Studying Religion Louie Barajas World Religious Traditions II / REL 134 Date: September 29‚ 2013 Instructor: James Davidson Introduction Religion is a set of beliefs and practices by a person or persons. Usually it entails a higher spiritual being as its center of focus. These beliefs can be influenced by culture and differentiating worldly views that relate humanity to an order of existence. Many religions today have specific narratives‚ which define their belief. They use symbols‚ and sacred
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You Can Have What You Want: (Huston Smith’s interpretation of the fundamental meaning of Hinduism) 1) Pleasure "If pleasure is what you want‚ seek it intelligently" Pleasure is viewed as a positive‚ legitimate desire in Hinduism However‚ it does not satisfy completely b/c it is too privatized and fleeting 2) Worldly Success Wealth‚ fame‚ and power Like pleasure‚ worldly success is also viewed as a positive desire However‚ it likewise does not completely satisfy for the following reasons:
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Islam the most misunderstand religion in the world “The Islam religion establishes a clear system of worship‚ civil rights‚ laws of marriage and divorce‚ laws of inheritance‚ code of behavior‚ what not to drink‚ what to wear‚ and what not to wear‚ how to worship God‚ how to govern‚ the laws of war and peace‚ when to go to war‚ when to make peace‚ the law of economics‚ and the laws of buying and selling. Islam is a complete code of life” (Alkhuli‚ M. Al‚ 2012). Even though dealing with the damage
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Review On Language‚ Religion‚ And The Politics of Difference By: Nurul Husna‚ Rogers Brubaker wrote quite a lengthy article‚ still‚ there is a few ideas that I would like to argue with my personal oppinions. On his writing he had mentioned that‚ “Language‚ after all‚ is a universal and persuasive medium of social life‚ while religion is not.” When I read this part of his article‚ I could not help but to feel annoyed. This is because in my own religion‚ Islam—we approach it as our fundamentals
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Otto Von Bismarck and the events of the 1860’s played a very significant role to the unification of Germany by 1871. Some historians dispute upon the concept that Bismarck was solely a “master planner”‚ arguing that he was in fact a pragmatist or an opportunist meaning that he took advantage of the situations around such as the conditions of the countries. Historian Mosse notes that due to the conditions of intentional opposing countries (such as; Russia‚ Britain‚ France and Austria) Bismarck was
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Islam – A Diverse Religion in a Diverse World DeVry University The ill view of the Islamic faith remains years after 9/11. A more comprehensive knowledge of their faith and its good attributes will help in our perceptions and how we treat members of this religious order. There are certain factions of the Islamic faith that are terrorists‚ this has been proven in more than one instance. These are the radicals of the faith. There are many more
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Islam- A Diverse Religion in A Diverse World Mary Zink DeVry University On September 11th 2001 at 8:45 am an American Airlines Jet Flight 11‚ hit the north tower of the World Trade Center; several minutes later at 9:06 United Airlines flight 175 hit the south tower of the World Trade Center. Most of the citizens of the United States watched their televisions in horror as this terrible tragedy unfolded. This single terrorist attack on U.S. soil brought to the attention of the average American
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introductory comments by Okholm and Phillips‚ are found in the book‚ Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World‚ edited by Okholm and Phillips. In this work‚ John Hick argues the view of normative pluralism and its assertion that all ethical religions lead to God. Clark Pinnock promotes inclusivism and the view that salvation is ultimately based in Christ even though people of other religions may be saved apart from explicit faith in Christ. Alister E. McGrath argues for a particularist view of salvation
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Introduction To World Religions What is Religion? A system of beliefs and practices (are put to organize life somehow) that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities. (example: in some cultures something are important‚ but it not might be important in our culture) Religion talks about-( how we care/ how we don’t care. etc) Adherence-(we stick to these things) to a set of believes or teaching about the deepest & most elusive-(hard
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The religion that I have chosen to discuss is the Jewish religion‚ or Judaism. In seeking information about Judaism‚ I conducted an interview at the Beth Israel Congregation near downtown Fayetteville‚ North Carolina. The synagogue is located at 2204 Morganton Rd.‚ only a few miles from downtown Fayetteville and only a few miles from a major shopping mall in the area. Upon arriving at the synagogue in the afternoon heat of nearly 90 degrees‚ I was surprised to see the plush gardens to one side of
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