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Connotation and qualities of the Buddhist culture of Grand Canal

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The Buddhist culture of the Grand Canal arises from the interaction and dynamic interplay between Grand Canal culture and Buddhist culture. This cultural phenomenon is not merely a simple superimposition of two elements; rather, it represents a unique ...
Bosen Qiu, Di Lang
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The Relevance of the Concept of Civil Religion from a (West) German Perspective

Religions, 2019
The paper argues for the continued importance and usefulness of the term “civil religion” in light of the (West) German discussion and the situation in Europe. For non-Americans, and especially for Germans for whom terms like “political
Jana Weiss, Heike Bungert
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First Handbooks on History of Religion and Comparative Religion Abroad [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2016
One of the important aspects of institutionalization of the religious studies in 1870– 1910s was the publishing of the fi rst handbooks on history of religion and comparative religion. The aim of the paper is to analyze methods and approaches of religious
Barashkov Viktor
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The Banach-Tarski paradox or what mathematics and religion have in common [PDF]

Pi in the Sky 2 (2000), 13-15, 2002
We give a popular account of the Banach-Tarski paradox and its connections with the axiom of choice.
arxiv  

Truth as value and duty: lessons of mathematics [PDF]

arXiv, 2008
I discuss some connotations of mathematical notion of "truth" in the context of humanistic ...
arxiv  

Determinants of Women's Attitude towards Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Bangladesh [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the important determinants responsible for the variation in women's attitude towards intimate partner violence (IPV). Methods: A nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 data of 17,863 women is used to address the research questions.
arxiv  

The Postcolonial Pedagogical Challenge of Creativity [PDF]

, 2017
Edward Said pointed to the problem of Orientalism that develops when the West creates a fictitious imagined version of Eastern religion and culture. Said’s notion of Orientalism focuses on the general distorted representation of Eastern religion and ...
MisirHiralall, Sabrina D.
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Reality Can Bite: Perspectives of Young People on the Role of Religion in Their World

Nordidactica: Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education, 2011
Despite the vast research on young people and identity issues in recent years, little is still known about the role of religion in adolescents’ lives across various ethnic, religious, and belief-related scenarios.
Marie von der Lippe
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Religious and Scientific Faith in Simplicity [PDF]

arXiv, 2008
Both religion and science start with basic assumptions that cannot be proved but are taken on faith. Here I note that one basic assumption that is rather common in both enterprises is the assumption that in comparing different hypotheses that all equally explain the observations, the simpler hypotheses are more probable (Occam's razor or the law of ...
arxiv  

Philosophy and Revelation: Some considerations inspired by Fides et ratio

Tópicos, 2013
Implied in the general relationship between philosophy and religion are many complex problems. In this section, as well as the next one, we would like to take a look at three of them: (a) whether or not the knowledge of God should be today considered an ...
Vittorio Possenti
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