Comparative religion

Creation Myths: Humanity’s Story When humans are faced with the unknown, what do they do? They create myths about this mystery. A very popular type of myth created by humans is a creation myth, or a myth about how the world came to be. There are many different creation myths from all around the world; each with different plots. When looked at closely, there are a noticeable amount of similarities between them. One major similarity is humanity; the beginning of it, its fall, and how it is…

Sea of Poppies is regarded as a narrative in epical form. The epic always contains the mythological stories related to the lives of saints, gods and super humans. Such stories are full of mysticism and miracles. The Ibis becomes the symbol of incarnation for Baboo Nob Kissin while her voyage from Calcutta to Mauritius is regarded as a pilgrimage. Nob Kissin had been influenced by Taramomy in his life from childhood. Nob Kissin family was the devotee of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a saint, mystic…

A myth is a story that holds some kind of significance in a culture, a story that addresses fundamental and difficult questions that we as human beings ask: who or what am I, where did I come from, why am I here, how should I live, what is the right thing to do, what is the universe, how did it all begin? Myths are stories that are told about great men and great women; about the forces of good and evil; about large and small animals; about natural thing as well creatures like giants, gods and…

theological anthropology and comparative studies focus on different perspectives of the studies of religion. For instance, in the category of comparative studies, the separate fields of comparative theology and comparative religion provide the analyst with the ability to look at a particular religion with either an “insider” or “outsider” disposition. These differing outlooks allow one to enhance his or her own religious values through the research of another religion. As for theological…

beginning of the work Comparative Theology: Deep Learning across Religious Borders, he does not follow exactly a method for his doing comparative theology but rather his discipline when doing it. He also realizes that his examples are limited by drawing from his own studies and works on Hindu-Christian traditions. Lately, he focuses only on faith and tradition so it seems that the readers without a religious tradition are marginalized. However, it is fair to say that this comparative theology…

Friendship and Hope: Hospitality and New Solidarity Doing theology comparatively together is inviting us to live with the avoidable tension between “the commitment to the Christian tradition” and “openness to the truths of non-Christian religions.” The tension creates a double commitment when doing theology comparatively. We need to go beyond religious tolerance to take the steps interreligious engagement in order to build a deeper interreligious friendship and bring new hope in hospitality…

In “Anthropology and Religion”, Robert L. Winzeler discusses religion and what it is in terms of the vast ranges of societies known to anthropology (1). He first discusses that terms for religion really do not exist in other places and are not necessarily the same within all of them (Winzeler, 2). For example, Winzeler says, “Neither the Chinese nor the Japanese have a single traditional term that is the simple equivalent of the Western notion of religion”, meaning that in both Japanese and…

Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics, he did an excellent job in given his readers a deeper understanding of how religion and secularization has been affecting the political aspects that are in society. Berger uses the history located behind religion and secularization to outline the distinctions between the two for his readers to grasp a better understanding of what is going on. Berger makes his stance on the matter clear, “religion loses social and cultural…

Committee- Special Convention on Religion and Terror Agenda- Charlie Hebdo (Separating law and religion) Delegate- Richard Dawkins Charlie Hebdo first appeared in 1970 as a companion to the monthly Hara-Kiri magazine, after a previous title was banned for mocking the death of former French President Charles De Gualle. In 1981 publication ceased, but the magazine was resurrected in 1992. The magazine is published every Wednesday, with special editions issued on an unscheduled basis…

Religions are often viewed as ridged and overly tradition, and not willing to accept the influence of others. Through the discourse of interpretatio Graeca this article argues that religions are in fact adaptable and heavily influenced by each other. This comparative article looks at the roles and functions of Di Indigetes Mater Matuta, alongside her Greek and Roman equivalents. The concepts of interpretatio Graeca and the deity Mater Matuta are exclusively analysed along the lines of space,…