Civil religion

What if there is more to suffering than one realizes? How would one’s mindset shift if he or she believed that all trials and tribulations that society perceives as weaknesses, are in actuality strength? When a person is brought into moments of weakness, he/she must become open to allowing strength to come in. 2 Corinthians 12:9 states, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” What if God is calling people to embrace their weaknesses, so that He can…

Deism is the belief that God created the universe but remains apart from it and that He permits His creation to administer itself through natural laws. (dictionary.com) In other words, God created the universe and then just decided to step back. Deist have many strengths and weaknesses to their belief system; first we are going to evaluate the strengths of deism and then discuss deism 's weaknesses; closing with how deism relates to Christian theism. The first strength of Deism is that they…

Hindus. People with other ethnicities had never lived in the village, and didn 't dare want to. It was strange for the village folk to see a person from a different ethnicity, with their own stereotypes and believes about various religions being contradictory to the Hindu religion. “Salim, open the door! Salim!” Davinder shouted as he knocked on the door. Salim opened the door. He was wearing a dark brown gown, with a dark green “Kufi”, a small, visor-less hat. “Good morning Dev. What is the…

When Malcom X said “By Any Means Necessary” I think he meant that for human to treat each other right. Or that people have their rights to be equal on this earth and for a human being to be respected and treated as a human being and not an animal. For human to be given the rights they are born with, to me he was speaking for the African Americans at the time for all the racism and discrimination. Malcom’s goal to me was for him to try for everyone to have complete freedom, justice, and equality…

Since religion was formed, religion has been used as a way to justify going to war. Another use of religion throughout the course of history has been for the justification of crimes against humanity, whether that be executions, genocides, or even forcing others to change their own beliefs to follow another set of beliefs. Religion has been a catalyst for conflict in the past, and has remained a catalyst in modern times. Therefore a common catalyst for cultural conflict in the novel Things Fall…

In class, you often said something along the lines of "contrary to common belief this is what actually happened..." and that was an immediate red flag to me. You, an exceptionally honorable and wise Religion professor, told me something that many people have heard for years and years is actually wrong, but my first thought is, "why believe you over countless people?" Due to the fact that it is extremely difficult to research religious material especially…

Euthanasia is the act killing another person using the least painful method with the intent of helping that person. It can be done through administering medications or performing other interventions. Health care professionals are required to provide quality care to patients with the patient’s best interest (Kranidiotis et all, 2015). Nurses provide more direct care to patients and they are usually the patients’ final advocates. As nurses, should we not advocate for the life of our patients? I…

Blessed with the task of educating the faithful, catechists are challenged to invite others into a relationship with Christ. Over time, theologians have developed varying pedagogies meant to direct the catechist in his or her ministry, though it is important that these methods be in conformity to the Divine Pedagogy. Groome’s Shared Christian Praxis and Cavalletti’s Catechesis of the Good Shepherd draw upon the Pedagogy of God through the role of the catechist and through the means by which one…

Most everyone that has ever lived has had some form of faith that they fall back on when they have doubts, or when they seek answers to questions that they may not be able to solve otherwise, and I am no different. I was raised in a pseudo-catholic household and I attended a catholic private school up until I went to high school. While most would expect this to shape me to some extent in a religious manner, that is not the case. I could never claim that that specific establishment had no effect…

this oppression continues in modern developed nations. In 2004, the French government introduced an act that banned girls from wearing a Hijab in their school (Bruckner 63). At the time, this act was considered to be a minor adjustment to help take religion out of schools. Yet it was the precursor to the controversial act that commenced in 2011. The French government, in 2011, set into effect Loi interdisant la dissimulation du visage dans l’espace public or the act prohibiting concealment of…