Religion and Theology

Shamans are usually considered in their communities as spiritual leaders for the spiritual leadership and responsibilities that they posses, and medicine men owing to their level of intellect on spiritual matters. A shaman is an individual who has massive influence to the people of a certain tribe in which he interacts with. A shaman is also considered as a person who is capable of communicating with the spiritual world through a series of rituals and beliefs. This means that they are considered...

The Roman Catholic Church has been rated as the largest single Christian denomination in the world. There is no part of the world that the presence of the Roman Catholic Church is not felt. Regardless of this fact, the term roman is still utilized because of the churchs historical attachment to the city of Rome as well as the significance of pope, who is the Bishop of Rome. According to the statistics of 1980, the Roman Catholic Church had a global membership of about seven hundred and eighty three...

When the Christianity spread throughout the world, its basic concepts clashed with the philosophies and spiritual influences of the East. This created a number of controversies that were subsequently resolved by ecumenical councils. One of the most criticized of the Christian views was the concept of the Holy Trinity and one of its early critics was the Egyptian priest Arius. The Arian heresy sought to prove that Christ was human and not God but this is not true as explained in this paper. The...

The thematic relation between Romans, chapters 1-3 The book of Romans is a letter of Paul to the people in Rome who were the Jews and the Gentiles. Paul was the servant of Jesus Christ who had been sent to spread the good news. The central message of the book of Romans is the Gospel (the word of God). In chapter(12-5) Paul introduces the word that he wants to preach as the gospel of Jesus who in his human nature was a descendant of David with whom the spirit of Holiness was declared to be the son...

As a religious concept, bhakti means devotional surrender to a supreme being for the attainment of salvation. This Supreme Being is a personally conceived God. The origin of the idea of bhakti has been attributed to ancient Indias Brahmanical and Buddhist traditions. Bhakti evolved from the status of being a mere religious doctrine into a large movement with a far-reaching social participation and a founded religious equality between the 7th and 10th centuries. The 10th century witnessed the climax...

Death penalty is currently faced with a lot of opposition. One of the major issues which are currently facing death penalty is its ethical use. Ethics is about right or wrong. Since humans are moral creatures, they require praise for doing good things and punishment for wrong actions. There are various types of punishment ranging from the slightest to the more serious one like death penalty.  The kind of punishment given should be equivalent to the crime committed. Another issue which arises...

In this world and in this earth, we have a god who created the entire world. God sent thousands of his prophets to the earth to let his existences know which their god is. Each Prophet has a successor to continue the Prophets message. There are three religions in this world came from heaven and specifically from the creator of this world. The first religion was the Jewish, second is the Christianity, and the last one is Islam. Each of the previous religions has a Prophet from God. Each Prophet has...

Article 1 - Fleeting Impression a Girls College in Lucknow This article is about authors observation of Muslim women belonging to a small community in Lucknow. Through this observation and in addition to trends noticed around the world, the writer in this article tries to point out that attitudes of people towards women education have changed and Muslim women have become more confident in their public conduct. These women, though most of them clad in Burqas, evidently understand their roles and...

Sunna refers to the traditions or customs of the prophet Muhammad which are used by the traditionalists in making legal decisions in resolving disputes. Prophet Muhammad was the messenger of God who at all times was believed in all his teachings, practices, and decisions as to have come from God. The Muslims had to obey Him in whatever the verdict he arrives at. These included the deeds, sayings and all that was out of his own knowledge. Decades after his death, the recorded words and actions were...

The process of scriptural canonization is based on the following criteria 1) the scripture must have been written during the time of the apostles, 2) it must contain the basic tenets of orthodox Christianity, 3) it must have been declared by chief Church leaders as essential tools for Christian education, and 4) it must have been approved by the Roman pontiff himself. At the Council of Nicaea, Bishop Athanasius persuaded Emperor Constantine the Great to issue an edict transcribing the old apostolic...

The book Universe Next Door  is basically one of the rare books which trying to bring the core of the prevalent world religions.The book staes the point of views of The Higher energy or so called GOD and the way the humankind has been has been interpreting it till date.According to him many people on this planet follow religions without even being aware that they are a part of religion.The book shows and perhaps raises a very important question what if we are not following a religion  Even...