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The Quran is the oldest scripture revealed by Allah to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon Him), and its originality has been preserved this day, as evidenced language it employs—Arabic. It become a popular reference for Muslims non-Muslims alike, especially since 9/11 tragedy. Not surprisingly, native text, Arabic, now widely available in translated versions, with English-translated being most fre...

The paradigms used to examine the Hebrew prophetic literature are changing. This paper contributes to that change by developing a paradigm drawn from Drama Theory and applying that paradigm to the vision reports found in the book of Amos. The outcome is a form critical study that yields beneficial results in understanding both the design and flow of the visions as well as their integration with...

One such critique, a paper written by Peter Saunders (PS), has been published by the think-tank Policy Exchange. It is entitled Beware False Prophets and is currently readily available on the Internet. Wilkinson and Pickett (W&P) have responded robustly to their critics and their comments are also available on the Internet [1]. In defence of their thesis that income inequality correlates (in so...

Abstract This article presents an empirical case study of the commodification religious substances in a Ghanaian Pentecostal/charismatic church. The author argues that primal goal religion and penchant for success good health among Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians help easy by pastor-prophets. However, or substances, argues, eschews godly values, beliefs, practices have implications faith com...