The Between Landscape And Christianity

Christianity began its succession into the most dominant worldwide religion after Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days build another made without hands.” Upon Jesus’ death and resurrection, he completed this task setting forth the development of Christianity. Since Jesus left no formal authoritative power, organization, or agreed upon scriptures, a wide variety of sects gained popularity in the development of Christianity. Most of these sects were later deemed as heretic, one of the most notable being Gnosticism. Gnosticism was a dualist religion believing the material world evil and the invisible spirit realm good. This belief obligated Gnosticism to follow Docetic interpretations. Docetism is the belief that Jesus was never truly man but rather a divine from the spirit world. All forms of Christianity, however, believe Jesus is son of God sent as humanity’s savior from damnation. Docetism, along with other aspects of Gnosticism, drove other Christians condemn Gnosticism as heresy. Gnosticism, however, is more comparable to Canonical Christians than realized. Specifically, the distinction between Docetism and strict Canonical belief is not only insignificant but also justifiable due to Canonical contradictions surrounding Jesus’ existence.

As global warming intensifies, glaciers melt and forests reduced，more and more people begin to be concerned about environment problem. Environment is the fundamental of our existence，so we need protect environment. Paul H. Rubin in his article “Environmentalism as religion” says “But there is another sense in which environmentalism is becoming more and more like a religion: It provides its adherents with an identity”(399). He thinks environmentalism like a religion, and environmentalism and religion have many same characteristic. I agree Rubin’s opinion. Like religion, environmentalism has difference tribe, environmentalist like a missionary, environmentalism and religion both have food taboos and they also

Watching this interaction, Janie felt deep within her that she, too, was a part of this connection, “It connected itself with vaguely felt matters that struck her outside observation and buried themselves in her flesh” (Hurston 10-11). The interaction between the pollinator and the flower weaved into Janie’s mind, enticing her. The “love embrace” (Hurston 11) of the two lead Janie to change her view of marriage and what it meant to be in love. She realized that love is natural and should be felt with one’s whole being. Janie, now consumed by her new belief made a decision to be lead by love. This caused a series of events that entangled her in a loveless marriage, to Logan Killicks, a man she neither felt attraction to, or loved. While she felt trapped, her new belief still burned bright inside

Secularism is the indifference to or rejection of formal religion. The most secular countries today are in Europe. Secularism has become more widespread during the past century due to the rise in democracy. Democratic governments disadvantage the traditional practices of a religion because they offer freedom, whereas other forms of government may force it's population to practice a specific religion. For example, the predominance of Islam in the Middle East can be associated with the influence of Taliban, a militant movement in the area that enforces the Islamic religion.

In the excerpt from The Emerald Mile, Fedarko uses religious diction to convey that during the time of day right after the sunset in late June the Grand Canyon changes from a physical to a spiritual place. Fedarko is trying to convey that with one glimpse of the Grand Canyon right before the sky becomes dark it can feel like an “act of atonement for the sins of the world.” Thus, he shows that instead of the Canyon just being a giant natural rock it changes to a sacred place where all the sins of the world can be left behind and forgotten. This conveys that this place is more than a beautiful site it is a place for finding one’s true self and getting rid of all of the sins in the world. Another thing that Fedarko says to convey the magnificence

How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries? The region has evolved in many ways for example the birth of KRISHNA too place in 3,000 B.C, Hinduism started around 1,500 B.C. in India and grew then the birth of ABRAHAM around 1,500 B.C. Judaism began as the covenant between God and Abraham around 1812 B.C. shortly after where the Israelites conquer Levant, the birth of Buddhism began around the 6th century into present day in Lumbini, Nepal and it is one of the oldest religion today. The map displays the spread of certain religions that stayed mainly in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Islam started in 610 through the Arabian Peninsula. Christianity was developed out of Judaism in the 1st century and was founded on the resurrection of Jesus Christ and that Jesus was the son of God. Christianity and Islam expanded throughout the world becoming the two most dominant religions overtime. Christianity spread abroad and was the main religion throughout the world with Islam following. The map again displays that Christianity spread throughout with Islam and Judaism mostly in the middle east, Hinduism and Buddhism in India and Asia.

In the book When Mystical Creatures Attack by Kathleen Founds, many elements and ideas are used to combine multiple stories together. One of the most important elements used throughout the book was the use of religion. The book mentions God, the Devil, the Bible and many other aspects and symbols that are components of religious faith. With the use of those religious elements we get an understanding where two of the main characters, Laura Freedman and Janice Gibbs, stand on their beliefs and how their beliefs influences their life. In addition, it also helps reveal the underlying message of the book.

Through the study of scripture, Christian movements and the views of historical and contemporary figures, it can be said that Christian ethical teachings have a significant influence on the lives of its adherents. A prime example of the effects of these teachings is the nature and practice of Christian environmental ethics. The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy defines environmental ethics as the discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its nonhuman contents. Although each denomination has its own unique manner of judging ethical understanding, the basic and fundamental structures of their environmental

The author's main purpose for writing A Myth of a Christian Nation is to explain how the world has claimed to be founded on christian principles but has neglected to see that this is a lie that we as christians and people in society have told ourselves to make it seem like we are “ one nation under God”. Boyd also focuses in on and introducing our role in the kingdom of God vs the kingdom of the world and our role in politics and society.

In the first chapter of “Christianity Rediscovered” by Vincent J. Donovan he is introducing us to the idea that missionaries now have a poor reputation due to their history. He says “History has offered the opportunity to deflect and distort the meaning of missionary work in every age”. For a long time a missionary was a person spreading the word of God and after years of doing so we have diminished many different beliefs, practices, cultures and history. At the time it was thought to be the right thing, to spread out and share the gospel to help people find meaning and acceptance. In today’s age a missionary is a lot of different things, in many cases it is more focused on the health and physical wellbeing of the people. Many people still share the gospel through missionary work, but in other cases it is more of a material aid. Donovan introduces the book as a voyage of discovery he wants us to put our normal beliefs aside to see his perspective of living a missionaries life and struggling with the fact of if you are helping or hurting.

The Holy Bible, one of the most influential and important books in the history of Western Civilization, if not the world. It is a central part of the lives of an estimated 2.4 billion people, the scriptures are described as “the Sword of the Spirit” in Ephesians 6:17 and are the basis of Christian theology. Obviously, the Bible is of great significance to anyone who wants to know about God, the Gospels or Christianity. That is why, as the first post in For the Love of Jesus, I want to go over seven key reasons to study this amazing book.

Christianity is a popular religion that saw its beginnings around two-thousand years ago in the Middle East. There are many forms of Christianity that have spread throughout the world and have shaped our history in many ways. In fact, according to year 2000 version of the World Christian Encyclopedia there are “33,820” different denominations of Christians around the world (1). The differences within the faith come from divisions between one group, or another and are defined by their doctrine and church’s spiritual authority. Issues such as who Jesus was as a person, the esteem of apostolic succession, eschatology, and papal power also separate one denomination from another. Some groups do not consider themselves to be a denomination

Throughout history, Christianity always had a reputation, or a “name” following it. Different perspectives approached the reputation that was attached to Christianity in different manners. Justin Martyr and Porphyry had objectives when defining whether this “name” really defined Christianity and the past. They wondered whether the past really represented Christianity. Additionally they honed in on the question of was the past that people represented as Christianity really the roots of Christianity? All around Porphyry and Justin was perceptions of what Christianity rooted from and stood for.

In the following paper, I will be examining Lynn White Jr.’s (1967) chargers that Christianity, specifically Catholicism, is the reason behind our ecological crisis because of its emphasis on God’s transcendence, thus making it “the most anthropocentric religion in the world” (p. 1205). By turning to Pope Francis’ (2015) encyclical “Laudato Si’” and to John E. Carroll’s (2001) chapter titled “Catholicism and Deep Ecology”, I will seek to argue against White, by showing how Catholicism is fundamentally concerned with ecology based on its vision of God’s immanence.

I believed that the criteria for how I support or violate my pastoral identity, and how I know I have succeeded as pastor to support my call to be pastor. I learn something totally new from the text that says “therefore, Christian counseling enters into this work of the Spirit as he is forming the unique identity of the counselee. Preaching, Christian education, and supportive fellowship all contribute to this same intention. Counseling has no unique agenda….each method promotes God’s intention” (Kollar54). I learned that there are true about identity of pastor. I believe that I cannot get very far in my pastoral counseling without focus on the Holy Spirit if you are true pastor or minister of Word. I must start to focus on myself by counseling