Ignorance In World Religions

First, this book will guide me to embrace the world as it is. It is written in English, so it may not be same as written by the each religion leaders. Although this book travels freely from Eastern to Western and forth and back to reflect various perspectives, it will help me to see different aspects of the world through others' eyes. Having this kind of view will expand my mind to new things and deepen the understanding the matters.

Tomoko Masuzawa’s literary work, The Invention of World Religions, provides a meticulous analysis of how the term “world religions” is categorized and used in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Masuzawa addresses how the categorization of world religions has changed throughout history and how different elements of each religion, such as texts, origin, and ability to expand have shaped the classification of that religion by scholars. By using the works of well-established scholars, she is able to provide an accurate account of how the perception and analysis of these religious occurred in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Institutions within the public domain, such as universities and hospitals, can then shape interaction with their specific audiences to abide by the practices of these world religions in order to connect with the public in a culturally competent manner.

I truly believe that religion is a hoax or a way to control the masses. However, I do not believe that religion is bad, I do believe that religion can cause ignorance to an extent. Throughout human history a rough total of 320,000,000 gods have been worshiped, many of them with the belief of their god being the one true god.

"Where ignorance is our master there is no possibility of real peace."(Dalai Lama) I believe that peace comes from within, if we are ignorant from the inside ultimately we cannot improve on the outside. I am sitting in my study room riffling through my notes, thinking about what I have learnt in the past week. Did I discover things which were somewhat clouded in my mind? I am positive that I did! At the very first day we read a beautiful poem about candles. Later, we were asked to write a sentence which could describe our ideology of candle's role in the world. That particular exercise taught me the meaning of ignorance. how?

In his book, A Critical Introduction to the Study of World Religions, Craig Martin aims to introduce undergraduate students to a socio-functional approach in exposing the methods in which religion disrupts class equality. He succeeds by using intelligible explanations, arguments, and examples to skeptically understand how man is shaped by religion.

This will be based on the chapter 4 Religion as "Truth-Claims", posted on Blackboard. First of all, Dianne L. Oliver makes a preface about her writings saying that religions claim to get the truth, and followers of diverse religions say that their truth is the only one true, and cannot be compare with any other. Also, she remarks that many of those religion followers use violence to uphold their own version of truth. Moreover, she let us know that she is going to consider the "True-Claims" of different religions, and show how those claims can influence the practices, behaviors, and ideas of religion followers. Next to the introduction, she considers that religion is very essential for understanding the fundamental questions in our daily lives.

Religion plays a huge role in today’s day and age. In fact, religion has been of huge importance since cavemen were, well, cavemen. Religion is the factor that keeps many people going in life but at the same time, the same reason our world has so many problems and has been torn apart. Through studying the main tenets in call, Judaism, Christianity and Islam were analyzed for weeks. Christianity and Islam take the cake for the two biggest religions in today’s population however, Judaism plays the smallest role. These three religions, although different, are easily able to be compared and contrasted because of all of the history and information we have attained towards these separate beliefs. I think it is crucial that these religions be studied by people all around the world so that we can be understanding towards other religions, not just our own. Through religious beliefs, things we can learn through teachings and comparing and contrasting we can learn more about Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

In addition, the audience learns on the benefits of tolerance as a result of the mutual acceptance of creeds and cultures and the dismissal of leaders who make use of religion as a means or front of achieving their advancement as well as political ambitions. The film questions religious duty especially religious tradition and dogma in everyday life and society. The general message from the film is that reactions because of religion should be tempered by moderation and reason. On the other hand, religious fervor and dogma should be tempered by common humanity.

Despite possible misrepresentation of religions, the facts do not change. People of Christian faith have been persecuted by them. In 2010, in Mosul, a 55-year-old Christian father was shot down in cold blood. In that same year, in Dyie, Nigeria, thirteen more Christian villagers were massacred by Muslim raiders in an overnight attack, including a mother and two children burned to death. Victims also had their tongues cut out. In the city of Dogo, Nigeria, Over five-hundred Christians, mostly women and children, were hacked to death by Muslim raiders with machetes in a night-time attack on their village. The killers yelled 'Allah Akbar,' as they chopped. In Lahore, Pakistan, a Christian family is terrorized in their home by a Muslim gang. One

The coming together of these two prominent aspects can be a positive experience or can highlight the weakness in humankind. When religious diversity is ‘tolerated’ or better still, accepted as part of the community, it can have an amazingly positive effect on society. However, it depends on the lives of all those within the community and their attitudes. As Bouma (2011) stated, “Knowing who your neighbour is, helps build trust, respect and a productive harmonious society.” This is further supported by the Interfaith Amigos, (2012), when they argued that to live harmoniously we need to remember or learn, the core teachings of the various religious beliefs. The Jewish religion is based on the core teaching of the evolving awakening to oneness, the Christian faith is surrounded by the teaching of unconditional love, whilst the Islamic religion has the core teaching of compassion. Compassion for oneself and compassion for others. All these religious belief systems ask of its followers the same thing, tolerance, acceptance of other’s choices, in the hope of living as

Even though living in the midst of globalization, human community is still diverse in various aspects of culture, politics, economy, religions, etc. It is difficult for humanity to find a “common denominator” for unity and wholeness. More than fifty years ago, Radhakrishnan, the great Indian philosopher, lamented, “mankind must become a community is still a casual whim, a vague aspiration, not generally accepted as a conscious ideal or an urgent practical necessity moving us to feel the dignity of a common citizenship and the call of a common duty.” Within this situation, religiously diverse world is also one of the most challenges to draw diverse believers together and to treasure what faiths have to share with and learn from other religions. This paper desires to follow the footsteps of the two comparative theologians, James Fredericks and Francis Clooney, to explore their methods of doing theology comparatively through interreligious dialogue and textual study for social-religious solidarity, deepening faith, and theological reflection; and hopefully, the comparative methods respond to the trend of pluralism and limits of fulfillment theology.

The biggest problem faced by the world today is hate. Too many people hate one another because of differences in religion, beliefs, or culture. This hate causes war, death, and despair. The only way that it could be solved, is for people to be tolerant of others. For one to be tolerant of another, they may need to be able to relate to them. People should learn to see that even though someone is of a different culture, they still live a similar life or do similar things. Educating people is the first step to tolerance. Once people are educated about religion and culture, they will see the good in it. Once someone’s eyes are opened to a different view, even though they may not believe in it, they will not hate it blindly. No longer will actions

…. philosophical models see the object lesson of religious education to make thinkers and proto-philosophers; socio-cultural models see the object lesson of religious education as creating ethnographic, cultural explorers; psychological models see the learner as a seeker after personal meaning and fulfilment, ‘spiritual with religion’, the child as spiritual seeker; phenomenological models see the object lesson of religious education as creating a detached observer of the stuff of religion who is perpetually distanced from it; ever more prevalent political models, emphasising the public face of religion, see teaching and learning in religious education as

One of the avenues of influential learning is in school. The place where students spend half of their life. Going to school aids students in acquiring knowledge, establishing rapport and developing skills. When students attend school, they showcase not only their characters traits and attitudes, but they also carry with them their cultural differences and religious practices. (Green & Oldendorf, 2005). Looking at how diverse our society is, the question of teaching religions and their ideologies at a school-level rise. Whilst the state practices neutrality towards religion, there are still issues and challenges when it comes to accommodating religious diversity and its integration in the education system (Berger, 2013, p.104). Therefore, integrating religion in the education system can lead to

Today the truth represents many realities and every region uses faith as the tool to guide human’s to war, oppression and division.