Describe the contribution to and analyse the impact of feminist theology on the development and expression of Christianity. Throughout Christian history feminist groups and individual women have created significant movements and have had a great impact and influence on Christianity and its traditions. Feminist theology is a movement created to secure greater religious rights for females and challenging a view of a male depicted and dominated Christianity. An example of this would be God being depicted as a man when the bible never directly states this. Ultimately this movement would allow for a more meaningful participation of women in the church.
He argued that if people speak equivocally about God, then it cannot profess to know anything about him as it is saying that the language we use to describe humans or the experienced world around us, doesn’t apply to God. Aquinas believed that there
Coming from somebody who has somewhat of a strong faith in any religion, this is seen as a miracle and God has bestowed a blessing on his people. It all depends on the mindset of the person and how they see the world. Obviously, the world is run by religious beliefs and it controls the lives 99% of the people that live today. Personally, I would probably also believe that this is a religious miracle and it is a symbol bestowed onto us by God himself. I’m a Roman Catholic and have studied religion for some of my college time and things like this aren’t just passed by for somebody who cares about their
J.J.Catchings Mr. Tucker 10-28-10 5th Comparing & Contrasting: Christianity & Islam There are a lot of similarities between the two religions Christianity and Islam. Religions are beliefs, service, and worship in a god or gods. Religious views can affect your way of life, personality, and thought process. Christianity is one of the world’s largest religions; it is based on the teachings and miracles of Jesus. Islam is also one of the world’s largest religions; it is the teaching that one can find peace in one’s life by submitting to god in soul, heart, and deed.
Anselm’s Ontological Argument states that one understands that God, as a being, cannot be conceived a greater. Anselm uses this psychology that if we conceive of such a being’s existence only in the understanding, a greater being could be conceived and also exists in reality (Anselm, p.169). He also goes on to say that it’s contradictory because we cannot conceive a greater being than God that it must exist (Anselm, p.169). Anselm then moves on to the admission that since one understands the concept of a being that cannot conceive a greater; God cannot be understood not to exist (Anselm, p.169). One example that Anselm used to back up his argument was a painter.
The Cosmological Argument PHI 208 The Cosmological Argument The philosophy of religion, and associated fields such as theology, explore issues of faith in the specific context of religious belief. (Mosser, 2010). There are three classical arguments that seek to prove the existence of God; Ontological Proof, the Cosmological Argument, and the Argument from Design. (Mosser, 2010). Although all three arguments are popular the Cosmological argument has the strongest proof of the existence of God.
The universe exists, therefore; the universe has a cause of its existence. If the universe has a cause of its existence, then that cause is God. Therefore; God exists. Moreover, the world has too much design and the movement and cause of it is unnatural to be created from nothing, so something must have created it, God! Furthermore, Christians believe in God because of the 3 things; ‘Opeth’, message from God to his people, ‘Mopeth’ when God acts on behalf of his people and ‘Pele’ God’s sovereignty.
If God is all knowing and all powerful and all good, therefore god would not want us to suffer and not put evil on earth. I believe that evil and suffering does exist because of the simple fact that we wouldn’t know the difference between good and bad, sad and happiness, love and hate. We wouldn’t know to appreciate god and everything he does for us. God being an all tri-omni god would not put anything on earth that he knew we couldn’t handle. There are two varieties of evil, moral and natural evil.
B) To what degree do you agree with Londis' point of view that "women should have social, political, and ecclesiastical rights equal to men"? • I feel that the woman should have many of the same rights as men in many aspects of life (work, voting, etc.) However, I do feel that men are supposed to be the head of the church and the head of the household. C) Explain briefly your reactions to Londis' statement: "If a body is not essential to God's deity, then maleness cannot be essential either." • I fully agree with this statement.
Recognising this reaffirms that God is more than we can ever imagine – he is ineffable, can never be described so we cannot say what they are not. Strengths of via negativa are that it allows things to be said about God without implying that the finite (humans) can grasp the infinite (God), it also asserts the claims of revelation, that God is good and then recognises goodness to be a human word and so must be negated by saying too that God is not good to