Religion and Theology Essays

 On June 1272, Saint Thomas accepted to relocate to Naples and establish a theological studies program. On January 1274, Saint Thomas left for Lyon, France. They left on foot and they were intending to go and participate in the second council. However, as fate had it, Saint Thomas never reached his destination.

Paul warns that the day can come at any time and believers are warned that this will be the time when the magnitude of evil will be at its peak. Christians can only stand if they possess the armor pieces that include the belt of truth, the boots of readiness, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit (Ephesians 6: 13-17).

Yemeni Arabs are from North and South Yemen is one such group.  With a population of over 24 million people, Yemen only has 15,000 – 25,000 both indigenous Christians and non-native Christians practicing their faith underground with the majority being non-native.  These non-native Christians are refugees from neighboring countries (Yemen's Forgotten Christians, 2013).

The concept of having equal number of people who worked closely together with Joseph and Jesus points to precedence by Joseph for the Prefigurement of Jesus Christ1. Joseph had 12 brothers whom he worked closely with during his childhood, looking after his father’s animals, until the brothers betrayed him and sold him to an alien land.

Sikhism is a religion mainly practiced in the Punjab region (Hawley, 91-92.).  Its the founder is known as Guru Nanak? The teachings and the scriptures shave continued to grow within the religion and were taught to be other Sikhs. The church has 30million members, which makes it the first largest religion worldwide.

The question is that is progressive Muslim possible in the current environment? To me, it is possible despite the conservative nature of the religion. This is because there have been revolutions in the Muslim world that have overthrown dictatorial regimes. Examples of this are Tunisia and Egypt. It is these dictators that have compelled their people to practice orthodox Islam.

It is for this reason that motivation results in a kind of motivation that others cannot understand. This is because it involves the making of significant sacrifices, crucial decisions and options. It additionally involves the taking of several bold, courageous and unusual steps. At times, the choices may be tough if two vital options are involved.

The restoration of the true spirit of Christianity and religious messages was the core of Smith’s experiences as in the early 19th century, the religious life in America was in bad turmoil. Less than ten percent of people belong to a church so Mormonism as a set of religious ideas offered a new life to Christianity which was vanishing day by day.

The view of present justification according to Piper rests upon Christ’s substitution alone, which people partake of in union with him by faith alone. Future justification is the open confirmation that in Christ Jesus we stand before God without sin, where the final judgment is in accordance with peoples’ works. This is finely distinguished from attributing one’s justification to one’s own works.

Muslims view Christianity as a product of corruption by man, which is mostly motivated by personal and political reasons inspired by Satan whose primary objective is to persuade people to go against God and stray away from his religion. Satan is aware that most human beings deviate when it comes to following him and so all he aims for, is making people follow him indirectly.

According to the website ‘Religion in Japan, ( 1996-2013) for most Japanese people religion is not that important,  although they may attend a shrine, whether Buddhist or Shinto,  from time to time and take part in some festivals. McQuaid ( 2000-2001) also states that these new religions, especially the very latest ones, are often viewed with suspicion.

These differences and similarities of religious undertone will give us a wider perspective of how people in the world seek to interpret his or her Deity through an organized religion. Christianity as a religion is based on the belief that salvation can be achieved through its central figure who is Jesus Christ.   

As a function of analysing this particular form of social cohesion and the manner through which it impacts upon society, and all expressions of belief/religion, the following analysis will engage the reader with an interpretation of the mechanisms through which film is able to psychologically impact upon the viewer.

Stewardship is a central aspect of the Christian faith and service, benevolence, and hospitality are crucial aspects of Christian worship of the Lord; Christians are responsible for serving God by taking care of God’s creation by making good use of their material possessions, time, and talents. The Old Testament provides the fundamental principles of giving to the Lord as worship.

From a personal standpoint, God’s choice to allow Nadab, the son of Jeroboam to take the throne, and allowing him to sit on the throne for two years amounted to wronging the Israelites of that time. This is the case because allowing him to sit on the throne for the two years allowed him to manipulate the Israelites against the will of God, just like his father.

As applied in this proposed project, aimed at generating the understanding of international students towards Christians, CIA can certainly assist in providing adequate education and learning services to the target audiences to develop an effective cross-cultural attitude.In this context, there are three principles that are found associated with CIA, which include ‘cultural strategic thinking’, behavioural and motivational.

A particular phrase in the Quran, "Fight for the religion of God against those who fight against you" is deemed to support violence (Sale 34). It has often been argued that this message is interpreted negatively by the people in religion and violence is often conveyed through terrorism in the name of religion.

In a nutshell, the work at hand just presented the important points revealing the beliefs and principles of Buddhism and Christianism relevant to the creation and origin of life. Furthermore, a clear understanding of the basic similarity and difference between their views are also taken into account. There remains a thought to consider more remarkable investigations for these two religions.

It further illustrates how infused virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit help us to achieve supernatural happiness. Supernatural happiness is unattainable unless humanity embraces God’s inner life since sin has already damaged humanity’s natural happiness. These infused virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit reside in, and perfect the faculties of the soul granting, them the capacity to do supernatural acts.

Naturally, every occurrence of faith-building/suffering/grief that is evidenced within the Christian’s life does not ultimately create this reality; however, the goal towards which C. S. Lewis encourages readers to strive; one through which each and every circumstance is viewed through this particular lens.    

The mere fact is that simple tongue-speaking or any other miracle does not mean someone has a spiritual gift. In fact, even non-Christians speak in tongues and they possess spiritual gifts like compassion, leadership, and teaching. Thus, one can wind up with the finding that there is a lack of sufficient proof to claim that sign gifts ceased and they are not for today.

In the quest for survival, three distinct Jewish philosophies emerged. The first was the Essenes who had a strict interpretation of the Torah and sought to live in seclusion. The second was the Sadducees who were liberals and cooperated with the Greeks but their observances were tied to the Temple and hence the group disappeared after the temple collapsed.

Religion is the cradle of morality in society. A society without religion is an immoral society. Religion assists the public with an idea of what is right and what is wrong (Berlinerblau, 2012). If society adopts secularism there is an assumption that the conduct of an individual does not affect the rights or freedom of other people.

The first meeting also helped me understand that such sessions do take their toll on pastors as well. Although she seemed to have strong religious roots, seeing her in a sorry state made me feel equally sad. Since it is important that pastors give personal responses to their clients, doing so can make them experience the same trauma which was the case with me as well.

The interior of buildings also retained Sikh layout for the preservation of sacred spaces and practices; some religious habits were also maintained, such as taking off of shoes before entering sacred rooms (Mann “Making Home” 297). Punjabi remains as the main language also for worship services and content.  

The movement which came about due to King’s moral convictions is what led to the destruction of the legal segregation that was prevalent in the South. King can be considered to have been the embodiment of black faith since he propagated the ideas of love, justice, and hope. He combined the American practice of self-determination with the biblical belief of justice.

According to Wu (1993) with the settling down of the Chinese people in the United States of America it brought with it the varied elements and features of the Chinese civilisation – their language, culture, and everything which marks the Chinese civilisation. As the Chinese settled in this part of the world, their lifestyle and the regular lives interacted with that of the natives of the United States of America.

The organization was successful in gathering huge support as it opposed the western and American societies. Soon the organization got politicized and could fulfill the aim of spreading “sharia” in the world. The holy book Quran was chosen as a mode of life but teachings were not implemented in society.

The Catholic Church’s openness to the other religions was initiated by the Second Vatican Council and this development has made the Roman Catholic Church to deal with exclusivists, inclusive characteristics, and opinions that can be considered to be of a pluralistic nature as far as the other religions are concerned.

The Separation of Church and State has become a major and common policy for most democratic states with religion and government sectors under the non-interference agreement with each other. The church cannot interfere with state activities and vice versa. For Muslim countries, however, Islam plays a role in not just the religious functions of the citizens, but also their political activities.

The main reason therefore why the moral life is animated by supernatural charity, a life enlivened by the Holy Spirit, is that the supernatural charity compliments the moral virtues. As we have seen above, although the moral virtues lead people to God, the moral virtues are, however, deficient and they need to be complimented by a divine charity that goes beyond moral virtues.

The founder of Lutheranism, Martin Luther, had his birth in one of these middle-class families in Germany. After education, Martin Luther taught Bible at the University of Wittenberg.[1] It was at that time that the Christian Church started selling indulgences to raise money for the reconstruction of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.    

The ancient biblical laws about adultery were administered by men who had custody of the legislation as well as the leverage to make decisions on the level that will be levied on the female transgressors. On the other hand, the Near Eastern rape laws have proven to be very compartmentalized, androcentric, and localized.

The life of man is unfulfilling without peace. Pride and anger are the most inhibitive factors to the attainment of peace, either between man and God or between man and the rest. However, through humbleness and meek supplication, man can be able to establish peace with God, while also being able to conquer the rest of humans, through mercy and lack of pride.    

Religious beliefs have been always confronting each other and trying to show their supremacy and answer the question of who are the true believers. Religions are varied ranging from Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism among others. For this case, I will deal with Christianity. Christianity is a kind of religion, whose teachings and values are based on the life and mission of Jesus Christ. Believers view God as their Supreme Being.

The objective of the paper is to provide an exegetical investigation on the bible’s theology lines in the book (Deut 28:58-68). The lines conclude Moses’ second address that forms the book of Deuteronomy and gives the details and the consequences of Israel’s refusal to obey their covenant with God. The canonical setting the choice is open at this point.

In total, it is seen that the history of Christianity in India is as old as the history of the Christian religion. In the much receptive Indian Hindu society, Christianity was well accommodated and catered for. However, the revival of Hinduism, which took place partially as a result of the onslaught on their traditional ways of life, has become a serious threat to the growth of Christianity in India.

The paper discussed those aspects of the Hindu goddess that are nurturing and attributed to the mother principle, and those aspects are the flipsides of the destructive feminine force. The destructive aspect is seen as being rooted in sexuality and wild lust for destruction and blood, in Kali, with time being the substance of the female goddess, and the source of its raw power to kill all men.

As witnessed above, the theology of liberation advocates for the society to view the challenges that it faces through the eyes of the suffering and advocates for equality as this helps in making the approach to be realistic. Other than that, liberationists interpret the teachings and practices of Jesus to be in tandem with what their doctrine stands for which is helping the poor.

Despite the haunting claims by those living in the burial sites, it would only be proper to proceed with such actions as exhumations only when the families of those who had been buried there agree to it. if this is not observed, then there are likely to be very serious court battles which in most cases would favor the position of the families.

When the believers have already demonstrated their ability to produce reproducing followers of Christ and also the provision of peer coaching and also mentoring which is aimed at helping others to learn how to succeed in fundamental tasks and thus equipping the believers to make new disciples, this will be verifier that they have got on board.

The pilgrimage process in Judaism was an essential phase comparable to a number of sacrifices within the Hindu religion which were conducted in the temples. As compared to the Hindu sacrifices and holy sessions in which women were not allowed to attend, the pilgrimage in the temple of Jerusalem was attended every year by all irrespective of gender.

The postmodern age of religious pluralism makes it possible to encounter a few rejections in any connection between the testaments. However, the duty of writing the Old Testament theologies is mostly undertaken by New Testament allegiance writers. The literal and historical magnitude of the scriptures, which comprises the dialect style, and content depict both continuities.

Generally, the Dome of the Rock is made of many passages from Koran that tend to challenge the Christian belief in the Trinity and the divinity of Jesus and it tends to call Christians and Jewish accept Islam and recognize the true place of Islam as well as their respective religions. The structure was mainly built to proclaim the key tenets of Islam and the Arab conquest.

Although on some occasions he spoke about himself, it is evident that he was not self-oriented. His quest for the vengeance against the wicked was a show of his desire for people to obey God’s words. He wanted God to provide pleasure to those who obeyed Him. He was annoyed with himself, but it is also evident that he was annoyed by God’s actions.

The life experiences faced by the characters bring out changes into their lives, either unfortunate or beneficial, contributing to the transformation that is required for their redemption from the past. For me, the novel gave me the feeling of heart-wrench at few places, as well as bittersweet elsewhere. 

Gospel books highlight the kinds of relationships that Jesus had with his disciples. Notably, Jesus spent three years with his twelve disciples actively involving them in his ministry. In these three years, Jesus sought to impart them with critical skills and knowledge concerning God’s kingdom, God’s purposes, and will.

The functional theory is similar to the contingency theory in that it ignores the controlling psychology of people, does not recognize the leadership presence, and finally ascertains that all leaders can ape behavioral requirements only after behavioral (altering) training, although the majority cannot (Mannix & Neale, 2012).

The theological important words in this text are verse 20 where peter out rightly answers Jesus that he is the Christ of God. Thus, he meant that since the disciples have known who he is, it will be easier for them to spread the gospel in his name. If they had not yet recognized him as other people did, it could be difficult for them to spread the gospel.

The followers of God are divided into two camps – one questions the duty of God towards mankind while the other questions the duty of man towards God. However, according to Ephesians 2:8-9, mankind can be “saved by grace through faith, and not by one or the other” (Wommack, 2009, p.2). Grace is the blessing of God which is “unmerited, unearned, undeserved favor” (Wommack, 2009, p.3).