Religion Essay Examples and Topics. Page 20

The imagination and thinking of Christians are different from what the atheists' society thinks about God in heaven and the torment in hell. Salvation Salvation is one of the themes that the author highlights in [...]

In order to achieve the in-depth understanding of the correlation that exists between the human body and the world, certain unique elements of the tonalpohualli have been used in form of a Mesoamerican augural cycle.

Many Christians find it hard to explain the problem of evil as it does not seem to correspond to the will of God.

Based on the assessment of what is good and evil, there is no logical evidence of the presence of God and evil.

The knowledge is summarized in the four noble truths, which include life means suffering, the cessation of suffering is attainable, the origin of suffering is attachment, and the path to the cessation of suffering.

Still, the peculiarity of the religion in pre-Islamic Arabia is that people did not believe in life after death, but the presence of the mysterious creatures was important for human imagination.

This was evident after Shadid made analyses of various publications which analyzed the threat of Islam and the Muslim community to the western countries and fashion such stereotypical messages in the realm of myth.

In the world of sport, man has internalized the concept of supernatural intervention as the basis of success. Man has always believed in existence of supernatural powers and has established religion to practice the art [...]

According to the Good News Bible, God is the creator of the universe and all forms of life including the human person.

Proverbs 15:18 counsels against adultery and urges that a man is happy and rejoice in the wife of his youth. This means that self esteem is important in a person's life to make rational decisions.

Redaction criticism is another method employed by today's scholars to analyze how the writers in the bible shaped their source material, to reconstruct the community and to establish the role of the writers of the [...]

The author argues that the oral character of the Quran is perceptible in every aspect of the Muslim culture, today as in any previous age of the Islamic history.

In other words, one can state that while religion may sometimes be the cause of evil, without religion there is no basis for religious morality.

Analyzing the opinions of different researchers, it is possible to consider faith as a set of the moral principles caused by the personal experience of God, while grace is a gift given by God in [...]

For this reasons, Buddhism is popular followed in China and has contributed to the growth of the Chinese culture up to date.

This paper also discusses the issue of hypocrisy in churches and the effect of the former and the latter in the subsequent decline in Christianity.

Inculturation refers to the process of going against the culture or societal values in the process of developing faith. This paper seeks to analyze the inculturation process of specific historical moments in the development of [...]

It is important to understand the concept of religious pluralism in order to give a detailed account on Christianity and its views concerning other religious bases in America.

Drawing the parallels between the story and the historical background, Cheng'en attempts to represent the synthesis of three religions as the moral foundation for the Mind China people to adhere.

For instance, in Baltimore in the year 1998, catholic relief delivered much support to the victims in the aftermath of that tragedy, catholic relief services were reported to have been the first institution apart from [...]

Additionally, God does not only chooses those who are to be protected and saved he can control thoughts and actions of all people and this is really important as impacting the actions of people God [...]

Susan and Janet asserts that, from the studies to bring materials and perspectives from Women's studies into the rest of the curriculum, they noticed men's unwillingness to grant that they are over privileged in the [...]

Wray has conducted an extensive study on the subject of social justice and suggests that students taking any course on law or social justice must go back to the origins of these laws and justice, [...]

In his article, he says that there is need to have a religion that will put into consideration the needs of each and every individual in the community as the role of the religion is [...]

Thus the outward mission of the church, its serve to the kingdom, is to announce the good news, inviting individuals to receive it and to become members of the body of Christ.

The initial analogical provision with regards to the last supper was pegged on the reports of the festival as found in the bible where God is said to have instructed the Israelites to sacrifice a [...]

The outcome of the meeting was the election of Abu Bark as the caliph. It attempts to answer the question; "what kinds of arguments, methods and policies did the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid caliphs/imams [...]

The history of the resurrection is dated back to the beginning and life of Jesus Christ and is marked by a sequence of various events that hinted on the coming of Jesus Christ.

The church also seeks to instill value in the prisoners' lives through teachings and practices that accept prisoners as people who deserve to be treated with dignity.

For this case, the defense argues that there are certain obvious facts and thus the case is within the jurisdiction of the court to determine.

Armstrong demonstrates political and religious history of the Muslim world, starting with the Koran revelation to Muhammad in 610 AD through to the present days.

Today, there are different sources that document the history and culture of the Celtic people and which can be used to gain further understanding of the group.

The second article called Islam, Procreation and the Law discusses the moral and religious codes with regard to the notions of reproduction and sexuality treated from a historical perspective.

The central tenet of realistic perception of religion is, therefore, the claim that God exists, otherwise referred to as the Objectivity of God's reality.

The science of the hadith involves the quest of hadith scholars to assess the narrations contained in the hadith in order to separate the true accounts from the ones that have been fabricated.

In this regard, the equation relating the calculation of this period prophesized by Daniel on the coming of a Messiah disregards Jesus as the expected Messiah on the basis of His time of birth.

The concubine would be inferior to the wife and her happiness with the man depended on the personality of the wife.

Comparing the number of the Hindus and other religions existing in America, the opposition was massive. This led to the migration of most of the Indians to America.

Historically, since the dawn of oral and written communication, humans have been searching for the meaning of their own existence. Therefore, humans innately have a sense of right and wrong even in the absence of [...]

The defeat of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War and the subsequent succession to power by Britain on some of the former Ottoman provinces in the Middle East played a monumental role in [...]

In effect, the topic will serve as an eye opener to the students for them to realize that Eucharist is the source of summit of the life of Christians.

Another description of faith pertains the view that all that exists because of the creation is a gift to humanity and that all should be grateful for it.

The book of Acts of the Apostle was authored by Luke and he is the first one to account on this issue in the Bible.

Some of these schools include the Pure-land, the Dharmalaksana, the Kosa, the Satysiddhi, the Three Sastra, the Lotus, the Vatamsaka, the Intuitive, the Esoteric, and the Discipline schools, among others4.

For this reason, science and faith are integral fields of knowledge that enhance understanding of the universe and human existence in the society; thus, theology should allow faith to correlate with science and seek understanding [...]

Nevertheless, the paper unfolds by describing the meaning of God in the New and Old Testament as the manifestation of the mind and will of God, the sacred writings of the Christian religions and the [...]

Jesus was called the Son of God to mean the chosen one on behave of God to come and rescue the people of the world who were sinners.

Therefore, Christians who are regarded as the light of the world should be at the fore front in encouraging people to do what is right while shunning evil and other related acts.

The purpose of this paper is to expound on the concept of morality in Buddhism, and how the various Buddhist teachings, such as the Four Noble Truths, have enhanced my morality in me and in [...]

There is a purpose for everything that he is doing and this is what the author of the passage tries to communicate to the readers of Hebrews.

God intends the family to be one of the fundamental units of society, with Adam the first man, being the symbolic father of the family of humanity.

For example, the acts of injustice meted on Muslims by Christians in the name of God are seen as a terrible and biased act on the side of Christianity.

For any inter-religious dialogue to take place effectively, there are some rules that have to be adhered to, the main purpose of initiating the dialogue should be considered by the two parties involved.

The rituals and symbols that are performed during the month of Moharram are linked to this opposition where by the Shi'is remember the war at Karbala where the offspring of Prophet Mohammad were killed including [...]

Believers in Islam or the Muslims adhere to the recordings of the Quran with special emphasis on the life of Prophet Mohammad and his teachings.

The problem of evil is simply the disagreement of how such a great God can exist and evil still dominates a greater part of the world he created.

It was after he joined the camp that his faith decreased as he could not clearly understand why God could not rescue him and others that he deemed to have suffered more than he did, [...]

Rituals in religious contexts are considered as actions that denotes symbolic activities and practices that are carried out by people, for example, when greeting a certain set of people belonging to a certain age set, [...]

With respect to Teresa of Avila within The Interior Castle the experience of meditation and the measure of the ideal spiritualist was not on the basis of a person's psychophysiological position, but on the other [...]

Over the years, the human societies have changed dramatically; from the way they dress, talk and believe. Presbyterians and Methodists have not resolved on where they stand, but there seem to be some division between [...]

This article introduces some of the pearls of wisdom found in the studies made about the traditions of some of the religions of the world.

Abraham's generation gave rise to the religion of Judaism although Moses is said to be the founder of the religion itself, unlike Abraham who was the genetic father of the generation.

They include; the western religions and the eastern religions. Western religion mainly comprise of Judaism, Christianity and Islam while the eastern religions consist of Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism.

It teaches about the Gurus; the Sikhs believe in God referred to as Waheguru that is wonderful Lord and the creator of all things.

Thus, the expression "'this text and not that text is the complete and total words of God" can be applied to every religion and presents the problem of religious canons.

The writings of Irenaeus are the basis of the New Testament teachings that God is the spirit, the son and the father.

What the peculiarities of their ideas are, why they chose such styles of life, and what made them prefer certain ideology and prove it during a long period of time all this will be examined [...]

Prophet Muhammad is believed to be the initiator of the Islamic religion and he is therefore referred to as the messenger as well as the last prophet of God.

Throughout the history of the planet exploration, the pioneers who dared to set their foot on a new terrain not infrequently faced a multitude of obstacles and barriers ranging from purely practical difficulties of settling [...]

The water in the goat skin and the date enabled Ismail and his mother to live comfortably for some time. Since the mother could not wait to see her son die of hunger and thirst, [...]

Each Zen temple is not only a simple building, where Zen Buddhism is taught and explained; it is the place, where the essence of Buddhism is depicted by means of each stone, detail, and color; [...]

Hess was optimistic of the Jews and argued that the future of the Jewish state lay in acquiring national land, adoption of a legal system and establishing Jewish societies.

The New Testament is considered to be one of the most important parts of the Bible that depicts the true nature of human duties, demands, and desires, that teaches everyone the truths which have to [...]

The strength of the religious societies is amplified by the existence of a relationship with God. Therefore, religion is believe that the society encompass with regards to existence of God.

To appreciate the origins and history of the veil, the first part of this paper is an analysis of veil use in the three major monotheistic religions.

The ark was therefore big enough for the animals since they were the most and the small family of Noah. He ordered the animals to be fruitful and fill the world again and so were [...]

Jews can gloat and say that they are the chosen people but this is not a wise decision to make because they will be threatened on all side and in fact since two thousand years [...]

It is in the power of the Gospel to shape the behaviour and thinking of Christians. The way of the cross though seem unpleasant, is the only avenue in which our hearts can grow to [...]

The Shahada talks about the uniqueness of Allah and his prophet Mohammed, Salat is a description of how Muslims worship or pray to Allah, Zakat, refers to the practice of helping the poor members of [...]

The day of the Lord is the judgment day. Many people who long for the day of the Lord are not aware of the meaning attached to this day.

In Christianity the character is divided into two aspects where one should exercise the love to God and to man, just as Christ grouped the Ten Commandments in to two.

The woman out of the curiosity asks Jesus where He is to get water from where Jesus informs her that He has the living water.

The parable given from verse 30 to 35 emphasis on the act of doing in the definition of a neighbor just the way the Good Samaritan helped a man who had been robbed and bitten [...]

Spiritual maturity is achieved through the prosperity of the Fruits of the Spirit and by making use of the spiritual gifts to serve the Lord.

The Sun will eventually expire There is a striking similarity in the teachings of the Qur'an and modern science on the subject of the expiry of the sun.

It is important to note that "socialization agents" are people who have the ability to influence the behaviour of individuals, as well as the way of thinking of the people in the society.

In conclusion, it is possible to state that there a number of similarities as well as differences between the Shiite and Sunni Muslims.

What surprised us was the separation of men and women in the synagogue. Before visiting the synagogue, I did not know that Jews separate men and women as in the case of Muslims in their [...]

The entry of British missionaries in Hong Kong led to the revelations of errors in the Biblical interpretations done by Hong.

Over the course of the evolution of Christian religion, it was supported by a number of Christian leaders, who introduced the basic concepts of Christian faith to all those willing to learn about it and [...]

While trying to draw the public's attention to the unfairness and inappropriateness of Roman Catholic Church's actions, Luther formulated the major beliefs of Lutheranism which are the focus on the grace of God as the [...]

According to Lunn, "the different contributions of two of the models will each develop the positive and negative aspects of the ambivalent, hybrid situation".[4] In the present church setting, there is the mega-church on one [...]

Augustine to recall of his memories from the past in order to recognize the rottenness of his past life once again and to love the God.

One night, Prophet Muhammad appeared to the poet in a dream and wrapped him in a cloak, which is described in the poem as a mantle and then he was cured."Eighth Class" of Ibn Sina's [...]

Nearly halfway to the sermon, the preacher tells his congregation that he is excited that the Academic Worship Day falls on the Feast of Saint Monica. Thereafter, he employs pathos to appeal to the feelings [...]

In the first chapter, the author of the text considers the Eucharist as a special and sacred meal. To support the argument, the author of the book states that the church should always consider the [...]

Dershowitz's comparison of the story of the floods in the Bible with the issues in the world has helped in the creation of a mental picture about his claims and sentiments about the action done [...]

In the past, people considered idolatry to be the worship of statues and carved images, while modern explanation of the practice considers God's commandments.

In other aspects, the term describes a community of protestant churches whose hallmark lies in their contrarian approach to theological and doctrinal interpretation of scriptures and Christian beliefs. Catholicism should learn and appreciate the importance [...]

The Eastern Christians were opposed to the addition of anything that was not in the original conceptions of the seven ecumenical councils. The Orthodox tradition believes in a Holy Trinity where 'the Father is the [...]

Other than that, Christianity is as diverse as the different denominations and the areas in which they are practiced. The problem of inclusivity and tolerance is not a new concept in Christianity.

Islamic traditionalists believe that the closest persons to Muhammad were the first to believe in his revelations and that he was a God chosen prophet.

Though he was relatively unknown in his early years as a monk, Luther gained recognition in 1517 after authoring a manuscript that was perceived to attack some of the doctrines practiced in the Roman Catholic [...]

The doctrine further states that, the designation of Apostle Peter as the first pontiff of the church by Christ Himself marked the humble beginning of the church.

In addition, human beings were created in the image and likeness of God in order to resemble the form in which God's Son Jesus Christ could come to give His life to the sinners and [...]

Buddhism is based on the assumption that reality is a constant instability together with the principle of interdependence, the dominance of mind and consecrated admiration of health and the world.

According to the teachings of Confucianism, the use of early Chinese traditions is the best and most appropriate way of having an organized community. This would lead to improvement of individuals and the society as [...]

Ritschl's aim was to interpret the Bible upon the doctrine of justification and reconciliation and as such, the purpose of Christian faith was to restore the harmonious relationship between man and God.

One of the problematic issues that I had to contend with is the fact that Mohammed patterned his teachings to that of Judaism and Christianity.

The representatives of the school were interested in Christ's human values and his power of self determination in order to preserve the Jesus' human involvement and emphasize the reality of the suffering of the Christ.

On the one hand, The Shi'ite Muslims believed in the view that leadership of the Muslims after the death of Prophet Muhammad should have remained with one of the family members of Prophet Muhammad.

The only thing that remains generally and undoubtedly acceptable is that there is inevitable death and that it is appropriate to prepare for it.

It is because of the love and mercy he had, that he healed the sick man by the pool. Therefore, when Jesus chose to heal the man on a Sabbath, he implied that healing was [...]

Some churches and Christians however consider it as unauthoritative because it is not part of the bible, for example, the Church of the New Jerusalem and the Jehovah's Witnesses.[1] According to the Nicene Creed, there [...]

It looks at the origin and classification of Vedas, forms of offerings and sacrifices, sacrificial practices, and importance attached to sacrifice and different arguments on the idea, sacrifice.

Finally, the author estimates that harmony is the "essential ingredient" of all religions and it is a guarantee of the welfare of all nations.

The multicultural and religious interactions have psychological implications to both the Muslims and the non-Muslims. The non-Muslims are required to learn the etiquette because if they do not follow them in the mosque, they are [...]

In this, the creation of the universe is viewed as a mystery with the origin from the sovereign God in the presence of the Holy Trinity.

One of the fundamental tenets of the Christian faith is its focus on the holy trinity which is composed of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit each aspect, while separate, [...]

In the new form of religion only one God is to be worshiped and this god was the creator of everything.