AvatarmmumtazDr. Ambedkar and the Annihilation of the Hindu Caste Systemthecollector.com - Scott MclaughlanDr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is often thought of as a jurist, economist, and social reformer. It is certainly hard to find many figures who can be said …
AvatarmmumtazStoryboardThe 7 Oldest Religions In The WorldCurated byWorldatlas.comHumans are religious by nature. There is no way around that reality. Wherever you are, wherever you go, people believe in right and wrong, good and bad, and everything in between. People have been turning to religion to seek answers to life's most profound questions for thousands of years. But it begs the question: does having an older religion make it more correct? In today's post, we are on a quest to locate and name the seven oldest religions on Earth.
AvatarmmumtazA mass exodus from Christianity is underway in America. Here’s why.Grid - Suzette Lohmeyer, Anna DeenIt’s less about hot-button topics like abortion and gay marriage and more about the Cold War and the internet. While the number of Americans who …
AvatarmmumtazIslam and a Fragmented Civilizationnewlinesmag.com - Alex RowellA little over 10 years ago, a sublime corner of New York City went through an ontological shift. The “Islamic Art” wing of the Metropolitan Museum …
AvatarmmumtazThe Buddhist concept of “yugen” helps you embrace the mysterious and profoundbigthink.com - Eric G. WilsonAlan Watts, one of the first to explain Buddhist aesthetics to Western audiences, admired the Zen concept of yūgen, often translated into English as …
AvatarmmumtazStoryboardWho Wrote The Bible?Curated byGrungeFor over 2 billion Christians across the world, the Bible is the sacred text that serves as their source of truth, as well as comfort and inspiration (and the Old Testament is just as important for those of the Jewish faith). The document is not one book, but rather, a library, representing history, poetry, law, and more. There are 66 books in the Protestant Bible and 73 in the Catholic, written over the course of centuries by multiple different authors. Some of those books bear names...