Fundamentalist Christianity

Religious and Spiritual views on homosexuality Religion and spirituality are two linked yet distinct areas associated with faith that can either be combined or treated individually overall. Nowadays, people are becoming losing faith therefore becoming less religious and motivated to believe in a religion, or in spirituality due to the shift in society’s expectations. Religion organizes or formalizes spirituality. Spirituality is more like an individual practice and has to do with having a sense…

like the United States, where there is a great amount of diversity, almost every religion is practiced. People live out their daily lives regardless of the fact that they are near others who practice different religions. Some religions, such as Christianity, promote the concept of not excluding anyone in life just because they are of another religion. Although Christians believe this to be true, they still refuse to believe that other religions can fully guide their followers to God. In the…

The challenges of leading a good life can be quit difficult for one to achieve. This is even harder to do when left to ones own will to find the ultimate good for a virtuous life. Without God in our lives, there is really no hope in finding the good life, as people all try to fill the void in their lives. Then why has the Christian faith in God’s good work changed to that of the new church of self-prosperity? For with out God people would keep climbing the ladder to what they feel should be the…

What does the Declaration of Independence mean by the Freedom of speech? You probably use this right as an American citizen every day, but there is a difference between the freedom of speech and the freedom of thought. Jarome Lawrence’s book Inherit The Wind discusses how unpopular opinions are punishable by law and there is no room for science in a world of god. The unsettling thought that one is pressured to share the same opinions as others in fear of persecution on a personal or legal level.…

were stated straightforward. They mainly focused on the outlines of the Christian message. With the second Great Awakening they developed a style that was more emotional and less intellectual. Evangelicals started to distinguish themselves as fundamentalists. “. A "defining characteristic of early evangelicalism," Kidd notes, was its "tendency to take ethnic and racial boundaries lightly" (30). This tendency manifested itself in George Whitefield's ministry to slaves in Georgia”. The…

collectively as a whole even in South Asian countries: be it Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism. T. N. Madan in his essay Secularism in Its Place puts forward how both religion and politics existed together from the pre-historic times and the rise of Christianity…

“In a civilized society, diversity in religious orientation should be the reason for celebration, not the cause for hatred and differentiation” (Abhijit Naskar). This quote stated by one of the most celebrated neurosurgeons and best-selling authors speaks the nothing but the truth. However, based on this current age, this quote is not one that is followed. Religious discrimination started long before today, examples of this are the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, European Colonization and…

For over a thousand years mankind has been fighting each other for land and beliefs. There was never a time when somebody wasn’t ruling with abusive power that led people to death or enslavement. When people saw their darkest times they looked for something to uplift them and enlighten them. For the people saw only darkness, the thought of an enriched afterlife excited them. As groups of followers became larger, the belief in a greater being, they found a purpose to live for. Across the world,…

most observed religion in America isn’t Christianity, it’s patriotism. America is widely regarded as a Christian nation with over 70% of the populace belonging to one of many different sects of Christianity. From a sociological stand point though, nationalism is by far the dominant religion in this country today. Though simply being prideful about one’s nation isn’t typically seen as a religious practice, by definition religion is a specific fundamentalist set of beliefs or practices that…

The protestant reformation was a reformation that took place in 16th-century Europe. The reformation reformed religious, political, intellectual and cultural change that took place within the in Catholic Europe. Some of the biggest reformers include Martin Luther in Germany, King Henry VIII in England, and finally John Calvin who created the Calvinist/puritan thinking. Because of these men and their determination to make a change in Europe, religion, as well as many other beliefs that would see…