Recommended: Religious diversity and its effects
In the first section of Chapter 1 of Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras, the author Diana Eck discusses her personal experience from exploring the encounter of Bozeman and Banaras. The author raises many interesting questions in this section about religious differences, what it means to be of a certain religion, if the label of being a certain religion matters or defines oneself, what another culture or religion means to an individual of another religion, and how members of different religions view one another. Eck explains how she was raised as a Christian in Bozeman under an influence of the church, and during her college years, she travelled to Banaras in India and she experienced a challenge in her faith by observing
When the outside religions hadn't come to Africa, the women were in control of land and they were the ones who controlled their families. Once Islam and Christianity became involved, women lost their entitlement of land and were looked at as subordinates to their male counterparts. The mixing of cultures demonstrates the difference that religion has on a society. 3. One of the greatest similarities was the structures that were created.
In order to focus on the foundation of religions, locations and time of events are limited to the minimum. It “does not attept to give a rounded view of the religions considered.” (p.2) It tried to do reasonable justice to several perspectives instead of attempting to catalogue many types. When he decides which view to present, the guideline
Patel wants everyone to embrace the many different religions that we have while believing that they all can coexist in the community “I realized that it was precisely because of America’s glaring imperfections that I should seek to participate in its progress, carve a place in its promise, and play a role in its possibility. And at its heart and at its best, America was about pluralism” (Patel 89). Patel says that pluralism should be embraced and individuals should have a better understanding of one’s religion before mistaking. These mistakes can lead to disputes and ultimately to pandemonium characterized in this text.
In class, uniqueness is highlighted of one religion from the other and in the text Oneida has many rules and features that make them unique, however, the lengthy use of their eugenics is the strongest separating trait. From the explanation of the perfectionist use of eugenics I learned that not everything that is successful is for the best of society and began to relate it to other aspects of my life that fit the same outline that I had never took time to think
Divided by Faith has four sections that cover the obstacles to the implementation of toleration, the practice of toleration, interactions between opposing faiths and the
The introduction of the book is packed with general knowledge about religions of the world people should know. The introduction begins with Prothero shedding light on the fact that although there are many differences in the world, like democracy and monarchy but, all religions are one. According to Prothero, all religions share the sweet harmony of peace, love, and understanding. (Prothero 2010, p. 2) There is an analogy made that religions are different paths up the same mountain, which means that they may have different bases, but they have the same end goal. Prothero continues on acknowledging that people today try so hard to get along with each other there is an automatic religious tolerance that happens, which seems like a good thing but having tolerance is admitting that there is a difference.
Religious inclusivism believes that Jesus Christ is the only Savior, however, one don’t have to attain salvation apart from the explicit knowledge of Him. Nash feels that it is important to understand these other views, because it alters the Christian’s foundation. Nash presents his central purpose of writing this book is threefold: to see do pluralism have success at combating exclusivism, and can it persuade people to leave the Christian church’s teaching on Jesus is the only way to salvation. In addition, does inclusivism has success in making a strong case against exclusivism, and to prove why Christians continue to follow Biblical teaching of Jesus is the only
In chapter 2 of the good and beautiful life, it is mainly talking about the Kingdom of God and Jesus’ narrative: of getting heaven into us now, how often have you heard about the kingdom? False narrative: the kingdom of God is future, and how do we enter the kingdom of God? “I still believe this today. The gospel which literally means “the good news” of Christianity certainly contains this message. I fully believe that God loves us, that we are separated from God by our sin, that the sacrifice of Jesus is the only means of reconciliation and the necessity of receiving Jesus by faith.
John Hick cites Bahá'u'lláh as an influential religious leader who adopted pluralism. Bahá'u'lláh led Bahaism, a movement in Islam that believes that there is another prophet after Muhammad, and suggests that pluralism ‘has a more familiar and accepted status in India and further east’. Furthermore, being a member of a religious tradition may be beneficial in understanding another’s truth claims, if the traditions have similar concepts, or share some truth claims. For example, for religious traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Bahaism, despite the fact that each tradition claims to supersede the previous one, some concepts and ideas may be shared, and so a religious background may be beneficial when aiming to understand truth
The reason behind this is that I can take everyone’s interpretations and feelings into consideration and evaluate both sides. This gives me a better understanding on not only my beliefs but on other religions beliefs as well. I feel more in tune with not only my religion but with other religions when I combine my perspective with there’s. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, so weather you are an exclusivist, inclusivist, or a pluralist you’re outlook or perception is entirely up to you. Your beliefs on other religions and about diversity can generally be explained through these three mind sets, but in my opinion I feel I can best describe myself is as a
This contrast has created significant differences in the way the two religions developed over the course of history. Christianity in the modern age and even throughout most of history has been a significantly more
To achieve this goal we must articulate three characteristics of a community characterized by religious pluralism; (1) Respect for religious and nonreligious identity, (2) mutually inspiring relationships and (3) common action around issues of shared social concern. Positive attitudes, appreciative knowledge, and behaviors that build social capital may be the best proxy to measure the strength of pluralism in a
The concept of pluralism for a christ-centered theist is, unsupported because in christianity there cannot be more than one reality true or valid at the same time. The concept of relativism for a christ-centered theist is, unsupported because there is a defined moral law based on God. The concept of exclusivity for a christ-centered theist is, supported because if you don 't believe than you wont get the benefits of believing. The concept of inclusivity for a christ-centered theist is, unsupported because God wont take nonbelievers into heaven.
In studying globalization, one major factor that always tends to be present is the role of religion. Undoubtedly, religion played a part in shaping cities/regions, however, it should not take credit for being the force that single-handedly unified people of different faiths. Rather, in viewing religious beliefs and practices, we should not perceive it as something that is black or white in terms of how it shaped or drove phases of globalization. Many outside factors such as trade and power should also be included when discussing the forces behind globalization and unification between two different groups of people.
