Study of religion

Sclerosis (ALS) and a death case study in order to show how different religions, Christianity and Buddhism, take serious illness and which views they have on euthanasia, long-living, and the relationship between a patient and god or their relatives. The paper is divided into two parts; each of them presents basic beliefs and statements of one of the religions. The last part of narration shows one’s personal opinions on the topic of discussion, which is a case study on death and dying. This paper…

Buddhism: Religion or Philosophy? To properly answer this question we first need to define the difference between religion and philosophy because while religion and philosophy deal with many of the same ideas they are different. Religion revolves around commitment, faith, worship, and the supernatural, whereas philosophy revolves around criticism, doubt, and the nature of reality, the mind and conduct. Some definitions of “religion” are a belief in and the worship of Gods; any system of belief…

In Vivekanda’s “Soul, God and Religion”, one of the author’s key points is that when we study different religions, we find that “In essence they are one”. Elaborating, Vivekanda explains that the same foundational principals are taught by all “true” religions. From my personal perspective, and in light of what I have learned about religion in the past, I agree that all religions are, in essence, the same. Religion is a set of guidelines which helps a person to lead a more fulfilling life, and a…

Friendship and Hope: Hospitality and New Solidarity Doing theology comparatively together is inviting us to live with the avoidable tension between “the commitment to the Christian tradition” and “openness to the truths of non-Christian religions.” The tension creates a double commitment when doing theology comparatively. We need to go beyond religious tolerance to take the steps interreligious engagement in order to build a deeper interreligious friendship and bring new hope in hospitality…

Effects of Religion on Learning Over the course of time, religion has been seen to have affected most civilizations. Although each of these religions is different in some way, they are all very similar too. With the creation of Christianity and Islam the spread of learning and technology has increased greatly. Both of these religions facilitated learning all throughout their grasp. They created places of study where research could be done. They brainstormed many new ideas and the spread of…

In the article “Religion and Ethnicity: Theoretical Connections”, the writes Rebecca Y. Kim discusses the relationship between people’s ethnicity and religious affiliations. Although it mentions many immigrants assimilate to the American way and change their religious believes, many still continue with their religious believes they were taught growing up. Although there are many religions in America and people of certain ethnicities tend to be drawn more towards one religion versus another;…

general community. Non-believers are being brought into situations to listen to people force their religion onto them. Christians go too far with religion by forcing their beliefs onto others, using their religion as a weapon, and creating a world of intolerance. Christians live in a world of what religion is, not what their God makes it out to be. Christians force rules, laws, and even ideas of religion upon…

In this paper I will answer one question, what is my cultural identity? This includes a lot of different feathers such as family, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and more. I believe that everything I have done, seen, said, and been through in my life has helped to shape my personality into the individual I am today. “Cultural identity is considered a special case of social identity pertaining to the ideals and values of the cultural in-group with which the person identifies…

of this course was to open our eyes to the sociological perspective of religion and to develop an understanding of tolerance towards it. The combination of articles, discussions, and books that we read certainly has an impact on my view of religion. Sociology of religion is the study of the religion what religion is, how it works, and its effect. This study requires an atheistic standpoint when approaching the subject of religion, meaning sociologists must follow a scientific approach that…

daily, but in the late 19th century that changed. Also by the 20th century religion in American Public Schools became less able to be recognized. Supreme court eliminated religious elements and prayer from the schools because it violates The Establishment Clause. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment states congress can not make a law respecting an establishment of religion. Their are some people who favor religion in school, and some who do not. The first reason and the biggest…