Analyzing Religion Tiffany Sanford Argosy University Hum215 Mounir Zalloua April 17, 2014 Islam and Mormon’s In comparing and contrasting world religion from an anthropological perspective, this individual selected Islam and Mormon religion. This individual will explain the various social customs and cultural issues. Describe each religion’s belief systems. Islam and Mormon’s how the two religions live together in a globalized world. According to Cultural Anthropology Schultz and Lavenda, Islam religion originated from the teaching of the prophet Muhammad which begins as far back as the 7th century
Rastafari is a young, Africa-centred religion which developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, following the coronation of Haile Selassie I as King of Ethiopia in 1930. Rastafarians believe Haile Selassie I is God and that he will return to the African members of the black community who are living in exile as the result of colonisation and the slave trade. (www.bbc.co.uk) Marcus Garvey a political activist developed the idea of Rastafari ideology because he wanted to improve the status of his fellow black people. There are approximately one million people worldwide adherents of Rastafari as a faith. The 2001 census found 5,000 Rastafarians living in England and Wales (bbc.co.uk) Rastafarians are known by different names such as Rasta, sufferers, locks men, and dreadlocks or dreads.
The Arabs claim descent from Ishmael; the Jews claim descent from Jacob. *A famine in Canaan drives Jacob and his sons to Egypt. *In about 1200 BCE tribes claiming to be descendants of Abraham arrive in Canaan from Egypt. They said they'd been liberated from slavery in Egypt by YHWH, the god of their leader Moses. They allied with the Hebrews in Canaan and became known as the people of Israel.
Identify and discuss the evidence presented by Dr. Ivan Van Sertima that there was an African presence in Ancient America before the coming of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans in 1492. The first diaspora was the African diaspora. Studies prove life started on the continent of Africa. Africans then dispersed voluntarily and involuntarily. There has always been controversy about whether or not Africans were first in the Americas through slavery, which has been proven to be false.
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THE SURE FOUNDATION THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Life Of Abram Abraham Gordon A Moatz Sr 1/27/2015 This is a short accounting of the life of Abram/Abraham according to scriptures recorded in the KJV of the bible. The covenant with Abram was a major step in divine revelation indicating that God was selecting Abram and his posterity to fulfill His purpose of revealing Himself to the world . 1 Contents Page God Calls Abram …………………………………………………………...2 Family Line of Shem ……………………………………………………………2 Grew Up In Ur ………………………………………………………..3 Abraham’s First call …………………………………………………………….3 Abram Travels to Egypt ......................................................................................4 Deceives Pharaoh ………………………………………………………..4 Hagar Was given To Sarai ………………………………………………….5 Journeys Back To Egypt ………………………………………………….5 Land Dispute between Abram and Lot …………………………………..5 Lot Goes To Sodom …………………………………………………….6 God Confirms His Promise ……………………………………………..6 Capture of Lot ………………………………………………………………6 Rescues Lot ……………………………………………………………….6 God Encourages Abram ……………………………………………………7 Abram Questions God …………………………………………………….7 Sarai Gives Hagar to Abram ………………………………………………..7 Hagar Gave Birth to Ishmael ……………………………………………….7 Covenant of Circumcision ………………………………………………….8 Changed Their Names ……………………………………………………9 Name Their Son Isaac ……………………………………………………..9 ABRAHAM INTERCEDES …………………………………………………………9 While in Gerar ……………………………………………………………...9 God carried out His promise …………………………………………….10 Sends Hagar and Ishmael Away ………………………………………...10 Offers Isaac as a Sacrifice ……………………………………………....10 Sarah Dies ………………………………………………………………….11 Purchased Burial Plot at Machpelah ……………………………11 Abraham Arranged the Marriage of Isaac to Rebekah ………………..11 Abraham Marries Again ………………………………………………….12 2 Abraham Dies
Boko Haram From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Boko Haram People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد Participant in the Nigerian Sharia conflict Active 2002– Ideology Islamism Leaders Mohammed Yusuf Abubakar Shekau[1] Mallam Sanni Umaru[2][3][not in citation given] Abu Darda[citation needed] Abu Zaid - Spokesman[3] Headquarters Kanamma, Nigeria Area of operations Northern Nigeria Opponents Nigerian State Battles/wars Nigerian Sharia conflict 2009 Nigerian sectarian violence Map of Nigerian states that currently implement Shariah People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad[4] (Arabic: جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal-Jihad), better known by its Hausa name Boko Haram, is a Salafist jihadist terrorist organisation based in the northeast of Nigeria, in the areas predominated by the Kanuri people. [5] Founded by Mohammed Yusuf in 2001[6] or 2002,[7] the organisation is a Muslim sect that seeks to "abolish the secular system and establish an Islamic state"[8] and "establish Sharia system of government in the country. "[9] The movement, whose name in the Hausa language Boko Haram translates as "Western education is sacrilege"[8] or "Western education is a sin",[10] is divided into three factions, and in 2011, was responsible for more than 450 killings in Nigeria. [8] Though the group first became known internationally following sectarian violence in Nigeria in 2009, it does not have a clear structure or evident chain of command. [11] Moreover, it is still a matter of debate whether Boko Haram has any links to terror outfits outside Nigeria with some claiming one of its factions maintains links with terror groups in Somalia, North Africa[8] and with Al-Qaeda.Contents 1 Etymology 2 Ideology 2.1 Criticism 3
Present is not then only shaped by historical narration but also by collective memory, which has its own narrations that are related to the procedure of the formation of identity (Marcus 1998, 96). According to Candau “Memory makes us, we make memory” (Μαντόγλου 2005, 74). Crucially, such images offer a way of imposing an imaginary coherence on the experience of dispersal and fragmentation, which is the history of all enforced diasporas. They do this by representing or 'figuring' Africa as the mother of these different civilisations. This Triangle is, after all, 'centred' in Africa.
vi+ 231. The American Journal of Sociology, 112(1), 322-323. * Northrup, D. (2010). African Religion and Culture: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide. Oxford University Press, USA.
Marcus Garvey ignited a philosophy entitled “Africa for Africans” which was a Black self-empowerment movement that proposed all Blacks should move back to Africa – the home of their ancestors (Erskine 30). Marcus Garvey proclaimed, “Look to Africa where a Black King shall arise – this will be the day of your deliverance” (Erskine 60). Those who followed Garvey’s teachings took it as a revelation from God when Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930 (Culture & Religion). These followers viewed Ras Tafari Makonnen, later known as Haile Selassie I, as the living God of the Black race (Culture & Religion 1). “The name Rastafari is taken from Ras Tafari, the pre-regnal title of Haile Selassie I, composed of Amharic Ras (literally "Head," an Ethiopian title equivalent to Duke), and Haile Selassie's pre-regnal given name, Tafari” (Wikipedia 1).