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Creation–evolution controversy — A satirical cartoon from 1882, parodying Darwin s theory of evolution, in response to the publication of The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms. The creation–evolution controversy (also termed the creation vs. evolution… … Wikipedia
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TORAH — (Heb. תּוֹרָה). The Term Torah is derived from the root ירה which in the hifil conjugation means to teach (cf. Lev. 10:11). The meaning of the word is therefore teaching, doctrine, or instruction ; the commonly accepted law gives a wrong… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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Julian of Norwich — Born 8 November 1342(1342 11 08) Died ca. 1416 Honored in … Wikipedia
AFTERLIFE — Judaism has always maintained a belief in an afterlife, but the forms which this belief has assumed and the modes in which it has been expressed have varied greatly and differed from period to period. Thus even today several distinct conceptions… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ANGELS AND ANGELOLOGY — ANGELS AND ANGELOLOGY. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: bible terminology angels as a group the angel of the lord in the hagiographa silence of the prophets ezekiel and zechariah daniel apocrypha among the jewish sects… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Goddess movement — The Goddess movement is a loose grouping of social and religious phenomena growing out of second wave feminism, predominantly in North America, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand in the 1970s, and the metaphysical community as well.… … Wikipedia
Urreligion — ( primeval religion , proto religion or primitive religion ) is a notion of an original or oldest form of religious tradition. The term contrasts with organized religion, such as the theocracies of the early urban cultures of the Ancient Near… … Wikipedia
Perspectives on the abduction phenomenon — Various perspectives on the abduction phenomenon have formed in order to explain the fantastical claims some have made of being forcibly taken and examined by apparently otherworldly beings. The prime differences between these perspectives lie in … Wikipedia
