Recently in Christian theology and ethics there has been a drive to Liberation Theologies. Most forms of liberation theology were born in the social turmoil of the 1960s. These theologies which aim to liberate oppressed people and groups and seeks to…
Galatians 5:22-23 –This verse is all the things that are good, with grand behavior with no law against it.…
The mightiest movement the world has known in two thousand years. . . is sending out the gladdest message to oppressed humanity that the world has heard since John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness that the world’s Redeemer was coming to relieve the world’s misery….…
The first thing we must understand is the definition for Worldview, which the simple definition is the way you view the world. So the way that we see the world through our eyes and a heart is going to determine the view that we have of the world. That’s why as Christians we need to see the world as the way Christian would view it. Even though Romans is not a complete worldview or a Christian worldview it certainly directs us in the right way of how we should view the world.…
I have a Christian worldview. A worldview is the structure by which an individual or group makes sense of the world. Philip Graham Ryken describes it as “our orientation to reality.” It seeks answers to questions like, “How did we get here?” and “In what is our ultimate hope?” Ryken believes all worldviews are inherently religious because they reveal our “fundamental convictions,” particularly what we believe about God. Further, he believes we all develop a worldview, whether consciously or subconsciously, with regard to the fundamental question of origin, problem, and hope. There are many factors which contribute to one’s worldview, including one’s background, experiences, education, socio-economic circumstances and nationality. Of course,…
Saint Patrick's College Religious Education Department SOR NEW SYLLABUS HSC COURSE ~o,o Area of Study:LIBERATION THEOLOGY Significantl?-eople and Ideas ~ the contribution to Christianity of ONE significant person OR school of thought, other than Jesus, r - Liberation Theology explain the contribution to the development and expression of Christianity of ONE significant person OR school of thought, other than Jesus, ;... Examine the social, cultural and historical context of the establishment of the school of thought. r Clarify the issues, events, situations that the school of thought addressed. :.-…
The Christian worldview provides some essential elements that need to be understood, in order for this worldview to be accepted. These elements consist of God, humanity, Jesus, and being able to analyze what you understand about these elements. In this essay I will help you understand who God is and some of some of his characteristics. I will also let you know who Jesus is and why he died for the sins of the world. I will tell you why God created humanity, and the Christian worldview purpose is for humanity. God’s ultimate plan in the Christian worldview is restoration. I will explain why restoration is necessary in the Christian worldview, the solution to the human problem and what role grace and faith play in this worldview. Then I will analyze some benefits or strengths of Christian belief, what I find confusing about this worldview and how Christianity can influence a person’s thinking and behavior. I will also provide my opinion of the Christian worldview by letting you know my belief, and how I live my life according to my beliefs.…
Christian humanism has its roots in the traditional teaching that humans are made in the image of God (Latin Imago Dei) which is the basis of individual worth and personal dignity. This found strong biblical expression in the Judeo-Christian attention to righteousness and social justice. Its linkage to more secular philosophical humanism can be traced to the 2nd-century, writings of Justin Martyr, an early theologian-apologist of the early Christian Church. While far from radical, Justin in his Apology finds value in the achievements of classical culture .[2] Influential letters by Cappadocian Fathers, namely Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa, confirmed the commitment to using preexisting secular knowledge, particularly as…
The social Gospel promoted a brand of progressivism based on Christian based teaching to help get better housing and living conditions for the poor.…
Religious profiling is one of those things that seems like the right thing to do, but also seems like the wrong thing to do. In the article “Should We Religiously Profile?” by Ben Shapiro, Ben talks about how religiously profiling someone can cause an innocent person to be wrongly convicted, but also not religiously profiling can lead to a large death toll. Religious profiling either works out well or it ends horribly wrong. There is no escaping the problems religious profiling causes, unless of course a person does not religiously profile someone else.…
In recent years, the Episcopal Church has become a welcoming church to people who are part of the LGBTQ community. However, this has come at a price for the church as certain factions and members within it disagree with this openness and acceptance of people that to many live a lifestyle that is considered a sin to God. I will look at certain articles that show what the consequences and divisions that this has caused within the Episcopalian faith.…
In NASA, the Mars science lab rover is acknowledged, over a budget at 2.5 billion dollars. Although Obama’s Fiscal plan for 2013 would incise NASA’s funds from 587 million dollars to 360 million dollars, no quantity of money is worth Mars exploration. Mars is still merely a rocky surface in the midst of no indication of water or active geology. Space exploration is exceptionally expensive to the citizens of the United States; the government could unquestionably use this money to better the country where the people live. Exploration costs millions of dollars which is completely unnecessary to provide the NASA space program.…
Catholicism and Christianity have been around as long as the Heaven and Earth have been around. They are religions based on the life of Jesus of Nazareth, as written in the Bible so many years ago. They are the religions of the true believers (or Apostles) we must say. All over America you are likely to find a Catholic or a Christian and sometimes maybe even both. The odd thing about the two religions is that you can say that, “a Catholic is a Christian, but you cannot say a Christian is a Catholic.” Because Catholicism is a subset of Christianity, but not all Christians are Catholic some are Protestant, Methodist, Mormon, Evangelical, Orthodox, or Baptist.…
Does being a Christian affect how a helping professional perceives their role in helping others? I believe that being a helping professional from a Christian perspective entails understanding God and His purpose for humanity. Humans were created by God to be His representatives on earth. A Christian helping professional realizes that God created humanity in His image with the ability for us to seek and worship Him. As a Christian, helping others needs to be approached from a holistic standpoint, meaning we care about our client’s mental, physical, and spiritual being (Boivin, 1991). God cannot be compartmentalized when helping others, instead His presence is part of the whole healing process. We cannot be whole if part of us is still unhealthy, this includes our spiritual being as well. We can help others with their mental or physical problems, but until we address our client’s spiritual wellbeing the healing process will never be complete.…
Certainly, Christianity as no other religion in the world invites doubters to inquire in the sacred book known as the Bible. That is why, the flaws committed by these biblical characters are not written to question the moral character of God, instead they have been left in the text to evidence how God can fulfill His purposes despite of the inconstancy of the human moral. If Christianity is right in affirming that it has the truth regarding evil and suffering, then people must pay attention to biblical causes of wickedness and human grief. The writer Wright defines evil in two sections and presents its causes. The first section he names it as moral evil that is all wicked actions performed by humans in the world and it can be linked with spiritual evil that is the satanic forces that amplify the human wickedness. The second section is natural evil as the suffering that appears to be part on earth for all nature such as animal suffering and natural disasters. This can be resume in a simple word sin and it is the cause…