Religion Essay Examples and Topics. Page 18

The Acts of Luke represent one of the parts of the New Testament tells about the life and activity of the Saint Apostles after the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Known as the Acts, the narrations incorporating the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are traditionally considered the first attempts at establishing the link between the reader and the Biblical characters, making [...]

It is a book that emphasizes the importance of a church and the way to uplift each other, not only in sharing materially but also in praying for one another.

In the parables of the Pharisee and the tax collector and the persistent widow in Luke 18: 1-8, the essence of prayer intensely comes out as a distinctive tool that executes desired changes.

Thus, as the article supports the importance of human consciousness and negates projection of humans as objects of religion, the content of the article is important to atheists.

The Scriptures tend to take up a most important part in God's dealing with human beings, and it is, therefore, not surprising to learn that more often than not, people have replaced the role of [...]

This essay offers a literature review on religion and politics by accentuating the interdependence of the notions and the effects of religion on politics.

He claims that the attachment of Buddhists to the world is what makes their religion more docile and tolerant than Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.

The ensuing discussion examines the extent to which Jefferson fulfilled his aim of finding the true teachings of Jesus in his construction of "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth".

Buddha took the opportunity of being a member of the loyal family to influence the development of Buddhism. One of the factors that contributed to the speedy development of Buddhism was its inspirational teachings.

The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that the aim of Lent is to make people ready for the celebration of the death and resurrection of Christ.

The three "Abrahamic religions" are some of the largest and oldest religious groups in the history of mankind. However, although Christianity is a monotheist religion, God is considered to exist in form of "the Holy [...]

Rashidun Caliphate is the term used in Islam to refer to the first four leaders that came after the death of Prophet Mohammed.

The key point of the discussion was the prohibition or, on the contrary, the permission of the slavery on the new territories.

The term chronology can be used to describe the history of the Quran as the text. This is one of the points that should be considered by readers.

However, the problem is in the fact that Christians are often not aware of the role of Jesus in Islam, and Muslims often interpret the figure of Jesus in their religion in the most literal [...]

In his book, he describes a scene in the garden of Milan where he is directed by a voice similar to a child's voice to go and read a verse from the scripture.

4 Much of the worship seeks to explore the interpretation of man to the Kingdom of God, all of which is dependent on the religious niche to which the worshiping music is made.

According to Arvandi Sharma, ancient Indian women chose to become Buddhists nuns purely due to the influence of Buddha's positive ways, teachings and the Buddhism doctrines.

Other religious practices that are crucial under the doctrine of atonement include adhering to all the commandments from God, being filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and baptism. In regards to the doctrines [...]

It can be a sign of the increased role of faith and Catholicism in the life of people. The two books provide an in-depth analysis of the transition of the ancient world into the medieval [...]

It implies that the baptism is a vital ritual for infants while considering its outcomes to the practices of circumcision as in the time of Abraham.

This argument is based on the teaching of the scripture that views baptism as a contract between God and the person being baptized.

Once establishing the source that has the greatest influence on the women and the ways which are most typical of women to be converted into Buddhism, whether it is the doctrinal one, or the one [...]

Comparing "In the footsteps of the prophet" by Tariq Ramadan with "The Truth about Muhammad" by Robert Spencer Ramadan is a Muslim leader and an intellectual whose book presents Muhammad's biography.

Paley's argument on the existence of God, the way he compares and contrasts God and his creation with a watch and a watchmaker, is relevant and to some extent realistic.

The circle dance formed the belief systems of the Native Americans and was later given the name the ghost dance. Jack Wilson also known as Wovoka by the Paiute people, was the founder of the [...]

Did the founders of the nation plan to set up a nation that gave special merit to Christianity? The president's policy statements claimed that the United States was chosen by God to watch over the [...]

Regarding the place of women in Buddhism, it is interesting to note that Buddhism is not attached to any gender despite the fact that Buddha himself has historically been a man.

The homogeneity of the deity to man is in question, in chapter three, Adam and Eve heard the presence of God as he walked in the garden.

Religion acts as some sort of governing body which provides rules and a manual in the way life should be lived; how human beings should behave, what is right and what is wrong, what is [...]

Such believes included the denial of the existence of the Pope and respect to the nature. Scholars and theologies have used the Lindisfarne Gospels overtime to analyse the history, growth, and influence of the Celtic [...]

The purpose of this paper is to explore the subject of religious tolerance and its usefulness in the academic approach to the religious phenomenon.

Briefly, it can be describes as a religion based on concept that the god is above everything, he is the most powerful and completely separated from people and the processes of creation.

This New era has come with many catastophes ranging from economic meltdowns,global warming and wars that have led to the destruction of a better America.

Man is perceived to be part of creation of God that was made in the image of God. But the Puritans also believed that the human goodness was lost when the first parents disobeyed the [...]

The current state of the world is very insensitive to the plight of the poor and the sick because the government and the church alone have great responsibility of helping the needy.

In the words of Plato, "Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods and impiety is that which is not dear to them"..

The story of Adam and Eve in the bible also shows a woman as a person close to the devil for breaking God's command by eating the specific fruit that she was warned not to [...]

The caste system leads to the isolation and exploitation of the weak classes of the society by the upper privileged classes, since the Hindu religion and traditions view poverty and their respective social classes as [...]

In Buddhism, the ultimate goal is the acquisition of the Nirvana state, a state in which one is relieved of egos, desires, and cravings and saved from the suffering experienced due to reincarnations.

The way the Roman Catholic leaders approached material wealth was ungodly in the eyes of the Puritans. Accord to the teachings of the Catholic Church, material poverty was not to be celebrated.

The part that should be analyzed was taken from the middle of the paper."A Letter Concerning Toleration" was written due to the urgent issues that were spread in England in the period of Enlightenment.

As demonstrated by this particular author, the traditional food culture is important in the Hindu religion because of the fact that food "speaks" a language that conjoins the gross and the subtle, body and spirit, [...]

This essay highlights religious thoughts with regard to the whole issue of euthanasia, bringing into focus the extent to which our society has been influenced by courtesy of the Dr.

The role of women in the church is one of the most controversial issues plaguing Christianity today. This teaching is context specific, and is not a generalization on the participation of women in ministry.

Each stage of the plotline is characteristic of the freedom of God as evident in his progressive revelation of himself as a faithful God who keeps promises, but on the other hand declines to put [...]

The concept of meagerness asserts the need to supply the body with "just enough food to sustain the body for the service for which it is made". Food is an important part of the Hindu [...]

The church declared the acts of slavery as infamy and conjured to discourage slavery since it was dishonored God and destroyed the lived of many people.

Christianity is one of the many religious groups in the history of humanity and many believers in the US are affiliated to Christianity.

To the rest of the population, Millard opines that Jihad evokes conflict and war, and it is the defining factor for making Islam to have the least reception in the minds of such opponents.

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the assertions of the book of Romans do not singly represent the biblical worldview. Paul attempts to explain the place of God in the creation of [...]

The differences between the two regions of China led to the advancement of the northern and southern disciplines hence the emergence of the Mahayana Buddhism.

In today's society, people utilize the ideals promoted by the Puritan Ethic to improve their lives and the lives of other people.

The religion was associated with super powers and the potential to prosper, and thus many people were challenged to learn and experience it since it had compatible aspects with the Chinese Daoism.

One might even argue that the disbelief in any form of Higher Being is also a form of belief; it is the belief in Nothing, just in life as it is, without any continuation.

Masumian notes that the Baha'i concept of heaven and hell is in relation to the closeness or detachment from God. In contrast to this, the Baha'i faith declares that there is oneness of God and [...]

One of the main elements of Hinduism is the Veda. Hinduism provides a lot of teaching in regard to the principles of right and wrong as accepted in the society.

The life of Jesus Christ as a man who was born and lived in Bethlehem in Israel and his verbal teachings are used as the anchors of Christianity as a religion.

This paper explores an argument whether Buddhism was a change for better or worse for the East Asian societies and concludes that even though Buddhism created a lot of discomfort during the period of introduction, [...]

The value of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts boils down to the fact that the Gospel should not be understood in the context of itself.

While Catholic Social Teachings call for the people in the society to promote equality, the poor people in the society are seen as a nuisance to the financially liberated members of the society.

Polygamy is allowed in Islam to address the social and cultural problems that face men, women, and children, without violating the teachings of the religion.

The idea of "common good" will support many people in the world. The practice will support many people in the world.

The intention of the paper is to give a background of the Orthodox Church in China, and its future even in the midst of opposition from the Eastern religions.

For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world".

Ren is one of the key concepts of Confucianism; it is the ultimate responsibility of selflessness and humaneness for persons within society.

Ahmed elaborates that Muslims in Middle East, India and Pakistan are keen and aware of the distinctions between the two factions.

Yes, Rahman believes in the teachings of the Quran because they are the basis of all his writing. He cites from the Quran that this day will be the Day of Decision.

In this case, much attention should be paid to a collection of restrictions or taboos that should govern the decisions or actions of a person. This is one of the issues that should not be [...]

Practices and rituals signify the activities that the followers of a religion are required to engage in. Practices and rituals are the physical manifestations of the activities of religion.

The United States negotiators wanted the Palestinians to own the Arab part of Jerusalem, and the Israelites to remain with the Jewish part of Jerusalem, but their proposal failed.

The interviewed member acknowledged that "the rector interviews potential members and administers the special sacrament, which is intended to bind the recruits to the oath of secrecy, religious cleanliness, and submission to the rules and [...]

One should keep in mind that the experiences of the respondents may not coincide with the views of Sunnis and Shias who may be living in other countries.

This essay will try to explain factors that are influential in shaping the future of religion in America. These activities by the media will help in the distribution of religion because it is no doubt [...]

In spite of the fact that religious principles are associated with the importance of maintaining peace, love, and charity, the modern world of religious expression is mostly based on the economic factors which are closely [...]

The people interacted in a friendly manner and shared their ideas effectively. The above exercise explains why human beings interpret certain events and symbols in a particular manner.

In the same vein, it relates the importance of religious conflicts to the existing state of religion in the modern world, the comparison of religious conflicts to the church-sect typology, and the application of religious [...]

Water symbolism in religion is the practice of associating water to particular beliefs that govern the religion's rules. The raising water continuously lifted the ark preventing the Noah family and other animals from drowning Muslims [...]

Nestorians did not believe in the unity of divinity and humanity in Jesus Christ. The Roman Catholic Church supports the unity of divinity and humanity in Jesus Christ.

The goal of this paper looks at the use of a Christocentric approach in the interpretation and teaching of Christianity and the scripture.

The tradition of Shinto supports the belief in kami, which explains the background of the people's way of life, the attitude to nature and philosophical principles."The overall aims of Shinto ethics are to promote harmony [...]

Particularly, this paper highlights the Christian influence on marriage, family, health, lifestyle, and the development of laws and social customs. Christian influences on marriage, lifestyle choices, and health outline how religion affects our social practices.

This differs significantly from a vast majority of current belief systems such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and the Hindu religion wherein some form of the profession of faith is necessary to be considered a member [...]

Samuel was called by God in the wee hours and chosen to go to serve as a prophet to the Israelites as recorded in 1 Samuel 3:10.

For instance, it introduces the principle of a Worldly Illusion, which borders the Buddhist concept of non-self; it mentions the existence of the Timeless Truth, which makes the given religious movement rub elbows with Taoism [...]

Despite the idea that is partaking in a group customary practice kills, the need for artistic expressivity exists, the actual introduction of group sense into the process of a habitual action, as well as the [...]

The time in the history of Christianity between the late Roman Empire and the Renaissance represents the difficult period of the formation of the Christian Church.

Since there is a contradiction in the conceiving the law of swindling, it is not right for religions to make money by swindling people. There is a contradiction in the will of the law not [...]

The institution was launched on the corner of a street; however, members worked towards owning their own property by the end of the year.

The theory's hypotheses are internally coherent, in consent with the Christianity religious tradition, and the world is revealed from the natural and moral evil facts, and scientific inquiry. Through this, God will bring back justice [...]

The readings under analysis focus on the main characteristics and attributes of Buddhism, as well as on schools of thought that emerged due to the spread of this teaching.

The definition of religion is one of the questions that attract the interest of anthropologists, theologians, or social scientists. This is one of the elements that can be observed in the religious systems of various [...]

With respect to the first chapters of Genesis, Hamilton posits, "...the battle lines are drawn between the interpretation of the creation story and scientific knowledge about the origin of the earth and mankind".

Pope Leo the Great was of particular importance in the rise of papacy as he not only convinced the barbarians not to destroy the city of Rome, he also coaxed the emperor Valentinian into recognizing [...]

The religion reflects the connection of the Korean people with their traditional customs and rites. In fact, it was this government interference that led to the declining popularity of Korean Shamanism and Chinese customary religion.

In his first preaching known to the Muslims, he insisted on the oneness of God the Creator and noted that humans are fully supposed to submit to His perfect will, as it is pleasing to [...]

The author also stresses that sacrificing oneself is one of major characteristics of the profession and preachers have to be ready to devote their whole life to serving people and being the link between them [...]

In the second chapter of the book, Oswalt embarks on a mission to set the bible apart from myths by presenting different scholars' definition of the term and trying to find the definition that suits [...]

Thus, this reflective treatise attempts to explicitly review the development of Daoism philosophy in the present culture of Chinese and the concepts of sages, deities, hell and heaven, and Confucian discourse.

The divine plan for marriage, the permission to divorce, and the issue of celibacy can be interpreted to help in understanding the passage of marriage and divorce.

The Pentecostal Church develops not as the connecting link between God and believers, but as the guide and herald of the good news to stimulate the followers' personal experience, and the idea of guidance and [...]

According to Prothero, in his book, American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon, Jesus, who is a religious icon, has played a major role in the development of the American society.

In fact, the position of Jew women in the Biblical time is better than the position of modern American women. In fact, some of the traditional roles of Jew women are vital in the society.

They object that God could not be portrayed as a human being due to the weakness of man, and therefore Jesus could not be God.

Apart from that, in this book, the author demonstrates that the traditions of the antiquity affected the practices and beliefs of early Christians.

The foundational spiritual beliefs of Daoism are the idea of Tao as the search for the right way in order to achieve the universal harmony, the idea of reincarnation and eternal soul, and the principle [...]

The book of Romans is arguably one of the most profound epistles in the New Testament, and perhaps the most important book in the bible.

Regardless of the given fact, Thompson's book still provides a very detailed evaluation of the relationships between the Muslims and the Christians in Dubai, as well as in the UAE in general.

In my view, the civil coming-of-age ceremony, which is held annually to recognize the adulthood of individuals who will reach the age of twenty during the calendar year, can be given as a personal account [...]

The holy place of worship for the Muslim is the mosque and the general religious life of the believer is centered on this building.

One of the main details that attract the attention of the reader is the change in the tone of the writer.

The shaving of a head in the ancient religion was associated with rebirth of purity or rebirth of a state where the differences in the association depended on the beliefs of the religion.

In accordance with continuity, the person is not only symbolically the one having the tree, but the person is a section of the quintessence of the tree and the tree is similarly a section of [...]

Dalai Lama did not seem to care for the consequences that would follow as a result of his engagement in political activities, and was ready to engage in extremely risky activities for the sake of [...]

He will address the problem of consumerism, corporate greed and the fear of not having enough resources to sustain life and to achieve happiness.

This proposal includes several elements: the design of brochures and leaflets about the churches in California; distribution of these leaflets; evaluation of students' experiences and attitude toward churches.

According to the existing definitions, Mudang is a female shaman in Korea; literally translated as "spirit," Mudang is typically portrayed as a mediator between the world of the spirits and the realm of human beings.

The Bible gives many cases of conflict between God and Satan and out of these there are those that Satan won and others where God won.

3 The readings helped me to obtain certain understanding of what Confucianism is and what the major principles of the tradition are.