Essays on Faith

In the readings from the Catholic Intellectual Tradition book; Aquinas, Augustine, and Dante all have claims that human reason and faith are both rely on or are compatible with one another. In the story of Augustine, we find out that in his early life he…

The choice of whether to use faith or reason in deciding various issues that face human beings remains a controversy. These two are used as a marker of whether a decision is ethical or not. Scientists and its followers believe in reason as a way…

To truly and genuinely live authentically is a goal that many strive for, despite pre-given narratives that society places based on gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic status. Although many try, the human behavioral phenomenon of bad faith gets in the way, not allowing individuals to truly…

In 1932, Karl Barth presented a report at the Brandenburg Mission, maintained that mission was God’s engagement. David Bosch argues that this ‘the Mission of God’ (Misso Dei) discourse advocates mission is God’s love to save the world he created. Mission comes from God’s love…

The idea of vocational work versus our calling is one that I have been familiarized with as the child of a pastor. My father was a vocational pastor, and I never truly understood what that meant until recently. He worked at the local school as…

Throughout history, they way humans perceive an assortment of different topics is greatly influenced by what we hear and see rather than what it actually is. Similar to Platos, Allegory of the Cave, where a group of prisoners had been locked up in a cavern…

The Shift of Augustine’s Faith In the Confessions of Saint Augustine Book VIII begins with an immediate praise and worship to God thanking him for allowing Augustine to be converted. Throughout the book we see a major shift of Augustine’s faith, where all doubt of…

As an individual is forced to undergo various adversities in his life, his ability to sacrifice themselves for others begins to diminish. The idea of self-sacrifice within compelling circumstances begins to seem impossible as humans revert to their natural instinct to keep themselves alive as…

Arab life prior to the creation of Islam housed many flaws. Some of these flaws including, disbelief in Allah, the committing of various sins, and shirk. Shirk, being a sin that cannot be forgiven by Allah, was extremely common prior to the introduction of Islam….

Existence of God:It is cross discussion of the theory of religion and culture. Numerous scholars gave contentions for and against the presence of God. These contentions are ordered in following structures: Metaphysical Logical Empirical Subjective The discourse of the presence of God in west began…