Examples of 1893 Parliament of the World’s Religions in the following topics:
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- The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the "Chicago World's Fair," was held in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.
- The World's Columbian Exposition was the first world's fair with an area for amusements that was strictly separated from the exhibition halls.
- There was an Anthropology Building at the World's Fair.
- The 1893 Parliament of the World’s Religions, which ran from September 11 to September 27, marked the first formal gathering of representatives of Eastern and Western spiritual traditions from around the world.
- Evaluate the significance of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
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- On the eve of the state opening of the parliamentary session on November 5, 1605, a soldier called Guy Fawkes was discovered in the cellars of the parliament buildings guarding a pile of slaves, not far from about twenty barrels of gunpowder with which he intended to blow up Parliament House the following day and cause the destruction.
- In January 1629, Charles opened the second session of the English Parliament.
- The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) wars pitted the supporters of Charles against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third (1649–51) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament.
- Constitutionally, the wars established the precedent that an English monarch cannot govern without Parliament's consent, although the idea of parliament as the ruling power of England was legally established as part of the Glorious Revolution in 1688.
- Describe the tensions between the Stuart kings and Parliament over religion.
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- The Indus River Valley Civilization, located in modern Pakistan,
was one of the world’s three earliest widespread societies.
- The
Indus Civilization was the most widespread of the three early civilizations of
the ancient world, along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
- The
Indus Valley Civilization, along with Mesopotamia and Pharonic Egypt, was one
of the three “Ancient East” societies that are considered to be the cradles of civilization
of the old world of man, and among the most widespread.
- Mohenjo-daro
is thought to have been built in the 26th century BCE and became not only the
largest city of the Indus Valley Civilization but one of the world’s earliest,
major urban centers.
- Cock-fighting was thought to have
religious and ritual significance, with domesticated chickens bred for religion
rather than food, although the city may have been a point of origin for the
worldwide domestication of chickens.
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- Hinduism
is considered one of the oldest religions in the world.
- The Indo-Aryan Vedas
remain the oldest scriptures of the Hindu religion, which has grown culturally
and geographically through modern times to become one of the world’s four major
religions.
- Hinduism counts over
1 billion adherents across the globe, or approximately 15 percent of the world’s
population.
- The Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in Delhi, the world's largest Hindu temple
- The Rig Veda describes the varied deities of Vedic religion.
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- Understanding the religions in your audience will help you relate to the members and avoid excluding members of differing religions.
- According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.
- The members of your audience could be followers of any of those religions.
- Unless you are speaking to a particular religious group, you are likely to encounter audience members from several of the world's religions in your audience.
- Identify the world's religions and speak with sensitivity to religious beliefs
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- The escalating conflict between Charles I of England and the English Parliament resulted in the English Civil War, in the aftermath of which monarchy disappeared for over a decade and Oliver Cromwell ruled as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
- The new Parliament drew up the Petition of Right and Charles accepted it as a concession in order to obtain his subsidy.
- The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third (1649–51) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II (Charles I's son) and supporters of the Rump Parliament.
- Constitutionally, the wars established the precedent that an English monarch cannot govern without Parliament's consent, although the idea of parliament as the ruling power of England was legally established as part of the Glorious Revolution in 1688.
- Cromwell was one of the signatories of King Charles I's death warrant in 1649, and he dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England as a member of the Rump Parliament (1649–53).
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- If one were to ask any sociologist of religion which are the world religions, they would likely give the standard answer that there are five world religions:
- A detailed description of these religions is beyond the scope of this chapter.
- The classification of these groups as world religions is, like all classifications, artificial.
- Additionally, the religions of the book have numerous branches, some so dissimilar that there is more contention within the world religions than between them (e.g., Mormons vs. fundamentalist Christians, Catholics vs.
- In short, classification as a world religion seems a little arbitrary.
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- Religious symbolism is the use of acts, artwork, and events to create a mythos expressing the teachings of the religion.
- Christianity has borrowed from the common stock of significant symbols known to most periods and to all regions of the world.
- Religion in this context is defined as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature and purpose of the universe.
- Comparative religion concerns the systematic comparison of the world's religions.
- Discuss the use of religious symbols as means of representing the ideals and values of a particular religion
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- Jainism,
one of the world’s major religions, is believed to have roots in the Indus
Valley Civilization and follows aspects of the Sramana traditions of
asceticism, or self-denial and control in order to achieve a higher level of
spirituality.
- Jainism
is based on an ancient Indian religious philosophy called Sramana, which began
as an offshoot of the Vedic religion.
- Sramana existed in parallel to, but separate
from, Vedic Hinduism, which followed the teachings and rituals found in the
Vedas, the most ancient texts of the Vedic religion.
- However, other
scholars believe the Sramana traditions were separate and contemporaneous with
Indo-Aryan religious practices of the historical Vedic religion.
- Karma is a concept associated with
rebirth, or the idea that death is the beginning of a new existence, which also
appears in other Asian religions including Buddhism.
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- When James II attempted to impose taxes without parliamentary approval and converted to Catholicism, Parliament offered the crown to Mary and William of Orange, which affirmed the supremacy of Parliament and Protestantism over Monarchy and Catholicism, and was perceived as authoritarian.
- The events of the Glorious Revolution reaffirmed that Parliament was the highest authority in the nation, and more significantly, that the monarch could not rule without parliamentary consent and approval.
- Furthermore, as emphasized by 17th-century Enlightenment thinkers, Parliament was considered the least corrupt form of government because governments derived existence from the consent of the governed, and the elected representative body was answerable to its constituents.
- Public office attracted many talented young men of ambition to civil service, and colonial North American suffrage was one of the most widespread in the world at that time, with every man who owned a certain amount of property allowed to vote.
- Freedom of religion: The government can neither support nor suppress religion.