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Appearance of Sacred Analysis

When one thinks of the word sacred, it can hold many different meanings. By definition sacred means that something is connected to a higher power, such as God or other gods. It is born of a religious experience that might include a special place, event, or ritual.
One such example of this might be a wedding. This type of event usually consists of being held in a special place such as a church, a garden, a beach, or other place that might be considered sacred. Typically, there is a minister or someone in authority who officiates the ceremony as Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Religion has always remained central to America's sense of mission both abroad and at home and to the national narrative. This observation can be transposed onto various geographical contexts despite the salient belief that religion and modernity are antithetical entities and belief systems (). The intersectionality of religion, law, and justice is nuanced and complex, especially within the context of modernity an in an increasingly globalized world. Indeed, the relationship between religion and law have profound implications for political, social, and legal issues that pertain to constitutional rights to the freedom of belief and religion as well as the nexus Continue reading...

THEOLOGY OF MISSION

Two Old Testament and Two New Testament Mission:
Mission is a particular task. Biblical theology is mission based theology. The term mission is associated with the proclamation of the message. It is the Biblical theology that is based on the belief that when God creates human being, He assigns them certain task, which is known as the Mission. The term mission has been incorporated both in the Old Testament and New Testament. In the Old Testament, God is a sender of His chosen people to fulfilling a certain task, which is called Mission. He sends missionaries on the earth Continue reading...

The exact date for the birth of alcohol is not known, but it is known to have existed from ancient times, and its utility and functions have not gone unnoticed. Since the discovery of the “beer jugs” in the Stone Ages, it is believed that alcohol has remained an important part of human life and has had multipurpose uses for people in the past. It is indicated that the presence of alcohol can be dated from the Neolithic period, which is almost 10,000 years and perhaps even earlier. Wine samples and their products have remained existent from around 4,000 years ago, found in the Egyptian pictographs as well as Greek artifacts and discoveries. However, there is also a common conception that the use of alcohol was not the same in the past as it is today, in fact, there are bound to be drastic differences in the way people consumed and used alcohol back in the day as compared to the way they use it presently. While much of the use of alcohol today is found in recreational consumption of the substance, the former civilizations of the Greeks and the Europeans of the Middle Ages used alcohol for medicinal purposes, such as healing and treating, relieving stress and allowing the society to improve its condition with the help of alcohol.

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The movie is showing us the period of Crusades, actually the time between second and third Crusade, late XII century. Balian, a main character, is very depressed because of the suicide of his beloved wife and unborn kid. Later on a group of Crusaders came to the village and one of them, Baron Godfrey of Ibelin Castle, announce himself as Balian’s father and asking him to join Crusaders and go to Holy Land. Firstly, Balian refuses this offer, but after killing the priest he leaves the village for Jerusalem to find forgiveness for his wife and himself.
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Islam, Christianity and Impact of Crusades

Introduction
Christianity and Islam are two of the major religions in the world that has a long history of conflict. But despite their hostilities towards each other, these two religions share a common origin. Christianity and Islam, for example, are both Abrahamic religions as well as monotheistic. But despite their similarities, the deep conviction of their faithful has somehow resulted to one of the biggest tragedy in human history and that is the series of crusades or the so-called Holy War that happened between the members of these two major religions. For the same reason, this paper Continue reading...

FOR CHURCH LEADERSHIP

The foundations of most of the churches in the world are based in the Acts of the Apostles. The first gathering took place in the upper room where the disciples and other followers awaited the outpouring of the Holy Sprit. It has kept a certain structure and organization throughout the persecution period when Christians were meeting in secret. The Apostle Paul was one of the later apostles as a convert from, what is assumed, Judaism. He had been enrolled in Hebrew school, as was the rule, since the age of five. The assumption was that he came from a Continue reading...

How Social Values and Historical Processes affect Art?

Introduction
Social values refer to the belief of the society and shows the difference between good and bad. Social values are important part of society and they play an important role in forming the behavior and attitudes (Inglehart, 2003). On the other hand, Art is important part of culture that show the trust and values of a society. Art helping people expresses what they feel, their desires, values and thoughts. History of any of the society has large influence on the way different forms of arts appear. At the time of the Medieval, Europe was one of the most Continue reading...

(During 3 Periods: Early Judaism, the Hellenistic Period and the Muslim Domination)
In this book the author describes the development of Jewish thought from a spiritual and philosophical point of view. His main point of reference is the “Hebrew Scriptures” (15). This source is crucial for the topic of “rabbinic Judaism” – it contain the written documents that define the rabbinic tradition as it is today, which is a product of those Scriptures. More importantly, they contain answers to universal questions that have been studied by other streams and schools of philosophy – questions about the origin of the universe and Continue reading...

It is correct that Paul understood and appreciated Glossolalia as a gift of the Holy Spirit. He saw it as a valid aspect of one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit to the Corinthians. The gift was meant to be a unifying factor in the church (Soards, Marion, 79). From the sentiments of Paul, it was intended to bring the congregation together and act as something that would bond them. However, Paul was not amused by the way the Corinthians interpreted Glossolalia. Even though he expressly stated that it is a gift to Christians, Paul did not take Continue reading...

Religious studies

As per Cunninghams' investigation of religion, religion is something that is followed by the factions of humankind, all through history and around the globe; religion influences what individuals do. Phenomenology is frequently denounced for being subjectivist on account of its accentuation upon the deliberateness of cognizance. The phenomenological concept they used is that religion is an ultimate comprehension. Phenomenology is apparently the most persuasive methodology to the investigation of religion in the twentieth century.
Even though, phenomenological approach to the study of a religion has remained under intense critiques from various scholars of different subjects and philosophies. However, it Continue reading...

Question 2.

Can you think of song lyrics that express your own deepest feelings about life and its meaning? Are those lyrics “sacred” in any true meaning of the word?
The first song that hit upon me is Hozier's “Take Me to Church”. Rereading their lines I have come to opinion that this song is “sacred” because it contains lots of words from religious language. But also I believe that everything that a person creates is sacred and in this case the author of these lyrics is a creator who gave words new meaning, set them in a proper order and Continue reading...

The journal discusses expressive art forms across cultures. It goes on to distinguish between “art” and “not art”. The writer further maintains that anthropologists do not classify the diverse art forms into folk art, fine art and the like. In fact, anthropology believes in providing a non-ethnocentric definition of art. Anthropologists believe in the relativity of culture and the comparative analysis of diverse art forms reigning across cultures. Spradley (1996, 19) maintains that anthropology strives to understand the intricacy and complexity of art forms reigning across diverse cultures. The industrialized society has traditionally viewed art to be primitive, scientific Continue reading...

The most interesting and inspiring thing about the video is the spiritual kinship of Onondaga Elder, Audrey Shenandoah, with nature. She regards and addresses nature as mother, brother, and grandfather. (“Onondaga Nation Elder on the Sacredness of Mother Earth”, BillMoyers.com) Much like the way we regard our families with respect, devotion, and protectiveness, the mere act of addressing everything around us as part of our family and basically extending our familial love to nature creates enlightenment that everything and everyone is connected.

Cry of the Earth

Equating nature with people, most especially with our family, gives them the human thinking and emotions. In Continue reading...

Introduction

Making sense of the world essentially begins with a worldview. A worldview provides the necessary framework through which the world will be perceived in a unique way that has meaning to the person. It is a fundamental conviction on how the world should be seen, understood, and experienced (Hiles & Smith, n. d.). For Christians, such worldview centers upon Jesus Christ, the living Son of God (Matt. 16:16), the reason Christianity came to be. The Christian worldview is essentially God-centered (monotheistic). It gives priority to the prerogatives of God over human prerogatives, shaping it to conform former (Hiles & Smith, n. Continue reading...

The relationship between grace and sacrament reinforces the underlying nature of human and divine encounter. The principles of ecclesiology offer a concise framework of sacramental theory that fosters the belief inherent in the primordial presence of God. According to Mueller (178), it is evident that the actions that signify the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are reveled in the mystery of God’s love. This reflects the essence of grace through which the human and divine encounter is evidenced in sacraments. On the other hand, Miller and Mueller (216) underscore that the fundamental sacrament of the presence Continue reading...

Religion forms world view of people and influences their behavior. People who really have faith in their hearts are capable of many beautiful things and can truly be considered as those who possess divine force. However, religions differ as well as priorities and opinions. It is hard to find two people, who share absolutely common views on the nature of the sacred in a single congregation, let alone different ones. It makes our big world even more mysterious and interesting.
In the Christian tradition the main goal is to love God and all people. All the sacred comes from Continue reading...

The Etruscans - the ancient tribes that inhabited in the 1st millennium BC. On the north-west of the peninsula - a region called the ancient Etruria (modern Tuscany). The Etruscans - the creators of civilization that preceded the Roman and was on her considerable influence. The origin of the Etruscans is unclear. Probably, the formation of the Etruscans was completed by the 8th century BC. Their influence in the 6th century BC spread almost the whole of Italy. But the period of Etruscan power was not long: the Greeks in 524 and 474 BC defeated them at Kum, putting Continue reading...

Introduction

The Qur’an passages speak about the life of being an Islam and faith in Allah. The themes or issues discussed in the passages tell the people about the real teaching of Islam, the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him), and the absolute oneness of Allah or the affirmation of the divine unity. A true Islam confesses that there is no God but God and Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) is the last prophet. Muslims have the complete submission and obedience to the one and only Creator Allah, who is worthy of Continue reading...

Annunciation Triptych Workshop of Robert Campin

Description of the painting
Robert Campin is largely accepted as a painter that is part of the first artists to depict a more realistic interpretation of the subjects that he painted. He is also credited to be among the first artists to experiment with oil paints. In portraying paintings that depicted things as they would appear at the time period when he was painting then he achieved this making many people to be able to relate to his paintings. One of his main paintings is that of Annunciation Triptych. The artist of this painting is Robert Campin (1378-1444).The Continue reading...