World Chart Christianity Assignment

WORLD VIEW CHART This chart contains all the research you need to write the final paper for this course. If you do the research and reading on the religion(s) we study each week, and if you give yourself a good guide to the religions using this chart, you will have a good foundation for that final paper. The more information you provide for yourself with this chart, the easier it will be to write your final paper. Do not forget to provide adequate material for any in-text citations and be sure to include a reference page as well. On the left hand side of the chart are the categories and the content to be discussed. Complete and submit the following chart. Provide citations for any source(s) you used to explain or provide examples for in your research. List in APA Style full references for any in-text citations and source(s) made in the above chart. Use full sentences and correct grammar, etc.. RELIGION(S) OF THE WEEK   State the name of the Religion being addressed in this chart. Please address ONLY ONE (1) religion per chart. If there is more than one religion for the week, do two charts. Provide your response in this column. Christianity ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS Provide your response in this column. Every religion has a cosmology/cosmogony to explain its view of the universe and the place of humans in it. Explain the cosmology/cosmogony for this week’s religion. Explain how it is manifested in the subsequent worldview that develops for that religion. Christianity developed from Judaism in the 1st century and was founded on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There is Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism with various subdivisions. Followers of Jesus Christ are all captured under the label Christian. The beliefs include there is only one and only true God, who exists as God the Father, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus was sent to save the world, as the Messiah. The text Christians live by is the Bible, which includes the Old Testament and New Testament scriptures, Hebrew texts and writings. Palestine is the origin. NATURE OF GOD/CREATOR Provide your response in this column. In what way does this religion have a God or gods? How does this worship of deity/deities reflect the cosmology of the religion? If the religion has no God/gods, in what way does this absence reflect their cosmology? God in Christianity is the Father, a loving, merciful, gracious, and just deity. One who desires relationship, through Jesus the son, who God sent to save the world. The worship of God in vital to this religion, following and obeying commands and instructions in the Bible. God does not require works from believers for them to be saved, only belief in the son Jesus, who ultimately took punishment of sins as he died on the cross and rose from the dead, after he ascended to Heaven during the death as well as descended to Hades. God disciplines and gives grace to those who believe. VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE Provide your response in this column.   State how this religion views human beings. What is human nature according to this religion? Why does the view of human nature matter? If you cannot identify how this religion defines human beings, offer a suggestion as to why it doesn't. VIEW OF GOOD & EVIL   State how this religion defines the concept of good and evil. How does this definition or understanding impact the way adherents to the religion live their daily lives? VIEW OF SALVATION  All religions suggest that human beings are faced with a “problem” that needs to be overcome. What is the “problem” this religion identifies? Is this problem intrinsic or extrinsic for the person? Is it individually manifested or is it a collective problem? VIEW OF AFTERLIFE  What does this religion teach about “what comes next” after all is said and done? In what do adherents of this religion place their hope for any future life or existence? Describe the impact this belief or non-belief impacts the person daily life and the structures of society. With such a view of the after-life, what type of societal structures or institutions would we expect to develop in the culture? PRACTICES AND RITUALS   How do members of this religion “practice” their “faith?” What ceremonies, or rituals, do they use to help pass this religion on God gave humans unique gifts and talents, creation was purposeful and intentional. A major purpose of life is to love and serve God, and God’s creation is a perfect design. God’s will can be understood and reached in an individual’s life but not always completely understood. Our nature alone includes pride, selfishness, and our own will, these being misused and what is called sin. Sin came from Adam and Eve, who God created as the first humans. All humans are prone to sin, it is our nature, which separated us from God’s paradise for us initially. Humans are God’s greatest creation, and we are loved by God enough that he sent his son Jesus to die for us. Provide your response in this column. Good is of God and evil is of Satan, a fallen angel who worked against God in heaven. Suffering occurs due to sin and the existence of evil. Evil is used by God in various ways for his purposes of creation, to fulfill his plans and will. Free will allows people to choose to do good or evil. God is ultimately in control of all things, good and evil. Believers of Christianity understand God is loving and merciful, but allows evil to exists to fulfill purposes and what the Bible teaches. Provide your response in this column. The divine saving grace of Jesus is the only way to eternal life in Heaven. The belief includes believing that Jesus, son of God, God coming to earth as full man, lived a sinless life to die for us. Sin is the reason this had to be put in place, because humans fell from perfection into sin. Provide your response in this column. The belief is that there is a world of consequences of sin to follow after physical death, a judgement seat of God will come and those who have not accepted and believed in Jesus and God will be separated forever and spend eternity in Hell. Those who have believed will spend an eternity in Heaven. Provide your response in this column. Practices of this faith include prayer to God, worship services in Sundays and Wednesdays and various Bible studies where groups gather to study God’s word. Baptism is an important piece of practices, where once a person to the next generation? If you cannot identify how this religion is practiced, offer a suggestion as to why it doesn't have any rituals or practices. CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS  Identify one or two celebrations and/or festivals that members of this religion use to express their beliefs in public, or in private. Why do religions develop celebrations and/or festivals? How are these different from practices and rituals? is saved, by believing in Jesus and the Christian doctrine, they are baptized in water to show their faith and beliefs. The doctrines and foundations of this faith is passed on through Sunday School classes to children and through raising of children in the faith with the truths and focusing on God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Provide your response in this column. Christmas is celebrated as the birth of Christ Jesus and is a public celebration. Easter is another public celebration, of Jesus’ resurrection, conquering death and providing eternal life through it, a gap that had to be filled for us to have eternal life and bond back with God.