Essays on Western Christianity

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

The Effects of Scientific Revolution on Religion has been a very critical topic in such fields as history, philosophy and other social sciences. The scientific revolution, arguably one of the most important developments in human history is a movement that substantially shook the foundations of religion (Wolfe & Wolfe, 2011). The primary purpose of this topic, is to narrow down the broad topic of the effects of scientific revolution in such a manner that such effects are viewed from the perspective of the medieval religious structures, and not from the eye of the entire humanity. I chose to discuss this topic because it ...

Philosophy

Ambrosio’s lectures guide a person through the evolution and history of two western traditions that exhaustively addresses the question of life’s meaning. The hero figure is the derivation from Greek and Roman culture that focuses on the humanist philosophical tradition. The saint figure is the Judo-Christian/ Islamic theistic tradition that focuses on the religious aspects of life meaning. These figures are metaphorical, and they give the deep understanding that people need to know (Meltzer et. al., 1212) The hero’s universe is a paradigm of uncongenial forces of necessity and fate unresponsive to human desires. Self-fulfillment and mastery ...