Religion Essays

Keeping the fundamentals of Islam central to their conquests, by 1600 Asia was dominated by three great Muslim empires: the Ottoman, the Safavid and the Mughal. Ottoman Empire (1289-1918) Safavid Empire (1501-1722) Mughal Empire (1523-1739) Ottoman Empire – Present day Turkey At the peak of its reign, the Ottoman Empire …

Introduction Sex tourism is defined as travel for sex purposes. People travel to various destinations to engage in sexual activities (Free Dictionary). Sex tourism is a practice that has been on for the longest time. Underage girls are used by many people who run these services. The vast world believes …

Introduction: Pax Romana, based on the context of Bruce W. Longecker’s’ The Lost Letters of Pergamum, characterizes the clash between two kinds or facets civilization and codes of morality. Underneath the extensive interlude of relative peace during the centuries-old reign of the Roman Empire was an evolving new face of …

            Venerable Bede was a Benedictine priest at the Saint Peter’s Church in Monkwearmouth and later at the Saint Paul’s Church in Jarrow, both in the north-east of England. He was a renowned author, biographer, chronologist, historian, poet, scholar and theologian.             Bede was born around 672 A.D. in Jarrow. …

Journal # 1: The politics of Islam is interesting because it has always been in consonance with Islam as a religion, moral and guiding principle of Muslims who are also known as the Submitters to the will of Allah (the Islamic term for God). The creation of the Islamic state …

Middle East Regional Issues             During the last 50 years, tension and insecurity have been the major concerns of the global community regarding the Middle East. In the pat, the Middle East threatened global security and peace through various crisis and wars that ensued between various states. The trend has …

Inventories We live in a world characterized with rich diversity. The diversity refers to the wide variety of racial identity and cultural background. This diversity is accompanied with major and minor differences that set people apart from each other. Every individual in the society belongs in an ethnic group that …

 O’ Grady a priest serving a number of parishes in Southern California in the 1970 to 80’s was a habitual child molester. Instead of his superiors reacting to this issue by handing him over to the authorities they just shifted him from one congregation to the other. Doing so made …

In his Guardian U.K. obituary in April 2005 Pope John Paul II was described as a pontiff with a sense of mission.[1] This missionary call was to affect the whole tenor of his pontificate, yet there were a number of reasons why it was not the success that it might …

The Korean-American community has different religions because of the interaction with various influences championing domination of these religions in the history. These dominations have been transferred to the current settlements. Religious dominance may be accelerated by the core emphasis or the teachings of the religion which cause people to widely …