Monotheism

It is what defines someone. If someone is extremely religious, then that is their identity and what they believe in. Religion is the belief of a superhuman power that has control over everything. James McBride, an african-american writer, has a white mother who found a new life in a new religion. It is very common for religion to shape one’s identity and what they do. In The Color of Water by James McBride, the aspect of life that has shaped Ruth McBride’s identity the most is religion.…

Jayena Shrestha 4068395 My impression of the Mythic or narrative dimension Religion basically means having a connection with god, either with culture or beliefs that a person has been brought up with. There are so many aspects or dimensions of religion. Ninian Smart categorizes them as: the Practical and Ritual Dimension, the Experimental and Emotional Dimension, the Narrative or Mythic Dimension, the Doctrinal and Philosophical Dimension, the Ethical and Legal Dimension, the Social and…

Judaism and Zoroastrianism are similar in many ways, but have important key differences. Judaism sees their god as a combination of divine mercy and divine justice, while Zoroastrianism views their god to have a power that is a combination of 6 celestial beings. These beings are called “Amesha Spenta". Nigosian stated, “Ahura Mazda's spiritual powers (menog) consist of a group of six celestial beings (sometimes thought of as archangels), called "Amesha Spenta" (or" Amahraspand," meaning "Holy…

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer. Patria has always been a very religious person, devoting most of her young life to God and her Church. However, after seeing the deaths of many fellow Dominicans, her faith in both her leader and God was shaken. She stops praying for God to fix this problem, and starts to fix this problem herself. This means that she must change her old ways of being peaceful and innocent, and must embrace one of the only…

The Fifth Element: Akasha The word 'akasha' is originally derived from the Sanskrit word 'akasa', which holds a generic meaning of open space or sky/atmosphere. The history of this word can be traced back to Vedantic Hinduism in India, and from there it has carried similar meaning across many east Asian religions such as Jainism and Buddhism. However, in the context of paganism and Wicca, the meaning of the word is quite different. Formally adopted into practice in the late nineteenth century,…

Both Odysseus and Abraham were challenged with incredible tasks. Whether it was Odysseus's long journey back to his homeland, or Abraham's desire to continue the success of his people through establishing a great nation and producing many offspring, both Odysseus and Abraham eventually achieved in completing these tasks. However, their success could not have been achieved without some assistance. Odysseus was assisted by Athena as she protected him from all that crossed his path whether it was…

Justice? What is justice, how is it served, is it fair? The author, Elie Wiesel, gives horrifying detail of his experiences with the time period of the Holocaust in his novel, Night. Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE was a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. In the novel Night, Elie Wiesel reveals the lost of moral values by illustrating the injustice of the Nazis. With the force of the Nazis’ unjust actions, Eliezer begins to lose…

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are the three major widely practiced religions of the world. Judaism, Christianity and Islam share some similarities and also differences. Judaism, Christianity and Islam believe that God is the creator and originator of all that exists. In this essay, I will discuss the founder of the religions, the religious beliefs, the area for place of worship, do these religions believe in afterlife, do most people work out a religion for themselves or simply follow their…

How could an all-powerful, good God allow natural disasters to take lives and bring devastation to millions of people around the world? In Terence Fretheim’s book, Creation Untamed: The Bible, God, and Natural Disasters, the author attempts to answer that exact question. He does this by examining Old Testament passages, drawing conclusions on the nature of God, and His intentions and actions through that. Fretheim does a great job at backing up his claims with empirical evidence from passages…

Hinduism is a complex religion created from many traditions and beliefs that span over a great amount of history. From the interpretation of the Upanishads, devotional Hinduism came to be yet is very distinct from the original because of the main purpose, and that is to devote oneself to not many but one god. The concept of believing in all gods but only devoting oneself to one is the main reason as to why this form of Hinduism ultimately succeeded in spite of already having the rich tradition…