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Figuring religions

Shubha Pathak

Figuring religions

comparing ideas, images, and activities

by Shubha Pathak

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Published by State University of New York Press in Albany .
Written in

    Subjects:
  • Religions

  • Edition Notes

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Statementedited by Shubha Pathak
    Classifications
    LC ClassificationsBL87 .F54 2013
    The Physical Object
    Paginationp. cm.
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL25282801M
    ISBN 109781438445373
    LC Control Number2012009850

      How to Talk to God. Talking to God involves a very spiritual, personal, often private, relationship. With so many religions and popular opinions about relating to God, figuring out how you should talk to God may seem complicated. But it 89%(). Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Leiden: E.J. Brill, and. Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Reading Revelation in the Ruins. New York: Oxford University Press,

    Figuring Out How Roman Mythology Got So Darned Mixed Up; The Greeks and Romans came in contact with these religions, and thought they were interesting. Plutarch — who was Greek by birth, but a Roman citizen — wrote a book about Isis and Osiris, two Egyptian gods, but included in it a bunch of stuff about Persian mythology. Spatial Metaphors and Women’s Religious Activities in Ancient China and Greece Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities Zhou, Y. edited by Pathak, S. State University of New York Press. –

    believed to be one of the world's oldest current religions, having originated along the banks of Indus River in Pakistan between 3, and 4, years ago; does not have a "sacred" book; final goal is to reach state of nirvana.   Buddhism has much to teach on the topic relationships, even though it may not seem that way at first. I mean what do the four noble truths (life is suffering; suffering is caused by attachment; it.


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