One may rely on fate to help them succeed in life and to help them find true love. ... "Theology in fact has always and still needs philosophy's contribution. ... The study of philosophy then makes its introduction here. ... Philosophy then establishes its function within reason. ... It helps to liberate reason from any false ideas. ...
Many would think that the pre-Socratic thinkers just showed what philosophy is. ... Considering the attempt of the pre-Socratics, their way of thinking has been a big help for the medieval thinkers in searching for the primordial source. ... Philosophy was but a tool in searching for the primordial source. ... He argues that faith can be fostered by philosophy. ... Clement, with the help of the given truths from the Sacred Scripture and with the aid of reasoning of philosophy, was able to understand a particular truth. ...
One of the main terms used in Gandhi's philosophy is Satyagraha, which is the force of truth and love. ... The term Ahisma is the second principle of Gandhi's philosophy, which means "nonviolence to all living things"(Dalton 65). ... An example of how this philosophy played out ca...
Despite this antagonism, the Fathers were immersed in the Graeco-Roman world of philosophies, mysteries, cults, and syncretism. They not only admitted but also prided themselves over the fact that that they felt Christianity was a better philosophy (Kofi Appiah-Kubi & Sergio Torres, 1979, p.87). ... Consequently, Christianity was not only turned native in Graeco-Roman cities, but also helped to shape the Graeco-Roman world; conversely the Graeco-Roman world helped to shape Christianity giving it the language and all other creative symbols at its disposal to produce what we practice and discuss...
And the second attempt was using philosophy and its "As if" theory, which explains that "our thought-activity includes a number of hypothesis who's groundlessness and absurdity we fully realize, and the same goes with religious doctrines" as they ar...
Like any person through the course of their life, Jefferson's personal opinions on religion changed as he aged, but "through all the changes in the evolution of Jefferson's faith, there was at least one point of consistency, a devotion to the ideal of religious liberty."15 Jefferson's conceptualization of God leaned more towards a Natural philosophy with a Christian background. ...
Soul are in many respects sensitive to ways of speaking and thinking about the soul [psuchê] that are not specifically philosophical or theoretical. We therefore begin with what the word 'soul' meant to speakers of Classical Greek, and what it would have been natural to think about and assoc...
Understanding the Christian Doctrines of Divine Sovereignty, Predestination, And Free Will for Counseling "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." (John 3:16, NRSV) "But to all who did receive him, ...
CUBAN SANTERIA Santeria, which literally means, way of the saints', originated in Cuba. Santeria is considered an Afro-Cuban religion. It has roots in Africa, specifically the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria. When Africans were brought to the New World as slaves, they brought with the...
