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In today’s modern world societies know of the big religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, but the majority of the world could not tell you about the Shinto religion. The Shinto religion is a very rich religion that beliefs in spirits, nature, and purity. This plays a part of everyday life in Japan. Shinto does not meet all the stipulations of most modern religions and there is not missionaries whom spread the religion outside of Japan. The Shinto religion utilizes…

Religion is defined generally as a relationship of devotion or fear of a God or gods. Fundamentally, religion includes a belief system of holy, divine, or sacred objects and beings. Almost all religions include a community of believers held together by common practices and ethical codes. See appendix A “Evolution of Religions” There are eleven religions that will be the focus of our discussion, and they include: Native American, African, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Chinese, Shinto,…

Introduction According to David Howard, “Joshua was written to provide an interpretive history of one slice of Israel’s life as a people.” This “slice of life” Old Testament narrative begins in Joshua 1:1-9 with an authoritative call to be strong, courageous and obedient. This passage serves to outline and prepare the reader for the body of work to follow. At the core, Joshua is a story of radical obedience to God and His law. Within the opening verses there is also a great promise for those…

Many different civilizations have impacted history throughout time. The most evolutionary times of these civilizations were between 600 B.C. and A.D. 1200 when they began to organize institutions and characteristics. These “defining and long lasting civilization patterns shaped by belief systems, including philosophies and religions, can be understood as classicism.” The base of classicism can also be seen as the expansion of societies into civilizations. There are five classical civilizations…

typical base and explanations of him and his life. Everything from he was the child of Mary and Joseph by Clean Thought to him biting the dust for us on the cross. I broadly asked why however, why this man, was there some other men or lady like him in history that we would learn of? I soon understood that the response to that was an extremely stern no. He is the standard, the necessary source, and the Son of God, regarding numerous others; nobody can touch his godliness and effect in religion to…

“Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.” – Mahatma Gandhi. Although known as the bridge between East and West, common ground between these two opposite worlds, Zoroastrianism, curiously enough, is the common factor between all three major Western religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. It’s quite common to automatically reject and become somewhat ignorant that there’s the possibility of there to be some resemblances in such different things, especially since it’s…

The idea of nature is of huge importance and the concept of harmony with nature and oneself is the defining characteristic of the ancient Chinese belief system. There is an emphasis placed on the welfare and well being of the individual in the present life as opposed to a future one. What separates Confucianism, Taoism and Chinese Buddhism is the meaning which is associated with nature. Confucianism places emphasis on the nature of the human. Taoism focuses on harmony with the universe and…

In this chapter, David discusses the attitude and actions of a fool. One verse in this chapter is confusing. The verse states, “The fool says in his heart ‘there is no God.’ They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good” (Ps. 14:1). This verse makes David sound arrogant because it appears that he claims that he is the only one who is righteous before God, and therefore he can wisely depict the state of the people around him. On the other hand, I wonder if this verse…

Bond Allah or God? The question tends to ponder when one is prefered than the other, but what many do not know is that they share many similarities. God has many names such as; Allah, Lord, God, Yahweh,etc… this is because in different parts or of the world they call him different names, but still believe in one divine creator. Islam and Christianity are two monotheistic religions. Islam is the fastest growing religion and the second largest religion in the world. Islam makes up 23% of the…

Gustavo Gutiérrez lays out a theology that aims to understand the condition of poverty and oppression in Latin America. Gutiérrez was a Catholic Marxist who believed that both the spiritual and the material mattered. Karl Marx claimed religion was a tool of oppression which constrains the poor in poverty. Gutiérrez agrees that religion can be a tool of oppression, he also disagrees and claims religion as a potential tool of liberation. To achieve liberation humanity needs to: be set free from…