The Clash of Civilizations Its Ecology Western Christiandom Orthodox Christiandom □Islamic World ☐Sub-Saharan Africa ☐Latin America ☐Sinic World ☐Hindu Civilization ☐Buddhist Civilization Former British Colonies ☐Japa □Turkey ☐Ethiopia ☐Israel □Hait
The Clash of Civilizations & Its Ecology
The Clash of Civilizations Media Space competitiveness index,2008 Government Human Most competitive=100 resources 302030 4050 -70 .80 90 100 United States ource:Fto
The Clash of Civilizations & Media
The Media Religions ● The characteristics of religions ● Definitions of religion tend to suffer from one of two problems they are either too narrow and exclude many belief systems which most agree are religions,or they are too vague and ambiguous,suggesting that just about anything and everything is a religion.A better way to explain the nature of religion is to identify basic characteristics common to religions.These characteristics may be shared with other belief systems,but taken together they make religion distinct. ● First,Belief in a deity.There are three main philosophical views regarding the existence of a deity.Atheists believe that no deity exists.Theists believe in a deity or deities.Agnostics say that the existence of a deity cannot be proved or disproved.Most of the major religions are theistic.They teach that deities govern or greatly influence the actions of human beings as well as events EHRIST in nature.Confucianism is the most important atheistic religion
The Media & Religions The characteristics of religions. Definitions of religion tend to suffer from one of two problems: they are either too narrow and exclude many belief systems which most agree are religions, or they are too vague and ambiguous, suggesting that just about anything and everything is a religion. A better way to explain the nature of religion is to identify basic characteristics common to religions. These characteristics may be shared with other belief systems, but taken together they make religion distinct. First, Belief in a deity. There are three main philosophical views regarding the existence of a deity. Atheists believe that no deity exists. Theists believe in a deity or deities. Agnostics say that the existence of a deity cannot be proved or disproved. Most of the major religions are theistic. They teach that deities govern or greatly influence the actions of human beings as well as events in nature. Confucianism is the most important atheistic religion