Essays on Religion

Death is inevitable truth of life. Culture plays an indispensable part while providing care to a dying person. I am Sikh. In my religion there are various kinds of beliefs related to palliative care that cause everlasting impacts on my life that I am going…

Nobody welcomes death, but here might be a few exceptions. There are people who would prefer dying instead of continuing to live. For example, a person who is in a persistent vegetative state would want to die than to spend the rest of their lives…

The Baites are one of the least known hill tribes struggling to maintain its distinct identity, culture, custom and tradition. They are scattered in the provinces of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura in North East India and parts of Sagaing and Chin provinces of…

Despite women growing their presence in the labor force and educational institutions in the last few decades, women remain socially marginalized and underrepresented within, as well as, outside of households in Pakistan. This happens not only in Pakistan but also in other underdeveloped countries too…

One’s religious values are predominantly influential in an individual’s everyday actions and lays down the foundation of their contributions to society. Both the Coptic Orthodox Christian and Muslim religious communities in NSW show a trend in large family structures, but overall, they represent small minorities…

Christianity is the most adhered religion in Canada with sixty-three percent of Canadians self-identifying as Christians (Smith, 2019). Canadian history is full of examples about how christianity has influenced Canadian law. With Canada’s constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, people are now…

The region of Palestine, where diverse peoples lived, among them Jews, became part of the Roman domains in 63 BC and directly influenced the emergence of a new religion. Christianity was a religion that was born in the Roman Empire, from the Jewish tradition that…

The Meaning of Ministry The preparing for ministry is first accepting the call of God on our life and responding to the call. The prophet Isaiah is an excellent example of how to accept and respond to the voice of God. We learned in chapter…

Luke’s Gospel is thought to be written in the city of Antioch, Syria. Which had been one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. The city had contained a variety of cultures like the Jewish and the Gentiles along with the rich and the…

As human beings living on the same earth we all have our beliefs. These beliefs will develop over the course of our life and at any point in time can change based on our own personal experiences. A belief is a state of mind in…

In life we’re given many opportunities to help others, whether it be in school, workplaces or small activities throughout the day. This semester I was given the privilege of peer tutoring a grade nine student. This experience has helped me a lot because I was…

History of Abortion Abortion can be traced back to a thousand years ago. At that time, it was perfectly legal to abort your unborn child. As the constitution was being finalized, you could see the aborion uprising being openly advertised and performed. This was until…

Euthanasia has been a topic of intense discussion for the entirety of the existence of religion. This has led to many battles of morals vs religion which find itself being the breaking point of making the correct decision and the theologically correct one. The medical…

To change one’s religion is to change one’s world. Religion embraces more than the ideas of the narrative dimension; it establishes principles (ethical dimension). Religious conversion is an influential change in one’s way of living that comprises an identity shift. The convert establishes a reformed…

Since early human society was formed, all religions have taken their own stance on how they view and address abortion. This topic is extremely controversial, and there are several factors that can shape the opinions of each religious group. Many of those factors include issues…

“You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence”. (John Green, 2017) Life is the biological development of every creature that can breathe and act (Tom Baranski, Somerset, New Jersey). It is a mirror that reflects our behavior, so we…

Jesus warns us in the Gospel of Luke about the search for and the use of money, which is never despicable either for the rich or for the poor. what is money? Some think: it is everything; opens all doors, without it nothing is done;…

What happens after we perish into the light? Is there an afterlife, can we still see the world or is it just a bright white light. No one truly knows what happens as soon as we leave this world. But some doctors and spiritualists have…

For Americans, Religious support was one of the essential points to assure and justify that in the sight of God, and that means that the revolution was the right thing to do and God agreed with that. In colonial America, religion created a strong feeling…

Every Christians in this world are called to love God and their neighbours. In scripture, we can find a lot of passages where God speaks about love, both in Old Testament and New Testament. At the same time, we also see God gives us commandments,…

Introduction The Bible declares that God exists, is holy and eternal, and that man is a fallen being, under God’s wrath and in need of redemption. The Bible also reveals God’s provision for the life of man, His love for fallen mankind and His desire…

In 1986, I joined the United States military, due to a life that was going nowhere. I tried college on several occasions, only failing, due to a lack of interest. I do not know if it was a lack of interest towards college or life,…

A few years back I was perusing through the pages and 56 chapters of a recently purchased book entitled the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology. It provided a definition and description of practical theology along four lines: a faith activity, a methodology of the pursuit…

C. S. Lewis was an incredibly famous British scholar, novelist and Christian apologist. Lewis is best known for ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ fantasy series as well as his non-fiction apologetics. He taught British literature at Oxford University and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge….

There are many ways in which the body central is the place of religion in contemporary society. In this paper, I will discuss ways in which religion affects the kind of clothes people can wear, body art and dietary restrictions. These are ways in which…

Let it be known that I am not going to make the faux pas of saying, “religion” and solely mean Christianity. Instead, I want to know the consequences of religions in general. And while one may say it’s too difficult a task because there are…

A Novel of Reincarnation, a historical fictional romance novel by Samyann, is a story of self-discovery and deliverance from doubt and fear. We follow the main character Amanda Parker who, by a chance encounter, meets and saves the life of a Chicago Mounted police officer,…

Religion has caused many wars, but that doesn’t prevent the idea that all religions call to peace. Religions sometimes are the arms of peace and happiness not only to one person but to the whole country/state. Having war doesn’t always mean that peace is ignored,…

The professor poets were among the first to use allusions in their writings, an allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, historical event, mythological character or religious work. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which…

Since I was born, I was raised with the Buddhism culture and beliefs and I never thought to learn about other culture or religion which is out of my comfort zone. However, since I am a curious person, I enrolled for the religious class to…

Japan has a very interesting cultural background. As a healthcare professional it is important to be culturally cognitive to provide patient, and family-centered end-of-life care. These cultural differences play a large role in how the Japanese view death and their afterlife care. Some 50% of…

I was taught by the famous Chinese philosopher Mencius when I was a young age. He suggested that humans are inherently good. And his thought inspired me to think more about the nature of humans. There have always been debates on whether human beings are…

Have you ever heard the words ‘stop playing video games it rots your brain” well if you are like me you hear that word for word every day of your life but if you don’t you’re either lucky or weird. Studies have shown that video…

Catholicism, specifically Roman Catholicism has very strict views on abortion. They only permit it if the mother can die due to her pregnancy. They look down upon anyone in and out of their community who choses to go through with this procedure. They are so…

What we believe and why we believe in something, is the divergence point between atheists and theists. Atheists think theists believing things to easily, believe in something base on their religions sometime. Rather than a rational analysis. Theists think atheists ignore the importance of something…

 In the deepest understanding, there are no true deities in Buddhism. However, there are figures who are regarded and raised to a stature to be seen as deities. In Buddhism, anyone can become a Buddha. But just a few have ever reached that potential. While…

Social Institution is very important within any society. Social Institution establishes norms and rules that people follow. Not everyone follows these rules, but most do and their everyday actions are influenced by them. Now when it comes to religion it can be very diverse. This…

Religion and culture are very closely tied together. Religion is a very large part of culture. Culture can include religion, food, music, art, and many other things. Religion can also shape art and other recreational activities that contribute to culture. Examples of this can be…

Islam has an estimated 1.9 billion followers, making it the second largest religion worldwide, reported by Pew Research Center. The word Islam is an Arabic word which translates to “submission” or “s This paper will explore its founder and its quests throughout history, practice of…

India’s society has a set of norms and rules that people are to follow and live by. Most societies derive their norms for people to follow by using religion as the official laws of some cultures. In order, to understand India one has to look…

In the latter months of 2019, they have reported an increase in the number of cases of a new virus that causes a disease called COVID-19 in Wuhan China and has been able to spread in almost all the continents in less than three months….

Honestly, I didn’t want to take this class. It was said that I needed to take it graduate but I didn’t understand why. I now realize that studying world religions helps one gain not only knowledge but also awareness of other practices and traditions. So…

I was constantly struck by the dedication of the Arabs to their religion and how carefully they hold fast to the principles and customs set up by the Muslim confidence through the Quran, yet how unique they are from nation to nation. Nothing recorded as…

We as a whole observe the world and life in an alternate manner. Worldview is how we look like at our general surroundings and how to get life. We consider why things happen the manner in which they do and what our motivation is. One’s…

The exploitation of women, children, and men have been around for many years. The beginning of human trafficking started in 1200-1600. European people were traded in Africa to the Portugal people. Another name for this at the time was “White Slavery.” In the 2000s an…

   Buddhism is a major religion based off of the beliefs and ideas of the Buddha. Buddha comes from a little aspect of Hindu tradition and largely from the Buddha’s own path to spiritual enlightenment. There are many religious debates as to whether Buddhism is…

But what is really the impact of Protestant influence in America ? The most notable impact would be the religious pluralism, which was promoted by separation of church and state, plus culture of voluntary organization which has paved way for how America has so organized…

There are many people in the world that we live in and not everyone shares the same worldview. There is three world views that most people fit in, they are anthropocentric, earth-centric, and biblical. The anthropocentric worldview is where one believes that humans are the…

The word Orthodox is derived from the Greek word orthos and doxa. In Greek, Orthos means straight, upright, right, and correct and doxa means teaching or worshipping. This would make the direct translation of Orthodox Christianity to be the “correct teachings” of Jesus Christ. The…

The sun was setting, the wind was blowing aggressively past my face, and I could feel the dust as my tongue grazed my lips. Blood was dripping from my knees down to my sneakers, I was robbed, jumped, and had an overwhelming sensation of crying….

This text will determine the difference between Buddhism vs Hinduism, as this is a widely debated subject and leads to confusion for many. Both religions feature key elements that serve to set them apart. Key variations can mainly be pinpointed to a few comparable areas,…

What is faith? To find that out, we must go on our journey together with beliefs that come along with us and try to implement themselves in our heads. Meanwhile, to survive your journey, you will have to have courage, hope, support, accountability, and wisdom….

Determining the relationship between mental and bodily states represents what philosophers have known as the mind-body problem. Its resolution has been one of the main knots of philosophy, which, even today has not been unleashed. This problem appeared in ancient times when the mind was…

Since ancient times, all faiths, cultures and societies have aimed to live in harmony, sadly it has not been a successful attempt for every culture in the world. Living in harmony means being able to live in unity and mutual reciprocity, beyond creed, class, gender…

In British Literature religion plays a big factor in majority of literary works, because it reflects religious and cultural roles during these different time periods. The coexistence of Paganism and Christianity in literature changes throughout the Anglo Norman, Medieval, and Early Renaissance Period. In these…

The nature of man can be easily described by Christians, however, to the other world views it can be complexed and confusing. Although there are many theories on who and what God is, in my opinion our own individual beliefs should challenge us to be…

The idea of the end times is enough to terrify anyone, and the conversation of it is even worse. We all want to know what will happen when Jesus returns. Those who believe premillennial dispensationalism have a distinct view of the times to come. The…

16th century Europe consisted of many great powers. The Roman Catholic was one of the most influential ones amongst other political forces like Italian city-states, the Holy Roman Empire and others. As the power of the rulers increased over time, the competition between them significantly…

The story of Paolo and Francesca, star-crossed lovers doomed to the second circle of hell, raises interesting questions. However, there is an argument to be made on behalf of the validity in Francesca’s actions. Although infidelity is regarded as a condemnable act, the two are…

 In the beginning of the nine circles of hell Dante seems sympathetic towards the shades that are in the first few circles of hell, but in this scene as he gets deeper into hell, we see a completely different side of Dante. Instead of using…

In Dante’s Inferno, people’s souls are being punished due to their sins committed on Earth. Each individual soul has committed similar and different types of sins, but they all have one thing in common and that is that they all deserve punishment no matter if…

The books in Hinduism arose in the different periods where there was a shift in practice. The book that came from the Vedic Period was the Vedas. This book was a collection of hymns and rituals the Brahmans would perform. There was a different hymn…

Charles S. Singleton delivers a powerful commentary on the analogies and phrasing within the 33rd canto of Dante’s Paradiso, especially in the latter third of this canto. He begins this section by commenting on an early analogy in this final act: Dante is unable to…

Throughout Dante’s Inferno, Dante documents the various sins he witnesses in hell, and the punishments the sinners receive for their crimes against God. The Inferno is the first book in a trilogy of epics that include Purgatorio, and Paradiso that depict Dante’s journey through hell,…

The present paper intends to first of all describe some of the iconoclastic attempts – rife in Indian ‘writing’ – that are made and mandated to dehumanise Islam and its followers, in order to qualify how Indian Muslims are marginalized. The paper begins with the…

Nepal is a small and beautiful developing landlocked country in South Asia. Nepal shares border China in the north and share border India in the south, east, and west. The total area of Nepal is 147,181 square kilometers. Nepal is approximately 800 kilometers long and…

 Henry VIII could easily be called one of England’s most influential kings. He is most widely known for beheading and divorcing five of his six wives. He was in charge of the Protestant Reformation, breaking from the Roman Catholic Church, creating the royal supremacy, and…

South Korea is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world where traditional religions such as shamanism and Buddhism peacefully co-exists with comparatively recent religion Christianity. This paper will help in gaining a broad understanding about the nature and social impact of Buddhism…

During Henry VIII’s reign religious life changed significantly, both doctrinally, culturally and despite some difficulties Henry faced in the process of the implementation of change. To say that religious life changed significantly would be to encompass the idea that there was not only de jure…

Although the country is relatively small most of its territory is occupied by the dramatic peaks of the Himalayas. Nepal is very beautiful and unique country. Nepal has seen monarchy, internal revolution, democracy, and the massive earthquake. Although Nepal has faced many disasters, this country…

With delicate white, trumpet shaped petals and yellow stamens the Easter lily is revered for its wonderful fragrance and magnificent bloom during the springtime. The Easter lily can be seen every year leading up to the Easter season pinned on the shirts of Catholics and…

Adam and Eve Adam came from one, you can say, holy family. He had good manners, no bad thoughts or even thoughts that might displease his family; he knew his strengths, was convinced of them, but did not think much about himself or how the…

The above quote gives an insight into Sheriff Bell’s belief that his daughter is in a good place. He talks to her as if she was his guardian angel and gives her the heart he always wanted for himself, meaning he confides in her, he…

Dated as far back as the sixteenth century, letters composed by European Christian settlers were detailed with descriptions of gender-crossing individuals among indigenous Americans. Although modern anthropologists would consider these depictions to be a direct form of ethnocentric bias because of their etic, or observer…

The book is narrated by five characters, Orleanna Price, Rachel Price, Leah Price, Adah Price, and Ruth May. The first person point of view in the book allows the reader to experience the story as seen through the character’s eyes. The author uses the first-person…

A/The love of God has made visible, objectified, materialized. Most of them provide common experience of worship. They play a significant role in the life of Christians or believers .Sacraments use signs and acts to convey certain meanings , such as words, acts and objects…

There are five point of views in The Poisonwood Bible. These five include Orleanna Price, Leah Price, Adah Price, Rachel Price, Ruth May Price and it is all in 1st person. Kingsolver does this to get the persepective of their life as well as their…

Joint-stock company: A joint-stock company is a company comprised of many investors or shareholders who own the stock of the company together. Each shareholder in a joint-stock company gives money to the company and in return acquires a portion of the company’s profits. Joint-stock companies…

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS and/or ISIL is an extreme violent Islamist group that has severely increased in the last decade throughout the Middle East. This group is also called Da’-ish in Arabic. The rise of this barbaric group…

Egypt is a country that links the African Continent with the Middle East. The history of the country dates back to the time of Pharaohs. In the country, more than 90% of the population is made up of Muslims. Most of the Muslims in the…