11 CHRISTIANITY A (a) What does the festival of Pentecost (Whitsun) celebrate? [1] (b) State three things that happened in the story of this festival. [3] (c) Explain the importance of this festival for Christians. [6] 2 ISLAM (a) What is the Muslim place of worship called? [1] (b) Name three features of this place of worship. [3] (c) Explain the importance of this place of worship for Muslims. [6] Section C In this section‚ answer either Question 7 or Question 8. 7 (a)
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Commonalities Between Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism Religion has always been an integral part of society. One cannot understand modern culture‚ history or language without a knowledge of the subject. Though there are many religions‚ three of the most influential are Christianity‚ Judaism and Islam. In fact‚ as of 2010‚ 54.9 percent of the world’s population identifies as Jewish‚ Muslim or Christian (Pew Research‚ p.9). The relationship between these three religions has influenced the world dramatically
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Judaism differs from Christianity when coming to the Person of jesus Christ‚ the Christianity teaches that jesus christ is the fulfillment of the old testament prophecies while the Judaism takes jesus as a good teacher and a prophet of god not a messiah (gotquestion.org). They do not believe that he is the messiah because the word “Messiah” is an English rendering of the Hebrew word “Mashiach”‚ which means “Anointed” and a person initiated into God’s service by being anointed with oil (Rabbi Shraga
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Angela Hylton English 101 Prof. Gail McCrady March 20‚ 2014 Christianity Vs. Judaism At the most basic levels Christians are anyone who professes that Jesus of Nazareth is the “Christ” (the “Messiah or the Anointed one”) of God. This might sound simple‚ yet what does It mean? And what else do Christians believe about “Jesus” and “God.” Christianity is the Number one religion worldwide with 2.1 participants. It is approximately one third of the Worlds population. (and about god.com)
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sharply contrasts with the Islamic pro - merchant attitude towards trade. Both Christianity and Islam’s attitudes gradually became more neutral‚ more moderate towards the end of the Post - Classical. The sharpest contrast between the views of Christians and Merchants towards trade can be seen during their respective religion’s origins‚ as exemplified in Documents 1‚ 2 and 3. Document 1 illustrates the founder of Christianity‚ Jesus’ negative view towards merchants and trade‚ along with Document 3 illustrating
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Christianity and Islam are often thought to be two very different religions. However‚ there are many similarities to go with these differences. Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity share many similarities‚ but have some differences. In the following paragraphs these similarities and differences will be compared. There are many more similarities between Christianity and Islam than what the average person thinks. One for example‚ would be how the religions teach people how to treat one another
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religions together based on similar belief systems. The problem with this type of grouping is that these religions are so very‚ very different. One example is that of Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam being grouped together as the Western religions. Perhaps Islam doesn’t fit into this statement so well but for Christianity and Judaism people tend to think that these religions are very similar. Furthermore‚ many people know that there are differences between the
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Christianity/Islam CC Essay Christianity and Islam were similar and different in the 11th century socially in the power limits for women‚ how many wives a man was allowed‚ and religious heirarchy. Intellectual similarities and differences are books and religious influence. Economically‚ the differences and similarities are dessimination and the origins of the religions. One of the social similarities in Christianity and Islam in the 11th century is that women in both religions had limited power
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there are many contributing factors that individuals take into consideration. In this paper I will compare and contrast‚ Christianity and Judaism’s basic ideologies in order to exhibit ways that monotheism religions are dominant in modern day society depending on their beliefs. Christianity is the largest religion with about 2.8 billion religious believers‚ in addition‚ Christianity has hundreds of denominations‚ such as
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INTRODUCTION Islam is a religion which all of its followers believe that there is one and only God‚ named Allah‚ the followers of Islam are called Muslims‚ and the teachings and beliefs of Islam are written out in a Holy book‚ called Qur’an‚ which was revealed to the last messenger of Allah‚ named Muhammad Ibn Abdullah. Muslims believe that Qur’an was spoken to Prophet Muhammad by an Angel named Jeebril‚ and that is the word of Allah. There were other Prophets of Allah before Muhammad SAW‚ including
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