Religion Essays

In Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story “Gimpel the Fool” the question of the main character’s foolishness is in a constant state of ambiguity. Given Gimpel’s knowing internal dialog, it seems that at least his thought process is not that of fool. Yet, his willingness to play his role in even …

            How did the church respond to persecution in 325AD how did the Christian movement develop in theology and practice as a result of persecution? Christians were persecuted in Rome for various reasons for example in 64 AD, Christians were accused of burning Rome, in order to punish them Nero …

Universality of Catholicism. Literally, the word “Catholic” (Greek, katholike) means “general” or “universal.” The title was first used in A.D.. 107, by St. Ignatius of Antioch in his letter to the Smyrneans, “Where Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” 17 By the end of the second century, it …

There are many controversial topics not only in the United States, but around the world and Exorcism is on the top of the list. There have been multiple supposed accounts of demonic possession throughout the world, one of the them beginning in 1968 in the town of Klingenberg, Germany with …

Islam started to spread when Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation at forty years of age when Angel Gabriel gave him the message from god. Prophet Muhammad first started preaching about Islam to his wife and closets friends in secret for three years. Later he started preaching openly in Mecca …

My cultural immersion focus is on the religious war in Nigeria. One of the interesting things I found in my research was that, in Nigeria the Christian faith and the Muslim faith represents the greatest percentage of religions. I also learned that the Christians and Muslims pray every day several …

Explain the importance of the three marks of existence for Buddhists [25] The Buddha believed and taught that everything in the world is related to the three marks of existence, and that everything and everyone is conditioned by the world around them. The three marks are made up of dukkha, …

Filipino teenage martyr Pedro Calungsod is set to join the altar of saints when Pope Benedict XVI leads the canonization ceremony at the Vatican City on Sunday, October 21, 2012. With the meager historical information written about him, Blessed Pedro’s life can be written in a few paragraphs. Thus, the …

         It is generally believed the St. Paul can be attributed for the spread of Christianity as know it as a global faith in the modern world. Paul never met nor was ever in the company of Jesus, yet was able to preach and capture the hearts and minds of …

Passion of the Christ is a movie that depicts the last twelve hours of the public life of Jesus of Nazareth.  The motion picture is centered on his agony, arrest, trial, suffering and death.  Due to its explicit content, it garnered different reactions from different people and became a recipient …