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Ethics in Islam
- It may be argued that religion, in its most elemental form, comprises two dimensions: (1) a worldview or weltanschauung, that is to say, a conception about the nature and structure of reality (i.e. ‘what exists?’), and (2) a conception about the nature of the good, that is to say, a code of...
- Author
- Atif Khalil
- Faith tradition
- Islam
- Topics
- Ethics
The Straight Path (al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm)
- Al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm (the Straight Path) is a central concept within the Islamic tradition. It is loosely understood as the path that leads to God, often being employed as a reference to the Qur’an, the Prophet Muḥammad, or Islam in general. Throughout the history of Islam, many scholars an...
- Author
- Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour
- Faith tradition
- Islam
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Teshuva
- This encyclopaedia article aims to provide an exhaustive investigation of the concept of Teshuva in Jewish thought, with a focus on its historical trajectory and multifaceted interpretations. The term teshuva in Hebrew etymologically means ‘return’, suggesting a journey back to an original st...
- Author
- Ghila Amati and Miri Freud-Kandel
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Religious Disagreement in Analytic Theology
- Religious disagreement means holding incompatible views of the truth or of the plausibility of some position that is religiously relevant. It is well known that many religious and non-religious worldviews make apparently incompatible claims about ultimate reality. This poses both theoretica...
- Author
- Olli-Pekka Vainio
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological methods
Theology and Evolution
- Ever since their emergence in nineteenth-century natural philosophy, theories of biological evolution have prompted religious believers to revisit traditional theological views of the world, humanity, and even God. This entry will first clarify the various strands of meaning to be discerned...
- Author
- Gijsbert van den Brink
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science, Being and existence
Evil
- Evil both is and is not a central part of the Christian theological vision. There is no equal and opposite to God, and no necessary or appropriate place for evil in God’s good creation. Nevertheless, creation is afflicted by evil: the divine response to evil is a central part of Christian f...
- Author
- Karen Kilby
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
Anabaptist Theology
- Anabaptist theology is the expression and communication of theological convictions that have sustained the ordinary life of faith communities within the Anabaptist tradition of Christianity. Alongside this ordinary Anabaptist theology, a more formal, ‘academic’ version has developed since a...
- Author
- Jamie Pitts and Luis Tapia Rubio
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Womanist Theology
- Womanist theology is a theology derived from the context, voice, action, and agency of Black women of the African Diaspora. It is grounded in – but also is a critique of – the failings of Black (overtly male) and feminist (overtly white female) liberation theologies that preceded it. Womanist...
- Author
- Diana L. Hayes
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Theology and Science
- This article begins with an introduction briefly sketching the concepts of Western Christian theology and science in a systematic perspective informed by the historical shaping of the terms. It then offers an inquiry into the biblical traditions and their relations to the development of sci...
- Author
- Dirk Evers
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
The Religious Meaning of Language in Judaic Culture
- Judaic cultures have a commitment to language that is exceptional. Language practices – the reading and writing of scrolls and books, their interpretation as commentaries on commentaries, engaged with the letter both of text and as act – is central to Judaic conduct, thought, study, worship, ...
- Author
- Shira Wolosky
- Faith tradition
- Judaism
- Topics
- Society and culture
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