Christianity College Essays Samples For Students

Today, Christianity is a term that is used very much in broad terms and ways. Over the past few decades, Christianity has mainly been predominant in the West and looked upon to have been rooted in the social organization of these Western countries. For instance, one cannot expect a high number of Christians in overseas States like Indonesia, where the majority are the Muslims. In addition, the Indonesian constitution recognizes six types of religions which include Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Protestantism, Confucianism, and Catholicism. This is why freedom of worship and religion has fully granted to her citizens. But as ...

Introduction

Religion occurs as one of the most ancient practices, not only in the United States but all around the globe. A reflection on religion in the United States depicts that it is diverse in nature as evidenced by the existence of various religious denominations. In a nutshell, religion seems to play a crucial role in the lives of the American citizens. However, there is a need to comprehend the fact that there exists a certain portion of American citizens who do not conform to any religious dogma. The core reason as to why there are American citizens who are ...

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Introduction
Conscience is one of the most commonly experienced psychological faculty of an individual, but is also one of the least understood. For many years, little attention have been given towards understanding conscience; particularly on how it is shaped and who influenced the modern understanding of this concept. Nevertheless, conscience is an important phenomenon that requires significant attention primarily because it impacts all human judgment. The manifestation of conscience delineates man from other animals species as conscience is proof of man’s self-consciousness; an attribute that is only observable among human species. As a learned psychological faculty, ...

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The Ancient world was a time when humans were still attempting to figure out how the earth worked, why that natural world worked the way it did, and how to communicate effectively. The ancient world is one way to define that time period before the middle ages after Christianity began to take over most of Europe, North Africa, and parts of China. The ancient world is a time in the history of humanity that is viewed through many different lenses, depending on who is viewing it and for what purpose. Christianity is certainly a pivot point between the ...

Christianity, Islam and, Judaism are often called the three Abrahamic faiths since all three religions "trace their history to the ancient figure of Abraham," according to ReligionFacts (2016). Even so, Christianity, with about 2 billion adherents, and Islam, with about 1.3 billion adherents, are by far bigger than Judaism, which only has about 14 million followers around the world. What can be seen when comparing Christianity and Islam is that, while there are similarities, there are glaring differences that actually overshadow whatever the two great religious traditions have in common.

Part 1: Similarity

Christians and Muslims both believe in the concept of ...

Evangelism is defined as spreading the message of Christianity, both to people who are already followers of the religion as well as those who belong to other faiths. The principle of evangelism is that it is not only sufficient to be aware of the teachings of Jesus Christ, but to share that knowledge and information with members of the community, friends and family. Evangelical preaching can be in the form of both one to one interactions as well as large scale preaching to a substantial number of people .
In the first instance, the principles of the Christian religion as ...

Poverty and Religiosity as Bridges to other Faiths

Poverty does not choose who to strike or who not to, and neither does it focus on one religion over the other. However, many people believe that poverty is dictated by a specific religion, a speculation which is not true. This discussion will focus on the following characteristic that explains religion and poverty as a bridge to other faiths; Intense Social Stratification, Omnipresence of Poverty, The Transience of Life, and Philosophical Detachment with Africa as the specific community.

Intense social stratification

Social stratification is the act of forming hierarchies among people so as to distinguish one group from another. Most of these ...

Philosophy and God

Philosophy and God

Abstract

The issue whether God really exist or it is just an imagination created in minds of people has been debated for centuries. Many scientists and philosophers believe that God does not exist. They have challenged believers to scientifically or logically prove that God really exists. Ontological arguments have been put in place by theology philosophers with the aim of proving, logically and scientifically, the existence of God. Philosophers such as Anselm and Aquinas have put across some logical arguments to prove that God really exists. On the other hand, some atheists such as Bertrand Russell have ...

I selected ‘Nature of God’ from World View Chart as it is the key factor of religion. Here the word ‘nature’ means the perception of God in different religions, not the relation between God and his devotees or how God is espoused to act or behave in relation to humans as per different religions. How different religions theorize the nature of God is important. Without studying this factor we cannot understand why there is a conflict between different religions and whether this conflict is natural or misconceived.

What is religion?

Before we analyze different religions we need to have a coherent view ...

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Sociology of religion: Healing
“Religion and Healing: The Four Expectations” by Martin E. Marty discusses healing and its relation to religious means. It talks about the two main aspects of healing which have always existed alongside but, at the same time, contradicted each other. The first one refers to the notion as a medical term while the second one refers to it as to faith or credence. There have been many changes in the understanding and interpretation of healing during the recent centuries. At a time, the connection between religion and healing has weakened. Analysts started to define healing ...

Post-Classical History

Some of the terminologies that explain the post-classical world include the post-ancient era, the pre-modern era or the post-antiquity era. The post-classical is the immediate period after the classical world and the period preceding the modern history. The classical period happened in two time periods depending on the different continents in the world. The time periods include the years between 200-500 and the year’s between1200-1500. In this era, Han, Rome, and Gupta experienced the spread of the major religions of the world. It is during this period that Buddhism and Christianity spread while the Islam religion emerged. Religions ...

As unique as Judaism and Christianity are within the religions of the modern world in their commonality, they are at the same time diverse. Monotheistic religions, they both share Jerusalem as their birth place. They both share the Old Testament as part of their Biblical foundations. Additionally, they share in having one day of the week serve as their Sabbath. As much as they share they are different. While the Old Testament provides a foundation for what will become Christianity, the New Testament is actually the story of the Christian religion. As Christianity holds the birth of Christ as ...

View of After Life is one of the most important parts of religious beliefs. Every religion, first of all, is based on such categories as nature of God, view of human nature, view of good and evil, view of salvation and, of course, views of the afterlife. In my mind, it is really interesting how the view of afterlife affects the people’s everyday life. It is the basic part of the religion. The most of the other things that connected with religion are proceed from the View of After Life. As an example, we will take Christianity. In ...

1. The historical background of the book of Hebrews
An understanding of the book of Hebrews is better achieved when one knowledgeable about its origin and the historical setting from which it was written. As many biblical scholars pointed out, there is a difficulty in interpreting the book of Hebrews because of the missing pieces that are necessary for its precise interpretation. Other than the uncertainty of its authorship, scholars were also uncertain about the intended recipient of the letter, though a closer examination would show that the author has a very close relationship with the recipient and shared ...

Abstract

Christianity and Islam are both monotheistic religions with the same fundamental background, which are closely aligned as it relates to the presentation of the old testament, however, differing on points of the significance of Jesus and the path to salvation. It is important to understand how both of these religions view the interplay of faith, and modern medicine as it relates to health, wellness and healing. In essence, as both invest faith in an omnipotent and omnipresent God, who promises followers eternal life, both believe that prayer, faith, and the intervention of the divine are integrally involved in healing. ...

Introduction

Sexuality and Christianity - often these two topics are opposed. This is not surprising because the negative attitude towards sexual relations and sex-phobia, fear in relation to sexuality, negative attitudes towards sexuality accompany the entire history of the Christian churches. One theory of the fall of humanity says that the sin of Adam and Eve was that they have entered into a sexual relationship. (Kamitsuka, M.D., 2010, p.26) In turn, the Christian asceticism tried to instill in Christians a feeling of contempt for their own corporeality (by the way, another theory Fall states that "leather garments" that God gave ...

The Quran and the Bible have some similarities as well as differences. However, in the recent years, believers of the two religions have focused on the differences more than the similarities. These differences have brought about enmity and misunderstanding among believers of the two religions. The rivalry between Christians and Muslims began during the Crusader Era (1095-1291). This was a period when the Crusaders were trying to free their “Holy Land” from the yoke of Islam (Trautman and Peterson). To understand the genesis of these differences, which have highly been exaggerated in the contemporary society, it is important to ...

The issue of the religion has always been bothering the minds of the humanity. Such concept as “the faith” gives a food for thoughts for many theologians, researchers and even scientists. One of such researchers, in terms of the religion, is Harvey Cox – Hollis Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard, whose interests focus on the interaction of religion, culture, and politics. ("Harvey G. Cox, Jr.") Apart from that, he also works on such issues as the urbanization, theological developments in the Christianity, Jewish-Christian relations and the spiritual movements in the nowadays world in the global setting, the Pentecostalism, in ...

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Colonialism had long reaching effects on indigenous cultures, economic systems, literature, and religions. Of those four, religions were the most personal and the most stubborn to change. It was not until the late 18th and early 19th centuries that the British first contacted the Buddhist religion. For the British, it was a bit of a shock to find a civilization willing to accept their rule and yet, a religion so constant and resilient as to be able to reject Christianity while absorbing bits and pieces of the religion and the British culture into their own.
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Chivalry is a term based on the medieval institution which has an aristocratic military origin of training Individual and offering service to others. Normally it is associated with ideas of knightly, honor, courtly love and virtues. Orders of Chivalry are primarily, a phenomenal history, strange to Christendom of Western Union of the middle ages. Categorically, several institutions have been placed overtime in the order of Chivalry .It is possible to differentiate several phrases in the history of those institutions. The original form of institution in the time of crusade was worthy its name of order since it consisted of people who ...

AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH KOREA

Comparison of the Religion’s Significance in Australia and South Korea
Religion is undeniably one of the most important parts of the humanity. It has always been there, first as a form of fear before the unknown and misunderstood forces of nature, and then as a form of moral guidance and help. People have been showing a necessity to believe in something above them for a very long time, and even though the times have changed, this necessity still remains intact in many. However, religions do differ greatly depending on many factors: nationality, geography, climate, historical evolution, political situation ...

Part One

Phillis Wheatley was an eighteenth century poet born in West Africa and was enslaved on American soil in 1761. Despite her slave status, Wheatley had received an unprecedented education on classicism, Christianity, and literature. Wheatley wrote two significant letters, the first was to her fellow servant friend from the Tanner’s estate in 1772. The letter had discussed her enthusiasm for Christianity and her positive view towards her African heritage. The following letter in 1774 was directed to Rev. Occom in appreciation for the reverend’s argument against treatment towards African people. Her writing often included Biblical references as ...

Pope Innocent III was born in 1160 and was named Lotario de Conti di Segni. His reign as the Pope started on 8th of January 1198 to July 1216 during which he established a legacy as one of the most influential popes of all time. Pope Innocent III was born in Gavignano with his father being a member of a famous lineage which had produced nine Popes. Pope Innocent III mother was also from a noble family. The Pope achieved his early education in Rome and later enrolled for theology in Paris. He was a brilliant student and through ...

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The worldview of a person is their view and understanding of their entire existence, including the world they live in. Religious beliefs reflectcolor a person’s worldview very strongly. In a comparative look, Christianity and Sikhism have some commonality as monotheistic approaches to the world, in the necessity for moral and ethical behavior that is good, in seeking truth, and in serving an all-knowing God Wwho imparts some of that knowledge to mankind. However, there are noticeable differences in beliefs about death and afterlife, human definition, and the meaning of human history. These beliefs structure their worldviews ...

What are the similarities and differences between the understanding of ultimate reality (God) in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? Would you say these three religions worship the same God? Why?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are the main world monotheistic religions. Monotheism means the belief in one god. To the Jews God is known as Jehovah, in Christianity He called Father or the Lord, Muslims call Him Allah. (Paterson)
Each religion has the sacred texts where the divine history is written. The sacred book for Jews is the Torah or Pentateuch. For Christians it is Bible that derives from Thora and ...

In his essay called “Christianity and the Survival of Creation”, Wendell Berry accuses Christian church of the insulting indifference that it expresses towards the whole world. While the church claims to be merciful and forgiving, it chooses to ignore all of the issues that are relevant for the modern society. Things like war, rape and murder the Church explains with the fact that God sends people obstacles that they are able to overcome. Instead of engaging into the fight with crime, the church hides behind the doctrine of acceptance. Berry is also outraged with the fact that Christians tried ...

Religious change among the Aztecs

Annotated Bibliography
Berdan, Frances, Aztec Archaeology and Ethnohistory, pp. 215-296. NY: Cambridge University Press (2014).

The source tells of the history and religion of the Aztec people.

Burkhart, Louise. “The missionary missionized.” In her The Slippery Earth: Nahua- Christian Moral Dialogue in Sixteenth-Century Mexico, pp. 15-45. Tucson: University of Arizona Press (1989).

This source tells about the implementation of Christianity on Aztec society.

Cervantes, Fernando. “The Indian response.” In his The Devil in the New World, pp. 40- 73. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press (1994)
The source reminds one that they should be looking at the paper through an objective lens, rather than proscribing any ideals onto the Aztecs or the Spaniards.
Florescano, Enrique, “Transformation of indigenous memory and resurgence of ...

In one of his most influential theological and philosophical works, Blaise Pascal defends Christian religion, referring to its complex nature, human thinking mechanisms and various misunderstandings that surround the issue. In this essay I shall demonstrate that throughout the discourse, Pascal appeals to spiritual agnosticism, when proving his point. This shall be established by analyzing the passage, which says: “We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart, and it is in this last way that we know first principles; and reason, which has no part in it, tries in vain to impugn them” (Pascal ...

Introduction

Dubai is considered to be the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE. It has been mapped on the Southeast Coast of the Persian Gulf. Among the seven emirates, it is only Dubai and Abu Dhabi that have the veto power over matters of national importance. Over the recent years, Dubai has been gaining economically and it has become an established transport hub for passengers as well as cargo. In addition to transportation, it is rich in oil whose revenue started to flow since 1969. ...

Buddhism came to the USA due to immigrants from China and Japan and some eccentric Europeans who practiced Theosophy and spiritualism. More than a hundred of years, Buddhism remains very popular with North Americans, and step- by- step this kind of religion is penetrating farther into the people’s lives. Bookshops are full of books about Buddhism, popular magazines and newspapers placed plenty of articles devoted to this issue, film industry includes Buddhists way of life and philosophy in movies. The values of Buddhism can be seen in such social aspects as medicine, education, psychology, nutrition, sport, cosmetology, ecology, ...

Introduction

The World Bewitched (1965) was written by Bekker to outline theological and philosophical viewpoints that challenged the notion that ghosts, devils, and angels had an influence on historical events, as well as nature.The story was written at a time when Christianity was being perfected in England and the rest of Europe. During this time, The World Bewitched (1965) was written, Bekker served as a minister in Amsterdam. Protestants needed a philosophical and theological approach to accentuate the assumption that God was the ruler of the world. The need to project God as the authority while discrediting the influence of ...

In the ancient times, there were many civilizations around the world, but all of them managed to develop independently. In spite of the fact that the world is so diverse and the West seems to be too far from the East, different parts of the world have a lot in common. However, it is extremely hard to trace the common themes between the West and the East when it comes to religions without concentrating on their differences first. This paper is going to focus on the differences in the role of the prophets between the biggest religions of the ...

Toulmin Model Argument about the Environment: What specific action(s) should Christians take regarding the environment and its preservation or restoration?

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As the environmental crisis has been reached a considerable scale and raising apocalyptic concerns in the Christian community, the issue of being environmental and adopting an acceptable approach towards our planet becomes increasingly relevant in ethical and theological discourses. The biblical underpinning for co-called creation care drives Christians at the question of whether they should try to influence the condition of the global environment and, if yes, what action they could take for the preservation or ...

I. INTRODUCTION
The current use of the North-South divide in demarcating global Christian religion is not new. It originated as an economic and political convention to distinguish the First World and the Second World in the North and the Third World in the South. Thus, the churches in the North include the churches in North America, Western Europe, and the developed part of East Asia; while the churches in the South comprise the churches in Africa, South America, and the rest of Asia, including the Middle East. However, the demarcation line can arbitrary depending on the institution that creates ...

Question One

When Alessandro Valignano arrival in Japan in the year 1579, the Society of Jesus had constantly been working for more than thirty years. The mission was, however, struggling despite the huge number that was considered to have been influenced by the feudal lords. The leadership of Francisco Cabral was stressful such that the few Jesuits workers were overworked, and therefore, they became frustrated. Francisco Cabral had refused to cater for the needs of Jesuits, and this was seen as a disrespect to the Japanese. After Valignano had arrived in Japan, he saw the way Jesuits were being mistreated through ...

Dona Garcia

She took up residence with her family on the Grand Canal. Beatrice and her family continued to believe in Catholic faith even though they almost took up the Judaism. They continued practicing Catholic faith for strategic reasons. Beatrice and her family tried to influence Dona to practice Catholic faith, but she held her faith in Judaism. There was an increasingly moral threat in the homeland, and this made her leave her homeland and fled with her children to the Antwerp where they continuously practiced the Judaism faith. Between the years 1549 to 1553, she lived in Ferrara where she ...

Introduction

Information about Charles Darwin (year of birth and birth place) and his evolution theory.
Arguments raised against the evolution theory in connection with the challenges, Christianity and kind of life, the people lived.
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Historical background about Evolution theory
Darwin’s journey to Galapagos Island to study evolution
The development of natural selection as evidenced by the challenges the people were facing.
Examples of how the challenges caused the people to adopt or reject Darwin’s theory to solve persistent problems.
Assertions made by creationism
Rise and status of creationism and Christianity Darwin’s society
How the people were ...

The Japanese and Suzuki resistance at large was as a result of the Buddha's strength that was taking over country by country. Indeed, the Japanese reasoned that there were already many gods that were highly esteemed and worshiped in Japan and hence there was no need to embrace the laws of Christianity. The Buddhist also rejected Christianity as a result of its insistence on worshipping one God rather than following the Japanese process of worship where the ministers or rather gods should be esteemed first before honoring the superior one.
The Japanese also rejected Christianity because of their way ...

Introduction: “A course in religion is ideal as synthesis of liberal arts. It is no longer the Queen of Sciences, but it is still the Queen of Humanities” (Burton, “Study Theology even if You don’t Believe in God”). In 2006, 37 US states limit public funds spending on religion as a consequence of the separation of the church and the state. Another drawback is the withholding of a promised funding for a qualified student because he decides to take theology as his major subject at a local Bible College. Today, some people think that removing REL 103 in ...

Nowadays, it is extremely important for people to read books like the one by Fazlur Rahman called “Major themes of the Quran.” Surrounded by the anti-Islamic propaganda and Islamophobia, people should try to get as much educated as possible in order to understand that Islamic culture is very close to the Christian and thus, cannot be judged based on the actions of extremist groups. “Major themes of the Quran” gives the readers a great insight into the sacred book of Islam and explains its main concepts. It is divided into several parts, and each part is responsible for a ...

An important milestone in the history of religion was the emergence of the world's religions, which, in contrast to the ethnic and regional religions, have grown to and achieved an interethnic character. Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam – is the result of a long development of political, economic, and cultural contacts between countries and peoples. World religions emerged in the era of great historical turns, transitions from one to social relations the other. Despite all the differences and disagreements between world religions, there are such common characteristic features among them:
1) These religions brought the idea of equality of the coreligionists ...

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The Islamic influence in Spain was a strong one lasting for a long period of time. Islam offered more than just a territorial succession to the public, but it was the religion that offered intellect and social structure as well as a great privilege to society. Islamic principles did conquer the thought, language and architecture of Spain, particularly in the cities of Granada and Al-Andalus. Islamic influence was deeply ingrained in the Spanish society. Hence it led to the development of Islamic thought that promulgated deep in the society, and much of the former Christian world ...

Group A. Q1 Christianity and Islam in Spain

The crusades were religious and politically motivated wars that were dominated the 1096-1291 with the aim of controlling the holy land Jerusalem. In the first crusade, (1096-1102) initiated by pope Urban II was aimed at helping the Christian Byzantine empire which had been invaded by the Muslim Seljuk Turks. In this crusade, the Europeans were able to capture Jerusalem in 1099. This led to the merging of various Muslim faction against the Christians forces which had occupied the holy land. However, in 1291, the Muslims were able to control Jerusalem and parts of the coastal areas, which they controlled ...

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Discuss the efforts and challenges made by people of African descent to reconnect with Africa since the start of the 19th century
The emancipation of Africans in 1865 was a great historical period for African Americans in the United States. The African Americans contemplated on what to do with their newly acquired freedom and started reconstructing their lives. Certain black intellectuals at the time such as Rev. Blyden suggested that they leave America since white Americans were still hostile towards African Americans, and violence against them was common. Others like Martin Delany, who was an African American ...

The Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament, which tells the story of the establishing the Christian church and the spread of its holy message on the territory of the Roman Empire. It is considered to be the cornerstone in the history of Christianity (Schmemann, 120).
Purpose: to provide a history of the early Christian church. The emphasis of the book is put on the importance of Pentecost and witnessing Jesus Christ`s deeds. Acts tells the story about the apostles witnessing Christ's miracles in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and it is aimed to send ...

Islam and Christianity

The paper describes differences between Christians and Muslims within America. Additionally, the paper analysis of how spiritual views of Christians or Muslims affect the relations of the two groups. Some of the traits considered negative when practised by Muslims or Arab Americans but positive when practised by Christian Whites are discussed.
Muslims consider Jesus as an upright Prophet of their faith but not God as Christians regard Him. This is the main message by Mohammed that is to tell followers of Islam to worship God. According to Quran 112: 1-4, God is considered unique and provider of everything. God ...

Introduction

Human life is characterized by the existence of certain values that guide their daily practices. Religious values occur as one of the most pertinent values held closely by various human populations. A reflection on the world depicts the existence of various religions including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and others. Nonetheless, it is of the essence to realize Christianity remains the most worshiped religion across various contexts all around the globe.

Roles and Responsibilities of Christian Families and Christian Parents

Various religions have certain colossal values that are clearly espoused by their believers. Family occurs as one of the most fundamental dynamics that are highly valued by Christians. Christianity is ...

Contextual Analysis

Junius Bassus was a Roman politician who gained prominence during his career and was also known as the Urban Prefect of Rome. His artwork, the Sarcophagus is a magnificent piece of art from the Late Antique era. It is of high-quality artistry as well as beautifully detailed to show the interplay of the biblical iconography. Christianity for a long time had a marginal status in the Roman land. In this period, Christianity was very appealing to the desires of many faithful; however, due to monotheism Christians suffered a lot of persecutions. In his artwork, Junius Bassus prominently represents Jesus ...

Reflection Paper

Jacobsen video on global Christianity provides an outline for recollecting the different experiences of Christians throughout the globe. The video focuses on the five big continents, of the two Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe, detailing the various modern experiences as well as cultural theologies. In the present period that is occasioned by large and dynamic problems, such an accessible and thought volume opens up a platform for Christians globally to hold the gospel, and one another more firmly. I have been able to conclude from the class the study on hermeneutics, and from personal exploration, that the penultimate of ...

PART ONE

Christian life is a journey, that is made under the God’s law, in the world that God created, and the presence of the God himself. The faith in God is the milestone of Christianity. But what does God mean for the faithful? How is he perceived? And what role does he play in the ethical deliberation of every Christian?
God, or, as found in the Bible, Lord, is proclaimed by the Christian reality as a supreme being, but not an impersonal force like those of nature (Woodhead 45). He is supremely a holy person. The personality of God ...

In the contemporary society, cultural competence in care provision is a necessity. The world today is a global village and healthcare professional are likely to tend to people of diverse cultures as well as diverse faiths and backgrounds. Care provision is a complex process whose outcomes are determined by the internal factors as well as the external environment in which the patient is receiving care. The insistence on cultural competence as a critical determinant for nurses is based on the fact that people of diverse faiths have different and diverse views on what and how care should be provided ( ...

“Paganism” is an extremely unclear term that appeared in church circles to refer to the pre-Christian era where people had diverse religious worldviews. Those were beliefs of primitive tribes, pre-Christian beliefs of the Slavs, Finns, Germans, Celts and pre-Islamic religion of the Tatars.
In East Slavic paganism there can be found all the stages that were intrinsic to other pagan cults that existed in other nations. The ancient extant sources testify the worship of the ancient Slavs to objects and phenomena. The worship of, for example, stones, trees, groves was the important constituent of those beliefs. The cult of ...

In the contemporary world, it is extremely difficult to differentiate a saint and a hero. We used to take one for another, because each of them performs something significant for the world. In some ways, of course, these terms are different: duties that saints and heroes do have different purposes and are performed in different ways. While saints don’t exist in every tradition, as they are usually connected to religion and protect the morals and ethics, heroes have existed in all the cultures throughout the human history. The latter even exist today in the books and on the ...

Introduction

Mission, covenant, and salvation not only demonstrate the common grounds between Christians and Jews but also illustrate the many challenges that remain unresolved. The Christian-Jews relationship remains a major cause of debate and divergent opinions over the identity of God’s people. Some people believe that today’s Church consists of God’s new people while others maintain that Jews God’s chose people; therefore, they are most valued. Both Christians and Jews consider themselves as the true descendants of Israel. The Church also believes that it is the true Israel and should partake in the various biblical promises ...

English

People have various beliefs about God and his existence. These beliefs were formed after human being started to wonder about realities of things around him. When human beings see things and phenomena evolving, they began to question who is responsible for such an evolution. When they observe the land, seas, oceans, mountains, they do ask themselves who has created such a beautiful world with perfection? Intelligent minds carry out research by reading books and discussing their queries about the existence of life and the world with the elderly as well as the scholars in their community. The very common ...

Roman Decadence in the Late Empire

According to history, it is not a secret that the Roman Empire once fell, it was considered to be immoral as well as weak during this time. Decadence is coined with the fall of the empire and is therefore thought to be the sexual excesses that happened. People were more focused on having orgies mostly with their families specifically, sibling; the Romans were also doing heinous activities such as eating parts of animals like the tongues of humming birds, feeding Christians to the untamed lions and they even had the courage to poison their children, partners, spouses and parents ( ...

Goheen and Bartholomew’s - Living at the Crossroads

There have been many books written on Christian Worldview in the past years (worldview). However, what makes Living at the Crossroads stand out from the others is its mission-centred focus and its defined setting within the biblical story. Both of these factors reflect the personal interests of the authors. Goheen’s PhD was on Lesslie Newbiggin (Goheen) and Bartholomew’s was on Ecclesiastes (Bartholomew).

The book starts by explaining how worldviews fit into the context of the gospel story and mission. The authors’ belief is that people are now at the crosswords of two opposing narratives, these being the ...

The doctrine of the Trinity is unique to Christianity. It underpins Christian theology and is the most important doctrine of Christian faith and practice. The Trinity is difficult to explain and fully understand, as is to expected since we are human and can never truly understand the infinity and omnipotence of God. Yet, the Trinity is vital to Christian faith as it represents the nature of God, and it affirms the existence of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
According to Exodus 3:14 and Philippians 1:2, the Father is God, in John 8: 58 and Titus 2:13, we are told ...

Religion is very contradictory topic to discuss. From the very beginning of its existence, there were people who try to use religious beliefs for own purposes. And it is worth mentioning that, these purposes not always was good.
I only partly agree with the statement that rich and powerful people have created religions to control the poor people. Yes, rich people use religions for own purposes, but, for example, a history of Christianity creation absolutely deny this statement.
There is thesis Christianity is the religion of slaves. And this is true historical fact. Christianity was created by slaves because ...

The Greco-Roman antiquities of the Getty Villa in Malibu reveal lots of information about the New Testament environment and the status of art on Rome and Greece in the first century. From a first look, the images at Villa reveal a rich artistic era that was not just ornamental, but also liberal. The cutlery of that era is carefully done, with color and ace, to suggest that a society that was keen on beauty and ornaments, color and patterns, as well as a dedication to a nature concerted art. Other amazing statuettes include the head of Augustus, his constant ...