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- The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Churches in full communion ... The Eastern Catholic Churches were located historically in Eastern ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- Incense has been used since antiquity in different parts of the world ... Incense is available in various forms and degrees of processing. Depending ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote ... Huston Cummings Smith was born in Suzhou, China on May 31, 1919, to ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- is a temporary and substantial increase in the number of cases beyond ... plague that killed 20 million Europeans in six years (a quarter of the ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- 250px|The effigial monument to John Gower in Southwark Cathedral, Surrey]] space or burial chamber. The term is used in a broad sense to encompass ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- diabolos, which means "accuser." In Christianity, God and the Devil ... God whose job is to test humankind. However, in the Jewish apocrypha and rabbinical ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ... powers. Macao has many similarities with Goa in India. The presence of Portuguese ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- Greeks and Romans, who explored and settled in North Africa. Fifteenth century ... but also of courage and determination in the face of geographical and ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- religious movement that emerged in Qadian, a small village in ... Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam). These groups vary in their specific interpretations ...36 KB (5,381 words) - 06:53, 16 June 2023
- consider apostasy to be a serious sin. In some religions, an apostate ... Apostasy is distinguished from heresy in that the latter refers to ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy in order to dedicate himself to ... (Eremitic Monasticism) while others live in a community with like-minded ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- by humans and have had an important role in human life for thousands of ... chambered stomach, which plays a vital role in digesting, regurgitating, and ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- is an iconographic representation of God in Hinduism, which depicts divinity ... This Trimurti concept is a tenet most strongly held in Hindu denomination ...22 KB (3,588 words) - 17:21, 2 May 2023
- Pentecostalism is a movement within Evangelical Christianity that ... the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 07:23, 23 November 2022
- ; also known as a nimbus, glory, or gloriole) is a ring of light used ... The use of halos in art has been found in diverse religious traditions ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- tenth century B.C.E.), who is commonly known in the West as Zoroaster. Zoroastrians ... was the first religion to believe in angels, a day of judgment, ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- philosopher, and politician, whose poetry in Persian and Urdu is regarded ... After studying in England and Germany, Iqbal established a law practice ...34 KB (5,166 words) - 17:56, 10 November 2022
- history, although each remains controversial in certain sects of modern society. ... isolation, have begun to find their place in the world. In fact, it may ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- , Hindi: अहमदाबाद Ahmadābād), the largest city in ... Founded in 1411, the city served as the capital of the Sultanate of ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- a popular work, as it has survived in numerous manuscripts in several ... #039; miraculous evangelistic adventures in India, where he traveled after ...27 KB (4,575 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- astrologer-priests who once lived in the Persian Empire. Today ... have expressed ability, which is also seen in Attic Greek mekhos (cf. mechanics ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- principles of its faith, usually resulting in a denouncement of alternative ... Historically, the term "fundamentalism" was first used in ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- century B.C.E.. The vast majority are found in South India, written on plates ... evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in detail the first wide expansion ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- but was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. Of the 237 ... of the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, which led to the discovery ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 ... of the faith founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century. There ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- day. He is regarded as a founding figure in post-colonial theory. ... a follower of Post-structuralist theory, and in particular his own thought ...19 KB (2,870 words) - 23:50, 12 February 2024
- ) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the northwest ... marine life also displays great diversity. In and around Socotra 253 species ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- was an Indian spiritual teacher. He lived in India and in other countries ... (चन्द्र मोहन जैन) in Kuchwada, a small village in ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 03:34, 1 October 2023
- or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in ... please, versus the state's interest in maintaining order by imposing ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ... |right|250px|Polygyny, the marriagemarital practice in which a man ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- or creed officially endorsed by the state. In some countries more than one ... political culture and the level of tolerance in that country. Some countries ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- brush and weed control, and as symbols in religion, folklore, and mythology ... Goats naturally live in rugged mountain or desert habitats. They are ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- by the other religion(s). People involved in dialogue are rarely oriented ... of unprecedented global interaction in the modern age, which has provided ...33 KB (5,242 words) - 16:49, 26 February 2022
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... centers of Jewish diasporan culture emerged in such places as Alexandria, ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- and Limpopo rivers of Southern Africa in the modern states of Zimbabwe ... and Traditional Evidence, History in Africa 3(1976): 1-17. The Mutapa ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 23:43, 21 October 2023
- ) refers to India's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth ... culture. Portuguese merchants first landed in Goa in the fifteenth century ...39 KB (5,868 words) - 08:05, 24 January 2023
- writer of children's literature in nineteenth-century Britain ... married Captain Henry Sherwood and moved to India, she converted to evangelical ...47 KB (7,022 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- of extraordinary vision, giving his support in 1943 to the pioneering notion ... Bell was born in Hayling Island, Hampshire, where his father was a ...18 KB (2,871 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- Hindu spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant ... practice of Yoga became increasingly popular in the West. The Yoga taught in ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- Moghul Empire from the time of his accession in 1556 until 1605. He is considered ... his policies clearly had pragmatic benefits in attracting the loyalty of non ...23 KB (3,546 words) - 07:14, 16 June 2023
- six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to Macau's return ... Portugal was Spain's junior partner in the Iberian Union. Although ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- was founded by the Mongol leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim ... Jahan, Jehangir's son, became emperor in October 1627, the empire was ...31 KB (4,705 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- Yat-sen, was one of the most prominent women in modern China and the wife of ... In September, 1949, when the Communists founded the People’s Republic ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- of freedom of conscience was not recognized in what was an age when both Church ... Two quaestores paricidii (Inquisitors of Parricide) were appointed ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- Lydda, is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- Virginity is a term used to describe the state of never having engaged ... experiences has been held as the standard in most cultures. The world's ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- The term polygamy (literally many marriages in late Greek) is used ... and world levels is not to be found in polygamy, but rather in individuals ...37 KB (5,815 words) - 17:42, 30 November 2023
- and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious ... Smart became widely known outside the academy, at least in Britain ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- as Bombay, is the the most populous city in India and capital of the state ... Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- and his support for King Charles I resulted in his beheading in the middle ... become more tolerant of the notion of unity in diversity, which has been described ...19 KB (2,977 words) - 11:10, 10 May 2023
- and arché meaning rule) refers to a society in which male members predominate ... around the world, and at different times in history, have attempted to ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- the late twentieth century, when many jobs in both industrial and information ... In recent years, many societies have recognized same sex marriages ...24 KB (3,629 words) - 06:41, 18 April 2024
- its metropolitan area, is the largest city in Bangladesh and one of the most ... Under Mughal rule in the seventeenth century, the city was also known ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- Aleppo (Arabic Halab) is a city in northern Syria, the second largest ... Originating in the early second millennium B.C.E., Aleppo competes ...14 KB (2,080 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- typically is the major health care facility in its region, with many beds ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ... the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, and India on the northwest, with the ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- , IPA: [kəɾˈnɑːʈəkɑː]), a state in the southern part of India ... or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India, comprises ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- traces its roots back to the arrival of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ... its roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- many South Slavic elements. The first work in colloquial Russian, the autobiography ... the poet Aleksandr Pushkin and culminating in two of the greatest novelists ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 02:35, 31 March 2023
- matriarchy and his work on the role of women in ancient societies. His work ... Johann Jakob Bachofen was born on December 22, 1815 in Basel, Switzerland ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... The word blasphemy is derived from the Middle English blasfemen, which ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- the map and not strictly defined as to where in the shifting desert sands it ... be due to its having been a country divided in two for the better part of ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... laborers from the Dutch East Indies and India, as well as China and the ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which reaffirmed the ... quot; churches with direct roots in the Protestant reformers, the ...23 KB (3,274 words) - 08:17, 2 December 2022
- temporarily disrupted by the Crimean War. In fact, Britain was at war every ... increasingly liberal with a number of shifts in the direction of gradual political ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- , Urdu: لدّاخ; "land of high passes") is a province ... Situated on a high altitude plain, Ladakh became the midway point ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe ... At first, Prester John was imagined to be in India, with tales of ...29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity ... Religion in Korea has a multi-faceted character. Shamanism, a tribal ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- the Julian calendar. It is also celebrated in other cultures, such as the ... displays of fireworks at midnight, welcoming in the New Year. In contemporary ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- martyr together with 11,000 other virgins in Cologne, Germany around 383 ... course and massacred by the Huns and Picts in northern Germany, but not in ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- He conducted significant field research in Melanesia, Ceylon (now Sri ... Seligman's work in the Sudan, conducted together with his wife ...11 KB (1,543 words) - 19:06, 4 December 2023
- Christianity in China (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào, or Christ religion ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- The People's Republic of Bangladesh lies in a corner of South ... Bangladesh's rank among the most densely populated countries ...30 KB (4,435 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946, for his work in establishing ... In 1910, Mott, an American Methodist layperson, presided at the Edinburgh ...11 KB (1,626 words) - 03:51, 3 May 2024
- Ethical Culture is a nontheistic religion established by Felix Adler ... In adhering to its social and moral imperatives, the Ethical Culture ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- prayers she said she received from Christ in revelation, which also spread ... Bridget lived in the time of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) with ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- . Solomon's case is one of the few in the Bible where the name given ... According to the Bible, Solomon was the builder of the first Temple ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
- Lama, and as such, is often referred to in Western media simply as the ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- In everyday life, the optimist and pessimist types may seem fairly ... Pessimism and optimism in matters of opinion are even more complex ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 00:57, 18 November 2022
- Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth ... Like Mother's Day, Father's Day was initially celebrated ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 12:56, 21 January 2023
- medical practitioners, and dietitians. In some countries, including the ... groups and communities, sick or well, and in all settings. Nursing includes ...27 KB (3,663 words) - 10:11, 11 March 2023
- , or lawlessness (Greek: ανομια), in theology, is the idea that ... one hand, religious rules/laws have been set in motion for the purpose of helping ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 06:34, 31 July 2023
- texts that serve a variety of purposes in the individual and collective ... Around the world, scriptures are held in the highest regard and often ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... 6 can be traced back to the Brahmins of India, who wrote it in one stroke ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- down, derived from custom or implied. In the United States and most ... is to understand what the rights are in "civil rights." ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. Its status as capital ... the nation gained independence from Britain in 1948, and several decades of ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- object is different from other art in that it is also tactile and ... used to create sculpture are unparalleled in the art world. ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- Service Order (DSO) and two bars, Mentioned-in-Despatches (MID) (February ... some moral issues that remain of concern in situations involving unconventional ...43 KB (6,762 words) - 01:10, 18 November 2022
- universal themes, and roles of religion in society. There is particular ... writing extensively on the role of religion in society. Today, sociologists ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ... some of the greatest contributions of India to the art world. The music ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- and social thinker from British India, commonly referred to as ... Yuga, or "Scholar Era" – a time in which Gujarati writers explored ...44 KB (6,296 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... are various islands and archipelagos located in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- their teachings, which were most prominent in the first few centuries of ... of the teachings must have arisen somewhere in what is today known as the ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- a society. Thus, civilization is expressed in physical attributes, such as ... as a racial or ethnic group, a nation, or in the age of globalization, by ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- Wonhyo (元曉, 원효; "Genngyo" in Japanese) (617 – ... Unified Silla, Wonhyo played a vital role in the reception and assimilation ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- One," refers to the belief in a religious (and often political ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- of other nations that are not its colonies. In various forms, imperialism ... saw themselves as instruments for good in the world, even though their ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- quot;) is an institution of great importance in Tibetan Buddhism, whose incumbent ... In addition to his supreme religious and temporal authority, the Dalai ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- to the disposal of a human corpse by burning in a crematorium furnace or crematory ... reasoning may include the shortage of land in urban areas. ...24 KB (3,818 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
