Ummah Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

History of Political Thought- Midterm Who should rule? The people - They constitute the state, no one needs to revolt, fair Who should rule? The elderly - Experienced, safe-guard, tradition, risk averse Who should rule? The king/queen - Constitutes the state, decisive, birth-right, luck, sanctified by God/tradition, simple mechanism. Fundamental luck for birth-right into royalty Who should rule? The elected (president/cabinet)-excludes..? - Excludes the incompetent/inpopular, gives...

Mathematical Modelling Summary Post MID-SEM - HSMahato

Mathematical Modelling Summary Post MID-SEM - HSMahato

Philosophy of religion and theology are both interested in exegesis, which can be defined as what?  The art of strategically using texts for your own purposes, not the purposes of the text's author.  The methodology of discovering if a text is forged or legitimate.  The methodology of accurately determining and interpreting the meaning of texts.  The methodology of determining which historical figure wrote a text. CONCEPT Philosophy of Religion 2 Which of the foll...

REL 2300 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGION FULLY COVERED PRACTICE EXAM SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Question 1: The umma (ummah) is Type: Multiple Choice Points Awarded: 0/1 Your Answer(s): Correct Answer(s):  Muslim clerics  a Muslim religious court  the Muslim community (correct)  the people of Mecca Question 2: Muhammad and his followers migration from Mecca to Yathrib (Medinah) is called the Type: Multiple Choice Points Awarded: 0/1 Your Answer(s): Correct Answer(...

STRAIGHTERLINE REL 101 / REL101 UNIT 3 MILESTONE Which of the following correctly identifies the significance of religious festivals? Religious festivals are never seasonal. Religious festivals are most significant if they honor a deity or some important figure. Religious festivals are more important than everyday acts of worship. • Religious festivals are often tied to the mythology of a particular tradition. CONCEPT Festivals 2 One instance of a religious pract...

Diversity is an important factor in a community because it allows people to live in peace and harmony by accepting the differences within each other. In early Islamic culture, Prophet Muhammad was one of the most unifying factors of the community, and he helped the communities of Al-Medina to have a peaceful co-existence among themselves. Across the world, people belong to different cultural groups which are drawn from different aspects such as religion, race, language, history, age, and gender ...

Summary of all the readings of week 1 from the first year sociology course 'Sociology of Institutions'.

Summary of the article “Modularity, flexibility and knowledge management in product and organization design” By Sanchez & Mahoney (1996)

Full summary (40 pages) of the book 'Communication in everyday life' written by Steve Duck and David McMahan (2nd edition, 2015).