Controversy- Pushing the Envelope or Burning it? Religion has always been a touchy subject. Throughout time wars and feuds were raged all because of religious differences. In the world of today the same thing is happening but through a different mean-art. When artists portray images revolving around religious icons the image may turn into something highly controversial.
The Death and Resurrection of Jesus There is a lot to be said for the death and resurrection of Christ. It is the pentacle part of the New Testament that brings in those that are now today called Christians. In this essay the motivations for the Jewish leaders to have Jesus killed will be expressed as well as the reasons of why the Romans consented to carry out the sentence, how Jesus’ message subversive to both the Jewish leadership and the Roman Empire and how did his death ultimately embody his ministry and message. The political and religious reasons are what set Jesus’ crucifixion in motion. In the article, “The Death of Jesus and the Ways of God: Jesus and the Gospels on Messianic Status and Shameful Suffering by J.
It lead to the Latin west taking precious relics home and advocating their victory which they believed God had proclaimed to them, however Pope Innocent III debarred their actions and accused them of losing their purity and faith. The Crusades were informed by chivalric and religious ideals about the sanctity of certain types of violence throughout all crusades however the later crusades were a contradiction with horrible atrocities, attacks with the only purpose of wealth and fighting and attacking Christians. Bibliography Primary Sources De Villehardouin, Geoffrey, Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, translation by Frank T. Marzials, London, 1908 Jonathan Riley- Smith, Crusades: Idea and Reality, 1095 – 1274, London, 1981 Robert the Monk, Historia Hierosolymitana, Dana C. Munro, "Urban
Rome’s emperors contradicted each other many times in history, not the least of which on the topic of Christianity. ``Some of the Roman emperors persecuted the Christians and murdered them but then Constantine came around and adopted it as Rome’s religion`` (Source: Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church). The way the different emperors of Rome jumped between religions made their citizens have less faith in them and not letting the citizens not know what to belief in destroyed unity in Rome. The adoption of Christianity disconnected the falling Western Roman Empire further from the thriving Byzantine Empire (Source: history-world.org/churchseperate.htm). This is significant because the Romans could have learned a lot from the Byzantine.
Why would Christians in the West be moved to embark on a dangerous journey to fight in the Holy Land after hearing Pope Urban's speech at Clermont? The Pope expressed that they are chosen by God. He states that the land is for them, the holy ones. He tells them that Jerusalem has been overtaken by nonbelievers a generation that set not their heart aright and whose spirit was not steadfast with God. He stated they had violently invaded of those Christians and has depopulated them by pillage and fire.
Therefore, it can be said that religion can be used as a form of cultural defence against the rapidly increasing West. The use of religion as a cultural defence is very evident in modern times with the rise of Fundamentalism. Those from ethnic minorities opposing Western values so much that they are willing to kill others and themselves to prove this. The clash of civilisations has been evident between Islam and the West for hundreds of years but became known throughout the world after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Fundamentalists are using religion to defend their culture in a negative way and have thus created a stigma for ethnic minorities.
The Affect of Religion on Terrorism September 11th, 2001 is a day our country will never forget; it was a day that held one of the biggest terroristic attacks that our country has ever seen. These events, subsequently, launched our current war on terrorism and Al-Qaeda. Following the events of 9/11, many sociologists and political figures questioned whether or not religion had been a major influence on terrorism, or was it the leading cause of these questionable acts. We understand that religion and terrorism are closely related, this is because the majority of the individuals committing these acts are members of a religious group; can we blame religion for fueling these acts? Or could it be the group of individuals, as a whole, that influences these people to behave in such a manner?
They blame him for the deaths of millions in the Indochina region by way of indiscriminate bombing campaigns to help influence local regimes (Branfman). The true intentions of the bombing campaigns can surely be debated, but it is highly unlikely that Kissinger planned on a large-scale massacre of innocent civilians. Those accusations in relation to the mass killings are merely political
With the religion/war hypothesis, we don't have to actually make a clinical study--it's already been done for us. In the 20th century, we saw the most disastrous wars of history, both in Europe and in the Far East. Tell me, which of these were centered around religious disputes? As scientists, we are forced to develop an alternative hypothesis: There is another common factor to war, much more common than religion--and that is that they are fought by human beings. I can't speak on behalf of other religions, but I can tell you that many of the great prophets of Judaism spoke of the value of peace even in a time when war was the accepted state of affairs.
Evidently, the impacts of the rise of religious fundamentalism was undeniably significant and detrimental on both a regional and global level. However, the detrimental implications of the rise of religious fundamentalism on a global level created the pressing need to enhancing international cooperation against the threat of religious extremism and terrorism. Thus, while the impact of religious fundamentalism is mostly detrimental and negative on both global and regional levels, the global cooperation against terrorism is the only positively promising consequence that developed due to the rise of religious fundamentalism. On the regional level, the rise of religious fundamentalism had detrimental implications on regional security and also threatened the secular foundations of states. The fundamental basis and legitimacy of secular states lies on the will of the people instead of religion on its own hence, the rise of religious fundamentalism challenges the secular states basic