Religion Essays

In the regeneration and divinization of man, the first step is to eliminate his beastly nature. The predominant in beast is cruelty, cruelty resulting to injury or inflicting harm to other human beings, animals, plants, and even non-living things. Thus it creates conflicts, misunderstanding, and chaos among creations of God …

When thinking about the history of the world, one must always consider that merchants as well as trade have played an immerse role in shaping the world as it is today. They are responsible for many of the cross-cultural interactions that we have had in the past. Christianity and Islam, …

       About Haroon Siddiqui’s book ‘Being Muslim’, some say that it is a complete white wash on Muslim behaviour, and that Siddiqui has tried to justify the Muslim behaviour, while overstating the West’s narrow viewpoint about Islam.     Most of the critics say that Muslims have been too sensitive to …

          Islam first entered history as the message of Prophet Mohammed, and later manifested itself as a religious and political order. Much of its text is divine order and has been sent across to the Prophet, to spread the holy messages amongst his ummat. Ummat is …

The Judaism historical connection was the belief that people have a special relationship or bond between themselves and God. This form of covenant demands absolute obedience in return for his blessings, and God in return will hear and answer his or her prayers. Judaism stems from the root for both …

Culture determines human behaviour and shows differences on how people do things and receive world. People are not consciously aware of their culture before they come across foreign culture. Foreign culture set situations where people feel uncomfortable which helps them to understand cultural differences. Elements generating cultural differences are such …

When comparing and contrasting the attitudes of Christianity and Islam toward merchants and trade from the religions’ origins until about 1500, we notice there is a change in attitude over time in Christianity, while the attitude of Islam maintains continuity. The New Testament written by Matthew in 70 to 80 …

Religion: Prominence of Islam after the 12th century Background-religion: * Prominence of islam after 12th century * Pre-islamic culture of the Mande people was primarily animistic * animistic view-view of the cosmos in which everything as well as space could have its own spirit * human beings too had such …

Some may wonder if a religious lesson can benefit everyone or just the specified religion. Morality plays have been written and acted out for hundreds of years, to benefit society. Morality plays can be defined as two similar but slightly different things. Some sources refer to morality plays as a …

Explore the ways in which these characteristics interact to create a dynamic, living religion A religion or religious system is a dynamic, living reality. While it can be identified and studied through characteristics such as rituals and sacred texts, it is in essence a living thing, which is given expression …