Key Components Of Religion

The term religion is used to refer to cultural systems that define people’s behaviors, views, texts and way of life. Additionally, religion offers claims on the relation of supernatural elements and humanity (Nongbri 5). However, religious differences exist because of the variation in the key components of religion like faith, sacred entities, and the divine. These lead to the distinctions in religious practices that include venerations, rituals, prayer and sermons among others. Regardless, most religions are based on symbolic narratives whose purpose is often to explain the universe, the origin of life as well as daily life occurrences. It is believed that faith, coupled with reason, forms the basis of religious beliefs (Anderson & Joseph

Christianity is a religion that has about 2.4 billion followers worldwide, accounting for about 33% percent of the global population. Christian beliefs are considered to be an Abrahamic monotheistic that is centered on the teachings, miracles, and life of Jesus of Nazareth, otherwise referred to as the Messiah (Barber xii). This is the world’s largest religion that characterizes the beliefs of about two-thirds of the population in most countries ("The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency"). Islam, on the other hand, is also another Abrahamic monotheistic religion whose sole focus is on the existence of one God, Allah, and his messenger Muhammad. It is the second largest religion in the world with 1.8 billion followers, accounting for 24.1% of the world’s population (Masoud). Judaism is yet another Abrahamic monotheistic religion that is practiced by the Jews with the Torah forming the foundation of the beliefs thereof. Evidently, despite the differences that exist between Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, the foundation of the beliefs associated with the three religions are

The Christian and Jewish belief in the existence of the three characters is similar because texts about them are documented in the Old Testament of the Bible, which comprises the Tanakh of the Jews. Adam is believed to be the first man that was created by God. He collectively represents a sense of mankind and the individuality of a human being (Reymond 105). Adam’s reference in these two faiths resembles that of the Islam faith where Adam is believed to be the first prophet and being, whose role was to be the father of humankind. According to Muslims, Adam was the first Muslim, a belief that is based on a statement provided in the Quran, claiming that all prophets preached about the same faith, Islam (Al Arkoubi