Religion and Theology

All of us have more to do than we will ever get done. (CHAPTER 4, PAGE 58). This sentence is very meaningful because it underscores the main cause of cheating in life  the fact that we are all too busy and there seems to be virtually no time to do some things. Apparently, we end up more like machines that can keep doing all else but talking to one another. The sentence explains how the notion that there is not enough time has exacerbated the cheating problem where we cheat on ourselves, our...

Judaism is a religious group that is believed to have originated out of the covenant that was made between God and the children of Israel. It is among the oldest religious groups to have existed. This paper is going to look into the origin, believes, practices and also the various Judaism movements that exist. Judaism are believes and practices that originated from the Hebrew bible. This believes are also known as Tanakh. It is considered by Jews as a manifestation of the relationship that was...

In line with Mao Zedongs Great Cultural Revolution, religion was banned and atheism was declared to be the official religion of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The socialist transformation of China required the elimination of the so-called Four Olds  Old Habits, Old Ideas, Old Culture, and Old Customs (Overmyer, 2000). At the height of this campaign, religious activities were banned and structures of worship such as churches, mosques, temples, and monasteries were destroyed and looted. After...

The book leads one to understand business in a new light.  One may at times not think of business as a way to help others.  We may do business to help our family and if we have a surplus, we would then consider charity.  We are, or certainly can be, so self centered that we miss the blessing of service and the opportunity to glorify God through what He has given us.  But let say we have and do see business as a way to help others, but have we seen it as a way to glorify God ...

The introduction has the definition of the concept sexual orientation and the descriptions of the different types of sexual orientation. There is also background information on the issue of sexual orientation and religion. The paper is written in sections, with the first section dealing with Religion and heterosexuality. The second part is on homosexuality, bisexuality and religion, which is the controversial topic and the focus of the entire paper. The paper goes on to describe the different views...

In the article The Creation of Epic the author has given a detail overview of different accounts the creation of universe narrated by ancient Middle Eastern texts like the Epic of Gilgamesh etc. The authors primary emphasis is on the Sumerian myth Gilgamesh and the Netherworld  the Babylonian myth Enuma Elish. The Epic of Gilgamesh states that the gods were there before the creation of the universe and the heavens and earth were united and then they were separated. Another poem The Song of...

The role that that the church plays in the community has been a critical one from as far back as when the church first became an integral part of the lives of people not only in this country but also in the entire Europe. The Church of England is one of the main mainstream churches that have been in the forefront seeking to shape the entire United Kingdom through its various involvements in affairs and critical issues affecting the lives of people. As a church, it has come out strikingly in what...

Regula Benedicti or The Rule of Saint Benedict is a book of principles written by St. Benedict of Nursia. It is written purposely for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. The fortitude of the Rule of St. Benedict can be summed up in the motto of the Benedictine Confederation and the conventional ora et labora which means peace and, pray and work, respectively. In comparison with other precepts, the Rule of St. Benedict provides us a moderate path between an individual passion...

The Diaspora or Galut refers to those Jews who live beyond the borders of Israel. According to Jewish Temples .org the 2001 figures were 8.3 million Jews living in the Diaspora and 4.9 million in Israel. The same group reports that this is a more or less stable figure as compared to a rise in the world population. The number of Jews living in Israel is rising slightly, as is their interest in religious matters as described on this web page, but numbers in the Diaspora are falling. If there approximately...