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In the Christian calendar, Lent is the period before Easter.
Liberal, most broadly, means open, unconstrained, free. Liberal theology is, thus, an approach that does not rely exclusively on tradition.
In Voodoo cosmology, the Loa are spirits who mediate between God—Bondye, or Bon Dieu (for "good god")—and creation...
Followers of Jainism trace their tradition to Mahavira...
A mantra is a sound, or series of sacred syllables, used in meditation to help to train the mind.
The day before the beginning of Lent ...
A martyr is a person who is killed for their beliefs, whether political, philosophical, or religious.
Metanoia, in religion, means a change of heart, or a conversion.
In the Buddhist Theravadan tradition, metta means "lovingkindness."
Baha'u' llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith, was born Mirza Husayn-Ali Nuri in early 19th century Tehran...
The Moral Majority was a consortium of political action groups, founded in the late seventies by Jerry Falwell
On top of the high steeple on most Mormon temples stands a golden statue of the angel Moroni...
In Japanese Shinto traditions, musubi refers to the creating and harmonizing power at work in the universe...
also called Nebuchadrezzar, made a legend of himself as Babylon's emperor in the sixth and late seventh centuries B.C.E.
Nihilism is popularly thought to mean "belief in nothing"...
The word pagan comes from the Latin for "civilian."
Para-church means ‘beside’ or ‘alongside’ the church...
Positivism is a philosophical system that denies metaphysics and theology, holding that the only thing that matters is sense experience.
From the Greek word for "doing," the word praxis means practice—as opposed to theory or speculation...
The profane is often understood in opposition to the sacred...