Religion Essays

            The Crusades were known as a series of expeditions in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries undertaken by the Christian countries to take the Holy Land, which is Jerusalem, from the Muslims. Many years ago, Jerusalem was under the control of Muslims. Christians could hardly enter the Holy Land …

Article #1: “Islam in Africa”             This article basically spoke of the rise and spread of Islam in Africa and how it became a dominating religious affiliation in the region. When discrimination in Mecca (615) worsened, an assemblage of Muslims escaped to Ethiopia where they sought security. During the 7th …

     The Islamic and Christian faith often are portrayed as exact opposites; however when one looks deeper into the specifics surrounding each doctrine it is apparent that this statement is not true and that in fact these two faiths have several similarities when speaking of offering forgiveness to others as …

INTRODUCTION Bible texts contain many stories of violence and wars.  The purpose of this paper is to explore basic interpretations of these Bible texts and discuss whether God, Who is the same in the Old and New Testaments, permits Christian violence, and, if so, under what circumstances.  This is an …

In his article, “God May Be the Creator,” Robert Jastrow writes how interesting it is that many astronomers now believe that the universe does have a definite, specific beginning. He finds this interesting because scientists have finally arrived at the same conclusion theologians have held for centuries.      Jastrow is …

Introduction: Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. She is one of the most renowned poets of the nineteenth century. (Pollak, 2004) Emily Dickinson was the second born infant of Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross, her brother Austin was the eldest sibling, and her sister Lavinia, …

“There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his Messenger.” This is the monotheistic creed of Islam which is claimed by its followers to be the original monotheistic religion. Simply translated, this creed means that Allah (God) is the only authority of Islam and He entrusted His sacred texts …

            Soka Gakkai International (SGI-USA) is an American Buddhist association that promotes world peace and individual happiness based on the teachings of the Nichiren school of Mahayana Buddhism (SGI-USA, n.d.). Actually, I was invited by a friend to be an observer in one of their …

The bulk of the historical analysis will be devoted to violence in the Asia, and I will assume Abrahamic religious violence as a given.  I will, however, summarize that violence and demonstrate differences from as well as similarities with Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Introduction will also expand on the …

Introduction. Centering Prayer is a term that refers to the prayer that comes from the heart or rather simply put the prayer of the heart which attributes its description from the anonymous writer of spiritual classic. This Prayer traces its origin from the Trappist monastery in Massachusetts. During this contemporary …