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According to Wikipedia: "A religion is a set of beliefs and practices generally held by a community, involving adherence to codified beliefs and rituals and study of ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as...
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Broadcast Genre | Gautama Buddha |
Buddhism is both a world religion and a philosophy with between 230 and 500 million adherents worldwide. It is based on the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni, sometimes known simply as "the Buddha", (Siddhārtha Gautama) who lived c. 5th century BCE in...
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| Zen |
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Book Subject | Bodhidharma | Madhyamaka |
Zen (Japanese: 禅), the Japanese translation for Chan (Traditional Chinese: 禪; Simplified Chinese: 禅), is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. The word Chan is itself derived from the Sanskrit Dhyana, which means to contemplate deeply. The Korean...
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| Judaism |
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Broadcast Genre | Abraham |
Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה, Yehudah, "Judah"; in Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת, Yahedut, the distinctive characteristics of the Judean eáqnov) is the religion of the Jew people. In 2007, the world Jewish population was...
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| Calvinism |
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Calvinism (sometimes called the Reformed tradition, the Reformed faith, or Reformed theology) is a theological system and an approach to the Christian life that emphasizes the rule of God over all things. It was developed by theologians such as...
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| Hinduism |
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Hinduism is a culture and tradition or religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as by its practitioners, a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law". Among its roots is the historical Vedic...
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| Abrahamic religion |
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Book Subject | Abraham |
Abrahamic religions are monotheistic faiths such as, Judaism, Islam and Christianity that recognise a spiritual tradition identified with Abraham. Other religions that identify in this way, such as the Bahá'í Faith and Druze, are also sometimes...
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| Islam |
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Broadcast Genre | Muhammad |
Islam (Arabic: ; pronounced: ) is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a seventh century Arab religious and political figure. The word Islam means "submission", or the total surrender of...
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The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian church and one of the earliest churches to separate from the larger Church. It traces its origins to the See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon,...
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| Taoism |
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Philosophical Movement | Laozi |
Taoism (pronounced or ; also spelled '''Daoism''') refers to a variety of related philosophical and religious traditions and concepts. These traditions have influenced East Asia for over two thousand years and some have spread internationally. The...
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| Confucianism |
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Philosophical Movement | Confucius |
Confucianism, literally "The School of the Scholars," is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of the early Chinese sage Confucius. Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political,...
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is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It is a type of polytheism, and involves the worship of , or spirits. Some kami are local and can be regarded as the spiritual being/spirit or genius of a particular place, but others...
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| Sikhism |
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Sikhism (IPA: or ; , , IPA: ), founded on the teachings of Nanak and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Northern India, is the fifth-largest organised religion in the world. This system of religious philosophy and expression has been...
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| Restorationism |
Restorationism, sometimes called Christian primitivism, frequently describes religious movements that believe pristine, or original Christianity is restored in themselves to an important degree. These diverse groups teach that a restoration of...
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| Protestantism |
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Military Combatant | John Knox | Catholicism |
Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Protestant doctrine, also known in continental European traditions as Evangelical doctrine, in contradistinction to that of...
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| Jainism |
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Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma / Shraman Dharma (जैन धर्म) is an ancient religion of India.
Jains are a small but influential religious minority with at least 4.2 million followers in modern India,and successful growing immigrant...
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In the study of comparative religion, the East Asian religions (also known as Far Eastern religions, Chinese religions, or Taoic religions) form a subset of the Eastern religions. This group includes Caodaism, Chen Tao, Chondogyo, Confucianism,...
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| Christianity |
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Broadcast Genre | Paul of Tarsus | Judaism |
Christianity
is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of
Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the Holy Bible. Christians
believe Jesus to be the Son of God and the Messiah prophesied in the
Old Testament. With an estimated 2.1...
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| Anglicanism |
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Anglicanism is a Christian denomination rooted in the beliefs and practices of churches which either have historical connections with the Church of England or maintain a liturgy compatible with it. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana,...
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The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world. It is considered by its adherents to be the very same Church established by Christ and his Apostles. It is composed of numerous theologically unified...
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Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only three ecumenical council — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus. They reject the dogmatic definition of the...
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| Catholicism |
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Quotation Subject | Paul of Tarsus | Judaism |
As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic—from the Greek adjective , meaning "general" or "universal"—is described in the Oxford English Dictionary as follows:
Leaving aside the historical meanings indicated under (b) and (c) above, the Oxford...
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| Madhyamaka | Nagarjuna |
Madhyamaka (Sanskrit: मध्यमक, Madhyamaka, , Pinyin: Zhōngguānzōng; also known as Śunyavada) is a Buddhist Mahayāna tradition popularized by Nāgārjuna and . The tradition and its subsidiaries are called "Madhyamaka"; those who follow it are called ...
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| Methodism |
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Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organisations. The Methodist movement traces its origin to the evangelical awakening in 18th century Great Britain. Methodism followed from the work...
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| Holiness movement |
The Holiness movement in Christianity is composed of people who believe and propagate the belief that the carnal nature of humanity can be cleansed through faith and by the power of the Holy Spirit if one has had his or her sin forgiven through...
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| Sunni Islam |
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Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam . Sunni Islam is also referred to as Sunnism or as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة) (people of the example (of Muhammad) and the community), or Ahl as-Sunnah (Arabic: أهل السنة )...
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| Modern Orthodox Judaism |
Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance and values with the secular, modern world.Modern Orthodoxy draws on several teachings and...
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| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
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The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated "Adventist") Church is a Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath. The denomination...
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| Conservative Judaism |
Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s.
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Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. The name is derived from a conviction that followers of Jesus Christ are commanded to be baptised (by being immersed in water) as a public display of...
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