GEK1045: “Introduction to World Religions” Semester 1 AY2010-2011 Term Paper COVER PAGE Name: LIM YU CONG DARRYL Matric Number: A0086492U Tutorial Time: THURSDAY‚ 1000-1200HRS Question Attempted: 01 Please attach proof of Special Consideration/Extension approved by your tutor A world religion encapsulates the following: “(1) A worldwide view; (2) The presence of a community of faith” (Schmidt et al 2005‚ 1). Through the years‚ religion has also provided “culturally prescribed
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Philosophy and Religion: Are they compatible? For me‚ philosophy and religion are compatible. Philosophy has always had a major role in the church as means to spread knowledge and also to learn more about Gods revelation. The Christian religion is God’s revelation to us. It is compatible with natural philosophy‚ but it is not necessarily something we would have come up with on our own. Philosophy doesn’t contradict religion‚ some atheist evangelicals use it as a "tool" although they do not
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RELIGION AND FAITH IN HUMANITY According to me‚ discussion about which religion is true or the best doesn’t hold any significance because for me‚ religion is something that controls the man of the innumerous temptations available all around and directs the man to the righteous path and elicits the humanity in him. Herman Melville‚ Moby Dick rightly said “I have no objection to any person’s religion‚ be it what it may‚ so long as that person does not kill or insult any other person‚ because that
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RELIGION CAUSES WAR: PROS AND CONS There are many arguments and counter-arguments when discussing the topic of religion causing war. Many critics argue that throughout history‚ religion has been the single greatest source of human-caused wars‚ suffering‚ and misery. In the name of God (by whatever name)‚ more suffering has been inflicted than by any other man-made cause. (Pro Side) Critics on the other side counter that modern secular ideological movements are actually responsible for much greater
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The following that is known as Shinto is considered to be the main ethnic religion of the people of Japan. “Shinto” means “the way of the kami” or way of the gods in Japanese. Shinto is also known as “kami-no-michi” in Romanized Japanese. Originally‚ it was known and adopted from the term “Shindo”‚ which has roots from the Chinese term Shendao‚ which combines two Japanese Kanji (“shin”‚ meaning “spirit”‚ and “tō”‚ meaning “a philosophical study”) to create the word Shinto‚ which is commonly used
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2. Religion in the Ancient Orient Religion for the people in the Ancient Orient was very important. Each people had its own religion: there were monotheistic and polytheistic religions. The Egyptians had several gods they believed in. The most famous ones are: - Ra: it was the beginning of everything‚ and the hawk-headed god of sun who is holding a Sun disk - Shu and Tefnut: they are the children of Ra; Shu is the god of dryness‚ Tefnut is the god of humidity - Osiris and Isis: they are
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Introduction to Religion: Hinduism Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion‚ and also considered to be the oldest. Hinduism is different from Christianity and other religions because it does not have one founder‚ a defined theological system‚ a system of morality‚ or a prime religious organization. Hinduism consists of thousands of different religious groups that have arranged in India since 1500 BCE. Hinduism is considered a henotheistic religion‚ meaning the people recognize one single
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ONE WOMAN’S WISDOM ON RELIGION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN GHANA Dr. Elizabeth Amoah‚ University of Ghana. This topic‚ I realise‚ is so broad and complex that one faces with problems of specifically‚ defining religion and environment‚ the two basic concepts in the title of this paper and linking the two concepts together. Again‚ there is the problem of selecting which aspects of the two concepts to focus on in such a short presentation. From the indigenous Akan[1] world-
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world there are many religions. Most of the religions are based off of one specific religion. Even though they may be similar to each other they are also different. I have chosen to write my paper about three religions or faiths these religions would be Paganism‚ Christianity‚ and Buddhism. I have chosen to write about these three because they all have similarities to one another as well as differences. As you are reading this paper you will learn about each of these religions or faiths‚ what they
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Religion was an important part of everyday life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. It defined the way in which society went about things‚ and had a large influence in both towns. There were many differing religions available to the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum‚ ranging from foreign cults like that of the Egyptian god Isis‚ to cults that believed the emperor himself to be a god. All of these differing religions seem to be openly accepted and therefore indicates a fairly open societal mind when it came
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