Religious Beliefs essays

How does one perceive religion? In literature, when authors include religion throughout their writing, they generally portray it positively or negatively, based on their perspective. However, in Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi describes her relationship with religion as evolutionary. In the late twentieth century, the Islamic Revolution came to Iran and this religious reform pressured new rules and enforced a change in...

The Shabbat and its implication of human’s prospects History Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world, existing upon the basis that there is one and only one God. The Jews believe that they are “God’s ‘Chosen People’” (Karesh and Mitchell). They follow the principles of the Hebrew Bible, also called Tanakh. Just like every other peoples, throughout...

As one hears the word “Sufism“ or “Sufi' in today’s times, two things come to his/her mind. One is that it relates to an individual phenomenon and society gains very little from it. And second, it is based on principles not incorporated by the fundamental teachings of Islam. That Sufism is something superfluous to the message of Islam. And that...

Introduction Religion has been part of humanity and it has also played a role in uniting many societies. It has also evolved to the level where individuals, societies as well and nations use it to differentiate themselves from others. According to Atran & Norenzayan (Cited by Shariff & Norenzayan 2011:85), “the belief in supernatural agents has been a powerful force...

Passover is one of the most significant holidays in the Jewish calendar and is a time for Jews to remember how they were freed from captivity in Egypt. It was the first holiday given to Jewish people by God and it speaks deeply to the Jewish soul. In Judaism, the event of leading the Israelites out of Egypt is significant...

If Thomas Jefferson was alive today he would not agree with what the Trump administration stated or realized about education priorities and religious freedom. Trump is all for the idea of everyone having equal education as for Jefferson is not so much. Thomas Jefferson’s point on education is that he did not want to go out and have a state-wide...

What comes to mind when you hear the word 'religion'? I think of a contract with rules and regulations that stipulate the following of these to receive a reward. For many, the rewards are enticing as it gives them hope as to what lies ahead. In my opinion, the negative impact religion has had on society as a whole has...

Introduction In the seventh century, a profound transformation began in the Arabian Peninsula with the emergence of Islam. This faith would rapidly expand to become one of the world's major religions. This remarkable spread, beginning with the Prophet Muhammad in 610 C.E., captivated and unified vast populations across continents. The speed and extent of Islam's expansion raise intriguing questions about...

Religion Assignment This essay contains various reflections on my personal religious experience here at Marino Institute of Education in my first year of the B. ED course as well as some of my opinions and thoughts on assigned college readings. Through writing this essay, it has allowed me to reflect on my religious education so far in my nineteen years...

Throughout the semester I had the opportunity to learn about different religions and the cultures that our society here and around the world experience and live in. Although I do not consider myself a religious person who goes to church every Sunday, reads the bible, or abides by each and every step of my religion I do believe in God...

In today's modern age, there has been an increasing movement in all aspects of society and culture towards secularism and relativism. In the United States of America, this trend away from any type of religiosity in the public sphere, especially in business, has become more and more commonplace. There is this idea that has silently permeated into the social conscious,...

In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre encounters three different figures in her life: Mr. Brocklehurst, Helen Burns, and St. John. They represent their own established versions of religion that builds upon the foundation of her faith to God. These versions are presented in order to contrast the opinions of Jane which play a central part in her personal character...

What are the consequences of when people are intolerant? Sadly, in the world today, many people remain prejudiced against others. There are many forms of intolerance such as bias against those based on race, religion, and gender. In the novel Inherit the Wind by Robert Lee, the character of Reverend Brown amplify’s central theme surrounding intolerance because of his biased...

What is Narrative? The word narrative is synonymous with a story, which is an account of events that can be actual or reported, this account can be used to help us understand better our experiences in the world, and they form us. Professor Jerome T. Walsh, a professor of the Old Testament at the University of Botswana and Dallas, describes...

For many years, the South African people have lived under the bondage of various past events that left the people broken and in need of liberation. One of the most commonly known issues that plagued the country for many years was apartheid, a period during which black people were not allowed to mingle with the whites. Logically, it is impossible...

John Wesley represents an important figure for the religious world and especially for the church of England. During the 18th century he was one of the most representative figures because of his influence on the reshaping of the religious life England and the United States. This paper will assess Jon Wesley’s track in life, his major achievements as a church...

One of the central themes in a Christian life is “Work” this is a theme we cannot avoid within the community of faith. However there has been a clear tension between faith and works. (Robert Dickie 2015) Since the 1500s Major theologian such as Luther and John Calvin have been responding to this tension in their theology of Vocation. Since...

The German political atmosphere has changed over the last years. Many people talk about a Rechtsruck - a sudden shift to the right. A new party appeared within some years: Alternative für Deutschland – An alternative for Germany (AfD). It was successful with slogans like those shown above. Yet, the members of the party resist to be classified as xenophobic...

Introduction God created everything on earth and saw that it was good. My observation from the Bible in the book of Genesis, God created man and God saw that man was lonely therefore he made a woman out of man’s rib. God made a companion for man to be a helper. Man and woman are brought together to become one....

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is recognized as a deeply spiritual man, a Protestant Luteran pastor, a Christian thinker, theologian, and an active oppositionist of Nazism. Due to his devotion to Christian ideas, significant contribution to the modern theology, and bold resistance to the policy of Hitler, Bonhoeffer remains increasingly influential figure in the recent Christian history. Bonhoeffer was all his life consequent...

Following the period of the Enlightenment, it was believed that religion would eventually fade away due to the rise of new ways of rationalizing the world in which we live, specifically religion was thought to be in its last phase before obsoleteness because of science (Newberg & d’Aquili, 2008). It has been over two-hundred years since the end of the...

From my previous courses at Liberty I know theo means god, and the suffix ology refers to a field of study. Therefore, when I hear the word theology I know that it suggests the study of God. I believe this “study of God” is the structure or support of Christianity. Growing up in a two parent home where only one...

INTRODUCTION Oppression used as a tool of religion, society uses religion as a form of social control, people behave well not only out of fear of their friends and families disapproving but also out of the desire to remain in their god’s good graces. Durkheim explains that sacred does not mean good and profane does not mean bad. Christianity and...

Biblical theology seeks to make sense of God’s Word by studying biblical text, content and structure to form a biblical theological perspective. It is a useful tool when interpreting biblical events and perspective. Biblical theology “examines the big story and pays attention to how each book of the Bible contributes to it” . Biblical theology brings together the study of...

“To sing about freedom and to pray for its coming is not enough. Freedom must be actualized in history by oppressed who accept the intellectual challenge to analyze the world for the purpose of changing it” mentioned James Cone. This paper looks at one of the prominent figures of Black Theology, James Cone and explores Black Liberation Theology. Black Theology...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “ If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” This motivational line brought an uproar and spark in igniting the push towards the Civil Rights Movement from the 1930s-1970s. Him and advocators such...

Historically, humanity never stopped thinking about God, or about the Creator. As a consequence, the disciplines of today are in fact quite new. The responses in doing theology typically acts out of an angry disposition towards the ‘other’. White people going to Americas took Natives on a path of destruction because they had nothing of value to offer to Natives....

James Cone, an American theologian, is best known for his advocacy of black theology, which focuses on the lives and experiences of black people. Throughout God of the Oppressed and Bill Moyers interview, Cone uses symbols to narrate black theology. The symbols he uses are the lynching tree, Jesus, the Israelites, and folk stories. The lynching tree symbolizes the reflection...

Scientific Explanations for Religion According to the Hypersensitive Agency-Detecting Device (HADD) mechanism, it allows humans to “perceive that many things have agency or the ability to act of their own accord” (Palermo, 2015). This mechanism was developed as based on survivability of humans, who did not try to think too much about the causality of natural events and believed that...

Theology since ancient times is a mysterious topic. There are two kinds of typical branch of theology, Greek theology and Buddhism theology. They are more popular than many other theologies. People may think that they are so similar in many aspects that they can’t be distinguished very clearly. As a matter of fact, they are different in some ways. This...