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[German Version] This expression denotes the journeys of Paul (and his companions Barnabas, John, Titus, Silas [Paul's co-workers], Timothy, Erastus, and others; cf. Acts 20:4), usually with the addition of “so-called.” This indicates that the Lukan sequence and historicity are disputed. They are partly attributed to the Lukan narrative concept of the unceasing spread of God's word according to the program in 1:8 – with ever widening concentric circles and Antioch as the center (13:1–3; 14:21, 26;…

[German Version] I. I. New Testament – II. Missiology I. New Testament Matt. 28:16–20 is often called the Great Commission. The text is a manifesto summarizing the entire Gospel. Th…

[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. New Testament – IV. Church History – V. Dogmatics – VI. Judaism – VII. Islam – VIII. Buddhism – IX. Contemporary Art I. Religious Studies 1. Hell as a place of retribution in the afterlife for those who continually transgress the religiously sanctioned rules of their community is not specifically Christian or monotheistic. But it is also not an idea that springs automatically from the question of how the dead exist (Death). Although hell was long viewed as a…

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[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Christianity – III. Judaism – IV. Buddhism – V. Islam I. Religious Studies 1. Overview. Mission is not a fundamentally universal phenomenon in the history of religions; neither is every form in which religion is passed on eo ipso mission. “Primary,” tribal religions are not missionary religions. Their domain is coterminous with their society and its way of life; they are handed down from one generation to the next in the course of natural life. The question of truth does not arise. An individual is born into this religion. Only “secondary” religions, founded by reformers or spiritual leaders, are essentially missionary. Monotheism and an anthropology that embraces all human beings identically are the basis and premise of their mission, through which the separation between one's own community and “outside” communities is to be overcome. These religions demand a personal decision, at least in the first generation. Hence mission presupposes and requires freedom of religion. A third form in which religion is passed on is political expansion. The subject people adopt the religion…