Essays on Religion

Why do you think religion is important to people? I think religion is important to people because its always there for people whenever they need it. If people ever feel depressed or there are headed down the wrong road they pray and vent their feelings without having anyone to judge them. They feel comfort because…

The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis, is a book that deals with human natureand Christian faith. It takes a view on human nature from the devilsperspective. The book is in form of a collection of letters written by Screwtapeaddressed to his nephew, Wormwood. The letters are advises to Wormwood on how tolure his patient to…

Native American religion penetrated every aspect of their culture. This makes it difficult for a predominantly white, European, secular society to interpret Native Indian spirituality. There is no single Native American religion, but rather as many religions as there are Indian peoples. Religion and ritual were a function of all activity: from the food quest…

Dome of the Rock located in a part of Old Jerusalem is a vital structure to three major monotheistic world religions. With Dome of the Rock’s religious and historical importance in location, it has been a site of past supernatural events and prophesied to be the site of future events. The design of the building…

“ … the Druses who worship the Gold Calf … ” Robert E. Howard, “Three-Bladed Doom” It must have been nice, in some ways, to write for the pulps in the old days. You certainly didn’t have to worry about being tactful to minorities or foreigners. Or primitive people. If you wanted horrible villains with…

Religion beliefs of one sort or another are present in every known society but their variety seems to be endless and it is therefore difficult to produce a broad definition. Two main approaches that look at religion can be used though and these are the Marxist and Functionalist theories. All definitions emphasize certain aspects of…

As civilization has expanded and improved it has gone through many different religions. Some of the most interesting and different have been the Mesopotamian religion, the religion of the Greeks and finally Christianity. These three religions were practiced in different areas and different time periods and therefore they will be excellent for a comparison. Religion…

Science and religion are two subjects that have been in conflict since the begging of time, well more, since when modern science came to be so influential. Religion on the other hand has been around much longer; it has grown to be so dominating that most people today believe in some type of “religion” and…

Elizabeth BerningerStatement of intentThroughout the history of Rome, from the monarchy to the late empire, religion had played a great role in it’s society and was involved in almost every aspect of the life of the Roman citizen. It was common for each house to have it’s own patron god/gods and ,on special occasions, the…

Sunar Hindi: “Goldsmith”, alterately Sonar or Swarnkar) is a Hindu caste in India referring to the community of people who work as goldsmiths. Sunars of Hindu origin are found ethnically in many religions such as Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, Christianity, Atheists and more. Typically a subclan found within the Rajput clan/tribe. This caste is found in…