cathy Smith Intro to World religions 2/17/2009 Compare and Contrast: Christianity and Islam Introduction Although Christianity and Islam have been and are dominating the scene it is necessary to place both in their proper perspective taking into account human history of faith in the supernatural or something beyond our five senses. Side by side with this awe mixed fear of the unknown is the feeling of being cocksure and confident of one’ own power. It is the same of the caveman
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Christianity and Islam The Middle East is a significant historical region where it served as the birthplace for many cultures and religions such as Christianity and Islam. As they expanded from this region‚ both of these religions had substantial impact on the course of history. However‚ Christianity and Islam have their similarities in religious beliefs and their differences in expansion between the two religions. The Arabs like the Christians and the Jews‚ believed in unseen spirits such
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Islam and Christianity The religions of Islam and Christianity are very different in there own way‚ but these two religions actually have a lot in common. Christianity an Islam both read text that offer an account of the life and works of Jesus. Both believe Mary‚ the mother of Jesus‚ was a virgin. Therefore Jesus was born miraculously. They also believe that there is one god. These are just a few similarities between Islam and Christianity. To begin ‚ Christianity and Islam study the religious
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Christianity is the most popular religion in the world and Islam is the fastest growing. Christianity has 2.2 billion followers‚ it’s the religion with the most followers. Islam has 1.7 billion followers making it the second biggest and fastest growing religion in the world. They are the two biggest religions in the world. Christianity is the most populated and best known religion in the world. The Christian God is split into three forms. They believe he is the‚ Holy Spirit‚ God‚ and Jesus‚ which
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Christianity is made up of people who believe in the higher prophet named Jesus. Individuals who practice this belief are called Christians and often believe Jesus is the Son of God in a Holy Trinity. Most Christians believe Jesus walked the earth as God in human form and will return at the end of time. Islam is made up of people who believe in Allah as god. Individuals who practice Islam are called muslims. Muslims believe in a higher prophet‚ named Muhammad‚ who roamed the earth. Though both Christianity
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Islam and Christianity have so many similarities and yet many differences. Historically‚ there have been many monotheistic and also polytheistic religions but none had strong impact as the great Muslim empire and the all powerful Roman Christian empire. The Roman Christian Empire at first did not see the point the this religion in fact the hated the religion so much that they were willing to kill‚ Although thousands of people nailed to a cross on a hill for others to see what would happen if others
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God or a group of gods. Christianity and Islam being the most widely practiced religions in the world. Islam is a submissive religion‚ and people who practice this religion feel that they must submit to God and Muhammad. Christians believe that they should follow the preaching that Jesus taught. They are very different when it comes to beliefs in Jesus‚ prayer methods‚ and Holy Scriptures. Christians and Islam both believe that Jesus played an important role‚ however Islam believes that Jesus was
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Travis Green Rel 110-01 Sandy Pittman July 28‚ 2010 Compare and Contrast Islam‚ Christianity‚ and Judaism The Middle East is a main region where it served as the origin for many societies and religions such as Christianity and Islam. As they lengthened from this region‚ both of these religions had extensive influence on the route of times gone by. The Christians instituted new churches in cities and this made the expansion of Christianity through the first two centuries a fundamentally metropolitan
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Contrast Christianity and Islam From a broad perspective Christianity and Islam look almost identical but when you bring in the facts of these two religions you can see that there are many differences. Some major differences are that Christianity believe that Jesus was God compared to how Muhammad was not seen as a God but a very holy prophet‚ Christianity also believes in the bible where Islam believes in the Quran or the Koran‚ and they also had different rules to follow for example Christians
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Spread of Islam vs. Spread of Christianity 600 CE to 1250 CE—a time in which Islam’s golden age took place and‚ from a Eurocentric point of view‚ a time of Christian expansion and conversion—was a period of religious spread and expansion. While Islam was “spread by the sword” due to the military conquests and expansion of the Arab empire (which was predominantly Muslim)‚ Christianity had no association with a specific race or group of peoples and therefore did not spread with the purpose of expanding
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