METAPHYSICS

Comparative Analysis Of World Religions As They Relate To Metaphysics

Acknowlegement

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ABSTRACT

The study of belief now appears to have gone from the formative, descriptive 'what?' stage to the theoretically more intriguing 'how?' phase—the one that focuses on relatives between belief and other matters—typically formulated in seminar names for example 'religion and gender', 'religion and violence' etc. Lately, in the study of belief 'why?' stage and 'why?' matters that are attribute of 'mature' sciences have appeared with improved intensity. 'Why?' inquiries are normally explanatory in the more causal sense and interpret the incident and evolution of the object of study. In the study of belief this is now apparent particularly in the cognitive approaches. There are, although, other possibilities for explanatory avenues than those most often made a replicate from the natural sciences. On the relatives between interpretation and understanding I suggest a modified stance that is sustained by theoretical and philosophical expansion that appear to have been unseen by scholars of religion.

TABLE OF CONTENT

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ABSTRACTIII

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

Problem Statement1

Theoretical Framework1

CHAPTER 02: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE3

A Comparative Analysis Of The Major World Religions From A Christian Perspective3

The Power of Affirmative Faith5

The universe is holographic and relational7

Dynamic adventure embraces unchanging constancy7

Causation is nonlocal as well as immediate7

Experience8

Creativity and freedom characterize each moment of experience8

The butterfly effect9

The aim of the universe involves the quest for beauty of experience9

God is the circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere9

We can experience God consciously as well as unconsciously10

CHAPTER 03: METHODS12

Research Design12

CHAPTER 04: FINDINGS13

CHAPTER 05: DISCUSSION18

Explanation and coherence18

Explanatory interpretation24

A Process Spiritual Pilgrimage30

Process Affirmations31

Body prayer33

CHAPTER 06: CONCLUSIONS37

REFERENCES39

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

Problem Statement

The study of religion is about matters, at all levels, which scholars want to understand, be it a concept in an old text or the formation of a new religious group. In order to so understand they need to describe, explain, and interpret. Traditionally, description has not been considered problematic by scholars, but the problem of description is complicated enough in itself when seen with reference to philosophy of science debates concerning, for example, the validity of induction, and I shall return to that problem later. (Jensen 2002a: 423)But, before proceeding, it is appropriate to clarify some relations between the concepts of explanation and interpretation and the procedures of the same because that may contribute to an understanding of accepted scholarly practice in the study of religion. In this connection I must admit that it is not my intention to discuss these problems in a general philosophy ...