Immanence

The principal beliefs of Christianity being the divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the nature of God and the Trinity, the revelation and the salvation, influence the life of adherents by providing the core foundations to what they are to live their live based upon. Variants of these beliefs are expressed through differing religious perspectives such as Catholicism, Anglicism and Pentecostalism. The divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ is of the…

If I think of an image of God, my first causal thought is a visual image of God the Father. I would picture that God is someone like a Moses or Noah type figure. I do not believe that God is human like in appearance but that is my initial thought. There are times I imagine God is like a cloud but this cloud covers the entire earth. It is as if my view of God is he must have eyes like us in order to know what is going on with everyone. I believe he is all knowing and all-powerful yet I still…

As we hear, we are white privilege people who get to do things maybe others don’t get to do. There are things that I, as a white person, have never even thought of that people of other races view as privileges to whites. A few examples of these privileges are dealing with cops more easily, can talk and teach race without it causing huge problems, higher chance of getting a job, English is the main language, the majority of people are white, band aids are flesh color to, and biggest thing overall…

depiction of women as the “other” or the object. Man is the subject, the self, the one, the absolute, the positive, the creator and the possessor of transcendence. Women are demoted as particular, dependent, negative, inessential, and the prisoners to immanence. That is to say that they are only seen as objects for sexual reproduction and desire, not as individuals with their own rights and beliefs, thus leading to a cloud in judgment by man…

And 2) sensation itself is an ulterior, almost third-person sentience that acts as a lapse in immanence, distancing what is experiential from what is intra-cognitive in such a way that a true understanding of both finally becomes feasible. Likewise, sensation may be thought of as a proverbial bridge that surmounts the more natural estrangements between…

A religious experience is an encounter with the divine also known as something supernatural beyond ourselves. It cannot be observed, therefore making it non-empirical. This religious experience is most commonly through interaction with other humans and nature. According to Paul Tillich, a religious experience is a feeling of “ultimate concern” demanding a decisive decision decision about what? from the person experiencing it. Whereas, Martin Buber says God reveals himself on a personal level…

Professor Masao’s article, Emptiness is Suchness had some very insightful points of views regarding exactly what emptiness and suchness are, as well as the term “everything is empty.” He had a different way of explaining these concepts that helped to make sense and grasp a better understanding of some pretty deep and complex beliefs. The comparisons he used throughout the text, especially the ones that pertained to Christianity, really help the reader to make important connections and understand…

Prayer is a vital spiritual discipline in the life of every follower of Christ and must be treated as such. Not only did Jesus demonstrate the importance of prayer through his life, but the bible blatantly commands followers of Christ to pray. Therefore, it is vital that children’s ministry make every effort to help instill this value in children, that they would make prayer a priority. However, due to the limited impact a church has on a child’s life, it is necessary for children’s ministry to…

Analytical essay In the “World’s religions: continuities and transformations,” Clarke, Peter B., Beyer, Peter note the challenges in defining religion. As they point out, the definition of religion has been the question of many scholars for years and yet have not gotten an answer and probably will not in the near future. The strong quest for defining religion has been challenging for many scholars mainly due to two factors. The first challenge is that the term “religion” can be used for a…

and how we learn about sex are established on power relations that function as spiritual, religious, political, intellectual, economic or psychological stimuli. He offers four rules for understanding how knowledge and power operate: the rule of immanence (the nexus of knowledge and power); the rule of continual variations (power is not present in static relationship, so the nature of relationships shift); the rule of double conditioning (the interconnection and reliance of local centers of…