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A depiction of the Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus commented on the Old Covenant.Painting by Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter, d. 1890.. The Mosaic covenant or Law of Moses – which Christians generally call the "Old Covenant" (in contrast to the New Covenant) – played an important role in the origins of Christianity and has occasioned serious dispute and controversy since the ...
Tri Hita Karana is a traditional philosophy for life on the island of Bali, Indonesia.The literal translation is roughly the "three causes of well-being" or "three reasons for prosperity."
Hajji is derived from the Arabic ḥājj (حجّ), which is the active participle of the verb ḥajja ('to make the pilgrimage'; حَجَّ).The alternative form ḥajjī is derived from the name of the Hajj with the adjectival suffix -ī (ـی), and this was the form adopted by non-Arabic languages.
Raja Ali Haji bin Raja Haji Ahmad (1808/9–1869/75) was a 19th-century Bugis-Malay historian, poet and scholar who wrote Tuhfal al-Nafis. [1] [2] He was elevated to the status of National Hero of Indonesia in 2004. Haji has been described as one of the most important Malay writers of the 19th century. [3]
When Haji Shah-Muhammad Manshadi was killed in 1880, Amín became the trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh. Hájí Amín lived a long life, and was Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh [“Right of God”—a certain Baháʼí fund] during the ministries of Baháʼu'lláh and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and during part of the ministry of Shoghi Effendi. During his long and ...
Many scholars have adopted historian David Bebbington's definition of evangelicalism. According to Bebbington, evangelicalism has four major characteristics. These are conversionism (an emphasis on the new birth), biblicism (an emphasis on the Bible as the supreme religious authority), activism (an emphasis on individual engagement in spreading the gospel), and crucicentrism (an emphasis on ...
The Abbasid Caliph al-Mamun noticed Hunayn's talents and placed him in charge of the House of Wisdom, the Bayt al Hikmah. The House of Wisdom was an institution where Greek works were translated and made available to scholars. [24] (At least one scholar has argued that there is no evidence of Hunayn being placed in charge of the Bayt al Hikmah ...