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- her schooling, took her vows to the order in 1936. She taught school for ... her death, and often involved the children in the convent school where she ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- Robert Morrison (born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth ... Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the New Testament in 1813 ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- Jesus. He is mentioned as the sixth apostle in the three Synoptic Gospels ... as a disciple other than what is related in the Gospel of John concerning ...11 KB (1,622 words) - 19:13, 22 December 2022
- Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful ... Commissioned by King Manuel I of Portugal to find Christian lands ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- Portuguese India ( Índia Portuguesa of Portugal's colonial holdings in India. At the time of British ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- IAST Ayodhyā), an ancient city of India, holds a cherished place ... (320 to 550 C.E.), Hinduism again ascended in Ayodhya, entering a golden ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 07:27, 23 August 2023
- In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- her modest lifestyle and unwavering faith in her religion. She traveled ... Christianity has had difficulty coping with racial diversity, and ...7 KB (1,128 words) - 02:38, 24 July 2023
- Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 - 1929), born in Patiala State, India, became ... * Christianity in India * Saint Thomas Christians * History of Christianity ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- William Wilberforce (August 1759 - July 1833) was born in the great ... to overcome the many setbacks and defeats. In 1807, Parliament finally passed ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- portrays the courage of Japanese Christians in the seventeenth century and ... Many of Endo’s protagonists are weak and had failed in some important ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 18:33, 13 February 2024
- Jesus alive, Thomas professed his faith in Jesus, exclaiming "My ... said to have taken it eastwards as far as India. The churches of Malankara ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431 C.E. The christological ... Nestorianism originated in the fifth century out of an attempt to ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- Roman trade with India started around the beginning of the Common ... coastal voyage, helped enhance trade between India and Rome. ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- 326 B.C.E. when Alexander the Great invaded India. He ruled an area of what ... no place for privilege of birth or of wealth in his system. There is little ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian Ocean. After gaining ... Alfonso de Albuquerque was born in Alhandra in the year of 1453, near ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- A quarterly journal, Athenäum, founded in 1798 by Freidrich von Schlegel ... der Indier (On the Language and Wisdom of India, 1808) was a pioneering work ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- or Axum), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- 1936 he was a Church of Scotland missionary in India, where he was consecrated ... Despite roots in a non-Episcopal tradition, he became convinced that ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- of hand. The practice occurs most commonly in India, though other Asian nations ... evil, even the devil or Satan. The snake, in the great monotheistic traditions ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 21:41, 30 January 2023
- most fundamental virtues universally found in diverse cultures throughout ... In Confucian thought, filial piety ( c=孝|p=Xiào ) is one of the ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 22:58, 1 May 2021
- Religion plays a major role in life in Indonesia, which has the largest ... History-and-Legal-Position-of-Confucianism-in-Post-Independence-Indonesia ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- and the Sikh Empire. His Samadhi is located in Lahore, Pakistan. For almost ... Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a Sikh born in 1780 in Gujranwala in modern ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- Authority (Latin auctoritas, used in Roman law as opposed to potestas ... authority has been a subject of research in a variety of empirical settings; ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
- an Indian yogi and guru. He was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation ... of Jesus teachings to Western Christianity. His understanding of ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- essayist. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made ... who had a profound understanding of Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- Sir William Muir, KCSI (April 27, 1819 – July 11, 1905) was born ... His writing on Islam pioneered, in the English-speaking world, use ...26 KB (3,916 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- works of Lucretius and Giordano Bruno, and in 1696 published Christianity ... the first to use the term “pantheism” in 1705 in the title of his work ...15 KB (2,286 words) - 07:58, 3 August 2022
- their lack of empirical content. Inductivist in his method, Jones' work ... maps of the area developed during the survey in preparation for the Act had ...8 KB (1,180 words) - 01:42, 14 December 2022
- kingdom on the earth, a utopian society in which wealth would be spread ... Richard Henry Tawney was born on November 30, 1880, in Calcutta, India ...14 KB (1,999 words) - 01:48, 14 December 2022
- of Dravidian speakers live mainly in southern India, most notably ... Still others argue that Dravidian held sway in a much larger region, replacing ...24 KB (3,241 words) - 17:33, 30 January 2024
- Islam in India constitutes the second-most practiced religion after ... Islam in India has had a fascinating, and powerful impact. Indeed ...25 KB (3,703 words) - 06:10, 8 March 2024
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and the conflict over ... continued to be called "Nestorian" in the West, to distinguish it ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- an eminent theologian and religious scholar in the German Protestant tradition ... Born in Peine (near Hanover), Rufolf Otto attended the Gymnasium Adreanum ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- and Muslim thinkers; his impact is evident in the theology of St. Augustine ... was sixty-six years old when he died in 270 c.e., the second year of ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:05, 24 November 2022
- religion of Iranian origin, founded in the third century C.E. by the ... struggle between the forces of good and evil in the universe. It is also an ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- groups that constitute traditional societies in certain regions of the world ... similar structures. While most are no longer in force, one common attribute ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 14:24, 29 November 2023
- or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers ... . This is the opposite of the term Occident. In terms of the Old World, Europe ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- the social gospel movement, especially in the USA although his ideas ... Rauschenbusch was born in Rochester, New York. His father, Augustus ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- a tribal group of approximately 60,000 in Ziro in the Apatani plateau ... striving to protect their traditional ways in the face of modernization. ...11 KB (1,672 words) - 05:57, 11 August 2023
- Anglicanism has its roots in the Celtic Christianity of the earliest ... Anglicanism today operates flexibly and autonomously in many nations ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 05:52, 28 July 2023
- original intent sas to help with expenses in the creation of the new family ... Today, the practice has decreased in developed countries and urban ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- priest and missionary who introduced Christianity and Western ideas to the ... In 1601, Ricci became the first foreigner from the West to enter the ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- observed by several faiths including Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism. Within ... The religious act of foot-washing is also practiced in Islam and Sikhism ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- , or the 'Emperor's Mosque', in 1673 in Lahore, Pakistan. The ... The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, completed in 1673, had been designed ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- various religious traditions that originated in India, and now are practiced ... caste. Throughout his life, a person remains in the same caste into which he ...19 KB (2,973 words) - 13:22, 22 January 2024
- the dualistic ethos that spawned these terms in the first place. ... In this new understanding, pagan traditions are defined by the absence ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- . Many believe him one of the earliest Marxists in India. ... Born to a family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary ...28 KB (4,246 words) - 03:31, 1 October 2023
- of the countries south of China, east of India and north of Australia. South ... the north. Austronesian peoples predominate in the maritime region; taken ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- the Baptist Missionary Society. His interest in mission was stimulated by reading ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- quot; of the organization. As a lay preacher in her own right, she helped to ... She was born Catherine Mumford in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 16:14, 3 December 2023
- southward. Thus the rounding of the cape in 1488 was considered a significant ... In 1488, navigator Bartholomew Dias named the Peninsula "Cabo ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- and government, but he also wrote much in the field of economics. His ... While the twentieth century in many ways proved him correct, stronger ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- In religious discourse, Inclusivism designates a particular theological ... All religions provide a sense of community to their followers, in ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- In Hinduism, Balarama (Devanagri: बलराम) is listed in the ... Reverence of Balarama is especially popular in South India as well as in the ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 05:51, 26 August 2023
- the blessings associated with such a state. In its more extreme form, religious ... Exclusivism is most prevalent in Abrahamic religions. In Jewish tradition ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... own coins by the third century, converting in the fourth century to Christianity ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- sinned could receive absolution. Early Christianity abandoned this practice ... absolution, especially for monks and nuns. In Hinduism an act or rite of ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- Müller's use of comparative linguistics in his research methodology ... He was born in Dessau, the son of the Romantic poet Wilhelm Müller ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- (1110 - May 1, 1171) was a King of Leinster in Ireland. Ousted as King of ... may have unfolded differently. Celtic Christianity might have continued to ...16 KB (2,466 words) - 01:09, 2 July 2020
- Annie Wood Besant (October 1, 1847 – September 20, 1933) was born ... M. K. Gandhi said that she woke India from a deep sleep and that he ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... The first attempt by Jesuits to reach China was made in 1552 by Saint ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- Islamic Party), a political Islamic party in Pakistan. Abul A’la was born ... AH). Maududi’s father, Ahmad Hasan, born in 1855 C.E., a lawyer by profession ...26 KB (4,137 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- ]); formerly known as Cochin), a city in the Indian state of Kerala ... *Christianity in India *India *Kerala *Portuguese Empire ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- 1583 – August 28, 1645) worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid ... very nature, natural laws were authoritative in themselves, with or without ...25 KB (3,772 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his Passion ... The holiday is celebrated with processions in which Christians carry ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- , a hill station (a hill town) nestled in the Shiwalik Hills (or Lower ... attracts students from all over North East India, West Bengal, Bhutan, Nepal ...23 KB (3,374 words) - 17:14, 14 May 2024
- a codex is a book made of bound sheets; in a codex, one can directly turn ... publishing method, it is still used today in order to indicate historicity ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- and Pakistan, as well as large parts of India, Mesopotamia, and Caucasus ... In the sixteenth century, Timurid prince Babur, the ruler of Ferghana ...22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- In Christianity, an Apostle (Greek: Ἀπόστολος apostolos: ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...30 KB (4,741 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- to a Jewish movement within contemporary Christianity. Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- The folklore of India comprises the folklore of the nation of India ... The folklore of India is distinguished from classical Sanskrit literary ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- to a sacred geometric device commonly used in the religious practice of Hinduism ... the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises." ...23 KB (3,394 words) - 16:47, 24 October 2023
- constraints bring them greater freedom in various areas of their lives ... and hermits, who withdraw from the world in order to live an ascetic life; ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- or bodies, which are said to be manifested in different ways: 1) the nirmanakaya ... conflicting teachings about the Buddha found in Buddhist texts. As with earlier ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 16:53, 2 May 2023
- ; "orthodox") are technical terms used in Indian philosophy ... the criterion of both orthodoxy and heresy in Hinduism is not based on the ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- not being fulfilled by mainstream churches in Victorian England. A large ... Booth was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, England, the only son of four ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 15:41, 6 May 2023
- woodcut. The original was published in Paris in 1888. Pantheism states ... The term panentheism (meaning "all-in-God") was coined by ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- modern education for the Muslim community in India by founding the Muhammedan ... working as a jurist for the British East India Company. Personally affected ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- 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
- and established himself as a leading figure in the scientific revolution. ... existence of God and maintained a firm faith in Christianity. For him, nature ...20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- defeat and murder of Charles George Gordon in the Sudan. He served with distinction ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
- beliefs and practices are typically defined in light of a shared canonical ... In this context, religious thought and practice are aimed at delineating ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- is a predominantly Buddhist island nation in South Asia, located 18 miles ... Portugal and the Dutch, the British gained control in 1796. ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- origin. It was Ahura Mazda (or Ormazd, in its shortened Pahlavi transliteration ... akin to the conceptualization of God in the Abrahamic traditions. At ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 16:30, 30 December 2021
- of a religious ritual. It has been practiced in many cultures throughout much ... animal sacrifice and of religious sacrifice in general, human victims were ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- that everything is material (materialism), in order to eliminate the dichotomy ... prevented it from being accepted especially in the mainstream culture and ...36 KB (5,370 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found in shrines, temples, churches ... Altars continue to be used in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and ...49 KB (7,532 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2024
- colonies or administrative dependencies in which indigenous populations ... continue to impact the lives of many people in the world today, informing ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwest Indian Ocean ... In addition to the island of Mauritius, the republic includes the ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- for humanity's search for meaning in the modern world. for nature, Merton recognized commonalities in the contemplative traditions ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- Chakra (Sanskrit: meaning circle or wheel) is a widely used concept ... Another use of the term "chakra" is found in classical Indian ...24 KB (3,564 words) - 17:25, 30 September 2021
- The phrase Son of God is a title that was applied to different figures ... Many figures in the ancient world used the phrase "Son of God ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- to the creation of a Jewish homeland in Israel. The letter stated the ... the rights of other people resident in Palestine—that is, of the ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- 1948) was one of the most important leaders in the fight for freedom in India ... As a member of a privileged and wealthy family, he studied law in ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- left|First arrival of the Roma outside Berne in the fifteenth century, described ... ethnic group who live primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe ...37 KB (5,594 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... In the beginning, various groups in India wrote eight more or less ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- is a worldwide religious tradition rooted in Indian culture and based on ... It is an English term, probably first used in the 1829 Oxford English Dictionary ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- Award and Tony Award-winning English actor. In his acting, he gave a new life ... Shy in private, he played roles that dominated the stage and screen ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- Paul F. Knitter, Zen Buddhism: A History (India and China) (World Wisdom ... techniques have become increasingly common in secular Western culture, where ...38 KB (5,451 words) - 00:07, 13 July 2021
- as a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem. Christian churches ... Mary is the most prominent female figure in Christianity and is considered ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting ... feast day, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. Ascension ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles. Separated ... Aruba seceded in 1986 as a separate country within the Kingdom of ...29 KB (4,221 words) - 04:34, 11 March 2023
- Monasteries may vary greatly in size from a small dwelling accommodating ... The life within the walls of a monastery may be supported in several ...53 KB (8,288 words) - 19:55, 9 November 2022
- existed as a South Indian empire based in the Deccan. Established in ... The empire's legacy includes many monuments spread over South ...55 KB (7,789 words) - 20:20, 3 May 2023
- Christmas in the West is traditionally observed on December 25, or ... many Christmas traditions have their origins in pagan winter celebrations. ...30 KB (4,439 words) - 14:09, 7 May 2024
- Circumcision predates recorded human history, with depictions in stone ... Male circumcision is a religious commandment in Judaism, expected ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- [[File:Om symbol.svg.png|thumb|right|250px|Om/Aum in Devanagari script]] , also rendered Om, is the most sacred sound in Hinduism, symbolizing the infinite ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 07:07, 13 June 2023
- Reincarnation (from Latin meaning "to be made flesh again" ... The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam generally ...49 KB (7,494 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India ... A. Mathias Mundadan. History of Christianity in India, vol. 1, (Bangalore ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- Christopher Columbus, commonly rendered in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón ... Age of Exploration, following advances in ship design and navigational ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean 22 miles (35 km) off the coast ... is also associated with the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. Pemba Island is ...19 KB (2,660 words) - 05:43, 13 June 2023
- A Boy Scout is a boy, usually a teenager, participating in the worldwide ... Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts as an organization in 1908 ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- This article is about the Australian territory in the Indian Ocean ... is a small territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean, 1645 miles ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- E. – June 10, 323 B.C.E.), commonly known in the West as Alexander the Great ... Alexander is known in Middle Persian literature as Alexander the Cursed ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its components ... or physical fortitude, to participating in humiliating, dangerous, or ...23 KB (3,352 words) - 20:51, 17 June 2022
- practiced today by the Parsi community of India. authentic historical figure, but the period in which he lived remains unclear ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- Liberation theology is a Christian school of theology that developed ... Liberation theology has had an impact. It helped many of the poor ...31 KB (4,535 words) - 22:27, 25 October 2022
- aesthetic purposes and religious worship. In the latter case, the light ... Prior to the candle being ignited, the wick is saturated with the ...26 KB (4,080 words) - 19:18, 25 November 2023
- of leaders of the Christian churches in the Roman Empire to deal with ... to use the term theotokos (Mother of God) in relation to the Virgin Mary ...15 KB (2,352 words) - 08:26, 10 January 2024
- Ireland from June 20, 1837, and Empress of India from January 1, 1877, until ... social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. In that ...55 KB (8,686 words) - 14:59, 10 May 2024
- the most influential lecturers and authors in American history. Frederick Douglass was a key figure in the abolition of slavery in ...23 KB (3,597 words) - 10:27, 11 April 2024
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. The name India ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- the Pope's blessing because Irish Christianity did not conform to Rome ... Henry II also settled some of his barons in Ireland, beginning a settlement ...13 KB (2,063 words) - 15:58, 17 May 2024
- the People's Republic of China located in the far southwestern corner ... Tibetan monks have practiced their religion in Shangri-la, establishing the ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Lord Reith ... Born July 20, 1889, in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, in Scotland John ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 00:36, 10 February 2023
- In religion, folklore, and mythology, a demon (also rendered daemon ... while modern secularists regard belief in demons as superstition. Demons ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- Butler was born in Langar Rectory, near Bingham, Nottinghamshire, ... Following graduation from Cambridge, he lived in a low-income parish ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 02:22, 23 December 2022
- system, as do the effects of the pardon. In particular, the issue of whether ... pardoning of a criminal, despite teachings in all world religions that stress ...35 KB (5,395 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- spent much of his life working with lepers in Hawaii, who were forced by ... the world. Mahatma Gandhi acknowledged in his writings that Father Damien ...24 KB (3,819 words) - 01:38, 26 March 2024
- myths were originally orally transmitted in the form of odes, sagas, and ... In Scandinavian folklore, Norse mythology has long held cultural currency ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration ... Methodism originated in England in the eighteenth century, among a ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- In addition to the threat of tsunamis and earthquakes, natural hazards ... for Isle of Gold), apparently because mines in the Sumatran highlands were ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 07:32, 14 June 2023
- Achaemenid Persian Empire, the eighteenth in the list in the Behistun Inscription ... ancient Silk Road, and played a major role in facilitating trade between ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- According to tradition, Zen originated in India as a non-verbal doctrine ... Today, Zen is becoming increasingly popular in the West, where it ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- includes Jammu and Kashmir administered by India (comprising Jammu, Kashmir ... Since 1947, when Pakistan separated from India, the region has had a Muslim ...52 KB (7,879 words) - 07:24, 5 October 2022
- approach to divorce settlements has emerged in recent years, known as mediation ... unfavorably, if not outright prohibited. In recent times with the secularization ...63 KB (9,390 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- a plethora of small red berries surrounded in pulp. The pomegranate is native ... it also commonly is served as a drink in the Middle East, as a syrup ...26 KB (3,898 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Joseph Smith Jr. While theologically unique in several ways, the major doctrines ... From its headquarters in Independence, Missouri, the church places ...34 KB (5,277 words) - 00:19, 8 January 2024
- quot; gray-green leaves and an edible fruit in the form of a drupe with a ... with P. dactylifera, other species in the Phoenix genus also utilize ...25 KB (3,862 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- "to bow" or "to kneel") in reference to the prostrations ... quot;mosque," just like its equivalents in many other European languages ...42 KB (6,416 words) - 12:31, 7 May 2024
- religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia. teacher of all peoples, allegedly foretold in the scriptures of Christianity ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- intervention, or to the work of a demon (as in the case of Simon Magus). The ... fraudulent, others (such as the Paschal Fire in Jerusalem) have not proven ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- the coastal region surrounding Toraja. In fact, the term "toraja ... Sulawesi, Indonesia. The majority still live in the regency of Tana Toraja ...36 KB (5,331 words) - 23:49, 9 January 2024
- and influential historical periods. In many ways the Sassanid period ... reaching Western Europe, Africa, China and India and played a prominent role ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- volitional connection to some greater power in the universe through deliberate ... The act of prayer is attested in written sources as early as 5000 ...32 KB (4,977 words) - 18:50, 5 May 2024
- 1399–1947 C.E.) was a kingdom of southern India founded in 1399 by Yaduraya ... Under the Mysore Kingdom, the fine arts flourished in southern India ...57 KB (8,382 words) - 23:21, 21 October 2023
- are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction ... Like Victor Hugo, Doyle became increasingly interested in spiritualism ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 11:09, 16 August 2023
- the Liberian economy. Democratic elections in 2005 brought hope of a new ... Liberia is situated in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
