The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com

08 Jan 2006 15:58:44 +0100

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Discovery of the Scrolls

The first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries occurred in 1947 in Qumran, a village situated about twenty miles east of Jerusalem on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. A young Bedouin shepherd, following a goat that had gone astray, tossed a rock into one of ...

Selected Worldwide Religious Sites

08 Jan 2006 14:45:36 +0100

Selected Worldwide Religious Sites

—By Kate Pritchard

Amritsar, India: Site of the Golden Temple (Sikhism).
Axum, Ethiopia: Church ...

The Ten Commandments

08 Jan 2006 14:43:57 +0100

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments, also called the Decalogue (Greek, “ten words”), were divine laws revealed to Moses by God on Mt. Sinai. Appearing in both Exodus (Ex. 20: 2–17) and Deuteronomy (Deut. 5:6–21), the commandments are numbered differently depending on whether they appear in a Cath ...

Self-Described Religious Identification among American Adults

08 Jan 2006 14:42:40 +0100

Self-Described Religious Identification Among American Adults

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Taoism

08 Jan 2006 14:39:35 +0100

Taoism

Taoism, one of the major religions of China, is based on ancient philosophical works, primarily the Tao Te Ching, “Classic of Tao and Its Virtue.” Traditionally, this book was thought to be the work of Lao-tzu, a quasi-historical philosopher of the 6th century B.C.; scholars now believe that the book dates from about the 3rd ...

Shinto

08 Jan 2006 14:39:03 +0100

Shinto

Shinto comprises the religious ideas and practices indigenous to Japan. Ancient Shinto focused on the worship of the kami, a host of supernatural beings that could be known through forms (objects of nature, remarkable people, abstract concepts such as justice) but were ultimately mysterious. Shinto has no formal dogma and no holy writ, though early collec ...

Confucianism

08 Jan 2006 14:38:34 +0100

Confucianism

Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu), born in the state of Lu (northern China), lived from 551 to 479 B.C. He was a brilliant teacher, viewing education not merely as the accumulation of knowledge but as a means of self-transformation. His legacy was a system of thought emphasizing education, proper behavior, and loyalty. His effect on Chinese ...

Sikhism

08 Jan 2006 14:37:46 +0100

Sikhism

A major religion of India and the fifth-largest faith in the world, Sikhism emerged in the Punjab under the guidance of the guru Nanak (1469–1539?). This region had been influenced by the Hindu bhakti movement, which promoted both the idea that God comprises one reality alone as well as the practice of devotional singing and prayer. The Muslim myst ...

Christianity

08 Jan 2006 14:36:55 +0100

Christianity

Eastern Orthodoxy

Eastern Rite Churches

B.C. in northern India by a man known traditionally as Siddhartha (meaning “he who has reached the goal”) Gautama, the son of a warrior prince. Some scholars believe that he lived from 563 to 483 B.C., though his exact life span is uncertain. Tro ...

Hinduism

08 Jan 2006 14:33:53 +0100

Hinduism

Hinduism is the major religion of India, practiced by more than 80% of the population. In contrast to other religions, it has no founder. Considered the oldest religion in the world, it dates back, perhaps, to prehistoric times.

No single creed or doctrine binds Hindus together. Intellectually there is complete freedom of belief, and one can be monotheist ...

Islam

08 Jan 2006 14:33:06 +0100

Islam

Islam, one of the three major monotheistic faiths, was founded in Arabia by Muhammad between 610 and 632. There are an estimated 5.1 million Muslims in North America and 1.3 billion Muslims worldwide.

Muhammad was born in A.D. 570 at Mecca and belonged to t ...

Ramadan - The Month of Fasting

08 Jan 2006 14:31:59 +0100

Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr

The month of fasting

by Holly Hartman

As extremists increasingly claim it is not, and attack Western values not only through rhetoric but acts of violence, many Muslims find themselves being forced to respond by re-examining their values.

Types of gurus

09 Dec 2005 19:57:04 +0100

Deval Smriti there can be eleven kinds of gurus and according to Nama Chintamani there are ten types. According to his function gurus are categorized as rishi

Guru

09 Dec 2005 19:34:00 +0100

A guru ( Sanskrit) is a teacher in

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The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com

Discovery of the Scrolls

Selected Worldwide Religious Sites

Selected Worldwide Religious Sites

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

Self-Described Religious Identification among American Adults

Self-Described Religious Identification Among American Adults

Taoism

Taoism

Shinto

Shinto

Confucianism

Confucianism

Sikhism

Sikhism

Christianity

Christianity

Hinduism

Hinduism

Islam

Islam

Ramadan - The Month of Fasting

Types of gurus

Guru