New Religious Movement ( NRM ) is a term used to refer to a religious faith or an ethical, spiritual, or philosophical movement of recent origin that is not part of an established denomination, church, or religious body.

Religious and philosophical thought privileging the immaterial or supernatural over the material and natural is ubiquitous and ancient.

Religious skepticism is not the same as atheism or agnosticism, though these often do involve skeptical attitudes toward religion and philosophical theology ( for example, towards divine omnipotence ).

Category: Religious philosophical concepts

Category: Religious philosophical concepts

* On his general philosophical position, John Hunt, Religious Thought in England, passim, but particularly in vol.

Religious pluralism is the philosophical concept that states that various world religions are formed by their distinctive historical and cultural contexts and thus there is no single, true religion.

It was during his 25 years in Liverpool that he published his first work, Rationale of Religious Enquiry, which caught the attention of many religious and philosophical figures.

Nishida Kitaro wrote extensively on " the Religious Worldview " in exploring the philosophical significance of Eastern religions.

Religious philosophy is philosophical thinking that is inspired and directed by religion.

Religious scholars such as Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, and Pierre Abélard wrote lengthy theological and philosophical treatises, often attempting to reconcile the teachings of the Greek and Roman pagan authors with the doctrines of the Church.

His publication in 1885 of The Religious Aspect of Philosophy, and in 1892 of The Spirit of Modern Philosophy, both based on Harvard lectures, secured his place in the philosophical world.

Having made it clear that idealism depends upon postulates and proceeds hypothetically, Royce defends the necessity of objective reference of our ideas to a universal whole within which they belong, for without these postulates, “ both practical life and the commonest results of theory, from the simplest impressions to the most valuable beliefs, would be for most if not all of us utterly impossible .” ( see The Religious Aspect of Philosophy, p. 324 ) The justification for idealistic postulates is practical ( a point Royce made repeatedly in his maturity, accepting the label of " pragmatist " for himself, to the extent that it embraced practical life as the guide and determiner of the value of philosophical ideas.

The BHA campaigns for reform of Religious Education in the UK on the grounds that " all pupils in all types of school should have the opportunity to consider philosophical and fundamental questions, and that in a pluralist society we should learn about each other ’ s beliefs, including humanist ones ".

Religious Science, also known as Science of Mind, was established in 1927 by Ernest Holmes ( 1887 – 1960 ) and is a spiritual, philosophical and metaphysical religious movement within the New Thought movement.

Category: Religious philosophical concepts

Category: Religious philosophical concepts

Category: Religious philosophical concepts

* Religious and philosophical texts recommending, condemning or debating the topic

Category: Religious philosophical concepts

Category: Religious philosophical concepts

Category: Religious philosophical concepts

The " Religious As Hell " EP consisted of four tracks that reflected strong punk and garage rock influences in the guitar work, along with contrasting vocals from the two singers.

Religious art suggests several distinct occupations with earlier influences stemming from Southeast India and later influences from Southwest India while 9th century influences include those from the Nanzhao Kingdom.

In 1898 he went back to Paris to write a PhD dissertation on The Religious Philosophy of Kant at the Sorbonne, and to study in earnest with Widor.

A court case allowing the União do Vegetal to import and use the tea for religious purposes in the United States, Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal, was heard by the U. S. Supreme Court on November 1, 2005 ; the decision, released February 21, 2006, allows the UDV to use the tea in its ceremonies pursuant to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

* Dom Columba Marmion OSB, Christ the Ideal of the Monk – Spiritual Conferences on the Monastic and Religious Life ( Engl.

Although the March 2007 issue of Foreign Policy listed BJU as one of " The World's Most Controversial Religious Sites " because of its past influence on American politics, BJU has seen little political controversy since Stephen Jones became president.

* A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice: Official work on Jewish law, by Isaac Klein, 1992

Religious food laws, such as Islamic dietary laws and Jewish dietary laws, can also exercise a strong influence on cuisine.

* Vatican Report on Sects, Cults and New Religious Movements, St. Paul Publications, Sydney, 1988.

In Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal, the Supreme Court heard arguments on November 1, 2005 and unanimously ruled in February 2006 that the U. S. federal government must allow the UDV to import and consume the tea for religious ceremonies under the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

In September 2007, the Central Java division and Jepara branch of the Indonesian organisation Nahdlatul Ulama ( the Awakening of the Religious Scholars ) declared the government's proposal to build a nuclear power station nearby at Balong on the Muria peninsula haram or forbidden.

* Thoughts on " Religious Fundamentalism " Identity

Religious perspectives on gambling have been mixed.

* Temimei Haderech (" A Guide To Jewish Religious Practice ") by Rabbi Isaac Klein with contributions from the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly.

The philosophy upon which A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice is written is stated in the foreword: " The premise on which Torah is based is that all aspects of life-leisure no less than business, worship or rites of passage ( birth, bar mitzvah, marriage, divorce, death )-are part of the covenant and mandate under which every Jew is to serve God in everything he does.

* See Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, " Notification on the book Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism ( Orbis Books: Maryknoll, New York 1997 ) by Father Jacques Dupuis, S. J.

Religious scholar Anson Shupe notes that " on many occasions " he heard " David Kim, President of the Unification Theological Seminary, refer to ' Moonie theology ,' the ' Moonie lifestyle ,' and so forth matter-of-factly ".

Among them are Secretum (" My Secret Book "), an intensely personal, guilt-ridden imaginary dialogue with Augustine of Hippo ; De Viris Illustribus (" On Famous Men "), a series of moral biographies ; Rerum Memorandarum Libri, an incomplete treatise on the cardinal virtues ; De Otio Religiosorum (" On Religious Leisure ") and De Vita Solitaria (" On the Solitary Life "), which praise the contemplative life ; De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae (" Remedies for Fortune Fair and Foul "), a self-help book which remained popular for hundreds of years ; Itinerarium (" Petrarch's Guide to the Holy Land "); a number of invectives against opponents such as doctors, scholastics, and the French ; the Carmen Bucolicum, a collection of 12 pastoral poems ; and the unfinished epic Africa.

Little information on Steiner is available, but a broadside for a lecture given by him identifies him as " National Sec ' y Rationalist Association " ( presumably the American Rationalist Association, which published his Religious Treason in the American Republic c. 1927 ).

The Dewey decimal system covers religion in the 200 range, with books on " Religious mythology & social theology " a subset listed under 201.

Debra Haffner of The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing published An Open Letter on Religious Leaders on Marriage Equality to affirm same-sex marriage from a multi-faith perspective.