Religion Essay Examples and Topics. Page 13
The movie "Jesus of Montreal" attempts to reconstitute the Jesus story in the contemporary world, and one of the principal director's instruments in this way is an in-depth elaboration of characters, their identification with real [...]
In the movie, it is also easy to reveal the Sadducees, as this party opposing to the Essenes is introduced as a group of arch villains aiming to destroy the Guarani mission.
Mercy Amba Oduyoye, the prominent African Methodist theologian, is aware of the problem of sexism and she wrote a couple of books on the topic."Daughters of Anowa" combines the description of a situation in the [...]
Emmaneul Lartey's Postcolonializing God: An African Practical Theology consists of six chapters that are accompanied by the author's comments, elucidations, and demonstrative examples, testifying to the importance and adequacy of Lartey's approach to the African [...]
Such practice allows residents to see Muslims from a different perspective and ruin the formed stereotypes. Acknowledging the act of vandalism as a hate crime is another step to protecting the American Muslim community.
In other words, the fact of the existence of the universe proves the idea of God responsible for the creation of such ideal objects and things.
However, the logical structure of the Yogak ra was not mere speculation, and the ultimate scopes of tradition remained the attainment of the Buddhahood and liberation from the Sams ra.
According to modern historians, it is widely believed that the religion based on the Buddha's teachings first came to Tibet in the seventh century of the Common Era, with the period of its most active [...]
The unique Chinese Buddhist tradition was formed under the impact of the long-established worldview of the Chinese culture on the original ideas of Buddhism.
In his teachings, the Buddha used the idea of no-self to disprove the logical consistency of seeing people as creatures that are independent in terms of perception and knowledge.
What the compilers of the dialogue report clearly state in the pages of the work is that, what both the Lutheran and the Roman Catholic Church teaches about justification by faith is the same; the [...]
This paper highlights the premises of the schism between the Roman Church and the Protestants. That was a basic reason for split and separation of the Catholic Church.
Saint Augustine is considered to be the most influential figure in terms of shaping Christianity as it is and the Western Civilization.
These and the abundance of the other places from the Holy Scriptures establish God's position as the Giver of life, and the only person having a right to operate the gift of life which stem [...]
Stranger Staff's article A Month of Sundays presents the role of religion in a modern society and the attitude of the people to the church.
Discontented with the kind of education that Calvin was receiving from the benevolent family, Gerard recalled his son from the philosophy college and took him to pursue law at the Orleans University.
The author describes the contributing individuals such as Prophet Muhammad and outlines their particular contribution to the introduction, and the spread of Islam in Arabia.
Through an examination of highly organized shrines at San Giovanni Rotondo in Singiovannesi, Sri Lanka, Peru, and Lourdes, the authors examine the conflicting views, interests, and beliefs of the pilgrims on the life and remains [...]
His sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is an emotional appeal to turn back to the traditional for the pioneer's strict postulates of the religion.
Crowds of people gathered outside the church and many were still arriving as others moved in and out of the church in preparation for the start of the service.
Concurring with the article, as Bloch argues, the evolution of the mind comes along with other characteristics of human nature that include even art appreciation and the relationship with others in the society as well [...]
However, among the explanation of the cause of the phenomenon for this lack of agreement is the tendency for people to define religion too narrowly, and in most cases from the perspective of their own [...]
This paper intends to find out appropriate qualitative research methods and perspectives that I can use to show that Islam as a religion does not in any way sanction mistreatment of women and that instead [...]
These distinctions are visible due to several cultures act of subjecting to an influencing experience of death in the African perspective, the keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times, the people from [...]
In this task, we will look at Paul's Christological teachings to deal with the practical problems of the recipients of his letters as well as their possible present day relevance.
Traditional religion of Congo people represents an endless interrelation of "this" world, in which we live, and the world of dead, "another world". All in all, the traditional religion of Congo people is meant to [...]
The papyrus painting known as the Book of Dead of Ani is held in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum.
Over the past few years, Islamophobia has been the term that completely defines the perspective of most Americans on Muslims and anything that has to do with Islam. What do you have to say on [...]
These practices are contradictory to the purposes of the ethical law."Human law is law in as much as it is in conformity with right reason and thus derives from the eternal law.
The author tells us that this is why Jesus was used as a moral exemplary to instil moral values in the students.
The descent of God reiterates the theology of evolution in which Jesus postulates himself as a slave and not as God. Hence this makes the theology of nature and the essence of the entirety of [...]
This thesis tries to analyze the role of religion in the political, educational and social systems in the republic of Iran before and after the revolution.
There is a difference between the two worlds in that, what is found in the underworld is intangible, abstract and of bodiless quality as compared to the physical reality Hell is alleged to be underground, [...]
Just like the traditional understanding of human rights and social justice fought for the rights of the minority people in the society, the contemporary society in India and all over the world has continued to [...]
It is a strong aspect that is in the article."Defining God into existence" is an article that attempts to define God in relation to apophatic teachings of the "via negativa".
In accordance with the teachings and knowledge of Islamic religion, a man is not simply meant to be in this world in order to just eat, drink and seek contentment for them only.
Therefore, religious beliefs have a special impact on the interactions among persons in society with the inclusion of strangers. This is because those in a religious class believe in the presence of a supernatural being [...]
This is also demonstrated by the paradigm of Historiography so that the pattern of records remains the same for The Roman Catholic Church priests. This is for the amicability of the canonization of a confessor.
From then came the Exodus, the receipt of the Torah, fulfilling of the Covenant, the conquering of the promised land, Judges, the kingdom and its split in two, the exile in Babylon and the Jews [...]
This pilgrimage is said to be held in a variety of locations depending on the Planet Jupiter and the sun. What would be the result of a struggle between the gods and the demons?
According to him, medieval theologians were not honest in their speeches and discourses, as they did not lead the people in the very right ways of the Christ, but in their own ways of thinking [...]
However, there is admittance to the existence, reality and truth that in one general conscious awareness, Buddhism is man's inclination to support or be loyal to and to agree to an opinion of the Teaching [...]
The plunge involved in Kumbh Mela is significant because of its historic reverence to the fight between spirits and demons over the drink of life, believed to have sprinkled in four main spiritual locations, Allahabad, [...]
The emphasis is however on the ratio of men to women that will resort to religion as a means of handling the situations of life2.
When the prayer session is on, the act of moving the body to and fro is common among most Jewish believers.
Al hajj is performed between the eighth and the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar. This period is called Dhu al-Hijjah."The pilgrimage in this ceremony begins with the donning of the Ihram".
Greg Mortenson was mostly talking about the girl education and the ignorance that the people in the United States and the United Kingdom have, about the Islamic religion.
The prophet of the religion claimed to take a position to open "a channel of divine power between the visible and invisible worlds" and he would act as a "vehicle of the continuing revelation of [...]
The beginning of Islam is ascribed to the creation of the sixth century in Arabia. Currently, in America, Canada, and Europe the number of converts to Islam is rising each and every year.
Marriage is an institution that was held highly among the people in the tradition and the subject under that community followed the norms strictly because marriage is a cherished faculty.
These are "the manifestation creation and the creator, the manifestation of survival and protection and the manifestation of extinction and transformation.
This time marked the turning point in the life of George Bush as he was able to receive Jesus as his personal savior this was how Bush explained. The friends of Bush were able to [...]
The absence of competition made Christians to believe that the books contained in the Bible were the only one available and therefore the Christian story was of authoritative and foolproof singularity. All these complications lead [...]
Judaism is an ethical monotheistic religion and the relation of Abraham to this definition will be explained. This paper has discussed why Judaism is a monotheistic religion and also explained the misconceptions.
The concept has played a crucial role in the development of religion, philosophy and mythology in the past. In the American civilization the role of syncretism was more pronounced in literature.
Dante was a religious activist who was a component of the Guelphs and favored the ruling of the Papacy Kingdom over the religious Roman Empire.
The evolutionary scientists believe that the positions taken by creation scientists on the origin of the earth and life forms are irreconcilable to theirs.
Sculpture was the main art form and it was used in Christian buildings to illustrate Christian beliefs, principles and ideas. Monumental Byzantine art combined religious and imperial themes and this was dictated by the pious [...]
The body of the person who has passed on is believed to undergo a transformation. The quietness of the spirit of this person is also escalated.
This essay will be looking at the relationship between the aspects of materialism and religion and the ways they affect the global consumption cultures.
The free choice is concentrated on nafs that a human being has, according to Quran: nafs can be good or bad, and it is up to an individual whether to strive towards the higher potentials [...]
The denial of the truth is probably because of the complexities that the world is finding in reading the bible which is due to a lack of patience.
This podcast presented an interesting discussion on a number of important issues, but three of them, namely, the relationship between science and religion, the indeterminism of the universe, and ignorance in science and religion, were [...]
As mentioned by Johnson, women's influence is already felt in different aspects of religion and, particularly, in the one dealing with the "central issue of the image and concept of the divine, the One who [...]
This poem, above all, reflects the Jewish continuity and the fact that the Jews are the only nation who, for 3,000 years of their existence, managed to stay on the same land and retain the [...]
This paper critically comments on Coady's passage on accusations of playing God normally focused on the secular agents by the predominant religious leaders and the possibility of the trend shifting back to the religious leaders.
Rauschenbusch was a Christian Theologian who saw the purpose of Christianity in spreading the Kingdom of God on Earth and who believed that religion should be concerned with both the believers' spiritual and material well-being; [...]
It can be understood from The Spiritual Audacity of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel that Heschel was a theologian and a philosopher who valued his life and who has written a variety of books in theology [...]
As understood from the podcast, creeds are the statements of belief that distinguish Christian religion from other religions, that have certain political and military power, and that makes religion accessible to people who might not [...]
Commonly known as the Re-baptizers, the Anabaptist movement began after some of the clergy men and priests in Zurich, Switzerland began questioning some of the activities and practices of the then Catholic church, which was [...]
Areas where the way of life is busy, fast-paced, and interactions are more have witnessed the reduction in the strictness of the way of life among orthodox Jews. The nation of Israel, which is the [...]
This paper discusses the English language and the Islamic religion in the context of the country of Kuwait. Lastly, the paper discusses the cultural influences of Arab expatriates to the spread of English in Kuwait; [...]
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the eight fold path in Buddhism and its similarities with other religion. Buddhism is one of the major religions in the world and shares a lot in [...]
This essay will focus on the elements of rituals that are performed when Muslim faithful make their pilgrimage to Mecca and the rituals that take place when God appears to Elijah in the mount of [...]
The period between 1300 and 1800 AD was of much significance to the history of the Islamic religion. Events that took place during this period had a lot of impact of the history and status [...]
The subject of religion liberty has contributed an important part in the history of some parts of the world especially the United States and the rest of North America.
Some of the famous cults include the Unification Church also referred to as the "Moonies" an identity derived from its leader, Sun Myung Moon, ISKCON, the Scientology and the Children of God.
Over the years, there have been opinions over the existence of a supreme being, with the power that surpasses all wisdom and mankind.
In the first scenario of the gospel of Judas, Jesus was engaged in a verbal conversion with his disciples between the significant and spiritual value of thanksgiving and the Eucharist.
In this way, they felt that they were God's light to the world for everyone to be saved. They further felt that God was the final authority in political and religious activities in their society.
This is how stories like 'The Ten Commandments' are told and retold and when it came to the modern ages film makers relieved these sagas and in this case Cecil B De Mille's 'The Ten [...]
Indeed, the teachings tend to create a balance between spirituality and ordinary human life in the sense that, by following the path of attaining knowledge and the quest to understand the oneself as human through [...]
Aquinas asserts that true faith should believe in what has been revealed by God The agreement that characterizes faith is being wholehearted and not timid. Through revelation one accepts the propositions in faith that God [...]
Even though there is no clarity of some of the religious practices that are being followed by the people, the religious faithful has denied the relation of their beliefs to be mythical.
The growth and success of Christianity came from the conversion and patronage of Constantine. The early Christians of Rome were received with contempt and suspicion.
The Quran is believed to be a miracle of miracles as it is considered to be a creation of the supreme maker, Allah. The Quran is believed to have remained the same and constant since [...]
Women usually have a lesser desire for sex compared to men and therefore the man can get this attention from another wife when one is not able to have sex. In this case the man [...]
The sole aim for the formation of the youth ministry is to encourage the young people to learn more about their faith and engage themselves in spirituality.
On the basis of the expeditions to Brazil and the USA, he researched the primitive cultures, traditional ethnic psychology, and the influence of the permanent customs on the culture of the nowadays peoples.
The need to spread the work of God, helping the poor in the society, healing and comforting the sick has led to the creation of the ministry.
In fact, the author of the book is trying to prove the readers that pain is the direct result of God's love for people and God's tool of people's improvement; He uses pain in order [...]
The contribution of religion to the animosity that subsisted between the Spaniards and the Indians in the 1540's was massive. In fact it was the existence of religious infrastructure that led to the start of [...]
In the Sermon on the Mount, for example, he stresses the return to the original purpose of the Old Testament law which can be fulfilled not just by refraining from murder, adultery, and false oaths, [...]
This section of the paper aims to highlight some of the arguments by thinkers on who God is and the definition of the relationship between God and man.
He considers the understanding of God's existence as some of the things that exist in the stated place. He states that the love for God is the main aspect of the just among the human [...]
Augustine, in the first book, looks at his infancy and confesses his inclination to all the pleasures and vices than to the study of the scriptures. He confesses to the shame and guilt of his [...]
In that regard, this paper analyzes the Nicene Creed, explaining the relation between the affirmation of Trinity in the Creed and the roots of the Arian heresy.
This essay gives an overview of historic development of Hinduism and the importance of epics in Hinduism. Hinduism basically encompasses the development of religion in India from the time of Iron Age, which dates back [...]
Ireland had the backing of other influential people in the Catholic Church and together they formed a group that was referred to as the "liberals" within the Church.
He would probably mention that there might be setbacks from time to time, as the Nazi brutality in World War II, but that in the long run the Kingdom of God will come, and for [...]
The Book of Mormon is faced with a lot of criticism due to the lack of archeological evidence supporting the authenticity of the material in it.
The present paper analyzes several classical paintings, Titian's The Annunciation among them, presents the interpretation of the biblical extract as the frequently used theme of icons, and the analysis of Bach's The Magnificat as a [...]
Polytheism is understood as the devotion in the worshipping of many gods and goddesses. The sphinx, and the dove, was in depiction of her as Venus, the planet.
In Torah, the sacred writings included in the Hebrew Bible or Tanah, we can also pursue a certain historical description of the political situation: "And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, [...]
The purpose of the present paper is to analyze the sources of Ibn Ishq's Sira and to comment on the way he makes use of the sources to prove that Muhammad is the Messenger of [...]
In this essay, we look at the role of religion in the stories, Station of the cross and The Smoothest Way Is Full of Stones.
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah tells of the Sexual immorality that was characteristic of the people living there. In fact, the fire punishment of God on the people of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire [...]
The beginnings and the events of the Bible up to the time of Jesus and up to today all lead to God's plan of salvation for Israel, but also to the people of God.
The informal connection to the secularization of a culture is the lack of vision among the parents of that given generation.
In his opening message he outlines each and every person with the role that they played in his life; what he simply wanted to show the reader was that every person is a leader in [...]
The sort of political and trade framework that came into existence after the advent of this religion resulted in the provision of a legal order that the Arabs had no former experience of and hence, [...]
Christian doctrine says that the New does not replace the Old, but they point to the one and main objective the salvation of mankind through Jesus Christ.
The motivation for, and the results of, the religious revival that swept the US in the early part of the 19th century has received divergent views from historians.
Hakan Yavuz believes that the political thought, which has dominated in Turkey in the twentieth century, ruptured "the ties between the politics and culture".
One characteristic of 'Thetan' is the exteriorization; it implies the ability of 'Thetan' to depart from the body and exist outside the flesh independently.
Prayer is to be conducted in a format that recognizes God as the Father and overall, Jesus as His Son and the Holy Spirit as our Helper, "ministering in the Spirit, ultimately we go in [...]
He describes Jesus as the real-life in heaven and recognizes the fact that his spirit is alive and present forever, he is the redeemer to the faithful and actually acknowledges the power of the Holy [...]
In fact, Auxentios advises that for parts of Greece that declined to move to the Western Calendar in 1924 and retained the Old Calendar that the Orthodox Church had used since inception, an orthodox culture [...]
Other than the King, the pope was relentless against the practice of Simony and the misdeeds of Bishop of Strasbourg came to his notice.
Anything is possible in this realm and it is just in the eye of a certain person on how to interpret such occurrence.