Obstacles Of Christian Growth

Christianity was born and flourished in an empire where the common language was Latin and Greek. Two important people like Paul and Constantine further influenced and were a major part of the development of Christianity. The history of the Jews leading up to the time of Jesus had a major impact on the development of Christianity. “When Christianity was clearly identified as a distant religion, the new religion was considered by its members to be the fulfillment of Judaism rather than a new religion.” “Since Jesus was a Jew and preached to the Jews, Christianity was closely linked to Judaism.” The development of Christianity was due to several historical, political, and social circumstances.

The Indian religions were composites of ceremonies and attitudes of the most diverse sort, no single technique of conversion could be employed. Conversion required both the introduction of Catholic Christianity and the extirpation of existing native religions, and of the two tasks the latter was the more difficult one.[xi] Modern anthropology demonstrates that the elimination of pagan traits was only partial. In Indian societies of the twentieth century, even in the areas of most active Christian labour, residual pagan forms survived.

Identify one Christian community living or serving in a Hindu context. Analyze the principles and practices of the group in light of key Hindu beliefs and practices.

In Chapter ten the history of Hinduism is discussed in America and India. Instead of illustrating the religious doctrines of Hinduism. The author lists statistics about the livelihoods of Asian Indians. For example, there are eighteen different official languages in India. As the author emphasizes that doctrines have nothing to do with Hinduism, but the actions that individuals commit. The orthodoxy is a set of responsibilities that Hindus must carry out. If they wish to be reincarnated into a higher caste. In addition, the origin of Hinduism is mentioned within the chapter. That Hinduism is the only major religion that does not have a founder and has no beginning as there is not a specific known date of when it originated. Moreover, Hinduism is the oldest major religion and is the only polytheistic faith among the five popular creeds.

Hinduism is one of the most diverse religions still practiced today. They are an adaptive religion, often taking in the local Gods of its followers, leading to many branches of the religion that occur much like dialects within a language. Although it is difficult to catalog all of the Hindu Gods and Goddesses, there is estimated to be over 300 million of them. It is common for people unfamiliar with the religion to generalize all those living on the Indian subcontinent as “Hindu”, since they are usually not aware of the many religions that are practiced in India, and how similar they can be. This generalization can trace its roots back to imperial British rule of the country. In an attempt to offer their colony representation in Parliament, a census was taken of the colony to offer representation based on religion. The census did not allow for the diversity of belief that occurs under the Hindu

Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 30, Fasc. 2, pp. 143-167. Retrieved March 4, 2013, from JSTOR database. Dehejia, R. H., & Dehejia, V. H. (1993). Religion and Economic Activity in India: An Historical Perspective. American Journal Of Economics And Sociology, 52(2), 145-153.

Religion is a fundamental element of human society. It is what binds a country, society or group of individuals together. However, in some instances it destroys unity amoungst these. Religion is a belief in a superhuman entity(s) which control(s) the universe. Every religion has its differences but most strive for a just life and the right morals. The three major groups are the primal regions which consist of African, Aboriginal and Native American religions, Asian which consist of South Eastern Asian religions and Abrahamic religions which consist of Middle Eastern religions. The foci of this essay are the differences between the Abrahamic religion, Christianity, and the Asian region Buddhism as well as making reference to the Islamic

After a dynasty, empire, or society falls, it must rebuild anew after evaluating its recent political, cultural, and social influences. South Asia from 600 BCE to 600 CE, as well as Western Europe from 300 CE to 800 CE--both in stages of reformation-- were constructed in similar ways religiously with a present aspect of self-denial, and socially with the subordination of women partly due to religion. Yet, the two realms differed politically in that South India was more stable, and there was an evident contrast of how South India explored education in ways broader than solely religious ones.

Religions have been around for many thousands of years. Catholicism is one of the largest religions in the world. India is a country in Asia, and is a little bigger than Texas, but has over 2 billion people. A 2001 survey showed there to a little over “24 million Christians” in India (Christianity). This topic was appealing to me because I had lived in a boarding school in India from fourth grade to sixth grade. I had seen the effects of this religion on the people and how they reacted towards change. I had seen how people adapted to the religion and how people put down the religion turning to other religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. I can relate to these people because

The religion that is the focused in this article is Hinduism, but Christianity is also mentioned. The main point being made in this article is that critics allege it is not just caste discrimination leading many Dalits in Nepal to turn away from Hindu beliefs and become Christians. The author, Pete Pattisson, is not an insider of the religion, but he wants to bring to light how other religions can make a huge impact on a person’s religious belief. The author treated the Hindu religion in a respect manner, even when the Christian faith tries to convert Hindus. The author tries to focus on a specific issue that affects the Hindu faith. Even though Hinduism is still the dominating religion in Nepal, it was formerly the only Hindu state in the

Christianity and Hinduism influenced each other as the British rule took control over the Indian people there were violent moments in time that caused a lot of hatreds between one another, But, there have been memorable figures, who have left an everlasting impression across the world judging from the difference in beliefs in their path of life. According in history, Christianity was brought to India by the discipline Thomas in the first Century, even though many regions have been exposed to it, it did not have any impact in the Society. However, it took a much more serious challenge when was brought up by the British Empire with the British East India Company and British missionaries could enter the country. One impact it has was the practices

As Christians we are trying to re-invent our beliefs, faith and righteous living to fit in the modern world. We are trying to move with the tide, follow trends and changes. We are incorporating what is in the world into Christianity. Christians are trying to hold on to what God expects us to do and living righteously but it is getting harder as the world is changing.

In order to fully understand how religion and spirituality are different, as well as how religion is exploited, one must first have an effective definition of the two terms. Religion is a certain mode of orientation towards reality (Howerth, 1983). This definition encompasses many things, and therefore personal beliefs cannot make up the whole of religion. Oftentimes, religion is seen as a moral standard for humans to evaluate their lives against. However, if one looks deeper into the reasons behind moral values, one finds that values that are virtuous are those that contribute to the development of society, and values that are dishonorable are those that impair the development of society. Religion consists of organized bodies that congregate with the purpose of creating social order (Bharati, 1971). When one looks at any religion, one can see this, but a blatant example is the religion of Hinduism. An integral part of this religion is the caste system. From an outside perspective, the caste system seems very cold and uninviting – the exact opposite of what the general public takes religion to be. However, the caste system served the purpose of organizing a society for many years (Mathur, 1974). According to the working definition of religion, the caste system of Hinduism is

Throughout history religion has been used as means to justify actions and to control people. The two earliest examples are Zoroastrianism and Hinduism. The time frames that will be discussed will be the reign of Cyrus, 521 to 486 BCE, and India from 1500 to 500 BCE, before the Persians had a direct effect on India. The Persian religion is thought to be Zoroastrianism or a derivative of it, called Achaemenian. (For this paper the Persian’s religion will be referred to as Zoroastrianism.) However, Cyrus did not strive to spread his religion he introduced his self into other religions as a divine figure. Hinduism is a religion whose origins are unknown but are speculated to have been initiated by the Aryan people. The development of the

Country like India with world’s second largest population of around 1.271 billion people (2015), more than the 6th of the world total population. India’s population consist of 50% of its population range below age of 25years and 65% of population range below age of 35 years. The main concern of government of India lies in giving strong grounds to the young generation which will be the future of India, henceforth quality education, nourishment and exposure right from primary and upper primary. In order to overcome such challenges government of India came up with the scheme of midday meal scheme. Midday meal scheme serves nutritious to the school age children nationwide. The programme supplies free lunch to all students from