Please turn JavaScript on
header-image

Bishop's Encyclopedia of Religion, Society, and Philosophy

follow.it gives you an easy way to subscribe to Bishop's Encyclopedia of Religion, Society, and Philosophy's news feed! Click on Follow below and we deliver the updates you want via email, phone or you can read them here on the website on your own news page.

You can also unsubscribe anytime painlessly. You can even combine feeds from Bishop's Encyclopedia of Religion, Society, and Philosophy with other site's feeds!

Title: Bishop's Encyclopedia of Religion, Society, and Philosophy – James A. Bishop (PhD candidate, Department for the Study of Religions, University of Cape Town)

Is this your feed? Claim it!

Publisher:  Unclaimed!
Message frequency:  2 / week

Message History

As a historical source for the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth (c. 6–4 BCE—c. 30 CE), some scholars dismiss the Gospel of John. Problematically, in their view, the Johannine Jesus makes explicit claims to be equal with God that are not paralleled in the synoptic gospels of Mark, Matthew, and


Read full story

Authorship and Date of James

The author claims to be “a servant of God and of Jesus Christ” (1:1), perhaps suggesting him to be sufficiently well known and recognizable in the early Christian community.

However, we...


Read full story

All four canonical gospels identify Judas Iscariot as “one of the Twelve” (Mark 14:10, 43; Matt 26:14, 47; Luke 22:3, 47; John 6:71; 12:4; cf. Acts 1:17), who had the important role as the group’s treasurer (John 12:6; 13:29).

Judas Iscariot’s reputat...


Read full story

Although his teachings about the afterlife focused primarily on the resurrection of the dead and the kingdom of God, Jesus of Nazareth (6-4 BCE–c. 30 CE) affirmed belief in the reality of rewards and punishments, such as that described in Jewish apocalyptic texts (e.g. 1 Enoch 14) (Morton 2008, 916-918).

On Hel...


Read full story

With ancient routes dating back at least 2,000 years, Hatha yoga is a non-sectarian form of yoga that aims to assist practitioners in attaining self-awareness (Rile 2004, 20).

The postures of Hatha yoga were originally designed to purify the body in preparation fo...


Read full story