Religion and Theology

Like every religion the foundation of Islam rests upon the five pillars that constitute the fundamental basis of cardiac faith of any person who claims of being a Muslim. These pillars not only mould the faith of a Muslim but also play a pivotal role in enhancing the belief system of Muslims as they believe that the adherence of these doctrines of the religion will help them in earning the pleasure of God and will help them ultimately in getting a place in heaven on the Day of Resurrection. Lets...

The paper would talk about the way a convert, Paul, universalized Christ in spite of facing some confrontations from the side of Jews. Paul, who as a Roman citizen, used to follow Law of Moses and a persecutor of the new Christian sect. later when he travelled to Damascus from Jerusalem for anti-Christ efforts, Jesus the Christ appeared in front of him and asked why he persecuted him. Paul saw himself as an apostle to the Gentiles (non-Jews) and used to pray in the name of Jesus, and also had privileges...

Among the Chinese, particularly those who practice Taoism, their faith can be summed up in a symbol that is rather uniquitous to all  the yin and the yang.  This symbol is represented in a disk with two separate colors, black and white with a dot of a different color found on the opposite sides.  This symbolizes the two opposing poles that are prevalent in every aspect of life  light and dark, strong and weak, male and female, sun and moon and so on (Asia for Educators). ...

For the last century, evolutionary anthropologist held that a primitives mind equipment is diverse from that of a civilized man. Since then, different arguments concerning the view that the civilized mind is logical, scientific, and abstract, while feral mind is prelogical, superstitious, and concrete. We must not take this seriously. The primitive minds lack of knowledge in their worldview does not prove that they are intellectually incapable in reasoning and in perception of things. In some...

Many religions have place that are considered by adherents to be specially holy or sacred, places where they feel closer to God.. In Hinduism the river Ganges at Benares , one of seven holy cities where early Hindu scholars established their schools is such a site attracting many thousand of visitors each year.  In Buddhism one of the most important sites is the place where Buddha is said to have received enlightenment. This was under a bodhi tree in the 7th century B.C.E. according to the...

Hebrews As the title signifies, this book or epistle was originally addressed to Jewish Christians.  In the early days following conversion through the preaching of some of Jesus original disciples, they became exemplary Christians and had helped supply the needs of other Christians.  They had taken cheerfully the loss of their own possessions as they were persecuted for Christs name. However, at the time this letter was written their original teachers and leaders had died ( HYPERLINK...

The writings in the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, contain a set of text that is called wisdom literature.  No one knows precisely when they first appeared or who in particular wrote them.  But if there is one thing (biblical) scholars agree to, it is the belief that God is the source of wisdom and these can be found in the passages of the Bible as Christians from all walks of life regard it as the word of God compiled in a book.  When there was no Bible yet, people depended...