Anglicanorum Coetibus is Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Constitution to allow a special section of the Roman Catholic Church to admit a small number of Anglicans who do not wish to follow current Anglican Church trends, most notably in not wishing to ordain women as bishops.
It is likely to cover up to 1500 Church of England clergy who have [...]
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Anglicanorum Coetibus
Posted in Beliefs, Current events, Religion, tagged Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus, Church of England on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Israel’s Law of Return
Posted in Beliefs, History, Laws, tagged Israel, Judaism, Law of Return on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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In 1950 The Knesset passed a law stating that all people of Jewish descent and their immediate families were allowed to emigrate to Israel, which had been designated a Jewish National Home by the League of Nations in 1922.
Someone who is considered a threat to the peace or security of Israel or who has [...]
Anthroposophy
Posted in Beliefs, Books, Education, tagged Anthroposophy, Goetheanum, Pedagogical Eurythmy, Rudolph Steiner, Steiner-Waldorf Schools on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This small spiritual movement began with Austrian esoteric philosopher Rudolph Steiner in the early 20 th century as an effort to use the scientific method to explore the spiritual experience.
Steiner said the process of inner development takes three steps: imagination, inspiration and intuition, comparing his anthroposophical position with that of natural science which he said was limited to observation [...]
Ramy al-jamarāt
Posted in Beliefs, Religion, tagged Hajj, Islam, Ramy al-jamarāt on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Stoning of the Devil ritual is the climax of the Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, at the nearby city of Mina, re-enacting Abraham’s pilgrimage to Mecca where the Angel Gabriel urges him to deflect the Devil by throwing stones. It is not mentioned in Islamic scriptures but has become a recent tradition and all [...]
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Posted in Art, Beliefs, tagged Kōshin, Three wise monkeys on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The three monkeys are Mizaru, who covers his eyes and sees no evil; Kikazaru who covers his ears to hear no evil; and Iwazaru with a hand over his mouth to speak no evil. They are symbols of the eastern Kōshin faith which is influenced by Shintō, Taoism and Buddhism and the proverb is interpreted [...]
Diwali
Posted in Beliefs, Festivals, tagged Diwali on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Festival of Lights in Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain religions signifies the triumph of good over evil in each person, it is celebrated all over the world with displays of colour, fireworks, candles and oil lamps. Although one of the five days is often observed as a fast it is also a time of feasting, [...]
Shrine of Bahá’u'lláh
Posted in Beliefs, Places, tagged Bahá'í, Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the Bahá’í religion the most holy spot is the burial place of the remains of the Prophet Bahá’u’lláh in Acre near Haifa in northern Israel:
This is the direction followers pray towards in their daily prayers, known as their Qiblih. The dead are buried facing the Quiblih also. It is a place of pilgrimage for followers.
All men have been created [...]
The Charter for Compassion
Posted in Beliefs, Current events, tagged Charter for Compassion, Karen Armstrong on October 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
On November 12 2009 The Charter for Compassion which has been drawn up by a multi-faith, multi-national group of thinkers will be revealed:
Like the Charter of Human Rights, this Charter for Compassion is a yardstick against which the laity as well as religious and secular leaders can measure their behaviour; it can empower congregations to demand [...]
The Druze
Posted in Beliefs, tagged Druze on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Druze religion officially stopped recruiting adherents to the faith in 1043, no one is allowed to convert or recruit converts today. However communities of Druze persist in the volcanic region of Southern Syria, in Israel and in Lebanon. In these countries the followers are recognised as an independent faith with their own religious legal system.
Their beliefs [...]
Confucianism
Posted in Beliefs, History, Religion, tagged Confucianism on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are 6 million Confucians worldwide today, mostly in China and Asia. The Chinese government recently updated the Confucian Family Tree naming two million people as direct descendents of the ancient Chinese philosopher.
Based on the teachings of Confucius six basic values are promoted:
Li – etiquette
Hsaio – family love
Yi – righteousness
Xin – honesty
Jen – compassion; the [...]
