...Analysis on How Relevant Faith and Religion is in a Modern Society The author Revd. David Gifford is constantly presented with the same question of “how relevant is faith and religion in a modern society?” He states that times have certainly changed since the year of 1942 where the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) was first founded. The goal of this group was to stop the prejudice that the two faiths had for one another. In modern society Reverend David Gifford explains how backs are being turned on religion and it is worth is to still keep religion relevant. Religion has stirred up many conflicts in the world. Some of these issues end in blood shed for some people dude to the extreme amounts of prejudice and feuding of different types of beliefs. With so many muti-cultural and muti-faithful people in the world, there is usually no way of avoiding coming face to face with people of different beliefs. They are then faced with the reality of what religion really is. Some people take their experiences of learning about a different culture and begin to build opinions and maybe even suspicions or prejudices. Some are genuinely interested and understand and respect why people practice certain religions. The author states that a lot of work still has to be done for people to understand and be open minded about other religions. Since Revd. David Gifford is the CEO of the Council of Christians and Jews; he certainly stands for religious tolerance. The Archbishop of York and...
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...an American Protestant Ecumenical theologian, secularism is “the cultural Geitst within which all forms of thought, including the theological, must operate if they are to be relevant and creative”(64). Gilkey continues to say that secularism exists on presuppositions level and so expressed in different forms of a given culture’s life, and thereby not an easy thing to characterize briefly (Gilkey 64). This is true especially when one attempts to define the meaning of secularism in a place like India, a land of multiple cultures and religions. Secularism seems “incongruous” as Badrinath Rao, a professor in Sociology and Asian Studies, rightly asserts (47). It has multifaceted expressions and it means different things...
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...choose at least 3 with which to support your essay. To assist you with this, complete the following worksheet. Part I Directions: Use the following library and internet resources to locate a resource to support your essay. Complete the following table below the example table provided. * Use the Role Model you selected as your “keyword” to search the GCU database located in the GCU Library at http://library.gcu.edu Example Table Topic | Resource Name | Resource Type | Explain how you accessed your resource. | How is the resource relevant to your essay topic? | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Journal of Religious Thought | Academic Journal | Clicked on the link above to the library home page. Selected “Find Journal Articles.” Clicked on “Christian Studies” under “Find Databases by Subject.” Selected “ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials.” Also selected “Religion and Philosophy Collection.” Used keywords “Martin Luther King AND (worldview OR religion* OR belief*).” | Describes how Martin Luther King, Jr. viewed racism, a just society, and the means for creating a just society. | Permalink | http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rlh&AN=4975124&site=ehost-live&scope=site | Student Summary | This article covers the views of Benjamin Mays, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. on three key questions: 1) What is the nature of racism? 2) What is a vision of a just society? and 3) What are the means to enact the...
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...least 3 with which to support your essay. To assist you with this, complete the following worksheet. Part I Directions: Use the following library and internet resources to locate a resource to support your essay. Complete the following table below the example table provided. * Use the Role Model you selected as your “keyword” to search the GCU database located in the GCU Library at http://library.gcu.edu Example Table Topic | Resource Name | Resource Type | Explain how you accessed your resource. | How is the resource relevant to your essay topic? | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Journal of Religious Thought | Academic Journal | Clicked on the link above to the library home page. Selected “Find Journal Articles.” Clicked on “Christian Studies” under “Find Databases by Subject.” Selected “ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials.” Also selected “Religion and Philosophy Collection.” Used keywords “Martin Luther King AND (worldview OR religion* OR belief*).” | Describes how Martin Luther King, Jr. viewed racism, a just society, and the means for creating a just society. | Permalink | http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rlh&AN=4975124&site=ehost-live&scope=site | Student Summary | This article covers the views of Benjamin Mays, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. on three key questions: 1) What is the nature of racism? 2) What is a vision of a just society? and 3) What are the means to enact...
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...Foundations of Mythology Mythology is often approached with many questions. For some these questions come with confusing answers that may want to send a person running for the hills. Starting with a simple question such as, what is a myth? Starting with basic questions may ease fears and doubts about studying mythology. This paper will attempt to define a myth and will also look at the similarities between myths and different cultures, the relationship between mythology and religions, and how mythology is relevant in today’s society. Myths Defined When we hear the word myth today it is commonly associated with something false. Often myths are related to stories, fables or tales that are not based on facts but traditions or legends that have been passed on throughout time. A myth is a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without determinable basis or fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite or phenomenon of nature. (“Mythology,” 2009) In an academic context the word myth is defined as narratives with legendary plots and mythic elements, while anthropologists define myths negatively as pre-modern thought patterns. (Tofighian, 2010) Similarities Myths from all different cultures share similar themes such as, what is the purpose of life, how we got here, and why do we behave and act the way we do. Myths were used to explain why people...
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...Evaluate the Marxist theory of religion and its relevance to society today. Marxists believe that the ruling class use instruments in society to control the working class – for example religion and education. They argue that religion is created and promoted by the Ruling Class in order to pass on their dominant ideology to the working class, using it as an “instrument”. Althusser argues that the ruling class do this through physical control such as the police and the justice system (Repressive State Apparatus), they also control the working class through the Ideological state Apparatus, which via religion, prevents the working class from becoming deviant and rebelling. A clear demonstration of this is in Christian teaching. They’re taught that Jesus himself had a day job as a carpenter – which is a manual labour, working class job. This idea of Jesus being like us civilians appeals to the working class as their attitude would be that if someone of such major influence can have that job, I can too because I will be repaid in the afterlife. Another supporting piece of evidence to the Marxist theory of religion is in the Jewish Torah (Old Testament – 34:12) God says “Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest, in eanring time and in harvesting, thou shalt rest”. This also influences the working class not to question why we have to work for 6 days, because when we make our earnings we can rest on the seventh day, whilst the ruling class impose this religious...
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...Mark Scheme GCE A LEVEL – May/June 2014 Syllabus 9699 Paper 33 (a) Explain how the achievement of pupils may be influenced by pupil sub-cultures. [9] 0–4 A few general observations about pupils’ educational achievement, with no direct links to the question, would be worth 1 or 2 marks. A basic account of what is meant by pupil sub-culture, with no further development in relation to the question, would be placed in the higher part of the band. 5–9 Lower in the band, answers are likely to provide a basic account of how achievement at school may be influenced by pupil sub-cultures. An account of this kind might focus on explaining just one link between pupil sub-culture and educational achievement, or several relevant links may be noted, but in a list-like way. Higher in the band, answers will be more detailed, and different links between pupil sub-cultures and educational achievement...
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...Is Jesus Still Relevant in Today’s Society 1 Is Jesus Still Relevant in Today’s Society? Kevin Carr HUM 400 Professor Johns December 9, 2009 Is Jesus Still Relevant in Today’s Society 2 Abstract This paper is designed to answer the question posed in its title. In 2009, with countless religions on the horizon, numerous inspirational figures gaining popularity, and the focus on science to produce answers; the questions must be asked. Is Jesus still relevant in today’s society? That is exactly what I set out to answer throughout the course of this paper. The life of Jesus has been discussed, written about and even debated by many people in the thousands of years that have passed between his birth up until now; his life and even more so his death have undoubtedly made him a legendary figure. Some people deny he even existed, while others say his was merely a prophet and still even some call him their savior and revere him as God in the flesh. In this work I wish to uncover the overall mission of Jesus and to evaluate his effectiveness at fulfilling his stated purpose. Every messenger has a specific message. With that said we will look extensively at the message of Jesus and discover if his message has withstood the test of time. Is Jesus Still Relevant in Today’s Society 3 Most historians date the birth of Jesus to be around 5 BC. Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king (Matthew 2:1). Besides his birth, the early...
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...Explain (cause and effect) how religious traditions seek to answer the enduring questions of life. Religion is the belief and worship of a transcendent controlling authority that has developed, and become a quintessential factor in the way individuals, and communities process, and comprehend the enduring questions of life. Religious traditions through its characteristics seek to answer these timeless questions, which go beyond human comprehension and scientific understanding. Religious traditions are defined by its 4 characteristics: beliefs and believers, sacred texts and writings, ethics, rituals and ceremonies, which are continually being reinvented, reinterpreted and renewed. In order to keep a religion living and dynamic that embodies its core beliefs whilst still adapting facets to modern context throughout the ages like Christianity has been undertaking for the past 2000 years. Sacred texts and writings are an essential aspect of religious tradition that must be embraced. Whether they are written, oral or made into visual images, as they aid the adherents to understand the answer to the enduring questions of life. For example the bible is the most important, core document in Christianity as it contains the Word of God, it presents believers with the most important role model and practical exemplar for which they can base their existence around. Therefore adherents are able to understand that earthly life, possession and desires aren’t important compared to what...
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...discharge as a legal concept is relevant to the scenario. Constructive discharge also known as constructive dismissal transpires when an organizations employees resigns because the organization or employer’s actions become increasingly unbearable, atrocious, or has made the employees experience with the organization so trying that the employee has no other choice but to resign and leave the organization. Under the law this type of resignation is not truly voluntary so it is viewed as a termination. The given scenario is relevant to the legal concept of constructive discharge because it paints the picture of an ex-employee who resigned due to a new company policy change that would require employees to work on a religious holy day. The new policy requires all shift-work employees to work 12-hour shifts with four days at work and then four days off. The four required work days can occur on any day of the week, Monday through Sunday. B. Title VII: The candidate provides a logical discussion, with sufficient detail, of a protected category under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that is relevant to the scenario. The law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the sole foundation of the person’s particular race, their color, their preference on religion, their national origin, or whether they are male or female. The protected category “Duty to Accommodate an Employees Religion”, under the Title VII of the Civil...
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...had a lot of impact on our history. They tore up cities, killed innocent people, and still failed to reclaim the Holy Land. The Crusades was a series of wars over the Holy Land . The Christians believe it is the place where the last supper was held. The impact the Crusades left on our history was definitely more negative than positive. They killed innocent people like the Jews, and they made the relationship between the Jews, Muslims, and Christians worse. One way that the impact of the Crusades was more negative than positive was that the Crusades killed innocent people such as the Jews. Document 1 states that “ In Europe, crusaders sometimes turned their fury against Jews, massacring entire communities.”This is (important/interesting/relevant)...
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...Foundations of Mythology Dayana H Febres Aponte World Mythology HUM105 08/12/2015 Prof. Lester Lopez Nieves Foundations of Mythology Mythology is in my opinion if not a well-known subject it is by far a very much talked about subject. Everyone I know I know always has different type of opinion or ways of seeing what exactly mythology is. Well, know I get the chance to further my knowledge and understand a little more about what mythology is exactly and have my own opinion about it. After reading the chapters and analyzing them the word myth is defined in my words as some type a story, maybe even a special story that concerns early history of some people or some type of explaining of a social or natural phenomenon. In my opinion it involves supernatural things or events. So, the statement "It's a myth" can mean different things to different people. To me it means something that is maybe unexplainable or not real, but to other it may mean some type of historic event that were told when they were children and to this day believe it is true. If I were to describe "myths" in my own words I will say that myths is something that we grow up with. Where I am from they taught me about "El chupacabra", this in Puerto Rico means some kind of animal that lives in the woods and eats cows. In some other understanding I will say it sometimes means history of our ancestors that many times we find them hard to believe. In the world we live in today...
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...This would be due to how the government shouldn't endorse a belief system for its people to follow in the First Amendment. America is a diverse country whose people hold religion with reverence, but that does not mean one religion should be endorsed instead of the others. For a concurring opinion, Justice Douglas believed that the government supporting a specific religious prayer at public schools violated the First Amendment. A noteworthy dissenting opinion argued by Justice Stewart was how the Establishment Clause could not prohibit every single type of government involvement in religion. Engel v. Vitale: Did it overturn any precedent? : Engel v. Vitale overturned a precedent in a previous case in McCollum v. Board of Education, which permitted religious instruction throughout school but not in public school areas. Engel v. Vitale: Relevant constitutional amendment/clause? A relevant constitutional amendment that was brought up was the First Amendment, which in this case guaranteed the separation of church and...
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...common mythological themes, the differences between mythology, religion, and belief, and whether or not I believe if mythology is relevant. The word myth is used popularly to explain or tell a story or legend that is not fully truthful. Portions of the story maybe true but other portions of the story are exaggerated or told in a way that the person understands. Tall tales, fairytales, or urban legends are examples of myths that help explain things to people or children especially in a way they can understand. The statement, “It’s a myth” means that the story is not true, there is little truth in the story, or an explanation of the unknown. For example, as a child many of us are told about the boogey man. He is a mythological creature created to spook or scare children into behaving or to stay away from dangerous places. The boogey man is a common mythological theme told across different cultures. Each culture has a name for the boogey man, such as the Chupacabra, the Lady in Black, Bloody Mary, the Man under the bed, or the most common of all the Devil. The myth of an allege boogey man was created to scare children or bring fear of the unknown. The myth of the boogey man explains to children that there are bad people or places in the world and to be cautious. Another common mythology theme is the existence of a higher power or being who created earth, the universe, and all things in it. Each culture has a religion and they are used to explain how things started or became of....
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...Like you, no matter where I travel abroad there is a myriad of reasons to be thankful to be an American. Some individuals I encountered were fascinated by my status as an American. Others verbally attacked my citizenship. When I was in Egypt, I was assigned an armed guard who followed me everywhere. Such occurrences of American hate may reflect misconceptions of American exceptionalism. For example, those who disprove of American exceptionalism associate it with jingoism or chauvinism (Murray 2013). America is a beacon for the entire world. The beacon draws some toward it and other to destroy it. Religion, or more accurately faith, does play a substantial part in the propulsion of American exceptionalism. America is a grand experiment in...
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