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	Biblical Christianity	Islam	Secularism	Marxism	New Spirituality	Postmodernism
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Source	Bible	Qur’an, Hadith, Sunnah	Humanist Manifesto I, II & III	Marx, Engels, Lenin, Mao	MacLaine, Spangler, Chopra, Walsch	Nietzsche, Foucault, Derrida, Rorty
Theology [Greek: theos (God) + logos (word)]: The study of the existence (or non-existence), nature, and attributes of God.	Trinitarian Monotheism	Monotheism	Atheism	Atheism	Pantheism	Theological Suspicion
Philosophy [Greek: philo (love) + sophia (wisdom)]: The love of wisdom; the attempt to discover an explanation for the whole of existence or reality.	Dualism	Dualism	Naturalism & Materialism	Dialectical Materialism	Spiritual Monism	Anti-Realism
Ethics [Greek: ethikos (custom)]: The study of conduct, moral values, duties, actions, and ends.	Agape	Divine Command Theory	Moral Relativism or Utilitarianism	Proletariat Morality	Karma	Cultural Relativism
Biology [Greek bios (life) + logos (word)]: The study of living organisms.	Special Creation	Special Creation	Neo-Darwinian Evolution	Punctuated Equilibrium	Spiritual Evolution	Anti-Essentialism
Psychology [Greek: psyche (soul) + logos (word)]: The study of the soul, mind, and spirit.	Mind/Body Dualism (Fallen)	Mind/Body Dualism (un-fallen)	Mind/Body Monism (Self-Actualization)	Mind/Body Monism (Classical Conditioning)	Mind/Body Monism (Fourth Force)	Decentered Self
Sociology [French socio (social, society) + Greek: logos (word)]: The study of social institutions and society.	Sphere Sovereignty	Ummah	Personal Autonomy	Proletariat Society	Collective Consciousness	Social Construction
Law [English: lagu (code, rules)]: The study of principles of conduct or procedure which are expected to be observed.	Natural Law	Shariah Law	Legal Positivism	Proletariat Law	Self-Law	Critical Legal Studies
Politics [Greek: polis (city)]: The art of governing a city, state, or nation.	Subsidiarity	Islamic Theocracy	Progressivism	Statism	Autarchy	Political Pessimism or Liberalism
Economics [Greek: oikos (house) + nomia (rule)]: The rule or management of resources, whether by an individual or a society.	Biblical Stewardship	Shariah Economics	Economic Interventionism	Socialism	Universal Enlightened Production	Economic Interventionism
History [Latin: historia (information)]: The study of past places, persons, and events.	Redemptive Narrative	Pan-Islam	Social Progress	Historical Materialism	Evolutionary Godhood	Historical Revisionism