Portal:Philosophy, Psychology and Religion
Top level portal for Class B: Philosophy, Psychology and Religion
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General philosophy covers the works of philosophers, schools of philosophy and topics within philosophy.
Child portals: Ancient Greek philosophy • Socrates
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Logic is the study of reasoning, including both its modes and its valid usage.
Speculative philosophy covers subjects such as metaphysics, epistemology, methodology, ontology, cosmology and teleology.
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Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviours. This portal also covers parapsychology and occult sciences.
Child portal: Astrology
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Aesthetics is the study of the nature of art, taste and beauty; including its creation and appreciation.
Ethics is the philosophy of the concepts of right and wrong conduct.
Child portal: Ethical Culture
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Religion covers world religions as well as the general subject of religion: its philosophy, psychology, and theology.
Child portals: Confucianism • Deism • Hinduism • Jainism • Sermons • Scientology • Sikhism • Taoism (Investiture of the Gods) • Witchcraft • Yazidi • Zoroastrianism
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Mythology can refer either to the study of myths or to a body or collection of myths.
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Rationalism is the theory or method in which the sources of knowledge and truth are reason, intellect, and deduction.
Child portal: Freethinking
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Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people, based on the principles and ethics embodied in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and Talmud.
Child portal: Breslov • Cairo Geniza
The Bahá'í Faith is a religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind.
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Theosophy is any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight, spiritual ecstasy, and direct communication with the transcendent world.
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Buddhism is the religion of buddhists, based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha.
Child portals: Buddhist sutras • Tipitaka
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Christianity is the religion of Christians, based on the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
Child portals: Christmas • Doctors of the Church • Early Church Fathers series • First Council of Nicaea • Pre-Nicene Christianity • Post-Nicene Christianity
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The Bible is a canonical collection of texts considered sacred in Judaism or Christianity. The canons of different religious groups include different books in different combinations.
Child portals: Biblioþēce · Twelve Apostles
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Doctrinal theology covers Christian doctrine and dogma. This includes God, christology, mariology, soteriology, eschatology and the invisible world (angels, demons, saints etc).
Child portals: Christ myth theory • Creationism • Eschatology • Saints
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Practical theology covers Christian subjects such as ecclesiastical theology, pastoral theology, worship, practical religion and Christian life.
Child portals: Americans United for Separation of Church and State • Ecumenical Councils • InFaith • Investiture Controversy • Missionary
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Christian denominations are identifiable sub-divisions of Christianity, each with different interpretations and practices of the parent religion.
Child portals: Adventism (Branch Davidians) • Anabaptism • Anglicanism (Anglican Church of Canada • Book of Common Prayer • Church of England • The Episcopal Church) • Baptists • Calvinism • Cathars • Christadelphians • Christian Science • Church of the East • Donatism • Eastern Orthodoxy • Lutheranism (Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago, Ill.) Ladies' Aid Society) • Mennonites • Methodism (Salvation Army) • Mormonism • Oriental Orthodoxy • Presbyterianism (Church of Scotland) • Quakers • Roman Catholicism (Catholic Church Encyclicals • Council of Trent • First Vatican Council • Inquisition • Popes [Linus] • Second Vatican Council) • Swedenborgianism
- External links
- Class B on Project Gutenberg
- Call number B on the Online Books Page