Common Ground Religion

All religions are similar in a manner, appreciating life, doing good, respecting others..etc yet they still have their differences, the differences that gives it, its uniqueness. And the person practising it, his individuality.

“Everyone is welcome to the Church for any reason. Whether you want to listen, learn, or participate is fine by me. We just want to get the message of God out there.” he says, visibly uncomfortable addressing the racial makeup of the church and choosing each of his words carefully.

Throughout the history of Medieval Christianity, relics and reliquaries played a big role in Christian belief. A relic often is the physical remains of a saint, such as bones, pieces of clothing, or the personal belongings of a saint, and a holy or a venerated person. A relic is placed in a container called a reliquary that comes in different shapes or sculptures. A reliquary is also called a cult image, while venerating that image is known as “cult of images”. Since a relic is placed inside a reliquary, there must be a prominent relationship between them.

Blomberg, Craig L., and Stephen E. Robinson. How Wide the Divide?. Downer Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997.

It is argued by some that religion is the belief in one god. Others argue that religion is the belief in several gods. Then there are those who classify religion as any belief an individual holds as faith. The reason why there are so many different definitions of religion is because the term means different things to different people. Religion by certain groups and individuals is interpreted by their word choice, what they include as religions, as well as what they exclude as religious when they present their idea of what religion means.

Other things that the religions all share are that they all have their sacred places of worship. For the Christians there is the church. For the Jewish people there is the synagogue and then for the Muslims there is the mosque. They also all have their Sabbath or day of rest that they take time to go to their holy place of worship. The Jewish Sabbath is on Saturday while the Christian Sabbath is on Sunday.

In the funeral world there are a lot of different styles of funerals. For example, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic funerals. Both very different, but at the same time they have several things in common. In funerals there is an abundance of things to compare and contrast. We will be looking at different ways the notification of death is handled in both of these religions, removal, embalming, dressing/casketing, visitation requirements/rituals, and interment or cremation.

Religion was involved with many things in a person’s life. It affects things like social status, relationships, the economy, culture, and politics. The complex ideas of religion and politics have shaped societies. The Puritans have set their goal to make their society and way of living connected to God in every way, shape, and form. In the seventeenth century this standard to keep God by your side has deeply affected politics and lawmaking, and has even caused some people to be continuously persecuted. From the strength of their religious beliefs stemmed these radical ideas, which deeply affected lives in the 17th century. Though these ideas were a way of life at one point in time, if these ideas were applied to our government today the

In The Qawa Incident in 1968 and Other Cases of “Spirit Possession”: Religious Syncretism in Fiji article, Parke describes the 1968 case of Spirit Possession in Fiji, where many religious and ethnic communities, such as Hindu, Muslim, and Fijian, resided together. The essay discusses the religious syncretism in Fiji, mentioning how groups outside of Fijian religion still believe in Fijian spirits, as shown with the 1968 incident. Parke goes into detail on the incident, in which a pool sacred to the Fijians is bulldozed for a playground and students soon becoming ill, hyperventilating with twitching arms and legs. It is believed by the Fijians, and other religious communities in the area, that the students who became ill shortly after the bulldozing of the sacred pool had been possessed by the angry spirits who resided in the pool, offended that the pool had been disrespected. The inflicted girls went under various treatments, the first being by western doctors who believed the incident to be mass hysteria. The students also privately attended a Muslim healer said to have Fijian powers, but neither treatment was completely successful. Finally, the students participated in public Fijian ceremonies of

Through Zoroastrianism these religions set up the basis for many of their ideals like heaven and hell, judgment, everlasting life, etc. without Zoroastrianism as there basis they would never share the commonality or universal theme throughout them all which is the afterlife. Although they may not agree on where they go, they do agree that there is life after death which never would have been a commonality between the three without the influence of Zoroastrianism.

After reading the activity 4.6 and relating it to the concepts in chapter 4 of Heuberger’s book, it is clear that the students’ reaction to the statement of one of their classmates was influenced by the dichotomy culture we live on. It means that “[w]e are likely to accept one side as right and the other as wrong,” right when it consists with our belief system and wrong when it does not (Heuberger 73). We are just the product of multiple influences such as the family, educational institutions, church, clubs, etc. Besides, she was the only student who thought different than the rest of the class.

There are a variety of religions and their traditions aren't as similar to what we usually

In order to maintain peace, pluralism must be a very realistic entity as individuals from diverse minority groups continuously immigrate to states that aren’t true to their ethnic and cultural backgrounds. For pluralistic states, acts of violence such as murder can be agreed upon as morally wrong to humanity whereas opinions regarding religious affairs can be pushed aside. One’s race, ethnicity or desired religion should be seen as equal compared to others in the attempt to keep states at par, although their role isn’t usually concerning the nation’s cultural affairs, but instead territorial matters such as: military services, the nation’s security, and currency allocation. Taking these statements into account, states are everlasting, despite

On July 12, 2007, for the first time in American history the Senate session that day was opened by a prayer; unlike any other prayer, it was given by a Hindu priest. At first sight, it would seem as though the ideals designed by the framers of the Constitution were alive and well; the pluralization of the United States of America, the land of freedom of religion, and the right to worship without persecution. However, the Christian right wing religious group Operation Save America entered the Senate floor and began to heckle Rajan Zed, the Hindu priest, perpetuating that Hinduism is an “abomination”, as Hindus do not worship “The lord Jesus Christ”. This leads us to ask the question: Is America a land of religious pluralism, or is it a

Early research on religion made the discovery that the more religious a person is, them being more of a church goer and church members, the more racially prejudice they were than the nonreligious people, the less church goers or nonbelievers. With a majority of Americans in today society being very religious and churchgoing, the teaching of churches or Bible verse is now a day overlooked. There are other studies and evidence that shows many religions are strict in their teachings, for example, “love thy neighbor as yourself”, but this only causes more racial issues. Christianity along with other major religions is an example of this problem as it has been found to correlate with racial prejudice, mostly between blacks and whites. Along with religion leading to racial prejudice it also leads to them to be more racist against other races