Secularism

The natural inclination to understand phenomena in scientific ways is an innately human tendency (Haas, 2011). This desire to seek scientific explanations, particularly to explain empirical phenomena, is pervasive not only in scientific fields but also various disciplines. An exorbitant amount of research aims to investigate the impact that scientific phenomena have on social and cultural contexts, among others. Moreover, with continued scientific advancements, this desire is driven by…

There are a variety of differing views on what spirituality is. Gottlieb states that it is an “understanding of how life should be lived and an attempt to live that way” (2012, p.5). This alludes to the view of spirituality being linked to religion, as many provide guidance on how to live your life. However, it is argued that although related, “religion is…the broad concept into which spirituality fits as a feature” (Stioss-Hanssen, 1999, p.27). OFSTED have reported that spiritual development…

Religious literacy by Stephen Prothero is about the history and fall of religious literacy in America. The book starts out about America today and its current religious literacy. Many American believing that America has become secular but in fact is very religious, just not well versed. Stephen Prothero talks about the illiteracy in America and what Americans don’t know about their own religions. Stephen Prothero discusses the problem in part on, that Americans are strongly religious but also…

From the 14th to the 18th century, the world experienced significant changes. Each century was defined by it’s own intellectual developments, varying from music and art, to politics and economics. From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, certain ideas and beliefs were sources of different conflicts and resolutions that impacted western culture forever. The 13th and 14th centuries, known as the Late Middle Ages, were a time of struggle. Politically, this time period was a mess. The hundred…

My Adult Learning Personal Mission Essay The Adult Learner course offered by Siena Heights University has given me the tools that I’ve lacked and needed to grow as an adult learner. Prior to beginning this semester and this course, I had been out of the college learning experience for quite a few years. This course has made it possible for me to transition back into the learning mindset by helping me develop many new learning skills and techniques. The Adrian Dominican mission combined with many…

the idea of Monotheism. They believed that each individual person had a destiny to which they would be led by God. There was at the same time a large number of people who desired proof of this. He also stated, “In Spain of the sixteenth century, Secularism and insistent questioning of doctrine began to penetrate orthodoxy” (Fiore 3). He recognized that many people were turning towards the questioning of their religious beliefs. The Spaniards had a hunger and a longing to prove that the idea of…

Hindu and Muslim Communalism 1. Introduction “Hindus hear and enjoy the Azan as dusk falls, Muslims walk past and enjoy the smells of Hindu flowers and incense and the sounds of chants and temple bells — that is India, that is Indian secularism.” ---------- Dr. Subroto Roy Communalism and communal parties and organizations are an integral part of present day politics. Communalism is one of the most serious problems that Indian society is facing since her freedom from colonial rule. It is…

The Mexican Revolution did not change much the relationship between the church and the state. Consequently, the Cristero War, an uprising between 1926 and 1929 in which people defended their Catholic beliefs from the government’s efforts for secularism, demonstrated that the lower-class Mexican community were the most attached to their religious beliefs. As more revolutionaries became elitist, many admitted their conservatism. This lead to cinematic efforts for “National Unity” and homogeneity…

The topic at hand is to look at the issues in slavery but not through the antebellum south of the United States but the great cities in the Middle East and Europe when Islam was at its golden age. The majority of the slavery produced had to deal with the trade of women slaves and to an extent the history of women slaves in the Middle East. The school of thought of women history is essential to this paper as the reader will witness a distinct look into treatment, purpose and importance of women…

The long nineteenth century was undoubtedly the most unstable periods of French history which saw numerous varying regimes govern over the French people. However, as a result of a constant inability to represent the interests of its people, these regimes came and went in perhaps the most bloodiest of means, whether that was the horrifying events of la Terreur or the disastrous defeat by the new German state during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. Arguably, the most interesting of these…