For this paper I have chosen option two and I will be write about two terms each from Christianity and Islam I will also include photos related to each term. The terms I chose for Christianity are Eucharist, also known as Holy Communion, and Confession. The Islamic terms I chose to talk about are Ramadan and Salat. I am first going to write about the Christianity terms and then the Islamic terms. The Eucharist or Holy Communion is to commemorate the Last Supper and it occurs during church mass. The Last Supper is the last meal Jesus had with his disciples before his crucifixion. Holy Communion is the consumption of a cracker or a wafer, which represent the body of Christ, and the consumption of wine or juice, which symbolizes the blood of
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The Eucharist has been a ceremony in the Christian church for many centuries; it has many purposes however one of the most important meanings is to show God’s love for his people through Jesus’ …show more content…
This balance and harmony is key during Ramadan because the activities during the day and the activities at night counteract each other to keep this harmony.
The second and last term I chose to define is Salat, which is an Islamic tradition. Salat is the ritual of praying five times a day facing in the direction of Mecca, the homeland of the Islamic religion. The picture I chose for this term is actually one I made. It is a a circle with five arrows, each one having a name of a specific prayer time. This picture represents Salat by the five arrows all pointing in the same direction to form a circle where the center of the circle could be Mecca. The term al-fajr is the first prayer time of the day and it occurs at dawn. Al-zuhr is the second prayer time of the day which occurs during midday. Al- ‘asr is the third prayer time of the day; al-‘asr happens in the afternoon. The fourth prayer time of the day is al’maghrib which occurs when the sun is setting. The fifth and last prayer time is al’isha; al-
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‘isha happens at the end of the day in the evening. The circle never stops in the picture I included and neither does the ritual of these prayer
The Eucharist has been a ceremony in the Christian church for many centuries; it has many purposes however one of the most important meanings is to show God’s love for his people through Jesus’ …show more content…
This balance and harmony is key during Ramadan because the activities during the day and the activities at night counteract each other to keep this harmony.
The second and last term I chose to define is Salat, which is an Islamic tradition. Salat is the ritual of praying five times a day facing in the direction of Mecca, the homeland of the Islamic religion. The picture I chose for this term is actually one I made. It is a a circle with five arrows, each one having a name of a specific prayer time. This picture represents Salat by the five arrows all pointing in the same direction to form a circle where the center of the circle could be Mecca. The term al-fajr is the first prayer time of the day and it occurs at dawn. Al-zuhr is the second prayer time of the day which occurs during midday. Al- ‘asr is the third prayer time of the day; al-‘asr happens in the afternoon. The fourth prayer time of the day is al’maghrib which occurs when the sun is setting. The fifth and last prayer time is al’isha; al-
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‘isha happens at the end of the day in the evening. The circle never stops in the picture I included and neither does the ritual of these prayer