Religion Essays

As the son of a former career diplomat I have enjoyed the privilege of having lived in and visited many different countries during my life. I have seen and experienced the open-mindedness and love of personal liberty of America and Australia, the friendliness and community spirit of Canada, the conservatism …

This essay is a synopsis of Carl Jung’s book “Psychology and Religion.” In Psychology and Religion, Carl Jung takes a medical psychology standpoint to discover the links between the human unconscious mind and the ways in which religious symbolism and the idea of religion are deciphered. Jung wrote this material …

Many people look to God for comfort. They live their lives based on His teachings in the Bible. People also look to their parents for comfort and live their lives based on what they teach them. In numerous ways, God is comparable to a parent. Providing comfort, setting rules, and …

The short stories “Araby” by James Joyce and “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne are both stories about change; however both characters change in very different ways. Organized religion imposes a rebut of prescribed behavior on natural curiosity and growth and in turn causes one to seek it out on …

Steele had a great experience of the town and he saw the development of the city life. He became aware of the vanity, ignorance and selfishness which reined the town. He had a keen insight into human nature and knew the dangers of false ideals. Which he tried to presents …

The Roman Catholic Church, truly believes in the sanctity of human life. The Church teaches that new life starts at the moment of conception and should end naturally only when God calls a person back to him. Human life is sacred and is a gift from God to us. The …

Love and compassion are central themes to most of the world’s religions. While subscribing to this philosophy, they also share another more sinister philosophy – that of extremism. We would like to look into the three major religions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity (including cults) and how that they all …

Quinn’s Religion In Daniel Quinn’s novel Ishmael, religion clearly plays an important role with respect to the central theme of the story. Quinn’s broad definition of the term accurately demonstrates our unconditional acceptance of culture today, as well as the problems that arise from regarding a culture that is not …

The Ottomans and the Mughals are two of the greatest and most powerful civilizations of the modern period. Their moments of glory in the sixteenth century represent high points in human creativity and art. They built empires, which were the largest and most influential of the Muslim empires of the …

The ritual of marriage is significant in the Hindu and Catholic religions. Hinduism is based on achieving liberation from rebirth as an ongoing struggle by fulfilling one’s dharma according to the class in the caste system which one belongs to. In contrast, Catholicism is based on the interpretation of the …