Monotheistic Religions: Christianity Vs. Islam

These beliefs about the roles did not come out of nowhere. Confucius, the teacher of the religion of Confucianism, taught that women's roles were to look after the men in their families. Most did not question his teachings and continued to live with these “rules”. Not only the fact that they believed women were inferior to men and should stay at home, "people believed that women were both morally and intellectually inferior to men and thus needed men's control and guidance" (Tsai). While men were valued for their hard work and getting the money, women were disparaged because they “couldn’t live” without a man’s work.

Christianity and Islam have several similar aspects. Both religions praise the same God, although they each have a different given name. Muslims refer to their god as Allah, and Christians simply refer to their god as God. Both religions are monotheistic, and both even have a set of religious laws that all who are righteous abide by. Muslims follow the Five Pillars of Islam, while Christians follow the Ten Commandments. Both religions even have their own religious texts: The Bible and The Koran. Christian missionaries declare that The Bible consists of true narratives based on actual revelations, and establish that the Prophet Muhammad is an imposter. However, it is extremely possible that

After the fall of Rome, and due to Diocletian 's efforts, the land was split up into two parts, East, and West. The western part was claimed by the Goth’s and other enemies. A city in the eastern part of the territory called Byzantium was reclaimed by the people inhabiting the area, mainly Greeks.The civilization of Byzantium was formed as a result. Constantine the Great, an Emperor of the Roman Empire made a city in Eastern Rome called Constantinople (now known as Istanbul), and this city later became the capital of the Byzantine Empire, as well as the capital of ancient Christianity. In the early days of the Empire, the Byzantine army was still fighting in the old, Roman ways. Their strategies were not working well, as they had too much land to govern from one location. Their military was small, because they did not have enough money from tax, a

Egyptian women were regarded as equal to men as far as the law was concerned. Rome viewed women as a social status, and placed a very high value on marriage. Ancient Greece women were mistreated, degraded, and controlled. Women in ancient Israel were helpmates while the men were the head of the household. In ancient China women were not equal to

Christianity and Islam both have deep roots in Judaism. Therefore, they do share the equal amount of similarities as well as differences with Judaism. One of the most common belief among the three religions is to believe in one God as a creator of the universe. On the other hand, each religion complies with its laws in different Holy books. The Jews follow the teachings of the Torah and call their God as Yahweh. The Christians refer to the Bible (also called the New Testament) as their Word of God, and believe in the Trinity

Ancient cultures treated women more as property than people. The cultures that I will proceed to talk about are Mesopotamia, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans and how differently yet how equally treated women. Women were more of a household decoration to the men of each culture, all they did was cook, clean, and be a mother to the children. When the men got home the women were expected to make him happy no matter what.

1. Define, compare, and contrast monotheism and monism. Include examples of each to support your analysis.

As all religions Islam and Christianity have many similarities, but the religions also have key differences. Muslims belief in one God which they call Allah, in the same way Christians also believe in one God. Even though both religions belief in one God, Christians believe that Jesus is the son the of God while Muslims believe that God has no family members (brothers,sister, parents, children, etc). The Muslims follow the a holy book called the Quran which teaches them to follow a code of conduct like to respect, truthfulness, and encourage peace; likewise the Christians also have a holy book called the Bible which follows the same code of conduct. Although both books are very similar they have key difference for example a new version of

Islam and Christianity seem to have very little in common; however, the two actually show strong likeness, principally in the central areas. Both Muslims and Christians are monotheists, believing in one God. While both believe in the same God, He is called by two completely different names. He is referred to as "Allah" by Muslims and "God" by Christians. Although Islam and Christianity are two different religions, their similarities in beliefs and prayers make them comparable in many aspects.

Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all monotheistic religions. However, Islam originated as traveling, polytheistic, Arabs that later converted to worshiping one God, Allah. All three religions originated in the Middle East and all believed Abraham to be the first prophet. They all regard the Hebrew Bible but each have their own recorded versions of prayers, rituals, holy days and commandments. The Christians added the New Testament based on the life and messages from Jesus, the son of God. The 5 books of Moses, called Torah, outlined Jewish law. Jews did not believe that Jesus was a prophet; he was believed to be a false prophet. Islamists view the Qur’an as sacred text and words from God. Muhammad is said to have shared messages with

Islam is one of the three major monotheistic religions and is the second largest in terms of followers. Muslims share some of the same beliefs as other main monotheistic religions including heaven, hell, angels, and devils. In Islam, God or Allah is believed to be all powerful, seeing, hearing, and knowing. Muslims, followers of Islam believe there is a day of judgement as well as predestination by god. Muslims also believe in the prophets of god and believe in Muhammad as the prophet that brought Islam to this world. Muslims believe in their book, the Quran was sent down from God. The prophet Muhammad was born in 570 A.D. and introduced Islam in 610 A.D making it one of the youngest religions, after experiencing an angelic visitation from

Islam is one of the biggest religions known within the world today. It is considered to be a monotheistic religion, that has two main sections known as Shia Islam and Sunni Islam. Islam is believed to have started in Arabia where Abraham, a key prophet, built the Ka’ba in Mecca, which is religious place for pilgrimage and worship still to this day (Silverstein, 9). Sunni Islam makes up the religions majority and concentrates on the idea that preserves the structures of society within their community which will fulfill their God-given responsibilities (Dowley, pg. 397-400). The Sunni and Shia sections are divided due to arguments after Muhammad died. The Sunnis believed that Muhammad’s successor should be Abu Bakr, Muhammad’s father-in-law (Tasch, Business Insider). The Shia Muslims believed Muhammad’s successor should have been Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was Muhammad’s cousin (Tasch, Business Insider). This created an extreme divide within the religious movement but the Sunnis won over the majority, and still to this day hold the majority of followers within the religion.

Before complex religions of the classical and postclassical period controlled the empires of this time, various forms of polytheism reigned supreme. Grecian and Roman mythology with gods such as Hermes, Athena, and Jupiter were idolized by people before the rise Christianity. In the Arabian regions, animism and less distant forms of polytheism were practiced by its inhabitants. From 600-1450, Islam and Christianity placed an emphasis on missionary work and its leaders used the religions in order to consolidate power from people. However, Islam emphasized intellectual achievements and developments while Christianity discouraged this with a focus in theology.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are a few of the oldest religions still practiced around the world in modern day, and these religions are also the first of the monotheistic religions. Today, they are recognized as the three major monotheistic religions . The Jewish history can be traced back to Abraham’s time, but it’s main founder was Moses making Judaism the first monotheistic religion ever recorded in history . The origin of Christianity can be traced back to Jesus’ time on earth. Christianity does not have a specific founder, but it did borrow aspects from Judaism; thus, Christianity became the second monotheistic religion. The Bible was written by God through chosen authors, and it is Christianity’s sacred text. The Bible clearly explains the specific aspects of Christianity that are still followed today.

Civilization affected various groups such as women in many diverse ways that had caused a negative impact on civilization. Women in ancient civilization industrialized negatively due to the lack of respect women had gotten from men. The thought women had gotten from the males was that their only purpose in life was to be the mother; only seen, not heard for both women and children. To show that women and their children had no freedom, independence, and were considered a property of the male: “210. If a woman should die, they shall kill his daughter” (“FROM The Code of Hammurabi” 23). By men treating women as if they had no freedom, independence, and were the property of the men they negatively influence the development of civilization for women by making it more difficult for their civilization to expand.