Polytheism

The Ancient Egyptian society’s beliefs based their religion on polytheism which is defined as multiple ‘gods’ which were each in charge of an area of their lives. There were up to 2,000 ‘gods and goddesses’ which controlled every aspect of the Egyptians lives. As a result the beliefs and religion belonging to the society affected the Egyptians to a vast extent. This can be observed through the values of : everyday life - , the judicial system - which was founded on religion and monitored by the…

retain their own traditions. While such concerns may be reasonable, exclusive Neopagan movements, many of which define themselves as ‘tribal’ or ‘folkish’, are in many cases hostile to other faith traditions. Chiefly, many forms of revived European polytheism are overtly hostile to both Judaism and Christianity. This disdain often includes conspiratorial canards, often recycling those historically held by Christians against Jews, Protestants against Catholics, etc. In at least one case such…

1. Describe the dual inheritance within Christianity of Greek and Jewish thought. How were these traditions similar? How were they distinct? How did each contribute to the formation of Christian life and belief? Cite MacCulloch in your answer. Investigating the origins of the Bible aids in drawing connections between the demographics that wrote and condoned it, their culture, and how that has influenced Christianity. Recognizing that the books that comprise the Bible were originally written in…

The christians in the Empire were opposed to Polytheism. Furthermore, they refused to worship the Emperor and the traditional Roman gods. Since, Christians denied the traditional Gods and following civil authorities thy were seen as a threat. Emperor Decius has evaluated this kind of resistance as disloyalty…

At the turn of the nineteenth century, Christianity began to infiltrate Africa turning their religious world upside down. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe portrays the tragic transition from traditional Igbo beliefs to the start of Christianity in the village of Umuofia and how old culture cannot survive while new culture emerges. The clash of values is brought to life through Okonkwo who has primarily traditional roots. He cannot understand how his people can convert to Christianity and stray…

Throughout the world, Rome has aided the growth of the western civilization. Although the Roman Empire flourished a long time ago, people still look to the Romans as one of the greatest empires in history. Regarding their religion, it played a huge role throughout their culture. The Romans first received their ideas of religion and mythology through the Greeks, who came before them. Much like the Greeks, the Romans worshiped in many different ways, and celebrated their gods and goddesses…

Why is it that as our world is globalizing: sports, businesses, markets, and technology are the first to come to mind? Yes, all of these things are crucial in the globalized society that has emerged today. However, we take for granted the cultures, languages, and even religions that spread into a global era of their own. These so commonly forgotten parts our past relate back to how our everyday lives came to be. Religion is an aspect of most peoples’ lives; there are communities of the same…

perpetuum. The Julian calendar was his most memorable legacy, which he invented. His brutal murder on the Ides of March signaled the end of his powerful rule in Rome. Julius Caesar was born on July 13th 100 B.C.E. His religion was Roman Polytheism, and he was sided with the political party Populares. He came from the gens Julia, a patrician family that “claimed descent from Iulus, son of the legendary Trojan prince Aeneas, supposedly, the son of the goddess Venus”…

Zhu Yuanzhang: Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398) was a peasant who became the leader of a nonconformity against the Yuan rulers (1279-1368) called the Red Turbans. Then became the first emperor of the Ming Empire. During his youth, he was extremely poor. Several of his brothers were sent or sold away, and then his family was killed by a flood. He was poverty stricken. He went to a Buddhist monastery where he learned to read and write when he was 24 years old. He established a capital in…

Egyptian Disruption In the year 1352 BC a pharaoh named Amenhotep IV came to power in Egypt. He inherited a peaceful nation at the height of its prosperity from his father Amenhotep III. However, he attempted to lead a religious, political and artistic revolution that was so disruptive that he was met with resistance from nearly every level. By the end of his sixteen year reign in 1336 BC he was known as Akhenaten and he had brought his nation to near collapse. Akhenaten had the fortune of…