ... labels to condemn violence or threat of violence by certain actors ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- high governmental posts including Minister of Trade. He made several key ... denounced Stalin's "cult of personality." He helped ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 17:21, 2 December 2022
- Eritrea, officially State of Eritrea, is a country situated in northern ... Remains of one of the oldest known hominids, dated to over one million ...41 KB (6,034 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- from 1981 to 1987. He served as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee ... freedom and opportunity for others. A man of deep religious faith, his beliefs ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- them). His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable ... At the end of 1822, at the age of nine, he was enrolled in the Kreuzschule ...53 KB (8,225 words) - 21:05, 16 April 2023
- The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, commonly referred ... depth and has been subjected to a number of external influences and migrations ...34 KB (4,913 words) - 21:02, 20 July 2023
- (population: 371,767 in 2007; population of urban area is some 1,007,972 ... , named Zurich the city with the best quality of life in the world. ...53 KB (7,882 words) - 06:16, 13 June 2023
- March 2, 1931 - August 30, 2022) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 ... Gorbachev was wildly popular in the West, largely because of the way ...27 KB (3,969 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and ... Gesellen (usually rendered as 'Songs of a Wayfarer', but literally ...43 KB (6,581 words) - 23:49, 26 July 2023
- The Republic of Mozambique, or Mozambique, is a country in southeastern ... destruction wrought by nearly two decades of civil war during the Cold War ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- danse 1874.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An artifact of "high culture": a ... or to honor), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- and Fruma Zachs referred to an obituary of Marrash published in an 1897 ... Most of his works revolve around science, history and religion, analyzed ...35 KB (4,995 words) - 17:16, 29 November 2023
- Childhood (being a child) is a broad term usually applied to the phase ... life or to learn to live for the sake of others. The role of parents ...37 KB (5,556 words) - 01:00, 23 February 2021
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... newly independent nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- in the early twentieth-century philosophies of William James and John Dewey ... Upon the rise of analytic philosophy after World War II, the classical ...38 KB (5,567 words) - 22:10, 30 November 2022
- London, situated in south-eastern England at the head of the River ... London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- 1844 – August 25, 1900) is known as one of the main representatives of ... If a philosopher is to be a pioneer of thought, trying to open up ...52 KB (7,901 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- naturalist who achieved fame as originator of the theory of evolution through ... Considered the "father of evolutionary theory," Darwin made ...55 KB (8,376 words) - 23:18, 22 January 2023
- بهاء الله : meaning "Glory of God") (November 12, 1817 ... Bahá'u'lláh authored many religious works, most notably ...32 KB (5,101 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- ) is the most influential sub-school of the Vedānta (Sanskrit for ... . Advaita is often called a monistic system of thought. The word ...32 KB (4,839 words) - 06:20, 15 June 2023
- Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate ... Though land-linked, the habitable peninsula of Mount Athos is accessible ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 17:04, 10 November 2022
- to describe a group whose values and norms of behavior run counter to those ... Some promote change that serves the interest of a small, vocal minority; some ...27 KB (4,003 words) - 08:31, 10 January 2024
- denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent living on Sakhalin ... The Sakhalin Koreans experienced slaughter at the hands of the Russians ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named ... There were about 1.5 million Mennonites worldwide as of 2006. Mennonite ...44 KB (6,423 words) - 10:32, 10 March 2023
- about 31 miles (50 km) south-south-west of Tokyo (to which it is linked ... Kamakura remained a religious destination for pilgrimages because ...27 KB (3,754 words) - 07:04, 28 February 2023
- Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of ... Muslim majority countries have produced more than seven heads of state ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
