Islam and Christianity in Early Modern Africa Indigenous Religions still present Recognize a supreme‚ remote creator god‚ but devote most of their attention to powerful spirits. Spirits associated with geographic features such as mountains‚ waters‚ or forests. Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa Most Africans maintained their inherited Religions. Islam and Christianity attracted increasing interest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Islam most popular in West Africa and Swahili City-States. Timbuktu – Islamic University
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Kennede Reese Chapter 13 Christianity 1. Define Christianity’s core doctrines. b. Christianity has two core doctrines. The first core doctrine is the Incarnation‚ which asserts that Christ is both fully divine and fully human. The second doctrine is the Trinity‚ which holds that God consists of three persons: Father‚ Son‚ and the Holy Spirit. 2. What are the literal and symbolic meanings of the Greek word ixthus? a. The Greek word for fish is the ixthus‚ each letter that begins
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Traditions from the religions Christianity and Islam have contributed to inner and world peace. Both contributions can be sourced by both the religions sacred texts and their principal teachings. In order for world peace‚ inner peace must be achieved first. Christianity’s traditions have contributed to inner peace. This can be shown through the Bible‚ practices for achieving inner peace and the principle teachings. The bible offers direction on the importance of inner peace and how to attain it.
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Branches of Judaism I didn’t know that there were three different branches of Judaism before this course. The only thing I really knew about it was that they have a ceremony when a child becomes a man. The major branches that we learned about were Modern Orthodoxy‚ Conservative Judaism‚ Religious Zionism‚ Reform Judaism and Ultra Orthodoxy. Their methods and overall teachings are very diverse. The Modern Orthodoxy branch is essentially the core of Judaism‚ similar to Protestants in Christianity. Modern
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Ifa Theology; volume 1 Inner Peace the Yoruba Concept of Ori By Awo Falokun Fatunmbi Egbe Ifa Ogunti Ode Remo Table of Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Ori The Ifa Concept Ara The Ifa Concept Ori – Inu The Ifa Concept Egbe The Ifa Concept Ipako The Ifa Concept Ile The Ifa Concept of Consciousness of the Physical Body of the Inner Self of Emotional Guidance of Balance Between Head and Heart of the Extended Family 2 Acknowledgements I want to thank those who taught
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Phoenix Material Islam Worksheet When studying Islam‚ it is important to understand the essential elements of the faith‚ how they are practiced‚ and the distinctions among the three branches: Shiite Islam‚ Sunni Islam‚ and Sufism. Write a 1- to 2-paragraph response for each of the following directives and note where there are differences among the three branches of Islam. 1. Explain the meaning of the name‚ Islam. The literal translation of the word Islam is surrender or submission
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How can I find the strength to endure when I face spiritual opposition? Ezra 4 In the Book of Ezra we read of a beleaguered people who faced opposition in doing what God had commissioned them to do. They sought to rebuild the holy temple that was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar’s forces decades earlier‚ and they faced stiff opposition from the locals‚ deceitful offers of “help‚” and open attacks from the outside. Still‚ God’s people successfully completed the temple restoration. How? By developing
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Examine and comment on contrasting standpoints about God and/or existence in relation to the topic you have investigated. Christianity and Hinduism seem to have profoundly different views in relation to God and/or existence. For example‚ creation within Christian belief is primarily ex-nihilo (out of nothing). God created everything in 7 days from the light and darkness‚ to the day of rest. This can be illustrated by reference to Genesis 1:1 – 2:4a “In the beginning God created the heavens and
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Question 1: Explain the beginning of Judaism. Judaism originated with three men‚ known as the patriarchs. These men were Abraham‚ his son Isaac‚ and his grandson Jacob. Abraham was born in the city state of Ur by the name Abram. Abram’s father was Terach. In Terach’s time‚ people worshiped idols and a monotheistic religion did not exist. They worshiped idols. When Abram was a little boy‚ he took a hammer and broke all of the idols with a hammer except for the largest one‚ and told his father
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of 100 years of Theological Convergence: Edinburgh 1910 to Lausanne 2010 begins by informing the reader that his thesis argues that within the Edinburgh 1910 Global Missions Conference theological convergence developed. Theological convergence developed out of the ecumenism that already existed inside of the Global Missions Conference. The ecumenism grew from Edinburgh 1910 until the movement of Lausanne 1974‚ causing it to flourish. Quite a few missiologist viewed the theological convergence in a
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