Religion and Theology Essays

It was during that time that the two most influential spiritual leaders in native China are believed to have lived and taught their followers. Confucius and Lao-tzu practiced Confucianism and Taoism respectively and the fascination of the whole world in these two philosophies remains very strong.

Worldview. Every individual in the world has a choice to believe what they want with regards to the existence of God. It is the belief of many that a Supreme Being does exist, and rules the destiny of every individual (Adams, 1993). There is the belief that every individual has a purpose in life, and that purpose is to serve the Supreme Being, the maker and creator of all living things.

Explain why or why not. The resolutions do seem to be a reasonable way of dealing with the problem of unauthorized use of the Lakota peoples’ religious symbols. While the tone of the resolutions seems a little militaristic, it is important to understand that the Lakota are deeply offended by the abuse of their traditions (Mesteth, Elk and Hawk).

The paper discusses the essence of Religion. While the truth has been contested through science, the story of creation appeals to reality given its explanation of the regeneration of mankind. The Bible tells us that God was pleased with creation. The modern education system has not been able authoritatively refute that.

However, Arius’ notion founded on the human model, should have received recognition as traditional Christian teachings. This is due to the fact that following the human model, the father predates the son and therefore, at some point in time God existed without Jesus Christ. Similarly, it implied that God was the dominant being in the Trinity. 

The Nation of Islam held beliefs that black people were more superior to white individuals and that the downfall of the white race and culture was forthcoming. While the civil rights groups advocated against racial segregation, Malcolm X fought for the complete segregation of whites from African Americans.

Throughout his life - except perhaps when he ran away from home when he was 15 - everything was ordinary for Vorilhon. But one eventful day in 1973, he supposedly met an Elohim while driving and told him to prepare humankind for their arrival. This, essentially, how the Raelianism or the Raelian International Movement began.

The books deal with the questions that quest to find the answers to the meaning of life, the existence of man and how one reconciles with the truth that inequity and suffering can rage in through the persons who are innocent and righteous. Job quests to answer and give reasons as to why the righteous can undergo suffering and why God does not do something concerning it.

In the book, “Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema”, Rachel Dwyer has dealt with a specific aspect of Indian films. The author has attempted to describe how Indian cinema has portrayed the Hindu religion on the big screen. India produces the largest number of feature films every year among all the countries of the world.

The core concept of the Mahabharata, especially the themes discussed in Bhagavad-Gita, is interconnected with the fundamental teachings of Hinduism. So, the revelation of the major themes discussed in Bhagavad-Gita is helpful to unearth the fundamental teachings of Hinduism.

We have different religions with different systems of their workings. Each culture, has a set of believes and guidelines in which they practice in the daily life. This practices are  referred to as religious traditions. However, as much as the religions differ, every religion composed of; doctrines, rituals, morality rules and prayer practices.

The topics on religion, spirituality and Supreme Being are often confused and during discussions they overlap each other. Supreme Being is such a vast concept, it is impossible to explain its significance within the limitations of words only. Its perfect understanding is through direct experiencing.

The prisons in the American society have become a vital institution. It has integrated itself with the cultural, economic and political sphere of the United States of America (USA). During the period of 1976 to 2000, the USA was engaged in building a new prison every week on average that eventually resulted in a significant rise in the number of imprisonment (Franklin).

The people involved in terrorism carry out their action in a bid to manipulate a state or a certain group of people to respond to their demand. The terrorist intentions are either politically or socially triggered (Alien, 2007, 15). Religious and secular groups are known to motivate terrorist attacks.

There was a very sexist differentiation of roles in the Church, and so some women obtained special permission to create their own special communities, where they could establish their own rules. The Beguines are an example of this, but they were ultimately perceived as a danger to the establishment and designated as heretics.

La Follette (1980:182) contends that parents should pass the qualifications of good parenting and earn for themselves a license before they can take on the responsibility of becoming parents to their children. If so many other jobs or skills require a licence before individuals can engage in them, then how much more the most important job in the world, which is parenting?

On the other hand, the story of death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is reflected in the gospels, Mathew 28:1-10, Mark 16:1-8, and Luke 24:1-12. The stories are brought out differently in the different books of the gospel. Mathew focuses on the centurion man who despite his high position humbled himself and chooses to believe in the power of Jesus.

Science and religion have been criticized for not providing an explanation to the recent development in cosmology and biology. The conflicting ideologies of science and religion are mystifying the cosmos. As such, this confusion arouses debates on the validity of the teachings of science and religion (Regan, Worthing & Australian Theological Forum, 2001).

The sociological significance of “Bhagavad Gita” can be understood through the historical dynamics of the social structure as observed in the later Vedic society. As such, the said book encompasses the tradition of the Purusha Sukta by borrowing the principles from the teachings of the Upanishads particularly the “mystical metaphysics of the omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient Bhrama, the doctrine of karma and the transmigration of the soul in the Upanishads (Bandyopadhyaya 91).

Mrs. Pamela Miller is the elderly octogenarian whom I have selected for my research regarding the religious and spiritual inclination of this elderly lady in the path of her life; it was my serious effort to read the mind of Mrs. Miller. Before approaching her, I had no idea how she would react to my interviewing sort of initiative, therefore, when I first visited her, I made my purpose clear to her that being a student, I wanted to have a glimpse of the various shades of her life only for my academic interest.

Worshiping is has a long history since the inception of the universe. The angels of heaven gathered before God to worship him and pay reverence to Him who created the earth and everything in it. This worship trend was transmitted to humanity upon creation and consequent location in the Garden of Eden.

He was a star, full of light, being as an angel of God. He was cast down to earth, and his fall was just like a lightening. We infer the fall as Satan’s fall from God’s presence because of the reason mentioned there. The proud heart of Satan made him try to position himself above God, the most High.

There are different reasons why people want a separation of church and state. The first reason is because the rights of the minority will probably be violated by the majority meaning members of a majority religion are favored by the state often while the minority religion are persecuted, harassed and socially shunned.

The Roman Catholics celebrate the Mass service every Sunday of the week and during holy days of the year1. According to the Catholics Church, Sunday represents the day of Jesus’ resurrection from the death and ascension to heaven. The Mass thus represents the day when Jesus resurrected from the death.

Spirituality and religiousness are considered as two sides of the same coins however they present completely different types of discourses. Spirituality is often seen as a by-product of religion since those who practice a certain religion thoroughly are also expected to be spiritual as well.

Personally, I am a Christian, a Catholic to be precise. However, in the interest of knowing more about other religions, I once visited the Islamic Center of America, which is the largest mosque in the U.S., if not in the world. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, the mosque acts as a place of worship to a majority of Muslims living in Michigan and its environs.

The original name of Abraham was Abram, and he is believed to be the father of the Jews. Abram is one of the first three patriarchs of Israel, the other two being Isaac and Jacob. Chapter’s number 11 to 25 of the book of Genesis tells the story of Abraham. God called Abraham to leave the house of his father Terah, a native of Mesopotamia.

The first part of the paper will examine such prayer related themes as meaning of prayer in Islam: calling out of the muezzin: parts of the five time prayer; prayer in the Koran; the Fatiha – the main prayer of the Muslims.

And all these were recorded in the book of John. The book of John is a well-written gospel that identified Jesus Christ as the awaited Son of God and promised Savior. Accordingly, John symbolically used common and everyday objects and situations so people may understand the identity of Christ as the Redeemer.

He explains that counseling is all about change and urges the counselors first to understand the issue of change, which will enable them to serve their clients on adapting to changes in life. The writer explains that, it is extremely necessary for all counselors to build a solid foundation of their work as counselors, to be able to deliver quality guidance to the people.

Understanding is synonymous with experience with nature and emotions that the realm of science cannot grasp (Jung and Kerenyi, 1941, pp. 1-3). Today some people say myth is untrue or not factual, but it is attractive. It offers great satisfaction to the emotions of people.

A close examination on the Pentateuch, which includes the Genesis by scholars begun in the Eighteenth Century which led them to conclude that the Pentateuch, including the Genesis, is not written by a single author, or by Moses alone as the traditional thinking suggests, but rather by an anthology of diverse materials.

Mcminn’s book Psychology, Theology and Spirituality in Christian Counseling targets individual involved in counseling or offer counseling services and tries to bring a relation between these three aspects Psychology, Theology and Spiritualism. McMinn emphasizes the importance of always having to consider spiritual combination into our daily activities in this case counseling.

Religion and healing have a deep relation. It can be said in the way, any religion is incomplete without adopting the techniques to maintain health. The spiritual and ritual prayers in most of the religion help in maintaining the metal as well as physical health of the believers.

These are the very same words that the Jesuit missionaries demonstrate in the movie, “The Mission.” The movie illustrates the kind of life that Jesuit missionaries lived in South America in the middle of the 18th century. The movie is historically meaningful as it relates the struggles of the Jesuits to convert the Guaranis and defend them against colonialists during the expansion of the Portuguese territory under the Treaty of Madrid.

Catholics take the sacraments to mark the basic stages of a Christian life and these are baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, marriage, reconciliation, holy orders and anointing the sick. However, one may opt to neglect some sacraments and focus on the relevant few. Furthermore, each sacrament is meant for a particular stage of the Christian life.

Verses 24-27 of chapter nine document the most remarkable prophecies regarding the coming of Christ and his salvation. It also indicates the fact that the Jews are considered guilty because they do not believe in Christ and accepted some other Messiah. Verse 24 is the summary of the following three verses which further illustrate its detailed meaning.

These are actually connected since karma ultimately establishes the outcome of rebirth depending upon whether it is good or evil. Buddha’s teaching on death can be greatly grasped through the story of Kisogatami who went to him with her dead baby in tow on the hopes that Buddha will be able to help her of her agony.

In accordance to the books of Numbers, Exodus, and the Book of Joshua, the prophet is described as the leader of the Israelites after the demise of Moses. Prophet Joshua was born in Egypt within Ephraim, one of the tribes of the Israelite people. The father of Prophet Joshua is said to be Nun, who named the prophet as Hoshea when he was born.

Some speak of Mosaic Law as irrelevant to Christian life, while others speak of the difference between moral law and ritualistic law and how it relates to Christian living. In letters written Paul to both the Galatians and the Romans, the discussion of law seems confused and subject to speculation by modern scholars.

The power of thought enables a man to differentiate between right and wrong. The power of will is the freedom to do anything and the power of love is what keeps the human beings from killing each other. If a man has these three powers to an absolute degree, he is thought to be perfect.

The NE calls for a new and more immediate relationship with the teachings of Jesus, but also the idea that a renewed sense of promoting this among Catholics ought to be one of the agendas for the coming age. To this end, the following will look at both the theoretical underpinnings of the NE, and in turn, present some of the practical implementations of these ideals.

There are different Biblical references which clearly and directly establish Jesus as God. Many argue that Jesus himself did not claimed to be God however, Church made him into God. However, there are certain references within Bible suggesting that Jesus declared himself as the son of God.

The world of letters would have been denied a masterpiece if these lectures had not been preserved in book form in1875, on the unrelenting insistence of the friends, well-wishers and students of C. H. Spurgeon. These lectures are full of historical data, including references from the Bible, proverbs, maxims, adages and anecdotes from the personal life of Charles Spurgeon.

Regardless of who wrote it, Nehemiah was a man that was cupbearer or steward to the Persian king Artexerxes. He must have been a person respected by the king because the king granted many things to Nehemiah simply because Nehemiah requested them. Nehemiah will always be remembered in Bible for the role he played in rebuilding the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

We disobey His one and only order of compliance to stay in His favor. We exhibit this unfaithfulness right in the face of His expectations that we will love Him in return and recognize how much He cares for us. We continue to be sinful and disobedient to the point of abandoning Him and paying homage to other gods which earns His displeasure.

Most people believe in superstitions as a harbinger of either good or bad luck. As per family tradition, my relatives believe in Feng Shui. It has been regarded that if we purchase a house and it is facing a T-junction, then it will bring bad luck to the home and the people living in it.  

The living entity can be in the form of a minute organism or the highest of all living species known as the human beings. During its lifetime, the living body goes through many different stages of the lifecycle which comes with many actions and responsibilities.

They have agreed and disagreed in some of the aspects of what led to the birth of modern science. There are those who have argued that western civilization is what led to the birth of modern science. On the other hand, there are those who disagree with this argument and argue that the birth of modern science was a consequence of the in the integration of various civilizations (Moore, 2009).

However, since there is no mention of a king anywhere in the Book of Psalms, except the prayers of the Psalter, then this particular psalm may be a psalm of wisdom and a reminder for any reader of the Bible to live in the same spirit of integrity that the king in Psalm 101 is expected to2.