Religion and Theology

1. Biblical theology is a foundation of philosophy, because it created the basis of culture that brought philosophy to its paramount. Biblical texts represent philosophical divinations and answer the questions relating to the structure, origin of Being, human nature, God and ideal forces (Ferguson and Wright, 24). These are the problems studied by philosophical ontology and ethics from the time of their inception. Biblical hermeneutics or exegetica became the primary domain of philosophy after the...

The Book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible and is classified as one of the New Testament books. It was written a couple of centuries ago by an apostle named John. The book of Revelation is an account of the vision that the apostle experienced towards the end of his life. The vision that John saw was symbolic and most of the information contained in this book requires interpretation in order to be understood. This discussion specifically focuses on the 20th chapter of this book, and in...

The term gospel is the English translated version of the Greek word evangelion. Such term does not refer to any type of literature or book especially during the first century rather, it has more of a dynamic meaning that is a proclamation of a major event of great importance. The Greek translators of the Hebrew bible used the term evangelizesthai, a cognate verb that refers to the announcement of the impending deliverance of God. In short, gospel speaks of Gods news and definitive deeds of salvation...

Learning is very critical to the welfare of the learner and to that of the community and country, and as such the nature and level of education acquired by a student is supposed to be one that helps that student to meet the expectations that the people in community have on himher. To that end, it is essential that in the selection of an institution of higher learning, one has to be able to understand and choose the university that is capable of offering the best skills to the student to equip himher...

The article, which its title appears above written by M.C. Steenberg was a critical examination of the concept of Adam and Eve as children mainly in the context of Irenaeus anthropological understanding. The authors argument was anchored on the Irenaeus notion that Adam and Eve were created not as perfect man and woman as the first chapter of the Bible book of Genesis implies, but as child or infant. According to Steenberg, despite the various intelligent comments on the work of Irenaeus with...

Yung Suk Kim was born in South Korea, but now living in Richmond, Virginia, and is teaching at Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology of  Union University in Richmond, VA. He holds a PhD degree in the area of New Testament studies from Vanderbilt University. Before his well-developed theological career, Kim has a long period of transformative experience as he moved away from his first career in international business as a marketing manager to a new business of the gospel  a vocation...

The lives of both Jesus and Mohammed have influenced many people for well over a thousand years. The religions, Christianity and Islam, are still followed to this day. Though Jesus and Mohammed taught different things and lived completely different lives, they made a strong impact on history and people. Life of Jesus Jesus was born to a virgin named Mary in Bethlehem, Israel 2000 years ago. An angel named Gabriel was sent by the God to a young Jewish woman Mary. He told Mary that she would have...

Jesus himself devoted to a small number of people and not the ample. In the beginning he has decide to choose small group for his ministry. This group had contained only 12 uneducated and normal men. He had chosen only few men to build a stronger foundation in order to change the world. He had spent most of the time with them ministering to the people daily. He trained these 12 men to love and each other and serve people and to go ahead and pass good news to the world. The way Jesus live and spent...

Solid theological foundations and theological system are vital for any religion, and Islam does not constitute an example.  In fact, in Islam these foundations are vividly manifested and emphasized as Five Pillars or Acts of Worship.  However, it is important to understand that the Islamic doctrine of good works differs sharply with that of Evangelical Christianity (McInerney, 2003).  Islamic doctrine makes very evident that good works achieve merit, and these merits improve ones...

Learning the word of God is such a great privilege in my part an honor that cannot be bought with money because even the treasures of this world cannot contain of what God has in store for all of us just as the wise of this world cannot outwit what Gods words will bring to humankind. It gives life to the hopeless warns the reckless about the end of their actions. This learning keeps me going and makes me desire to go deeper and deeper in His words. This made me decide to pursue a study in Continuing...

The fundamental law of the land contains many freedoms that have become the stronghold of the American Society. Among these freedoms available to the people of the United States is their freedom of religion. Since time immemorial, people have suffered persecution simply because they stood up for what they believe is right. Some people valued their faith so much and by refusing to give up, they paid the price with their lives. The founding fathers placed this clause in the Constitution because of...

Across religions and cultures, sacrifice in various forms and methods can be seen. It takes the form of offerings, fasting, rituals and even human sacrifice. This essay shall provide examples of the sacrifices that was made and are presently being made in Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Furthermore, it shall cite passages which explain why the sacrifices have to be made. Sacrifice in Christianity Sacrifice has been a recurring theme in Christianity during the Bible times and even long after...

Jesus Camp is a 2006 documentary which shows the process of indoctrination of children during an evangelical Christianity summer camp. A majority of the people who watch this film would already be aware of the trend of rising fundamentalism and its pernicious influence on the delicate, impressionable minds of children but actually watching it happen, watching so many real children being brainwashed could be a very disturbing experience.  It makes us wonder about how strong the grip of fundamentalism...