Jesus and history

a toilet an estimated 2,500 times each year (or six to eight times daily). As one of humankind’s most efficient and essential forms of maintaining sanitation and preventing disease, the flushing toilet was a byproduct of a special period in human history: the Renaissance. Including the influential invention of the flushing toilet, following the war-stricken period of Medieval Europe, the Renaissance was a time of great-accelerated change that gave rise to new, previously unexplored concepts,…

Through Christ Through history, many have turned to Christ to aid themselves or gain a better understanding of a situation and Steinbeck did exactly that. In The Grapes of Wrath, the author John Steinbeck portrays the struggle and quest of a family during the Dust Bowl. Throughout the novel, there is a vast amount of religious parallels through copious characters. Whether it be through The Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ or Moses, the relation of Christ figures to the characters are used a fair…

course author. Each hold great importance in portraying the word of God but they contain their own unique attributes as well. 2 Corinthians is a letter from Paul, written to the people of Corinth which is made known in 1:1, “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia [...].” This is the second epistle written to Corinth, which varies from the first where Paul speaks…

this period, Europeans were fighting for rich land to increase power and materials. Therefore, Urban II presents holy war as a potential solution with two ideas. The first one is the idea of religious value. Urban II argued that Jerusalem is where Jesus lived, died, and performed the work of salvation. Therefore, it would be unworthy to leave Jerusalem under the control of people who do not know God and do bad things in this holy land. Urban II demonstrated that the Bible speaks of Jerusalem as…

Even though the predominant religion in the United States is Christianity, I am not surprised that the Holy Bible was one of the most challenged books in 2015. Recently, the percentage of Americans that identify as Protestant has been decreasing, which I was well aware of prior to discovering that the Bible was frequently challenged. Particularly, people of my generation are not as religiously devout as our parents’ generation are. Combined with the rise of Islam and the increased support of…

Just over two millennia ago, one of the most polarizing icons in all of history was conceived. Upon this marvelous arrival, our holiday seasons would ever be changed. I, of course, am referring to the fruitcake. During the early Roman Empire, a baker placed dried fruit and seeds into a humble barley cake and accidentally created the first fruitcake. Some historians even propose that the original fruitcake is still being regifted to this day. Around the globe reincarnations of the early…

Religion and Social Hidden Curriculum- The Educative Influences of Christianity and Islam in Women, was written by Vicente Llorent-Bedmar and Vicente J. Llorent. “Vincente Llorent-Bedmar is a Professor at the Department of Theory and History of Education and Social Pedagogy of the Faculty of Education Sciences, the University of Seville, Spain, where he has been teaching comparative education since 1989.” according to the National Institution of Education website run by Nanyang Technological…

quiet nerdy history day but Holy Spirit had other plans. At one point in the museum, our guest asked "What is that I feel? It makes me feel funny." I have encountered the feeling before in places like the British parliament and other places of authority. I told her it was authority and power. Later as we were leaving, she turned to me and said she didn 't mean to offend me but she just thought that Jesus was a nice story and didn 't know if she believed He is real. I so love Jesus, He is so…

Throughout history Christianity and Judaism have played a crucial role in the development of class and gender roles. There are both similarities and differences within the various ways each has influenced the development of these social constructs. In many ways the ideas of class and gender presented by Judaism are ultimately adopted by Christianity. However, Christianity also offers some unique and important developments of its own. One of the most definitive texts on the role of gender in…

Judaism and Christianity are religions that are well known and practiced throughout the world. Christianity is a religion that focuses on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Judaism is a religion that primarily focuses on God’s teachings and obeying the Holy Laws. Judaism started in about 1812 BC in the Middle East, and Christianity started in 7 BC in the same general location. Although Christianity started many centuries later, its roots are still derived from the same roots of Judaism. Due to…