9/12/08---Exploring the World Religions: Jainism Part 2 Part Two in my series on ... absolute freedom). The meaning of tirtha is "to ferry one across the ocean of the world." The one who has crossed this worldly ocean is known as a tirthankara. "Tirthakaroti iti tirthankara" means "one who has crossed over and helps others cross the world-ocean.."1 According to Jain Dharma, there have been twenty-four ...

British actor Ronald Eyre investigated beliefs and practices of major world religions for the 13-part series The Long Search, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, religions of Indonesia and Africa, Taoism, and alternative lifestyles in California.

... Islamic View of Sin and Humanity Islamic View of Other Religions Islamic View of Salvation Islamic View of ... : Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity, ed. Ott and Netland. In the close to ... broader audience as well.If you're wondering why "Christianity" isn't included in these articles on "World Religions," the reason is that it receives its own treatment in a series ...

... through submersion in water, intended to represent the inundation of the world during the time of Noah which cleansed man's sins.Hence ... Sabians prior to the coming of Muhammad.There are not many Sabians in the world today.The very few Sabians live in Iraq.Most ex-Sabians ... India).Hindus can be Buddhists and Buddhists can be Hindus. Both religions overlap.Buddhism is centred on the Four Noble Truths ...

Recently I stumbled across a website called Religion Facts that tries to summarize quite a number of the world's religions in one place.  They present this information under the premise that religion is interesting and knowledge is good, and that throughout all of history everybody asks themselves the same basic questions about the meaning of [...]

                                      Fri Sep 5, 1:12 PM ET Previous 4 of 414 Next A Palestinian woman walks near the controversial Israeli barrier as she crosses a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem ...