Religion is the belief of, and worship to a higher unseen power, which supplies an adherent with the mental and moral attitude to seek answers to life’s enduring questions; aspects that a simple being’s mind identifies as inexplicable. Every religious tradition is typified by its four characteristics: beliefs and believers, sacred texts and writings, ethics, and also rituals and ceremonies. Each of these characteristics all work and interrelate with one another, in order to provide answers to life’s enduring questions, to both individual adherents and religious communities, whilst simultaneously promote contemporary adaption; very much like the way in which Christianity has been evolving for the past 2000 years.
Beliefs are a religion’s sanctified ideas and principles that provide its believers with a fundamental spiritual meaning to their lives (Janet Morrissey, 2010). The characteristic of Beliefs and Believers, promote Christianity as a living and dynamic religion, …show more content…
The Salvation Army exclaims that one of its ’11 faith-based statements’, is that the concept of ‘salvation depends upon continued faith in Christ’. This integral belief of salvation of man, promotes that eternal life can only exist after death, if a believer has complete faith in God, and in doing so, successfully embodies the virtues of Christian teachings. Subsequently, The Salvation Army, popularises Christianity as a living and dynamic religion, as these believers allow the beliefs of Christian teachings, to be adapted through a modernised set of ‘faith-based statements’; therefore leading to the promulgation of Christian ideologies. Ultimately because this characteristic of beliefs and believers is highly dynamic, it has therefore allowed Christianity to answer the enduring question, ‘Is there life after
Beliefs are a religion’s sanctified ideas and principles that provide its believers with a fundamental spiritual meaning to their lives (Janet Morrissey, 2010). The characteristic of Beliefs and Believers, promote Christianity as a living and dynamic religion, …show more content…
The Salvation Army exclaims that one of its ’11 faith-based statements’, is that the concept of ‘salvation depends upon continued faith in Christ’. This integral belief of salvation of man, promotes that eternal life can only exist after death, if a believer has complete faith in God, and in doing so, successfully embodies the virtues of Christian teachings. Subsequently, The Salvation Army, popularises Christianity as a living and dynamic religion, as these believers allow the beliefs of Christian teachings, to be adapted through a modernised set of ‘faith-based statements’; therefore leading to the promulgation of Christian ideologies. Ultimately because this characteristic of beliefs and believers is highly dynamic, it has therefore allowed Christianity to answer the enduring question, ‘Is there life after