2. In a short but consistent essay explain the role of religion in today’s world. Give consistent reasons for your explanation. In today’s world religion seems to have a different place than in times before. Throughout history religion is what governed countries, brought people together, and gave morals and rules for everyday life.
They sacrifice for their religion, and their religious thought depends upon their social class. The Dao and Anslem do not use idols for worship like Ganesha. Ganesha has an idol of their god, which is an image of a human body with an elephant head. The Dao and Anslem both sacrifice for their gods in different ways. The Dao gives sacrifices to honor their ancestors in order to insure good crops, and the Anslem sacrifice their time in earnest prayer.
Authenticity can be dependent on the individuals finding of faith and becoming true to oneself. The media takes a large role in supporting our beliefs and we do not form our own opinions but develops the opinion made by the news. Prior to my mother’s death, my own belief was within the cultural norm, following the norm was more valuable than being authentic, I thought. The argument was that a persons freedom and courage to act more valuable than the person’s devotion. For the past two years, since my mother’s death, have not been very interested in the church.
During the Middle Ages, and even during the Renaissance democracy did not exist. The Catholic Church had absolute power over the Government as well as society in general because of the fact that so many people had not much to look forward to but going to heaven. This gave the Church the most power to rule over it’s citizens because people were afraid that if they were to disobey the Church they would be excommunicated from the Church and ultimately would not be able to go to heaven. However, during part of the Renaissance, the values of people began to change. The views of people became more secular, and the focus of education was pretty much to make a well-rounded ideal citizen, which means instead of religion being the main focus, humanism began to be shown.
The importance of religion was significant but people started living for themselves instead of hoping to go to heaven after death. The Declaration of the Rights of Man represents “greatest leap forward” and bridges the gap between the early Europe of Charlemagne and the “modern” Europe of 19th century. It influenced many modern world laws. The Declaration of the Rights of
Instead of being inspired by the words of our religion many are using it as a social grouping mostly to benefit themselves or a particular group. Furthermore religion itself is slow to move with the times and find modern-day relevance which makes us believe that the teachings or beliefs are is not applicable to our society. Despite fewer people aligning themselves to a religion, it still has the ability to mould the thoughts and actions of those who follow it. This can be seen in our elders as religion played a greater role in shaping their society and infusing culture allowing to
Religion is perhaps the strongest force in society. But what is religion? Some would say that our distant ancestors invented it as a way to explain the strange and mysterious world around them; Others say that religion is simply truth. In its broad sense religion is a complex system of beliefs, practices, and attitudes by which people relate their lives to supernatural beings or principles and shapes the way we act as people towards other humans, plants and animals. There are many different religions in the world today; Some of these religions are growing, while some are decreasing in the number of their members.
They may feel more comfortable worshipping on their own in their own home. People are more entitled to their own beliefs and they also may see religious institutions as less important. As there is an increase in New Religious Movements, post modernists say that there is more choice of beliefs for people to follow, however, this means that religion as a whole
It was not simply knowledge about the world, but wisdom about right relationships within the world, that propelled many agents for change in our own time. to challenge the dominant culture in their efforts to make the world a more just and caring place for everyone to enjoy. We often know a lot about these and other important persons -- that is, we know something about their politics, their moral vision, and their impact on society -- but we generally know little if anything about the spiritual sources that animated (and animate) their commitments to a larger good. Progressive educators have generally abandoned the so-called IQ measurement as the gold standard of educational success. The current
Also it cannot be argued that religion is not so significant in society today as sects and cults are becoming more and more popular in society , each portraying religious ideas, the fact that membership of such religious organisations are increasing suggest that religion has not lost its significance. However the fact that these sects and cults are only attended by only a minority in society despite the increase in attendance works against the idea that religion is still significant. It can also be argued that religion is not losing its significance in society today also because our judiciary system is based on the 10 commandments of the Christian religion which is used to judge the rights and wrongs of citizens in society and sanction them where appropriate. However it can be argued that in society today it is the fear of punishment not the religious origins of the law which stop them from committing crime, while others chose to still break the law, so much so that places in English prisons are now becoming limited. These points suggesting that although the English law is underpinned by religious suggesting it has not lost its significance in society the fact that people still break the law means the significance is lowered.