Major religious groups

answered: That’s a tricky question. Of course from the Buddhist viewpoint we are all human beings and we all have every right to investigate either one’s own religion or another religion on a whole a comparative study of different religious traditions is…

Abraham Lincoln once said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The religious figure Abraham is one of the most polarizing figures in the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. These religions are all founded with the belief that Abraham is their common ancestor. However, these religions have a rift in beliefs surrounding the decision of which son of Abraham, Ishmael or Isaac, is the legitimate heir to Abraham’s everlasting covenant with God. The painting of “Hagar’s…

Humanity forms a single community amongst the people of the world. Each and every single day, people are getting connected and drawing closer to each other, forming groups those individuals of diverse background can relate to. Suffice to say, religious traditions can bring people closer to each other and to the almighty creator, but rather, religion is doing the complete opposite. Individuals around the world are been torn apart by their religions. Different religions in the world are teaching…

My philosophy of religion and my philosophy of philosophy are marginally diverse than the way people may evaluate religion, before I share my thoughts, allow me to provide you some background of my life. Being born at the end of the 60’s and the turn of a new decade, gone were the flower power days and enter soul power, power to the people, and the Black and I’m proud movement. The ethnic temperature of that period remained extremely hot in the nation while growing up in North Philadelphia. My…

Trade Significance As major trade routes advanced throughout history, it helped with the development of societies with the transference of materials, religious beliefs, new inventions, languages, and art across the land. However, an important result from trade routes is the expansion and transfer of religion along with it. Some of the religions benefitting from travel and passing along knowledge and stories were Buddhism, Christianity, and Islamic faith. During the time of the Silk Road,…

Conflict: an analysis of how the World Religions traditions have been known to handle conflict Conflict can arise in many different forms, within different people or groups. Based on people’s origins there are several places to look at conflict and its resolution such as religion. In Hinduism and Judaism, both religions are forced to resolve conflict in various areas, but most prominently with invading peoples and ideologies. Both religions have been known to handle this conflict in a similar…

(Sub-point #1) Webster’s Dictionary defines religion as “the belief in a god or in a group of gods”. Statistics revealed by the World Religion Project in 2013 shows religious decline across the globe. The percent of Muslims in the Middle East has gone from 71% in 1945 to 55% in 2010. Jews in the Middle East and Europe have decreased between 1950 and 2010 from 9.5% to 3.9%. In the…

has changed me personally, morally, ethically and the way I view the world. I already studied world religions for myself so I could personally grow and develop. My journey through different religions was more hands on per say. I attended various religious sermons. I did not really take the time to research the different ones as indebted as my religion 210 course did. I have used everything I learned in this course throughout this semester. I…

and respect for all people. Thus, Islamic moral teaching commands Muslims to wish for his brother what he wishes for himself. According to Islamic teaching, should be done all that is good and what is in personal and social benefit. Judeo-Christian groups are very popular in the USA. Its concept is ethical and becomes part of American civil religion. There is present an attempt to include Islam as well, and it is called Abrahamic religions. Judeo-Christian is a term for Jewish converted to…

The afterlife is a concept present in some major world religions. Two include Christianity and Islam, which are two major world religions. I have always been interested in the relationship of these two religions, and wanted to know more in depth about how they compare. And so after reading Angela Sumegi’s book Understand Death: An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions, I became fascinated with how the afterlives compared in Christianity and Islam. The afterlife…