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Supreme Being
About: Supreme Being is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 192 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1615 citations.
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TL;DR: In this case, the influence of Christianity with its biblical notions of God might have been superimposed on the traditional supreme being as mentioned in this paper, leading to the question whether in pre-Christian times one might have thought of the supreme being not in terms of a personal being, but rather in a diffuse sort of power, which was felt operative in all the great and mighty.
Abstract: The supreme being of the ethnic groups which have settled on the Congo estuary, especially the Kongo, Yombe, Kuta, Yansi, Yaka, has characteristics both of celestial and of lower, more local chthonic beings. These characteristics are sometimes understood to be feminine. Among some of these ethnic groups, especially the Yaka, Ndzaambi/Nzambi, the name of the supreme being can also be used for ancestors, Nkisi, chiefs, and the deceased. This leads to the question whether in pre-Christian times one might have thought of the supreme being not in terms of a personal being, but rather in terms of a diffuse sort of power, which was felt operative in all the great and mighty. In this case, the influence of Christianity with its biblical notions of God might have been superimposed on the traditional supreme being.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discussed the integrative value of religious pluralism which brings sustainable development and examined exclusivity as a common possible weakness of religious plurality, which destroys the integral growth of peoples and nations.
Abstract: Religious pluralism implies a diverse variety and multiplicity of faiths found to exist simultaneously in a given society. The beauty of these religions in their respective distinctiveness, even as they uphold and teach variegated divine sparks of the incomprehensible Supreme Being (God), is seen when they inclusively work together in one purposeful and concerted effort to unfold (de-envelope) the naturalness which humanity must conquer in order to be termed: developed. The platforms and bridges of religious inclusivism, ecumenism and tolerance lead naturally to greater freedoms, self-actualization, civilization and peace which are critical components of sustainable development. Religious pluralism has inherent integrative powers to transform the society positively. However, historical experiences reveal that societies which tie political battle for supremacy, socio-economic dominance and cultural superiority complex to their religions breed developmental crises. One example of such a specimen is Nigeria. The interactions between the three dominant religions in Nigeria, namely: Christianity, African Traditional Religion and Islam have been largely governed by divisiveness, hatred, bigotry and violence. The consequence is developmental deficits. This paper strove to discuss the integrative value of religious pluralism which brings sustainable development. It also examined exclusivity as a common possible weakness of religious pluralism which destroys the integral growth of peoples and nations. The methodology employed in this work is historic-descriptive which means that the relationship patterns of the three religions in Nigeria and their impacts on sustainable development were studied over time guided by the progressive value of religion. Finally, the paper recommended the need to eschew religious absolutism or totalitarianism, and secularity of constitutions to be upheld among others to promote the harnessing of the gains of religious diversity. Key Words : Religious pluralism, Exclusivity, Inclusivity, Sustainable development, Nigeria.
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13 Sep 2013
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TL;DR: The main subject of the paper as mentioned in this paper is to show that parapsychology comes to the aid of religion by showing that physical laws, though extremely important, are not all-powerful.
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