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In George Orwell’s book 1984, a group is depicted that bears resemblance to what is commonly referred to as a cult. A cult is typically defined as an extremist or false religious sect whose followers live in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian and charismatic leader. Totalism, on the other hand, refers…

The Common Good As the name suggests, it means whatever is good for everyone.  However, this definition sounds rather pedestrian or too basic.  If this were to be taken at face value, one would assume that this idea is absolute and applicable everywhere.  In realistic terms, this is not the case and there is no…

A good deal of the Bible specially the Old Testament can seem unconventional to most readers of today’s world. On the other hand, as people began to comprehend how the ancient people viewed the world, the Old Testament becomes more clearly a book that stands within its ancient context, while also speaking against it. In…

“Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religions for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology, it covers both the natural and spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.” (Albert…

            Religion plays a major role in the way people live their lives, conduct their business, and choose their leaders. For most individuals, decisions are made within the boundaries of their religious beliefs, what works and what doesn’t work around it. In the field of literature, the influence of religion has determined many an authors’…

Dr. David J. Hesselgrave is retired as professor of mission and manager of the School of World Mission at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is a past president of the Evangelical Missiological Society and is writer of Theology and Mission and Dynamic Religious Movements. ( Backcover ) From the University of Minnesota. he earned his…

The American people have long claimed to be free thinkers. A freethinker is someone who forms opinions and makes decisions based on independent reasoning, without being influenced by any authority or group, particularly those who oppose political leaders and religious dogma. Freethinking and secularism have always played an important role in American politics and culture….

Other competitors have high prices for normal ND plain pizza but the pizza with topping had lower price than Domino’s. Other restaurants have also high and medium quality pizza whereas Domino’s has low and normal quality pizza. It can be concluded from the article that domino’s services are much better than any other pizza chain…

Despite 400 years of what amounted to genocide at the hands of Europeans, indigenous peoples of North America – known variously as Native Americans, First Peoples, Amerinds, or their own preferred appellation, “Indians” (a name bestowed by Columbus who believed he had actually reached India in 1492) stubbornly remain. Beyond the borders of the reservations…

                Religious maturity is practically and theoretically attractive to many persons such as personality and developmental psychologists, theologians, educators, and counselors.  Mature religions exhibit the following components: strong religious commitment and motivation- religion is some vibrant master-motive which guides life; complexity and differentiation of thinking in regard to spiritual-existential issues; heuristic feature – humility plus…