Emile Durkheim explains that, “religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things that is to say things set part and forbidden beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a church, all those who adhere to them.” (1) Religion can vary so widely that there is also room for error. While religion can serve as a social cement to bring people together that share the same or similar values, it can also serve dysfunctional purposes that can destroy not only states and governments, but societies and world order. In order to understand the roles that both Jesus and Muhammad played in religious proximity we must first understand the religious world, it coming together and the social functions it serves. In Gods in the Global Village, Lester R. Kurts explains that there are three components of religion, “beliefs, rituals, and institutions” according to Durkheim. (1) Beliefs refer to the scared, the things one values most as worthy or give praise
In Beowulf the quote “Shield had a son, child for his yard, sent by God to comfort the people”(Beowulf episode 3) they believed God sent them the son to relieve them of all their worries. Unlike Pagans who believe that spirits send them people other things, Christians believed that God did everything for a reason. “So Hrothgar decided he would build a mead-hall, the greatest the world had ever seen, or even imagined. There he would share out to young and old alike all that God gave him” (Beowulf part 2) Hrothgar was obviously a Christian because he thought God gave him all his finer things in life. He thought God was the reason all the good things were happening to him.
Many religions, whether they believe in resurrection such as Christians and the Islamic faith or in reincarnation like many forms of Hinduism and Buddhism, believe that the status of an individual's afterlife is the reward or punishment, for how they have lived their life. Reincarnation is the idea that after biological death, the soul begins a new life in a new body. Alternatively, resurrection is the belief that after the body dies the soul ascends up to heaven, in a state of being with God. The debate of what happens after the body dies is widely debated amongst religion, however only one can be true. Therefore, which of these two concepts is more logically coherent?
Monotheistic is the adjective for the word monotheism. Monotheism is the belief in one god in a religion. Both religions have a lot in common, but both religions also have differences. Christianity and Islam have other similarities also. A similarity between Christianity and Islam is that Abraham is an important leader in both of their religion.
The goal of a Christian is to develop a close relationship with God through (Word of God) the ministry of Jesus Christ and by the aid of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the anointed one from God the Father who came to this world, to fulfill the Old Testament laws and prophecies. Jesus performed miracles which are recorded in the Gospels by the eyewitnesses. Christianity teaches that there is one God, one faith and one baptism; it teaches that God made the universe, the earth and He created Adam and Eve and that God created man in His image, that mean God’s character. That means every person is made in God’s image and likeness.
Research Question: Compare and contrast the Christian views of salvation versus the Islam views of salvation. With much candour and respect given to religion and the study of religion, over the years, humankind has searched for the need to belong and be a part of something big. Salvation is that which has brought the commencement of such an activity. The word salvation is one taken from the Latin word salvatio; the Greek word sōtēria and the Hebrew yeshu'ah. The significant connection in all three words is in its meaning, which the Oxford Dictionary has defined thoroughly, “preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss; deliverance from sin and its consequences.” The essence therefore is to be saved, salvaged, or redeemed.
Jesus and Buddha: Thoughts about Life in the World Jesus and Buddha are founders and leaders of the two biggest religions in the world. Jesus founds and leads Christian in Western. Buddha founds and leads Buddhism in Eastern. Both of them desire of making the world better, letting people love together and giving happiness to all of people in the world; although there are some differences between their thoughts. Both Jesus and Buddha say that life in this world is not the true life.
Buddhism has an emphasis on finding the truth from within the human spirit while a transcendent worldview such as Christianity places emphasis on God being beyond the world. Definition: It is the religious worldview that adherents believe in a God that exists within and ever present in the universe, within nature. Ann immanent religious worldview holds that God/s and Goddess/es or divine spirits and is maintained by their power. Impact on Individuals, Society and culture: Religious worldview: morals/ethics/beliefs/sense of belonging/identity Offers individual purpose, individuals answers to life's profound questions Art – Interpretation of the bible
As well as having influences from many different groups, Hinduism has also influenced other groups, namely the religions Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism. Hinduism has been said to be not just a religion, but a way of life and it encompasses many different Indian traditions. Hindu’s are monotheists; this means that they believe in one God (Who they call ‘Brahman’), which is not all that different from many other current religions. However, in Hinduism, this God has many names and forms (Causing the common misconception that they are polytheists). Hindus say their God has an infinite amount of names and forms but which are all part of the same one God.
The Allah of Islam is known by 99 names. The Brahman of Hinduism is also known by several names and by knowing them and chanting them one can attain Him. Both Hinduism and Islam acknowledge that God responds to the prayers and aspirations of His followers and grants them peace, happiness, success and knowledge. He loves those who love Him dearly and forgives them for their ignorant and sinful actions. In Hinduism there is a belief that God is the Supreme Self and that the entire creation is His body.