Religious Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

taboo If a symbol is a sign that communicates meaning, it also possesses a double intentionality, according to Ricoeur. The firs ...

theism approximately the fourth century, Christianity stages passion (from the Latin passio, suffering) plays that recount the f ...

theology governs the world, and it denies revelation, miracles, and divine provi- dence because these features are irrational. M ...

theology now for the most part in Catholic and Protestant seminaries, which are schools for pre-professional training, and at ch ...

theology of liberalism, Barth stresses the total otherness of God and the need to grasp the self-revelation of God in Christ. Fe ...

time remains for humans to execute it. This position implies a righteous com- munity of saints that knows the divine law and pra ...

totemism According to the theory of religion of Mircea Eliade, a historian of religions, there are two kinds of time: sacred and ...

truth species. Members believe that they are descendents of some animal, which results in the group assuming the name and identi ...

violence/non-violence Further reading: Allen (1993); Blackburn and Simmons (1999); Derrida (1976); Foucault (1994); Hill (2002); ...

violence/non-violence criteria depend on whether or not something possesses a karmic life, which in turn depends on two criteria ...

visions A postmodern theory of violence is offered by Jacques Derrida, an advocate of the method of deconstruction, who does not ...

women smoking; (3) nightly vigil; (4) meditation; and (5) vision. Only those Native Americans deemed worthy by supernatural spir ...

women indispensable to the proper workings of the universe, rendering women the complementary opposite of males. The Chinese cha ...

world religions The traditional inferior status of women in Islam involves disadvantages for women in issues such as marital inf ...

worldview religions are judged and deemed worthy of inclusion among other world religions. Unfortunately, there are some religio ...

worldview that is built on a square base representing the earth, and it is covered by a round thatched roof that symbolizes heav ...

worship absolutely obedient. The ethical relation points to two different aspects of God: infinite goodness, mercy, and forgiven ...

worship An excellent example of worship is the Hindu practice of pūjā that embodies ancient Indian notions of hospitality, with ...

worship perfect message of the Buddha and the sole means to salvation. In a similar fashion, the Sikhs revere the Ādi Granth, a ...

B I B L I O G R A P H Y Aberle, David F. (1991) The Peyote Religion among the Navaho. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ...