political and religious creed

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• RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Thomas Jefferson: On the Civil and Religious Powers of Government — ▪ Primary Source              One of the basic tenets of Thomas Jefferson s political creed was his belief in the fundamental freedom of religion from any interference by the state. This notion is today so much a part of our heritage that it is… …   Universalium

• creed — [kri:d] n [Date: 900 1000; : Latin; Origin: credo; CREDO] 1.) a set of beliefs or principles ▪ Marxism has never been weaker as a political creed . ▪ a religious creed ▪ people of all colours and creeds 2.) the C …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Religious pluralism — This article is about religious pluralism. For other uses of the term, see Pluralism (disambiguation). The cross of the war memorial and a menorah for Hanukkah coexist in Oxford. Religious pluralism is a loosely defined expression concerning… …   Wikipedia

• religious experience — Introduction       specific experiences such as wonder at the infinity of the cosmos, the sense of awe and mystery in the presence of the holy, feelings of dependence on a divine power or an unseen order, the sense of guilt and anxiety… …   Universalium

• political philosophy — Branch of philosophy that analyzes the state and related concepts such as political obligation, law, social justice, and constitution. The first major work of political philosophy in the Western tradition was Plato s Republic. Aristotle s… …   Universalium

• political system — Introduction       the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a “government” or a “ state.” This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined,… …   Universalium

• creed — n. 1) to adhere to a creed 2) a political; religious creed 3) a creed that + clause (it is our creed that we must help the poor) 4) (misc.) all races and creeds * * * [kriːd] religious creed (misc.) all races and creeds a political to adhere to a …   Combinatory dictionary

• Religious law — In some religions, law can be thought of as the ordering principle of reality; knowledge as revealed by God defining and governing all human affairs. Law, in the religious sense, also includes codes of ethics and morality which are upheld and… …   Wikipedia

• Neo-fascism and religion — This series is linked to the Politics and Elections series Part of the Politics series on Neo Fascism …   Wikipedia

• Religious Indifferentism —     Religious Indifferentism     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Indifferentism     The term given, in general, to all those theories, which, for one reason or another, deny that it is the duty of man to worship God by believing and… …   Catholic encyclopedia