COMPARISON OF HINDUISM AND ISLAM Defining Religion We are asked to make a comparison of a monotheistic religion and a polytheistic religion. I will endeavour to compare and contrast the religions of Hinduism and Islam. Religion is a system of beliefs‚ practices and philosophical values shared by a group of people which originated out of the need to recognize the importance of society and serves to maintain social order‚ solidarity or integration and provides meaning to social life. Religion
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Animism is a name that is directed towards a complex of primitive beliefs that imputes a soul or spirit to all things both animate or inanimate. It is derived from Latin anima which is breath‚ spirit and life. The idea of Animism was derived from one of the earliest anthropological accounts of the origin of religion. Tylor’s theory‚ created by Edward B. Tylor in 1866
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Buddhism and Hinduism both became popular in Ancient India during the Mauryan Empire‚ probably due to the idea that one could achieve perfection and escape their worldly troubles. Buddhism and Hinduism both have a state enlightenment and a belief in nonviolence‚ but Hinduism has many gods and a rigid caste system‚ while Buddhism is more free‚ rejecting the caste system and the idea of gods. Buddhism and Hinduism both have a state of enlightenment. In Buddhism‚ this state of enlightenment is referred
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Annotation on David Abram David Abram wrote an essay Animism and the Alphabet‚ which is about how alphabets have affected human society. He talks about how alphabets have worked as a differentiation between human and nature. Socrates and Plato are used as his supporting points. I made annotations as I read this piece‚ and there are two lines that captured my interest. They are annotations on “ Without writing‚ knowledge of the diverse properties of particular animals‚ plants and places can be preserved
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Tylor’s theories to expand on his own. Both anthropologists grew up in strict Protestant households‚ yet later went on to question the nature behind the foundations of religion. E.B. Tylor viewed animism as the heart and foundation of all religion‚ and based many of his speculations from that observation. Animism‚ and consequently religion to Tylor‚
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Dharma is one of the main concepts in both Buddhism and Hinduism and even though they are the same word‚ there are many differences between the two. In Hinduism‚ they believe dharma to mean righteousness‚ justice‚ faith‚ duty‚ and a religious and social obligation (Oxtoby‚ Segal p. 274)‚ while in Buddhism‚ dharma is said to be morality and truth (Oxtoby‚ Segal p. 377). Both religions say that when dharma declines‚ this is when the Buddha is born for Buddhists and when lord Krishna comes to save the
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speech and to understand a spoken language. Elder - a person venerated for age and wisdom. Spiritual - concerned with sacred or religious things‚ related to the human spirit or soul. Ethics - a system of morals; rules for human conduct. Animism - the attribution of a living soul to plants‚ animals‚ inanimate objects‚ and natural phenomena. Vision quest - the process of purifying
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INTRODUCTION Salvation is a common belief for many religions despite the difference in their Supreme Being or Beings‚ which they seek deliverance from. In this research‚ a comparison between how salvation is viewed by Christians and Hindus will be examined so a conclusion can be formed. What is Christianity? Christianity is God’s revelation of himself and purpose to mankind. And his revelation was designed to bridge the gap between a rebellious world and a caring God. Christianity is found
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In some cases the animist prospects are pantheistic. In other words‚ it includes the idea of God and spirits‚ however‚ Pantheism is not a feature of animism. Animism was not purely theoretical for Tylor‚ but something constructed from reports of travellers‚ missionaries and ethnographers. When describing the soul (or mind) of "primitives" as an insignificant human image in the form of vapour or shadow (429)
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Annotation’s made from David Abram Animism and the Alphabet In Animism and the Alphabet‚ David Abram‚ founder and creative director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics‚ goes in depth about how writing and the alphabet developed over the years by various groups of people. After annotating the text‚ I was able to consider the arguments presented by David Abram and found myself questioning many of his viewpoints. As I was reading my annotations‚ one that jumped out at me was when I wrote “may not be “true”
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