Unit 9 Project Religion and Identity Sushane Mason Kaplan University HU320-01 Professor Paul Forrey January 13‚ 2013 The question often arrived what is religion? There are more than one answer to this depending on one’s culture‚ identity‚ ethics and beliefs. Religion can be found in different cultures and throughout the whole period of human history. There is evidence that shows signs of religion such as animal spirits in art and human
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Personal Experience with Religion Everyone is entitled to the way they live and what they believe in. On that note‚ I used to think that religion is something that people came up with to explain the unknown. People do not like to not know how‚ why‚ when‚ and where things happened or have to happen. Scientists and many people examine things just to learn about them‚ to lead to new things that could help human kind and to uncover the unknown. Before doing any research myself I often said that religion
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Dimensions of Religions Religion involves some acknowledgement of the supernatural. Therefore: communism/utilitarianism are NOT religions Various dimensions of religious beliefs -Agentic VS. Communal -Agentic: free agent. -Connection with God on a personal level -e.g. Jesus died for MY sins -Communal -Connection with God on a community level -e.g. Covenant made by God with the Israelites -Catholicism: relatively communal -Catholics have agentic aspects because of the personal connection
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The Concept Of Religion Beshoy Yassa REL/133 Week One The Concept Of Religion Religion is substantial to each person and to the community all over the planet. Each person can study‚ judge‚ and have their personal views with regards to the Bible and their cultures. Some people promote for harmony and calmness in the essentials of religion and the faith solely on one God. One must know the religious beliefs like prayer‚ praising‚ pilgrimage‚ and ceremonies in order for one to acquire information
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Many people believe that religion occurs only in the church‚ temple‚ or other spiritual places of gathering. They see religion and society as complete‚ separate entities. While this view may appear correct on the surface‚ a closer look at religion and society reveals that the two are not separate at all‚ but intricately interconnected and codependent. In reality‚ religion is inherent within many aspects of society‚ and religious beliefs inevitably affect areas such as politics‚ economics‚ and cultural
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Western Religions Human Services 130 Western religions‚ there are three main forms‚ there is Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam. it is best to break them out individually and compare the three. Once this is done‚ each religion is easier to understand you can find newrespect for each though understanding is achieved. The main focal point of any religious aspect is the understanding of God. A breakdown of each so that they are easier to understand is as follows: Judaism: God is omnipotent
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Buddhism sits on an ambiguous line between religion and philosophy‚ and to most people‚ this is still a debatable subject. First let’s define religion and philosophy. “Religion: The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power‚ esp. a personal God or gods.” “Philosophy: The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge‚ reality‚ and existence‚ esp. when considered as an academic discipline” (Wikipedia). These are quite different‚ and at first glance‚ it’s quite a no brainer that Buddhism
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Research Paper—Chaplaincy & Religion in the United States Military The military of the United States has included chaplains and religion to at least some degree since its inception. Local ministers were called upon to counsel members of the militia and would be consulted in the planning phase of operations because of his education and knowledge. (U.S. Chaplains) In July of 1775‚ the Second Constitutional Congress provided $20 per month pay for chaplains. (Military Chaplains) The colonial army
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Religion and Political Choices Religion is a part of our lives and most of the decisions people make are based on their religion. Beside all personal decisions‚ religion has already become one of the factors for voter’s political choices. Many countries don’t have this problem because only one religion exists in there while in major countries‚ especially in the United States of America citizens have different religion and political parties and their nominees might be related to different religions
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The Bill of Rights is a very important document that contains many valuable freedoms that are the foundation of American society. One of the most important freedoms available and that I could not live without is the freedom of religion. No one really wants a government that tells them what it is they should think‚ what are the correct ways to think‚ and then punishes you if you don’t. Throughout history many people have left their homelands due to persecution they have faced for believing in what
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