...e is neither a definite end nor an ultimate purpose. (I don’t agree.) The theologians ignore the happening's role, and so do the vitalists. Accord... ...ot a theist (an awakened scientist? I don’t know what I am.). FS: I am Christian, Buddhist, and Muslim, all at once, yet none. FL: I don’t know...

... Of Buddhism The Concept Of The Buddha Buddhist Yoga Zen Buddhism And Jung Christianity 59 Origins How Much Does Historical Truth Matter? Centrality O... ...59 Origins How Much Does Historical Truth Matter? Centrality Of Beliefs In Christianity Christian Belief Before The Nicaean Council The Centrality Of ... ... majority of Westerners continue to list themselves on the census forms as Christian or Jewish, but for many people these terms have come to lose near... ...o be as objective as possible. As a child I was reared in a fundamentalist Christian family which had little by way of formal affiliation with any par... ...nday, still hoping to fill the hunger inside. Eventually I had tried every Christian church available. The conservative Protestant churches (such as B... ... speaking of the Buddha as the Ultimate. 35 At the same time, some Western theologians come more than perilously close to speaking of God as a process... ... into hell” between his execution and return to life. Many early Christian theologians held that this means he preached to, and converted, all who wer... ...he Bible is a true record. Even so, it is worth noting that many Christian theologians are not greatly concerned whether the accounts are true or not.... ...gh I do not wish to follow up on the point quite yet, some major Christian theologians have held that no historical truth in the story of Je- sus is r...

...re as many religious creeds as there are adherents. It is true that thevast majority of Westerners continue to list themselves on the census forms as Christian or Jewish, but for many...

...ng the wisdom that Professor Falvey concludes is the essence of all sustainability. By bringing sustainability, agriculture, global issues, Buddhism, Christianity and a host of other factors into play, we see that our motivations belie our rhetoric – in environmental actions through to trade and aid. This open-spirited book contains a wealth of analysis and alternative log...

...ortality: Sustaining Ourselves? Chapter 3 31 Agricultural Theology: Why we are Fascinated with Sustainability Chapter 4 47 Literal and Historical Christianity and Agriculture: Our Manipulations and Our Undoing Chapter 5 57 Some Influencers of the Church: Prophets and Sustainable Agriculture Chapter 6 71 From Luther to Jung: Broadening the Insights Chapter 7 82 We...

...e our needs for and, our views of, an afterlife. The same influences seem to affect our concepts of being— and our reliance on faith and hope. Theolo... ...is highly likely that you would be a Muslim.‖ —―I‘d have to agree with you. But you know there are many Muslims who have converted to Christ... ...eir values. And yet we call ourselves homo sapiens! ―As I‘m sure Wanda mentioned, we can tell what we value by how we act. The strongly Christ... ...alues and righteousness then is caught hustling young boys who work for him, or one who is caught in corrupt dealings, is not living the ideal Christ... ...es and liberal Muslims as his reasons for killing innocents. Power driven Catholics needed the saving of Jerusalem and the beliefs of the anti-Christ... ... is strange that so often in the Crusades it was the infidels who showed true compassion. They were often able to turn the other cheek to the Christ... ..., or searches for meaning, it is a sign of being psychologically healthy and happy. One might look at the artists and poets, philosophers and theolo... ...evel of mind. Jung was an early associate of Freud. He was a medical doctor, one of many in his family. His family also nurtured a great many theolo...

...ELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF GOD 45 3 WHAT IS GOD LIKE? 46 THEISM 49 PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD 53 IS AMERICA A CHRISTIAN NATION? 57 WHO GETS TO GO TO HEAVEN? 63 DEISM 65 PANTHEISM AND PANENTHEISM 67 AGNOSTICISM 68 ATHEISM 71 SATANISM 96 AN IDEA OF A BETTER SOCIETY AS A BASIC ASSUMPTION 97 THE SOURCE OF POWER IN A SOCIETY 104 FUNDAMENT...

...g so modest as paper despite its strength and durability. Similarly, some Christians called it an infidel technology and slowed the flow of paper in... ...arriers between Europe and Asia that the religious feud between Islam and Christianity had erected. ―The effect in diffusing and broadening men‘s... ... system encountered considerable skepticism in Europe. It mattered not to Christians that their Bible told of creation from the void. Many still loo... ...hanced the concepts of more worldly hard work and utilitarian values. Theologians and scholars, many of them monks, became immersed in a new cult...