The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures
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Practical faith and affirmative faith; an inquiry on the essence of fait
The word faith, religiously considered, has different meanings. Its general application in the sense of living based on Divine religion absolutely and more general than the function of the parts of human body that makes the essence of faith. In a particular application, it means hearty affirmation called the head of faith by which is established the essence of faith. The application of faith...
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تاریخ انتشار 2018