Essays on Religion Page 116

Picking the Aphrodite of Melos as the topic I wanted to write on was easy because I’ve seen the figure before over time and in many places, it is a renowned classic in art. The culture the figure is from is ancient Greece. To Socrates and Plato, Aphrodite was a real god because she represented…

When we think about a theocracy, we generally imagine a political system governed and legislated by a religious body with religious beliefs. This is mostly accurate throughout history, as theocratic governments have existed successfully worldwide, from ancient Egypt to modern Middle-Eastern Islamic states. Even the Christian Church had a theocratic diversity for centuries, spanning most…

Biblical archaeology has been founding confirming and pointing to the existence of Melchizedek, King of Salem. Melchizedek was a high priest to whom Abraham would return a tithe of all his increase Genesis 14:18-20 where “Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most High God. And…

Zechariah is one of the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. His book is located between the books of Haggai and Malachi. Zechariah is thought to have preached from about 520-518 B.C. The book of Zechariah deals with the restoration of Jerusalem, the Temple, and God‘s people. Chapter 11 verses 4-17, which is a story…

Scholars do not work in isolation, but rather within the contexts of their communities, traditions, commitments, and beliefs. Their specialized scholarship exists within a larger framework of reality. Hence, we should consider: What is encompassed in this broader context? Does it accommodate the existence of a deity? If so, does the presence of this deity…

Mission San Gabriel was founded on September 8, 1771 by fathers Pedro Cambon and Angel Somera. The planned site for the Mission was along the banks of the Rio de los Temblores (the River of the Earthquakes—the Santa Ana River). The priests chose an alternate site on a fertile plain located directly alongside the Rio…

Central Issue in Debate Regarding Muslim FeminismFeminism or the concept of gender equality of women is an increasing ideology among the new generation of Muslim women in the most Muslim countries. There have been hot debates and discourse regarding about the identity and the role of the Muslim women to be played in the modern…

“White Privilege and Male Privilege” by Peggy McIntosh “Domination and Subordination” by J. B. Miller “Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name” by Gloria Yamato “Oppression” by Marilyn Frye 1)The article “White Privilege and Male Privilege” by Peggy Mcintosh discusses how just being born into the race of the majority (for now), and…

            The experience of God is characteristically mysterious. But while such experience is marked by mystery, one must admit that religious experience itself is not beyond articulation or description. As a matter of fact, there are reasons to think that man’s experience of God too often gets translated into divine images which are incarnated in…

The Didache’s authenticity, since its inception, has been a centre of controversy and debate among religious and philosophical scholars.  This is in large part, brought about by the timelines of authorship among Jewish and Christian literature.  Likewise, more specific examples are contained within recent theories, publications, and journals which connote a connection between the Didache…