Followers

HOW DOES JUDAISM ACHIEVE PEACE AND INTER-FAITH UNDERSTANDING? Judaism is the 5th most popular religion in the world, with a population of approximately 14,000,000 followers (Berman Jewish Database, 2014). Judaism is an Abrahamic religion that promotes the seven dimensions of religion in everyday life. Through study of sacred texts, it becomes apparent that people of the Jewish faith are strong believers of peace, tolerance and inter-faith understanding. It is through the legal and ethical,…

actions. Their “yes’” should be “yes’” and their “no’s” should be “no’s”. Christians have been indoctrinated to suppose they are the chosen people of Christ, which leads them into believing they will be saved without the effort it takes to be a true follower. In the Christian faith, hypocrisy occurs in the media, stewardship of the earth, and through the verbal behaviour of the congregation. The influence of the media has greatly impacted the role of hypocrisy in the Christian…

church in Phrygia, Asia Minor. It is believed that, while in the house church, Montanist fell into a deep trace when the Spirit started speaking through him and he was helpless to resist it. Within ten years, the Montanist movement had attracted many followers include Priscilla and Maximilla, both of whom were active leaders in the movement. By 170, Montanism had spread to North Africa, Gaul and Rome. The emergence of the new prophecy movement had divided the Christian community. The Anonymous…

voicing out against U.S. President Barack Obama’s order to give transgender access to public school restrooms, but now he has upped the heat in the LGBT debate by urging his followers to be willing to be martyred for their “intolerant” beliefs. In a Facebook message posted on Sunday, Rev. Franklin Graham asked his followers about the things or principles that they would be willing to take a bullet for. Citing the biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who chose to be thrown into a…

find a common ground because they have so much in common, there should be no conflict. Some differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam would be the followers. Christianity have the most followers at about 2.2 billion, Islam has the second largest amount of followers at 1.5 Billion, and Judaism the smallest with 14 million followers. They also have very different divisions, for example Christianity's divisions are Orthodox, Protestant,and Roman Catholic. Judaism's divisions are Hasidic,…

Religions by Robert Van Voorst in six forms: cognitive, ethical, ritual, institutional, aesthetic, and emotional. Van Voorst classifies the cognitive dimension is known to be more of the “thinking” element of religion that essentially educates the followers on the information needed to…

week’s assignment, I choose to the religion Deism. Deism is described as a religion that is similar to Theism, which only believes in one God, however followers of Deism also believes that there is one God, but Deism believes that God made the world and created all that exists as well as the laws of the world and that is it (Britannica, 2017). Followers of this religion believe that God has removed himself from any involvement with the world or anything that has to do with nature as well as…

purpose of the Didache is to guide in the process of standardizing and regulating church leadership and methods of worship. Subsequently after Jesus’ crucifixion, the prevalent notion among Jesus’s early followers was that the world was going to end approximately within a generation. Understandably, followers of Jesus, especially the apostles, used their time and energy spreading the word of Jesus rather than developing an institutionalized…

leader and follower (Eyre, 2015). There are three stages of development of LMX relationships. The organizational or role-taking stage is where a group forms or a person rises from an existing group to meet a need in the group. Leaders will assess others skills in this phase (Leader-member exchange theory- LMX, n.d.; Eyre, 2015). Next, role development or role-making occurs as team members work on projects as part of the team.…

able to create a connection that results in increased motivation in both followers and leaders. It is often likened to the theory of charismatic leadership that espouses that leaders with certain qualities, such as confidence, extroversion, and clearly stated values, are best able to motivate followers. The important in transformational leadership is for the leaders to be attentive to the needs and motives of followers in an attempt to help them reach their maximum potential. In addition,…