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On God’s Immanence and Transcendence - CultureWatch. There is no more important, profound and majestic theme than God, and to talk of his attributes is a sublime and never-ending discussion.

On God’s Immanence and Transcendence - CultureWatch

Oceans of ink can never even begin to exhaust who God is and what he is like. But we are called to think God’s thoughts after him, and seek to put the truths of Scripture into some order and structure. That is the task of theology, especially systematic theology. And all important theologies give pre-eminence to God, who he is, and what he is like. Here I want to focus on just one aspect of this, namely these twin features of his nature: his transcendence and immanence. These two theological terms are nowhere near as scary as they might appear. God is near yet far; majestic yet approachable; greatly to be feared, yet easily to be loved. God is transcendent Let me look at each aspect in more detail. This means “that God is other and set apart from everything else, that he is in a class by himself. God is not like us. Theological beliefs in god: concepts of transcendence & immanence. Sponsored link.

Theological beliefs in god: concepts of transcendence & immanence

Note: In this essay, we will use the term "deity" in a very broad, generic, gender-neutral sense to refer to a male God, or a female Goddess, or a group of Gods, or a set of Goddesses, or a pantheon of Gods and Goddesses -- that is, any form of one or more supreme beings in which followers of a particular faith tradition believe. Nature of Religion and Beliefs - Requirement 1 (Content Description) Religion by its nature defies precise definition.

Nature of Religion and Beliefs - Requirement 1 (Content Description)

However, the central commonality to all world religions is the belief in the supernatural dimension. World Book. World Religions. This is a quiet place in cyberspace devoted to religious tolerance and scholarship Non-public domain contents of this site not otherwise copyrighted are © copyright 2010, John Bruno Hare, All Rights Reserved.

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See Site copyrights, Terms of Service for more information.Index | FAQ | Contact | Search | Buy DiskOpen Source for the Human Soul. Library of World Religions and Faith Traditions. Written by the world's leading authorities on religion and spirituality, the Patheos Library offers the most accurate and balanced information available on the web.

Library of World Religions and Faith Traditions

In the column below, 50 major religious traditions are listed. For each, Patheos offers thorough, peer-reviewed, encyclopedic information that helps readers understand its origins, history, beliefs, rituals, ethics, and community structures. Click on the name of a religion to read in-depth articles. Use the Patheos Side-by-Side Lens to create an easy-to-read comparison chart for differing religious traditions. Choose up to three traditions from the scrollable lists to the right and then click Go! More Traditions Here are some important Traditions that help fill in the big picture — ancient religions, indigenous religions, non-religious "systems," and some additional traditions related to the Major Traditions in the main Patheos Library.

Religion: Religions. Just the facts on religions. Sacred Texts Of Major World Religions - WorldAtlas.com. Religious texts are those sacred and central to the teachings of almost nay given religion.

Sacred Texts Of Major World Religions - WorldAtlas.com

Exploring Religious Ethics in Daily Life - dummies. By Rabbi Marc Gellman, Monsignor Thomas Hartman Religious ethics are the moral principles that guide religions and that set the standard for what is and isn’t acceptable behavior.

Exploring Religious Ethics in Daily Life - dummies

Surprisingly similar from one religion to the next, these fundamental principles flow from the core beliefs and ancient wisdom of religion, as well as its teachers and traditions. Virtues are standards for ethical, moral conduct — they enable you to look at yourself in the mirror every morning without cringing. Sacred Texts - THEO 424: Christianity and World Religions - Research & Course Guides at University of St. Thomas. Ethics & Religion – A Guide to Ethics. The Dreamtime - Aboriginal Art Online. The Dreamtime is a widely used, but not well understood, term describing key aspects of Aboriginal spiritual beliefs and life.

The Dreamtime - Aboriginal Art Online

Following is an extract from an book by Geoff Moore. Art, Land and the Dreaming - Aboriginal Art Online. Art is a central part of Aboriginal life and is intimately connected to land, law and religious belief.

Art, Land and the Dreaming - Aboriginal Art Online

Connection to a person's home land is deeply felt. Mick Dodson (former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice Commissioner) has expressed this powerfully: Dreaming and the Dreamtime - Aboriginal Art Online. The Dreaming is a term used by Aborigines to describe the relations and balance between the spiritual, natural and moral elements of the world.

Dreaming and the Dreamtime - Aboriginal Art Online

It is an English word but its meaning goes beyond any suggestion of a spiritual or dream-related state. Rather, the Dreaming relates to a period from the origin of the universe to a time before living memory or experience - a time of creator ancestors and supernatural beings. This time is also called the Dreamtime, when the Rainbow Serpent moved across the land and the Wandjina were active in the clouds and skies.

(For a more detailed discussion go to our Dreamtime page). The Amazing Story of Aboriginal Art. The same year in July of one of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri’s acclaimed work ‘Warlugulong “map series” reached $2.4 million. Aboriginal Art is equally at home in both galleries and museums. The Australian Aboriginal is arguably the most successful and certainly the longest surviving culture in human history. It is complex and focused on long term survival in the most hostile of environments.

It has deep knowledge, spiritual, cultural and practical survival teachings. Aboriginal Art reflects the earliest period of this ancient culture; it has both artistic and anthropological merit. Contemporary Aboriginal art has been an incentive for remote Aboriginal communities, in many places being the only business in small communities providing significant income to Aboriginal families. Dreamtime Aboriginal Art Library of Knowledge. Spirituality - Australian Museum. Spirituality for Indigenous Australians takes many forms.

Pukumani Poles from the Tiwi Islands Photographer: Carl Bento © Australian Museum. DP9 Aboriginal Spirituality.