Religion Essays

Comparison of Tolerance in Various Faiths
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Jan 2018
Introduction: Tolerance as a skill and an attitude to life has become essential for the very survival of humanity. One of the fallouts of the much discussed globalization process is the demand to meet, work and liv...

Role of the Hadith in Shaping Muslim Identity
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Jan 2018
Introduction: Islam is a religion both of the book and of tradition. Both of these avenues are, to some extent, sacred for the Muslim. In this way it is akin to other major religions of the world. For example, in C...

Scope of Religion in Australia
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Jan 2018
Introduction: Diversity in Australia Australia is home to increased religious diversity and religious pluralism. Its current religious landscape is shaped through the dramatic effect of immigration, the movements t...

Tree of Life in Evolution: A Discussion
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Jan 2018
Introduction: Introduction The tree of life in science describes the relationships of all life on Earth in an evolutionary context. Charles Darwin talks about envisioning evolution ; however, the book’s sole ...

Catholic Views on Social Issues
Example essay. Last modified: 4th Oct 2017
Introduction: “Religion is the set beliefs, feelings, dogmas and practices that define the relations between human being and sacred or divinity” (Green, 1962, pg. 1). Religion is a way for people to have a str...

Commentary on Luke 23:32-43
Example essay. Last modified: 4th Oct 2017
Introduction: SERMON COMMENTARY ON LUKE 23:32-43 Reflecting on the commentary of my sermon preached as a part of an assignment at Spurgeon College on 12 May 2014. I will be taking into account and reflecting on th...

The Role of Religion in the Middle East
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Sep 2017
Introduction: The Role of Religion in the Middle East Religion is one of the most powerful defining forces of a culture. For example, stores would be closed on Saturday in Israel because that is the Sabbath in the...

Comparison and History of the Catholic Church
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Did Early Modern (c. 1450-1700) Catholics have a better appreciation of the ‘need’ for rituals than Protestants? INTRODUCTION The years 1450 to 1700 were a time of great transition and co...

The Life of William Carey
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Introduction – brief life history This essay aims to explore and discuss the life of the renowned theologian and religious missionary William Carey. Carey is one of the most important missionary fi...

State Sponsored Terrorist Organization
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Sep 2017
Introduction: Wesley L. Metcalf   According to Taylor &Swanson (2016) State, terrorism is defined as Terrorism committed by a national government, inside of its national borders and directed at its citizens ...

St John of the Cross - A Mystic for the 21st Century
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Sep 2017
Introduction: Regnum 146874  Human beings have always cultivated a desire to meet God, to question him, to know his thoughts, to find out his plans. How to find him? Where can we meet him? In ancient times it wa...

Book Review of Limited Church: Unlimited Kingdom
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Sep 2017
Introduction: Aaron Christiansen Rienow, Rob. Limited Church: Unlimited Kingdom. Nashville: Randall House, 2013. 336 pp. $22.99 Biographical Sketch of the Author Dr. Rienow is a husband, father and the pastor...

Analysis of Mark's Gospel
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Much of the traditional focus of scholarship on Mark’s Gospel has concentrated upon the call and mission of the disciples, the twelve. However, through this exegetical study of five of the tex...

Preparation for Sunday Service
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Component 1: Written Assignment (1,500 words) List principal structural elements (the Ordo) of a main Sunday service such as you normally attend, stating briefly how you understand each element (or ...

The Infallibility of the Bible: Astronomical Errors
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: 03/12/2017 There is overwhelming support for inerrancy from history. The idea that the Bible can contain errors is a relatively new belief. Author and scholar Harold Lindsell stated, “Apart fr...

Contributions of Siddhartha Gautama to Buddhism
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Ilinca Stingaciu Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha, is considered the founder of Buddhist religion. Many buddhist beliefs and teachings are based on the Buddha’s discoveries and te...

Changes to Religious Views of Marriage
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Marriage Marriage today is looked at in a very different way to that of past years. Modern day interpretations on marriage and the way it is understood have changed greatly. But being viewed differe...

St Brigid of Kildare
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Around 450 C.E. in Ireland, a girl born to a father, Dubtach, pagan Scottish king of Leinster, and a mother, Brocca, a Christian Pictish slave who had been baptised by Saint Patrick. This girl, St ...

What is Religion?
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Religion is a special form of awareness of the surrounding world, which is based on the belief in the existence of one (or more) of the gods. It includes a set of moral and ethical conduct, which ar...

Feminist Movements in Religion: Hinduism and Christianity
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: To what extent can a cross-religious feminist movement help create an egalitarian society in Hinduism and Christianity? Religion in all of its forms has existed since the very beginning of mankin...

The Second Destruction of the Jews Temple
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: The destruction on the Jews temple let to the disruption the Jews religion, culture and politics. The destruction of the temple also led to the dispersion of the Jews within and outside Israel. In a...

Performance- Enhancing Drugs Ethical Dilemma
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: ETHICAL DILEMMA ESSAY At least once, unless extremely lucky, we are either peer pressured or presented with an opportunity to experiment with a drug, this could be an illegal drug as well as it bein...

Complexity of the Concept of the Sacred
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Understanding the concept of the Sacred is a complex phenomenon. Assess keeping in mind over 4000 years of the sacred. Since the beginning of Humanity, Man has been trying to make sense of the world...

Is Mary the Theotokos?
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: “Is Mary the Theotokos? Does it matter? Without the Blessed Virgin Mary Christianity, would be meaningless. That Mary is Mother of God is rooted deeply in sacred scripture, and this Church do...

Is Religion Opposed to Change?
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Religions are often presented as if they are opposed to choice and change. To what extent do the 'controversial futures' examined in Book 4 support or......