Religion at its best is out in front, ever beckoning and leading on, and, as Lippman put it, `` mobilizing all man's scattered energies in one triumphant sense of his own infinite importance ''.

Religion is vitally necessary in both societal maintenance and regulation.

The justification for attributing life to objects was stated by David Hume in his Natural History of Religion ( Section III ): " There is a universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object those qualities with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious.

According to estimates of the Word Religion Database 2005 the share of Muslims is 1. 2 %.

Religion is thus seen as orderly, unified, and progressive from age to age.

Uncharacteristically, Jefferson's first two recordings from this session were gospel songs (" I Want to be like Jesus in my Heart " and " All I Want is that Pure Religion "), released under the name Deacon L. J. Bates.

Religion that makes the words of its leader, be he Pope or other, equal with the Word of God is false.

In Thailand's constitutional monarchy, the monarch is recognized as the Head of State, Head of the Armed Forces, Upholder of the Buddhist Religion, and Defender of the Faith.

The rabbinical school of the Academy for Jewish Religion in California is led by Conservative rabbi Mel Gottlieb.

He is not perfectly trustworthy in details, and his agenda is always to inculcate culturally " correct " Stoic opinions, perhaps so that his readers will not feel guilty, but Jane Ellen Harrison found survivals of archaic rites mentioned by Aelian very illuminating in her Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion ( 1903, 1922 ).

: This subject is discussed in more detail in Religion and capital punishment.

), Kant's Philosophy of Religion Re-examined ( Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991 ); an argument against Kant as deist is Stephen Palmquist's " Kant's Theistic Solution ".

Anglicans adhere to a range of views although the teaching on the matter in the Articles of Religion holds that the presence is real only in a heavenly and spiritual sense.

Although details are unclear, there is evidence that in 1577 Oxford attempted to leave England to see service in the French Wars of Religion on the side of King Henry III.

Often referred to as Gaianism, or the Gaian Religion, this spiritual aspect of the philosophy is very broad and inclusive, making it adaptable to other religions: Taoism, Neo-Paganism, Pantheism, Judeo-Christian Religions, and many others.

Religion is an integral part of the history of this concept.

Ian Barbour in his book Issues in Science and Religion ( 1966 ), p. 133, cites Arthur Eddington's The Nature of the Physical World ( 1928 ) for a text that argues The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principles provides a scientific basis for " the defense of the idea of human freedom " and his Science and the Unseen World ( 1929 ) for support of philosophical idealism " the thesis that reality is basically mental ".

Calvin developed his theology in his biblical commentaries as well as his sermons and treatises, but the most concise expression of his views is found in his magnum opus, the Institutes of the Christian Religion.

* Independent Religion – From the Encyclopædia Britannica Article on Jainism: "... Along with Hinduism and Buddhism, it is one of the three most ancient Indian religious traditions still in existence.

In Twelver Shi ' a Islam, however, Jihad is one of the 10 Practices of the Religion.

Karl Marx asserted that " Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.

* In the video game Civilization V: Gods & Kings, there are two Steam achievements: " Nobody expects ..." with the description " As Spain, use an Inquisitor to remove another Religion ", and the more explicit " Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition " whose description is " Beat the game on any difficultly setting as Isabella ".

The story is often told that in 1755, Nathaniel Gilbert, while convalescing, read a treatise of John Wesley, " An Appeal to men of Reason and Religion " sent to him by his brother Francis.

Thus, Wicca in particular is sometimes referred to by its proponents as " The Old Religion ", a term popularised by Margaret Murray in the 1920s, while Germanic neopaganism is referred to in some of its varieties as Forn Sed (" Old Custom ").

Included in the Museum & Gallery collection are seven very large canvases, part of a series by Benjamin West painted for George III, called " The Progress of Revealed Religion ," which are displayed in the War Memorial Chapel.

Religion played a very strong role in the spread of the Spanish empire.

Religion is very real ; it is an expression of society itself, and indeed, there is no society that does not have religion.

Religion is considered very important among the Sinhalese.

Her British and continental counterpart Brigantia seems to have been the Celtic equivalent of the Roman Minerva and the Greek Athena ( Encyclopædia Britannica: Celtic Religion ), goddesses with very similar functions and apparently embodying the same concept of ' elevated state ', whether physical or psychological.

* PHILTAR ( Philosophy of Theology and Religion at the Division of Religion and Philosophy of St Martin's College ) has a very useful Graphical illustration of the Sufi schools.

In his Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin writes that "( t ) he distinction of what is called dulia and latria was invented for the very purpose of permitting divine honours to be paid to angels and dead men with apparent impunity.

The Genevan reformer John Calvin, writing his Institutes of the Christian Religion at the very time of the Reformation, wrote therein " beyond the pale of the Church no forgiveness of sins, no salvation, can be hoped for ".

Religion in Eritrea is very diverse.

Religion in America Since 1945: A History ( 2004 ), very good overview

Gurewitz commented on the album's production on the official Bad Religion website, stating that the album was quickly produced after the release of the band's debut, How Could Hell Be Any Worse ?, because the band didn't take itself seriously and didn't think it would last very long, despite the success of their debut and popularity on the underground music scene.

Religion and charitable work were very important to Collyer, and he was always particularly pleased to hear contestants say that they considered donating portions of their winnings to the church, or that they planned to donate to charities.

The Dalam follow the rigid buyut taboo system very strictly ,( see Religion and Beliefs for more information about their taboos ) and thus they have made very few contacts with the outside world as they are considered as " People of the sacred inner circle ".

Often referred to as Gaianism, or the Gaian Religion, this spiritual aspect of the philosophy is very broad and inclusive, making it adaptable to other religions: Humanism, Taoism, Neo-Paganism, Pantheism, Judeo-Christian Religions, and others.

Religion has played a very important part in uniting the Zomi.

Many persons are very sensitive of the difficulties of Religion ; I am as sensitive of them as any one ; but I have never been able to see a connexion between apprehending those difficulties, however keenly, and multiplying them to any extent, and on the other hand doubting the doctrines to which they are attached.

With very similar language between it and Article VII of the Manual, Article VIII states, " The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and works, to faith, and calling upon God ; wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will " ( emphasis added ), language that was taken directly from Article X of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion adopted by the Church of England in 1563.

Religion in England was still going through a very discordant time, especially when King Charles I ascended the throne in 1623 and married a French Catholic Princess.

Often referred to as Gaianism, or the Gaian Religion, this spiritual aspect of the philosophy is very broad and inclusive, making it adaptable to other religions: Humanism, Taoism, Neo-Paganism, Pantheism, Judeo-Christian Religions, and others.

* Some Thoughts concerning Religion, natural and revealed … tending to show that Christianity is, indeed, very near as old as the Creation, 1735 ( an answer to Tindal's ‘ Christianity as Old as the Creation ,’ chiefly from prophecy ).