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The 'P' and 'x' thingy is the Chi Rho. Depicting the first 2 (greek) letters of the word christ. It's also called the Labarum. Sub has a lot of particulars associated with it. Wiki it for more info.

*hmmmm* Well, as a professor of comparative religions, it is my job to know about.... religions.... Yaqinud Din and Thipps, I appreciate your input, but it is not my job to 'point out' the status of one sect within a religious community. Unless I misunderstand your statement (which I took to...

Sounds good to me, I just have to see if there is one close enough to the campus that would make the travel easy for all of the students interested in going. Sub

*oof!* Wow, loosen your focus for a second and the months disappear on you! Sorry for the delay in posting.... Here goes, Approximately 80 students of mine (out of a total of about 200) attended a fieldtrip to a local Muslim center in May. I will first give my personal impressions and then...

I also see the quote I posted as 'misrepresentative'. What I was implying, but didn't really explain, is that many people think that atheism is a 'reaction' against Christianity. I'm still looking for the source, but if it makes you feel any better, it was an early 20th (19th?) century...

Atheism, religion? No. Very cynically put (not by me, mind you) "...atheism is simply the outpouring of anti-christian sentiments by the intellectual elite." Now, I am currently looking for where I read this so bear with. However, Atheism, in a general sense attributes no importance to deity...

Hello all, I posted a topic about greeting an Imam earlier and was asked to give a brief account of what I experienced on my upcoming trip to a Muslim Center. First- I am a professor of Comparative Religion and take my classes to a variety of religious centers (at the invitation of the...

I think what Q was talking about, Light, is the 'brother' part. The "we are all brothers (and sisters), but too few of us act like it." meaning of his statement. I could be wrong though... :) Sub

Light, what do you mean by 'CR'? Do you mean 'Comparative Religion' as a discipline? Or maybe 'Comparative-religion.com'? -Plus, on the topic of the wealth- Since Zakat is one of the foundational concepts of Islam, whether he was rich or not seems immaterial....What wealth he had prior to...

I don't think this Imam is too concerned with protocol, afterall he is welcoming 150 students of very diverse backgrounds openly to his center. Plus, in this particular area in Michigan, there was recently a city hearing concerning the establishment of a Mosque near a residential...

Thanks Thipps, I do plan on speaking with him personally before we head out there. Having about 150 students show up without much prep can be a flustering event. The Imam has been working with faculty members at my institution for several years, I am a new faculty member and I haven't met him...

Hi all. I am taking several of my comparative religion classes to an Islamic Center next week and I was wondering if there was a specific greeting one uses to greet an Imam. Also, if one is not a Muslim, is the greeting "Asalaamu alaikum" appropriate or is this an 'inter-religious' greeting...

Hrmmm.... read 'The Holographic Universe' by Michael Talbot 'Science and the Akashic Field' by ... Laszlo (forgot his first name) 'The Yoga of Time Travel' by (somethingsomething) Wolf (again, sorry for the lack of info) In the Indian traditions, the Brahmins are not the only ones who have...

Ah! Thanks Bob..... Though I did spend the better part of a day tinkering with the Mojikyo omnibus in September.... After installing it and going through it a bit, I couldn't really figure out a quick way to use the fonts. Short of picking individual characters and save/paste them in a word...

Y'know BB, I realized when I posted that last message that using 'The Jews' rather than 'Jews' was a bit off in my mind too. Because I wouldn't refer to Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Etc. as a 'the' in that kind of question. Though when students ask these kinds of questions about an...

Couldn't agree more. Inflection/attitude goes a looong way. go into a bar in Ann Arbor and tell someone you're a Michigan State fan... Oh, you're a Spartan....That's kind of how I end the 'words' part of my intro lecture. Words have the meanings of a lot of different people, places, and times...

First off, good point about the tribal aspect of the religion dauer. When I bring that up in class, peoples get confuzzed... And I don't think it's necessarily those who take scripture seriously... I think it's actually the ones who consider themselves Christian but don't know much about...

Thank you for your humor Dauer :D Oddly enough, around my area there are several, very large Jewish communities. We got just about everything in these here parts! Though I guess I should have specified that the predominantly Christian cohort of my classes are reluctant to use the word...

Very interesting! :D I see your point about differentiating between 'I am a Jew' and 'I'm Jewish' I would say that to a large extent, using 'Jew' as in the following: "Do the Jews believe in 'X'?" But I totally understand what you're saying. I think one of the problems comes from the fact...

Hello all. I am a professor of religion at a small midwest college and I've been noticing something I find interesting... Many (non-jewinsh) students are very hesitant to use the word 'Jew' in any context. Therefore, I start my section on Judaism by addressing the word- that it is not a 'bad...