Religion and Politics: A Historical Overview
5 pillars of Islam:
• The faith there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet.
• The ritual prayer 5 times a day, preceded by a series of allusions, is done looking at the Mecca and a carpet. Once a week is held daily prayer, this is done on Fridays.
• The Zakat or alms. It is the local charity to benefit the needy of the community to be undertaken by members of the Umma
• The rigorous fasting during the month of Ramadan from sunrise until sunset.
· Making the pilgrimage to
A Timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A Brief History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
13th Century BC
- Jews escaped captivity in Egypt and settled in Canaan.
- Jews formed the Kingdom of Judea.
- People called Peleshet populated Philistia.
70 AD
- Jews were forced to disperse (the diaspora) throughout the Roman Empire.
- The emperor Hadrian renamed the area Palestine after expelling the Romans.
Following Centuries
- Few Jews and Christians lived among Muslim majorities.
7th Century
- Muslim-Palestine connection strengthened after the area was invaded by
Rites, Myths, Sacred Spaces, and Time in Religion
Rites
They are active mediation and can be ethical actions (service) or liturgical (worship). The latter are actions defined and organized by a group of believers as a positive response to God.
The rite is the most complete expression in the positive response of the SH response. It features:
- It’s a social action, personal integrity, and emotional-physical.
- It is a symbolic action, a good gesture (significant action is performed) for God (meaning).
- These are actions by a group according to rules that
A Guide to American Literary Movements: Puritanism to Transcendentalism
Puritan Plain Style
“Plain” does not mean “rustic” or “rude,” much less “artless.” It means “unadorned” by elaborated figures of speech and learned references, just as the church building, services, and the ministers themselves must be unadorned. Literary conceits and classical allusions were signs of human vanity. Puritans favored simple, short words rather than long, fancy ones. They got to the point immediately, with no exaggerated descriptions. It is based on directness and clarity.
Satan’s Sophistry
It
Read MoreLiterary Movements: Puritan Plain Style, Romanticism, and Transcendentalism
Puritan Plain Style:
”Plain” does not mean ”rustic” or ”rude”, much less ”artless”. It means ”unadorned” by elaborated figures of speech and learned references, just as the church building, services, and the ministers themselves must be unadorned. Literary conceits and classical allusions were signs of human vanity. Puritans favored simple, short words rather than long, fancy ones. They got to the point immediately, with no exaggerated descriptions. It is based on directness and clarity.
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ISLAM
GOD is one God and there is a phrase that reaffirms “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet.” A Muslim believer is one who denies the worship of all idols brought down to Muhammad in Mecca and all who are reborn in every generation.
Islam is a protest against all polytheism, even against the Trinity of cristianos.Ese “one God” that “has absolutely nothing like” God is creator. “Neither has engendered or been begotten”. “To Allah belongs the act of naming and erasing. We will