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The Bible as a “Sacred” Text and as Symbol. Part 2

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I spent the first post noting that the Christian understanding of the sacredness of the Bible is quite different from some other faiths' understanding of sacredness. For example, sacredness of the Quran within the Muslim community sees it often terms of physical sacredness. Within Christianity, sacredness is functional. That is, it is the message of …

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Religion and Problems of POWER and CONTROL

On By missionmusingsIn Christian Leadership, Encounters in Mission, Mission TheologyLeave a comment

I am left with a belief that these numbers on poorly advertised presentations from an (admittedly) obscure compiler suggests that this topic is a BIG concern. Oh sure, it could be that the hits are from fully secularized individuals who, to feel good about their god-free life choices, like to look up pages on people …

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