Christians Course Works Samples For Students

Lesson 5.1: The Historical Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth comes publicly as the Messiah and preaches on the Kingdom of God. The Book of John notes, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” This was because Nazareth was an obscure village where Jesus lives. The gospels identify Nazareth as an inconsequential village (Bosworth, 2005). Jesus is the founder of the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth he dies to consecrate humanity. Additionally, the Holy Quran mentions Jesus the Nazarene as an important person. The figure of Jesus has a popular historical treatment in the universe. Historically, Jesus was a Galilean the evidence to this assertion lays in ...

I was born in a Muslim family. My parents after their marriage migrated to a new country. The religion of that country is Christianity. But the country is free and allows everyone to act upon their religion. Since my childhood, I have never felt any difficulty in practicing my own religion. With the passage of time, when I got admission in school, college, I came across many people of different religions. I had many friends of different religions. Among us, religion was never a part of a discussion or a matter of conflict. I and my friends respect each other’s religion.

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Compare and Contrast Islam and Christianity

- PART ONE (250 WORDS)
The Islamic world view on the question of origin- The Quran offers verses that describe the story of creation. For example, in Yunus 10; 3, it says that “Surely, your Lord is Allah who created the heavens and the earth"(Renard 2011). The Quran goes on to say the Allah is the creator of everything. These verses are a testimony that indeed Islam acknowledges that the earth and all that is in was created by Allah.
On the question of identity- according to Islam, identity is supposed to mean the way of life ...

Question 1:

The Chattri and the Muqarnas

The Chattri is a memorial which was built in appreciation and recognition of the input of the Indian Army in subduing the enemy in the First World War (Chattri.com n.p.). Chattri is a word meaning umbrella in Punjab, Urdu and Hindi. Its umbrella-like design also signifies protection. There is an annual pilgrimage ritual which is done to remember the soldiers.

Muqarnas is a prominent feature of Islamic architecture used in the Muslim world. This style consists of domes, niches and doorways. Their function is primarily decorative although they are solutions to structural problem as well. They give an occasionalist perspective of the ...

The Vikings Explore North America, c. 1010

In that summer, a ship from Norway arrived in Greenland with Thorfinn Karlsefni as the skipper. A discussion concerning a wine land voyage was brought up, and the folk urged Karlsefni to make the venture, Gudrid, his wife joining with the others. Determined to take the voyage, he assembled sixty men and five women and signed an agreement with his shipmates that they would equally share the spoils of the enterprise.

Castilian Law incorporates the slaves and others before 1492

The Castilian law gave liberty to every man to do his will, unless, the law prohibited it. Their master could give Liberty to a slave by will, without a will or on a ...

- In Luke 1:43, the Holy Spirit first works in the form of Elizabeth (Oxford). In this moment, she proclaims the coming birth of the Lord through her sister and exalts Mary as blessed.

Without the presence of the Holy Spirit, Elizabeth would not have known these things. The Spirit then appears in Simeon to proclaim Jesus as Lord to both his parents. Unlike the first passage, this one further expounds on the baby’s purpose to be “a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel (Oxford Luke 2:32). He then further predicts the ...

Rob and Bunny Sherman want to file a suit against the Church of the Divine Light. They allege that one year ago, their 15 year old son called Rob Jr., was coerced into staying in the church. He was threatened by being told that if he left, he would be thrown into the eternal fires of hell. He was brainwashed and began believing that the church was his new family. He was also told to demand money from his parents to cater for his upkeep. Rob Jr. stayed in the church for a period of approximately six months. Rob Sr. and ...

Since time immemorial, English literature has incorporated pagan ideas as well as Christian beliefs. In the pagan culture, warriors got the treatment of heroes, people believed in battles with blood and gore, and revenge was carried in the presence of wrong doings. On the other hand, Christian values ensured they promoted loyalty, sympathy, and sacrifice to make the world a better place for every individual. In this paper, I will elucidate on how the two concepts amalgamated to establish most appreciated literary works in the history. The Dream of the Rood and Caedmon’s Hymn portrays several incidences associated with ...

The woman’s movements started with a single speech in the church. Everyone was tired of the long war. One of the women confessed that her children were living in the war their entire life. They had nothing to eat they had to move and change shelters. Everybody was tired of living like that. Women were the first to get tired to listen to their children crying and knowing that they were helpless. That is why they stood up. The country has been on the war for more than a decade already. The women of Liberia did realize that men were ...

Young people have a role to play me the Christian ministry. Most of the young populations are enrolled as college or high school students, but this does not mean that they have no role to play in ministering within the Christian ministry. The Christian foundation has to be based on young people who do not only need to know Christ but also understand the ministry of Christ. Young people can play different roles within the Christian ministry.

Richard has e discussed four levels of the Christian Ministry; however the mission level seems to be the most compelling. Yon people have a ...

Authorship of the Gospels

The Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John have or have not been written by specific individuals. The Catholic tradition has always believed that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are specific persons who have recorded the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. According to Felix Just, SJ. (Who Really Wrote the Gospels, and Why Should we Care), recent scholars have argued the anonymity of the original authors. In his comparative chart of the gospels, Just identified the gospels’ traditionally attributed as well as the implied authors. Mark was John Mark of Jerusalem; Matthew was a tax collector and apostle; Luke ...

The story of Jesus of Nazareth is one that is difficult to tell in written words, let alone in film. To be sure, it is not hallowed ground – the Roman Catholic Church permits these adaptations freely, not like Islamic institutions who are sensitive to adaptations of their own prophet Mohammed. However, there appears a number of constraints and restrictions that are otherwise absent if one makes a conventional film with a conventional character in its narrative center. For one, the director is constrained with telling the story faithfully to Jesus’s biblical sources. The scriptwriter, on the other hand, has the ...

What are the Dimensions of Religion? Why are the Dimensions of Religion helpful in studying religion?

Religion is a thorough perspective that records for these inquiries of human presence and considers having confidence in something past the "common".

It was stated in Ninian Smart's Seven Dimensions of Religion (10–21):

1. Experiential/Emotional. There are sure encounters that appear to offer ascent to religion: experiencing common or heavenly drives that create a feeling of dread or wonder, contemplating one passing, having an "extraordinary" vision, feeling united with all of reality, or encountering extremely solid feelings.
2. Social/Institutional. Individuals who have these encounters search out others with comparative encounters and structure bunches for backing.
3. Account/Mythic. In the gathering, individuals pass on their involvement in stories.
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Questions

John Bunyan’s "The Pilgrim’s Progress" is a work of Puritanism. Puritanism is a religious movement of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries meant for purification of English church or the Church of England from all the elements of Catholic belief. The group that wanted to purify the church during the Puritanism became famous as the Puritans (McKay, Hill, and Buckler). The Puritans has common ideology.

However, Puritanism is different from the Church of England, and the religious variation between the Church of England and Puritanism became obvious during the reign of Elizabeth. The beliefs of Puritans had played a significant ...

Discussion Questions and Answer

1. Where are the obligations of parents to children rooted – in love or biology?
Obligations of parents are rooted in love, not biology because ultimately, children should be seen first as God’s children before they become parents’ children. Thus, it does not matter whether children are biologically yours or not, they are all God’s children entrusted to your care so you should love them as they are and not because they are your own or not.

2. Evaluate Rodney Clapp’s claim that children are strangers and should be treated as such.
When parents ...

Summary

According to the article, God rid me of god; there is a common understanding in the society that for an individual to be a Christian he/she must become a Christian. Modernity has changed the current religious community, hence an emerging church. The current Christianity involves the concept of ‘being’ and ‘destination’. For an individual to remain saved, he only needs to become a Christian and be a member of the church. Christianity is founded on the belief that God’s communication with humankind is through revelation.

Thinkers reasoned out the issue of revelation and concealment arguing that beliefs rely on clear and ...

The Religion Implicit Association Test (IAT) that I completed gave me varying results about different religious views. The results favoured Christianity and Judaism, but they discredited Hinduism and Islam, which shocked me. The test left me with mixed feelings regarding different religions. I felt a little motivated, surprised, aggrieved, and confused at the same time. I also felt challenged to do further investigations in the field to unmask the mystery of religion. I was offended and surprised because I grew up in a culture that taught me that all people are equal irrespective of their religion. However, the research made me ...

1. Dominic'S doll suggests that gender does not affect the ethical custom of double vocation for the Christian father or mother.

2. Some have changed while others have not. According to researchers, many of the old patterns persist. Despite many changes in men, in white middle class families, men become more involved with sons than daughters, showing that the male-sex ideal has not completely faded away. Men are changing in significant ways and becoming more like women especially when they interact with older children. They tend to listen to children talk about their worries more than often than ...

In today’s society, the issue of life after death forms the basis for a number of debates. At one point or the other, everyone wonders at what happens after they die. Christians, in general, believe that there is life after death. They believe that there are two places that the soul goes after a person dies, and this depends on the ways in which Christian follow the moral teachings of the Bible. While the various Christian groups believe that when an individual dies, there is hell for those who continuously disregard the Commandments and the teachings of the Bible, they ...

Introduction

In a society, nurses are highly regarded as health care providers. The enormous role that nurses play to ensure that sick people are well taken care of and are exposed to the relevant conditions in order to overcome their illnesses cannot be underrated. Traditionally, nursing was seen as a profession primarily to ensure people were well attended to. In the modern times, however, the nurses have adopted the entrepreneurial culture. Nurses have employed their nursing education to commence business ventures within the industry of health care. This calls for the nurses to have some basic knowledge on business administration and management ...

Beliefs that distinguished Orthodox Judaism

At the beginning, all Jews were traditional and hence automatically classified as Orthodox. In and around the beginning of the twentieth century, the reform movement in Judaism gained impetus led by the Jews in Germany, which slowly spread throughout most of Europe. It was this reform movement that distinguised the beliefs of Orthodox Jews from the Non Orthodox Jews. The Orthodox Jews were less open to change in their beliefs and practices compared to the Non Orthodox Jews. Presented below are the five main practices that distinguish Orthodox Judaism.

Belief 1: Prayer services to be conducted only in Hebrew ...

What are some ways the Christian gospel is perceived in our culture?

Most youths consider Christianity as judgmental, enslaving and unnecessarily strict. The most common reason cited is the anti-gay aspect. In the present world, where there are more rights, privileges and freedom given to people than any other previous times, homo-sexuality is, among other previously considered unnatural deeds, legalized by the government. The legalization of homo-sexuality is spreading rapidly across countries globally. In a study conducted by the UnChristian revealed than out of a sample of 867 young people (404 non-Christians 305 active church goers), the vast majority of non-Christians (91%) asserted that Christianity painted an anti-gay picture. 83% of them said ...

The term love has been used in its broadest sense, but, used to refer to individuals who posses tender feelings for the others, and would not want any harm befalling their loved ones. Thus, love being a virtue it is interesting if it can inspire positive action in people possessing it. Phaedrus in Plato’s symposium holds that love deserves more recognition as a god that has significant influence on the course of our lives. He places love in the position of a deity, as old as the earth itself.

On the ability of love to inspire positive action, Phaedrus creates a link ...

The controversy over John Mark has raised numerous debates regarding the relationship between Barnabas and Paul after the disagreement. This is because, after they parted ways after the disagreement, their story ended in the narrative of Acts, and there is no scripture that states or proves their reconciliation. However, the scripture only says that, they both got a favor in their active ministry after the dispute. John Mark has been named in the book of Acts as an assistant to both Barnabas and Paul, when he accompanied them, on one of their missionary journeys. According to Acts, 12:25, the Bible ...

Lumen Gentium is the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, as promulgated by the Second Vatican Council, about half a century ago, in 1964 (Weinandy). According to Lumen Gentium Jesus has shared his threefold office, that of Priest, King and Prophet, with the Church and Catholic lay men and women, once the latter get baptized and confirmed (Weinandy). Taking into account that Jesus sanctifies, governs and teaches, one can understand the perceived role of priests, kings and prophets respectively. Analyzing Jesus’ threefold offices, the role of each will become apparent.

Jesus is a priest mainly due to His sacrifice in order to ...

Materials used to create the work: oil on canvas.

Crucifixion diptych
According to Vespers, Weyden and his family were staunch Christians who lived their lives dedicated to helping the poor. The photo was among others, distributed freely by Weyden. The huge size of the human figure in the painting was common to artists at the time. It was in fitting with measurement of the shutters of carved altarpieces.
The foreground is outstanding thanks to the black background. Weyden focused on the starkness that enhances the image. According to Vespers, Weyden and his family were staunch Christians who ...

If God is Good, Why is there Evil?

The existence of evil and the problem brought by it to human society brought questions to people – including the church. There lies the question, “If God is good, why is there evil?” This issue of philosophy that relates God’s goodness and justice to the existence of evil and sufferings is identified as theodicy – a branch of theology. To polytheistic religions, this is explained by their teaching that evil things on earth are the results of conflicting desires of deities. To the monotheistic and the atheist, this issue takes God’s sovereignty into criticism. There are two ...

Introduction

Germany is governed by the federal parliamentary system whose powers are vested in the parliament of Germany called Bundestag and the Bundesrat, which is the representative body of the Lander. German is headed by the chancellor, Angel Markel whose party is the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).In Germany; Christians form the largest religion, approximately 62% of the population. Islam follows after Christians with an approximate 5% of the total population.

How the course changed my views about Germans and Germany

In my opinion about the freedom of expression, I believed that the federal parliament advocated for willingly expressing oneself. However, from the lesson, I learnt that under article five, ...

The Life of Saint Paul the Apostle

Saint Paul is the greatest missionary of the Christian Church and he is well – educated both in Jewish and non – Jewish studies. He is born between 5 and 10 AD at Tarsus in Cilicia with Jewish father and mother. His Jewish name is Saul and he became a persecutor of the followers of Jesus Christ of Nazarene. He studied under the great Jewish rabbi Gamaliel. In Damascus, he experienced conversion and became a faithful Christian. He is transformed into a passionate enthusiastic apostle of Christ with three missionary trips throughout Asia Minor. In Rome, as his final trip and his ...

Communication

I visited an Orthodox Church service with one of my friends, who are a member in the church. I was excited to learn about different ethnicity’s activities. The Orthodox Church comprises of many segments worldwide, with each geographically distinct body exercising self-governing measures. The ethnic designation of this church refers to the parish rules and regulations that govern members of a particular geographical location (Cai, 2010). During the first twenty minutes of the service, the church seemed to be in a noisy mode with people interacting and getting ready for the leaders to begin the sermon. Some people at the altar, ...

Essay 1

Hinduism and Taoism

The two religions are among the dominant religions is Asia region. Hinduism in particular has many tenets that include but not limited to:

- believing the living beings go through rebirths;
- There process upwards toward Braham or backwards toward material existence is determined by the law of karma;
- Final authority is found in the Vedas and writings of great religious leaders capable of perceiving the authentic nature of realism.
- There exist numerous beings that symbolize the ultimate almighty being;
- Yogic activities are put in place to detach human ...

In his poem Dante showed not only medieval perceptions of Heaven and Hell, good and evil but also his own view on human virtues and sins. As any other author he made the poem his own personal statement, therefore it reflects Dante’s political and moral principles. First of all, Dante was a catholic. Therefore, hardly any person without being baptized could enter the Gates of Heaven. On the other hand, Dante believed that person can be good and moral even without being catholic. This is why he created Limbo. Actually, it is the first circle of Hell but people ...

Obviously this literary classic has endured intense scrutiny, been the subject of many heated debates and has stood as a model for other works of its kind since Milton published the 12 books in 1674 after its initial appearance in 10 books in 1667. One of the most hotly contested themes, however, has been that the author intended Satan, the poem’s narrator, to be a hero, rather than the religious or historical presentation in our society that Satan is the root of all evil. Despite what many learned scholars surmise, Milton’s aim was not to have his readers glorify ...

When we talk of the Christmas story, we remember the biblical narrative that includes the holy family, the midnight hour, the animals in the farm, and the little town Bethlehem. The Gospels in the New Testament narrates the birth of Jesus in four different ways but not contrary to one another. Each of the four books creates an image of Jesus through distinctive messages intended for particular audience. The Book of Mark that was written by Mark himself mostly talks about the preaching and teachings that were made by Apostle Peter. His Gospel does not talk about the birth ...

Section A - Asking the Right Questions (1 Thessalonians 5)

In Thessalonian, five verse eight, the bible talks of wearing the breastplate of faith and love and a helmet of the hope for salvation. It is telling as to be prepared like a soldier. A soldier in battle is always armed and ready for the enemy to attack, he does not lay his weapons aside. As Christians, we should also be ready for the coming of the Lord, for like a thief or an enemy. He may come at any time. The bible says we should fast and pray and be like the five wise girls so that when the bridegroom cometh ...

Introduction

St. Martin de Porres High School is a private owned high school. It was established in the year 2003 as part of Cristo Rey Network schools. The Cristo Rey Network is a collection of schools that offers quality, Catholic, high school education to young people who stay in urban communities with limited education opportunities. The school’s mission is dedicated to transform urban Cleveland one student at a time. The school’s commitment values are work, study, serve, lead and pray.
The school is located in St. Clair-Superior neighborhood, Ohio. It serves a population of 388 students in grades 9-12. St. The ...

Introduction

The seven Ninian Smart’s dimensions of religion include practical and ritual, for example baptism, prayer and worship; narrative or mythical, for instance historical stories of Moses and Jesus in the bible; ethical and legal, as evidenced by the ten commandments and beatitudes in Christianity; doctrinal and philosophical, which entails justification of the faith through scriptures; experiential and emotional, expressed through deep emotions when something believed to be supreme or profound is experienced; institutional and social as evidenced by existence of churches, mosques and temples; and material aspects such as architectural structures, music and religious symbols. This paper analyses ...

Scientific evolution started several centuries before. Prior to the discoveries that were made by the likes of Aristotle and the rest the details about various aspects of the universe were very scanty. The chart below will dig to the details of scientific evolution by taking into consideration the various scientists who made tremendous contribution into shaping up the universe through their discoveries.

It is worth noting that before the scientific discoveries people held diverse beliefs on the existence of the universe. It is worth noting that the theories on various existence of the universe were rather hypothetical. Several myths ...

Introduction

In current historical and general cultural situation cannot be absolutely independent existence of individual cultures. The contact of the cultures often causes conflict between them, the struggle for supremacy of its priorities, the desire to minimize the importance of the values ​​and achievements of the "opponent".
In the history of interaction between East and West, a special role is played by the Islamic-Christian relations. And Christians and Muslims have always been inherent in the consciousness of a certain spiritual 'community, going back to a single source of Middle Eastern Abrahamic tradition, while at the same time, awareness of the ...

Religion was the basic unifying factor and source of unity between Mesopotamia and Egypt. The nature evidently explained the divine forces in work and every person in these two societies worked towards the goal of serving the gods. In Mesopotamia, the Sumerians had a sole believe that the laws guiding them descended from the gods to the ruling kings. These kings then administered the laws to the people with the core support of the priests. The priests then revealed the will of the gods to the kings and the people.

Art and religion are like one thing for the artists ...

Summary

McMinn is a doctor of philosophy. Most of his work concentrates on Christian counseling. Mark McMinn is interested in Christian counseling and the nature of life outside Christian counseling. In other words, the author is describing the life of a Christian counselor, the nature of his job and what his job entails.

The very first stages of Mark McMinn’s book start with an emphasis on the fact that the use of Christian faith in counseling was a noble idea; the incorporation of the modern day challenges with the virtues taught by the holy book was a perfect combination of paraphernalia to offer ...

HUM1500 W3 Discussion Question: What major world events contributed to the founding of Rome? & What was significant about the Roman government that allowed it to flourish?

One of the major events that contributed to the founding of Rome is through a mythological account. In 753, Rome was named after its founder – Romulus, a historical figure that killed his half-god twin Remus . During the time of Romulus, the place has little interruptions. Another major event to the founding of Rome is the creation of the 12-month calendar by King Pompilius, emergence of the republics and empires, embracement of Christianity (specifically, Roman Catholicism), Roman alphabet and numerals, existence of huge variety of talented/gifted individuals, and so on. Moreover, other major events were associated with the Roman government. There ...

1) A. A lot of Thomas Aquinas’s “genius” did not rest in his own thoughts, but in his ability to Christianize the ideas of the ancient Greeks such as Aristotle and Plato’s school of thoughts. In his Summa Theologiae, he presents five arguments that he believes demonstrates logically the need for the existence of God.
1. Aquinas’s first proof for the existence of God was centered on motion. The parallel to the Aristotelian physics is apparent. Under that system, an arrow moved because wind behind it pushed it. Anything moving needed a driving force behind ...

Spirituality is compatible with relationships because indeed the plan of God right from creation is that human beings should have mutual relationship procreate and fill the Earth. Spirituality and relationships or marriages are closely tied to each other because relationships affect a person’s spirituality. It is however important for one to remember that spirituality is only compatible with relationships through self-control.

Paul Wilkes explains, “Relationship is born through transformation of friendship”( Wilkes, 2009 p. 179). Relationship comes in when friendship becomes deeper. Christianity teaches a person to embrace friendship with other people regardless of whether Christians or of other ...

Chapter 9

1. Why does Grundy think that acquiring Canada will strengthen the America union?
Acquiring Canada will be an added advantage since the country has sufficient resources. If America adds up to its own form will be more strengthened for example, the essence of the human rights and freedom that they are fighting for to end the oppression and exploitation of other people, Canada, Americas share many things together, and the union of them will create more strength on American union. 2. Whom does Grundy hold responsible for Tecumseh’s uprising the conduct of Indian tribes he mentions?
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Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I grew up in a complex and difficult conditions. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Her mother died when she was only two years old. Henry VIII ordered the beheading of Boleyn based on claims that she had committed t that she had committed adultery and conspiracy. Immediately after the death of her mother, the king declared Elizabeth and her older half-sister, Mary illegitimate heir to the throne. They were however later reinstated as potential heirs.

Elizabeth I faced many problems at the beginning of her reign in 1558. The ...

Abstract

In the past, the entire world was under the ruling of the Rome, which gave to the Roman Empire and the republican, whose control and power was among the common people. Under this republican, the Rome then grew to be the higher and powerful state in the world. Therefore, increase of territory thus lead to the increase of desire for politicians to have power and control over the land. A number of events in the early century then resulted to a demise of the leadership of Julius Caesar and Augustus then leading to a formation of the Roman Empire. In the ...

1) Both Carol and Ruether require changes of Christian behaviours toward the environment. Which has the strongest arguments? Why?

Ruether states that the Christianity proclaims that human beings, men in chief, are the embodiment of Jesus or God and hence follows the eco-feministic view of the issue. Nature is only a creation by god that was meant for usage by humans. Moreover, in the ancient times, it was never imagined that humans would ever have more power than the nature itself. Nature was deemed to be the ever powerful and domineering source with no interference from humans. So in its not addressing the issue of present human power being so great that it threatens the very existence of the ...

Introduction

According to the author of the article, the matter of leadership ethics can be looked into two important questions. Firstly, whether the process of leadership is ethical and secondly; whether it is deemed ethical to use one’s influential position to try to influence the objectives, values and goals of a community. In putting the ethics of leadership to perspective, the author argues that there are three domains ethical leadership namely transactional, transformational and servant leadership. The author adduces that servant leadership is the pinnacle and the ultimate level of ethicality. Using these three domains, this essay will show that ...

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on the code of ethics of two counseling organizations. These organizations are; the American Counseling Association and the second one the American Association of Christian Counselors. Our focus is to examine the code of ethics and then come up with their similarities and differences. This is done generally for the entire codes of ethics in section one. Later in section two, we major in three diverse areas of competence, fee, and sexual intimacies in the counseling profession. Here we shall also focus on the similarities and differences that arise on the code of ethics ...

Several institutions developed in both France and England in the 13 and 14th century and these institutions were behind the civilization of western countries. The first institution was the church. Many crusades were made in these countries facilitating the spread of Christianity. When church became an institution in these countries, leadership became a major issue and specifically the catholic leaders became too much involved in political affairs. They controlled monarchy in England that had a lot of power (Noble, 156).

Schools are some of the other institutions that were very important during the period. Many people got their education during the ...

It is well known that man is a social creature. In so doing, there are some aspects of culture that come in through his life. One of these aspects is religion. There are three main monotheistic religions in the world; Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Below is a discussion of these religions and the manner in which they interrelate with each other, with greater focus lying in the manner in which Christianity relates to the rest.

Contemporary Issues

Origin and Historical Account of Interactions

The term Christianity is derived from the Greek word Kristos, which is used by the Christians in Greek to translate ...

1. This particular passage about how God called Moses into God’s redemptive work upon Israel is from Exodus 3: 1-23 of the Old Testament. First, this passage is directly associated with Judaism. Looking at its historical context, Exodus, the second book of the Torah, shows the account of how Moses led the Hebrews from Egypt into the Mount Sinai. In fact, this is where the Hebrews received the law of God (1280 B.C.E). Judaism absolutely believes that everything that happened to the nation of Israel is only by the power of the Almighty God, and this passage clearly ...

1. What are key differences between the ontological, teleological, and cosmological arguments? Identify the philosopher who you think best supports his or her argument. Explain your answer briefly. (200 Words)

The ontological argument was first posited by Anselm. He examined the existence of God using a logical approach using a Christian prospective to interpret Aristotelian philosophy He understood God to be that than which nothing greater can be conceived. Using this definition, it is clear that God’s nonexistence is inconceivable. Therefore, God must exist. St. Thomas Aquinas later utilized this line of thought into the fifth of his five ways ...

IT is a Christian vocation. However, the extent to which IT practices are exercised in a Christian way is largely dependent on the individual because, as with everything else, IT can be used both for the good and the bad, as explained in the following ethical theories of moral relativism, utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics (Pojman & Fieser, 2008).

Moral Relativism

The theory of Moral Relativism does agree with IT as a Christian vocation. While Moral Relativism recognizes cultural differences, it can be considered that IT has universal principles. For example, programming languages remain the same no matter where it is used or how ...

Introduction

I have identified Michelle Bachman, a republican frontrunner as the leader who is written about in the media. The news article in question is from The New Yorker, and it is entitled LEAP OF FAITH: the making of a Republican Frontrunner. It is an analysis op/ed piece.

The article characterizes her in the first sentence as a ‘Tea party insurgent’ giving us a clue to her main power base which is the Republican Tea Party. She also identifies very strongly with the Christian Conservative movement. The writer notes that her appeal (to voters) is based on ‘right wing convictions, beliefs and ...

Fourth and fifth books of the Old Testament present some of the most influential Christian ideas and explore the whole history of the Jewish nation. While going through their lines, the reader becomes acquainted with Exodus- the main historical event of the Jews, which is extremely important for the whole Christian history. The book of Deuteronomy contains one of my favorite Bible passages which is highly respected not only by every Christian, but also by all the people who live in accordance with principles of humanist society.
Deuteronomy 5 says: “I am the LORD your God, who brought ...

I chose to write about the character of David because he is held up as a model of obedience in the Christian faith even though he committed a huge sin with Bathsheba. This teaches Christians that there is redemption after a mistake or a sin. It is this hope that keeps millions of Christians going around the world.
David is important to the Christian and Jewish faiths because he was handpicked by God to be the next King of Israel. David was a special person even before this happened. As a young man, David was brave, strong, and had great faith. An example of this ...

Political cartoons are out to send a message and this one featuring Barack Obama is no exception. It features the President in a rather pensive and worried mode focusing on the one issue which everyone seems to talk about these days and that’s the economy.
The cartoon is a rather simple one but it includes several messages. It plays upon one of Obama’s main themes which is hope and that is embalzoned in big letters at the bottom of the cartoon but then sarcastically, the cartoonist adds the words, ‘Some terms and conditions apply’ in smaller print. Obama is ...

Imagine a boardroom full of people of different religious faiths – some agnostic, some Christian, some Hindu and so on. The board is attempting to reach a critical decision regarding an initiative which would potentially save the company. However, some of the Christians are having a hard time voting positively on it, because it would violate some of their own religious beliefs and ethics. This is a dilemma that requires the exploration of religion and ethics, and how they tie into working with organizations.
In religion, there is always an ethical component, and vice versa. “For many people, ethics is not only tied ...