In particular, when speaking of Spies, the lines are not as clear as they do not accept the tenets of Christianity but see activities such as prayer or forgiveness as useful to the secular world. Because of this area of debate, the idea of absolutes is not possible. Without absolutes, how can we actually give someone guidance on how and where to go in their lives? Without a spiritual path that is laid out and definite, where does someone with a troubled soul go? I am grateful for the door that the book opens by illustrating how the two worlds of psychology and Christianity can be married yet as in any marriage, there is always areas that are not
The present society appears to have an identity predicament with the Church, because there is a tremendous amount of self-help propaganda in this society; therefore they simply do not care about a commitment with the Church, but can read about how to be better people in the comfort and safety of their own homes. This concept is safe and they do not open themselves up for disappointment or tedious Church tasks. Billings notes, “Participation in Church life is not seen as crucial for the practice of Christianity, it is the practice of Christianity that British people think important.” (Billings, 2004, p. 104) The British thinking has become a
I am going to explain how the Hmong’s religion works and how it is different from most religions. I will also write about how the Hmong’s religion works and how they live their lives. The Hmong people take their religion seriously. They would die for it. Their beliefs are different in many ways.
the problems of defining secularisation have arisen because sociologists have used the term in so many different ways. If you cannot define 'religion,' then how can a sociologist define the process of secularisation? This problem can be overcome by measuring the decline in religious behaviour, the decline of religious institutions, and the decline of religious belief. Sociologists can measure religious behaviour by measuring the attendance at religious services for births, marriages, deaths and festivals as well as routine services. This is difficult for sociologists to measure.
Many examples in the book made me consider perspectives that I had never thought of before. In my opinion, this book definitely stirred up a reassurance of my place in society and what can be done to liberate the oppressed. I believe the voices represented in this book can cause negative reactions from some churches because it goes against what is and has been normal. Churches would not really like to change the view of “white” Christ to be a diverse Christ of another race because it would change certain aspects and power. The church is called to be one diverse body of God, but as churches can remain dominant to one race, it becomes difficult to incorporate diversity into what already is established.
There are just a few films to date, that have portrayed the controversial topic of Jesus Christ in His last days. The most well-known would have to be, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Passion of the Christ. All though these controversial films are based on the same event, they are drastically dissimilar. They are both controversial, but for very different reasons. Just for the sake of fairness I would have to say that just about any film concerning the life of Jesus is going to be considered controversial to some.
My opinion of the main ideas and motivations behind the Enlightenment and Great Awakening is that at a time of bad economic times, unemployment, death, disease and difficult climate/land conditions, among other things, times were very hard on the colonists and they were beginning to lose hope as a result. So they turned to two things: the Great Awakening for religious/spiritual support and guidance, and the Enlightenment in order to learn to use reasoning in "finding the truth." As far as the Great Awakening is concerned, churches seemed to be the only relief for colonists from their stressful lives, and they also served as places for social meetings and gatherings among all the colonists. In that way, churches were seen almost as a necessity, like food and shelter. During church sermons, the colonists were driven over the head, again and again, on the idea that without God's forgiveness for sins in life, one would burn in Hell forever, and this for many individuals also made church the only place where they could save their souls, so to speak.
The Baptist church was frequently criticized by other churches that were supported by public taxes. Church clergy were always insulted and many were whipped and abused because of their public beliefs (Baker). The churches characteristics greatly define who they are and make it a great divider from other religious denominations. The Baptist faith believes wholly in the idea that Baptisms are only for believers and should be left as a personal decision not something that is given to an infant. However, even though Baptists believe that the idea of getting baptized is important it is only looked upon as a symbolic
When prayer is done in the Christian churches they do not pray down on their knees, it is always standing up at the altar, or either at their seats with their heads bowed. English is the basic language spoken in the Christian churches. Also the Buddhist temple is totally different on the inside compared to one of the Christian
Soul Ties “What you surround yourself with is what you become!” In searching the scriptures you will find that the term “Soul Ties” is not actually in the Bible. Yet we find many instances of where God warned His people not to associate, marry or spend time with certain folks, cultures, rituals or traditions. Yet through scripture we find where God’s people obeyed at times and many times they didn’t. The times when they did, they were blessed. The times when they didn’t, they brought a snare upon themselves.