Religion and Theology

Inerrancy is a terminology which relates to doctrine and is mostly used when facts are well outlined. The interpretation of autographs gives the truth of what is contained in scriptures. There have been several debates on whether the bible is inerrant. The interpretation of the bible gives some light on faith and the relationship with God. Biblical interpretation raises many answered questions on the relationship between man and God. People realize the revelation of God through the scriptures in...

Religion is a personal fundamental possessing individual rules and doctrines that dictate an individual.  Systems of belief, personal faith, and adherence to religious law define the philosophy of religion.  The fields of anthropology and psychology have both stemmed from questions proposed by religious scholars and followers.  Biblical law coincides with certain man-made laws, but when society is faced with a moral dilemma, it quickly abandons religious theory in order to appease...

The book Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul by William Chittick is a concise account of the rich historical data that guides ones appreciation of Islamic traditions from the ancient periods. As the natural science understands the philosophy of cosmology, it refers to the branch of physics that solely deals with the origin as well as development of empirical universe. In essence, cosmology is braced with the formation of galaxies and in the concept of William Chitticks book, cosmology evokes...

Origin and Development In the book The Encyclopaedia of Religion, Gnoli has contributed a significant amount of information that defined and described the religion, Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism) was founded by Zarathustra (Zoroaster) in Iran around 1000 BCE, before Islam became the prevalent religion in the country. It was said that Zoroastrianism came about due to a disjointed society wherein tribes held different views and perspectives in politics, social and cultural life. Despite...

The Oxford American Collegiate Dictionary (Linberg Ed. 1063) defines postmodernism as a late 20th century style in the arts, architecture, and actions that represents a departure from modernism while modernism is a movement toward modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas (Lindberg Ed. 866).  The postmodernist movement is a response to changes in the cultural, economic, educational, religious and social behaviors and values of people all over the globe, seen since 1960s...

The concept of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit underlies Christianity and is an indispensable aspect of the faith.  This paper presents an argument that without the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the expansion of Christianity would have been difficult, if not impossible. According to Amy Plantinga Pauw, In the church, the Holy Spirit works within believers by bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God . . . and joint heirs with Christ (Rom. 816-7). In its prayer, worship, study and...

In 1999, he received the Templeton Religion and Science Award and later became the first Muslim and non-westerner to deliver the Gifford Lecturers. In addition, he was honored with the Honorary Doctor by the Uppsala University, Sweden in 1977 and later won the King Faisal Foundation award which was later withdrawn after the sponsors realized that he was a Shia. He has presently written more than fifty books and over five hundred articles some that have been published in Studies in Comparative Religion...

Theology of mission has been described as the study which is concerned with basic thoughts and principles that are underlying which determines the methods, the motives, the goals and the strategies of the Christian world mission. This is usually from a Christian faith standpoint. This Christian world mission is usually Gods mission and Gods mission as seen in the bible is to reach out to the whole world with love so that the world may get to know and serve Him. There are many texts in the bible...

Comparing Catholicism and the Mormon Religion Contrasts in Christianity The Catholic and Mormon (LDS) Churches draw from similar sources to construct the frameworks of their beliefs. Both share in the Holiness of Jesus Christ and the tradition of the Christian Bible. At the same time there are fundamental differences that separate the two religions. In addition to the Bible, Mormonism draws from more modern sources. These sources make it unique as a religion. The LDS sees itself as a Christian...

The book Romance of Redemption is written by renowned Bible scholar M.R. De Haan.  The book centers on the story of Ruth, one of the prinicipal personalities in the Old Testament.  The story of Ruth tells about filial piety exhibited by Ruth, a Maobite (Gentile) woman to her mother-in-law, Naomi.  Naomi told her widowed daughters-in-law, Oprah and Ruth to return to their families as she decided to return to her homeland.  Oprah complied but Ruth asked to stay by her side. This...