Religious Literacy is Essential for Righteous Living
Religious literacy entails the knowledge individuals possess concerning their religion (Prothero 10). There has been a need to pursue religious literacy due to the realization of the high levels of illiteracy in the field of religion among individuals around the world. Personally, my interest in religious literacy began at birth. In other words, it is attributed to the Southern Baptist Church. I was born in an African American Christian family where my father was a pastor at the nearby Southern Christian Baptist church. He convened family prayer meetings regularly to ensure that we grew up as God-fearing individuals. Normally, in such meetings, he emphasized on the essence of righteous living. Throughout my life, I have always felt that upright life is an obligation. Religious literacy is essential for righteous living.
On a given day, at the the age of five, while attending a church service, I realized how difficult it was for my two friends to locate the scriptures. I became so worried that I decided to talk to my father about it. It was at that moment when my father …show more content…
Precisely, it (religious literacy) has enable me to incorporate virtues such as patience and humility in my personality. I believe the virtues have made a better person. In addition, I am now aware of the origin of the dominant religious faiths. Concisely, I have learnt that Christianity, islam, and Judaism are known as Abrahamic faiths (Idler 153). In common, they all acknowledge the vitality of Abraham in the history of religion. As if not enough, the faiths recognize Moses and Elijah as great prophets of God (Spurway 15). In future, I would like to travel to other continents especially Africa, to enhance religious literacy. Since most persons tend to confuse religious literacy with the mastery of the bible, I would love everyone to know the differences between the two
Religious literacy entails the knowledge individuals possess concerning their religion (Prothero 10). There has been a need to pursue religious literacy due to the realization of the high levels of illiteracy in the field of religion among individuals around the world. Personally, my interest in religious literacy began at birth. In other words, it is attributed to the Southern Baptist Church. I was born in an African American Christian family where my father was a pastor at the nearby Southern Christian Baptist church. He convened family prayer meetings regularly to ensure that we grew up as God-fearing individuals. Normally, in such meetings, he emphasized on the essence of righteous living. Throughout my life, I have always felt that upright life is an obligation. Religious literacy is essential for righteous living.
On a given day, at the the age of five, while attending a church service, I realized how difficult it was for my two friends to locate the scriptures. I became so worried that I decided to talk to my father about it. It was at that moment when my father …show more content…
Precisely, it (religious literacy) has enable me to incorporate virtues such as patience and humility in my personality. I believe the virtues have made a better person. In addition, I am now aware of the origin of the dominant religious faiths. Concisely, I have learnt that Christianity, islam, and Judaism are known as Abrahamic faiths (Idler 153). In common, they all acknowledge the vitality of Abraham in the history of religion. As if not enough, the faiths recognize Moses and Elijah as great prophets of God (Spurway 15). In future, I would like to travel to other continents especially Africa, to enhance religious literacy. Since most persons tend to confuse religious literacy with the mastery of the bible, I would love everyone to know the differences between the two