Religion and Theology

There is a growing concern of ecological crisis due to detrimental activities of mankind, which has uprooted trees, caused soil erosion, polluted the groundwater and rivers through toxic discharge of industrial chemicals, and made the ambient air unfit for hygienic living. As a result of deforestation, the ecological balance has been disturbed, thereby, leading to extinction of species from the forests and the danger of global warming. Moreover, the wars that have been fought on planet Earth have...

Jainism is an ancient branch of Hinduism which rejects the existence of a God and creation but advocates a deep respect and compassion for every living thing. Those who adhere to this way of life are called Jains. A well-known scholar of Jainism is Mahavira, who promotes a path of strict asceticism and ahimsa (non-violence) to all living beings as the means to real emancipation. What is Ahimsa Ahimsa is a term in the Ancient Indian language gotten from the root words himsa which means violence...

In Reaching Hispanics in North America Helping You Understand and Engage One of Gods Greatest Mission Fields, published by North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, the author(s) provide demographic profiles of potential Christians in North America, that is, the growing Hispanic community.  Unsurprisingly, there are plenty of statistics accompanying the demographic profile of this community.  By describing potential Christians among the Hispanics of North America...

Book is defined as a set or collection of written illustrated or blank sheets made of paper, parchment or various other materials, usually fastened together to a hinge at one side. There are various genres, fiction or nonfiction. During the ancient times the writings were written upon stone, clay, tree barks etc. Ancient Egyptians used to write on papyrus, a plant grown along the river Nile. Various scrolls, codex, bamboo books have emerged. All of which had a reason of letting people know about...

In Galatians 1 v 11, 12 Paul tells his first century readers I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught itrather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. There is of course no book entitled  The Gospel of Paul . Nevertheless, Pauls writings, which take up a considerable part of the New Testament, are full of gospel in the sense of good news about Jesus Christ. Also available to us are...

In his book, Dr. Anderson expressed the opinion that people who are demon-possessed always act in an eccentric manner, they are usually unbalanced and anxious. Secular psychiatry as well as psychology may question whether being possessed by demons is a reason enough for an individual to act in a bizarre manner.  Anderson came with his theoretical approach that explores demon possession. He also developed a counseling technique which is based on his concept. He expanded his premise by drawing...

This critique is primarily an in-depth analysis of the books Boundaries in Marriages written by Henry Cloud and John Townsend and Hurt People Hurt People Hope and Healing for yourself and your relationships by Sandra Wilson.  The books take on a religious perspective on the aspect of healing and liberating one self from emotional and psychological responsibilities.   Readers will gain insights on how to control situations and directions of life and strengthening relationship with others....

Karol Jzef WojtyBa was elected as pope in October 1978, taking the name John Paul II as described by the Holy See Press Office. He was born in Poland in 1920, the youngest of three children. In 1942 he enrolled in the clandestine seminary of Krakov. Long before he became pope he had wide influence both  within the Roman Catholic Church and beyond, through his teaching career, his writings and as a member of the Synod of Bishops. He was also concerned with drafting the 1965 encyclical Constitution...

In this paper, we will analyze the situations in Syrian educational system to see if it is still appropriate to extend the study of Religion up to Secondary level. We will discuss further some possible amendments that can be done in the curriculum to provide higher academic excellence. Academic goals serve and should only serve as the framework of any efforts used by the government in creating rules on educational system, then, anything that has less significance in achieving this goal must be...

To understand Hasidism as a movement, it is important to comprehend not only when it was started and why but also the perspective of the movement in relation to schools of thought such as psychology, sociology and the phenomenology of religion. This essay thus seeks to help understand Hasidim in its entirety. Body Hasidism started in mid eighteenth century along the Polish-Romanian border of Galicia and a region of Ukraine known as Volhynia. The founder was Rabbi Israel Ben Eliezer (1698-1760)...

The iconoclastic Controversy involved the premeditated and intentional destruction of the icons of the Orthodox religions during the Byzantine period.  This paper considers what iconography was, why it was important to the concept of truth in the representation of the divine and the effect that Byzantine images had on the political and religious factions of Byzantine itself.  It assesses the series of events of the Iconoclastic Controversy before progressing to identify its ultimate outcome...