The Igbo Religion

He was the son of the famous Saint Monica, but despite his mother being a devout Christian his father believed in paganism. Augustine dedicated his life to Christ after reading the epistles of Paul. Original sin was a disputed topic for the Church and had many sides to it. Augustine’s argument about original sin disagreed with Pelagius’, a philosopher in the church. He argued that sin has been passed down from the start when Adam and Eve first ate from the tree of knowledge.

Both of the characters have religious beliefs that they constantly pray to and rely on. Gilgamesh prays to his higher powered gods, like Anu, for guidance and protection. Beowulf only prays to one god the entire time, thus hinting the Christian aspect in the epic poem Beowulf. Both of them rely heavily on their respective Gods for help and guidance. Most people during the time Beowulf was written were part of the Christian faith, while the people during the time of Gilgamesh were all polytheistic.

Puritan writings show that religion was an important part of American literature. Puritans used the theme that God should be worshiped and they wrote about their religious foundations. They also stressed hard work in their writings. Most of the writings during this period were in the form of poems, letters, journals, biographies and memoirs. Many of the Puritan works were written in poetry form.

Conversion throughout England took centuries because it was hard to convince everyone that this was the right path for him or her. The conversion of the English was important because it gave the Pope power over the English and influenced their beliefs and everyday life. In the medieval times religion was a vital part of everyone’s lives. People would pray and attend church every daily and many laws and rules were enforced by the church. In The Ecclesiastical History of the English People you can see how dedicated people were to their faith such as when King Oswald stopped before a battle to pray “Thereupon he raised his voice and called out to the whole army, ‘Let us all kneel together and pray the almighty, ever living, and true God to defend us in His mercy from the proud and fierce enemy; for He knows that we are fighting in a just cause for the preservation of our whole race’” (Bede 112).

Although America is a place that values freedom of religion, 81 percent of the nation identifies as Christian. The main religion of Spain is Roman Catholicism. As a traditional Roman Catholic, the holidays they celebrate are: Lent (Cuaresma), Holy Week (Semana Santa), Christmas (La Navidad), and Three Kings Day (Los Tres Reyes Magos). As a traditional Christian the holidays you would celebrate are: Lent, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost, Advent, and Christmas. Roman Catholics value symbols as do Christians (i.e.

“Knowing when to walk away is wisdom. Being able to is courage. Walking away, with your head held high is dignity,” (Unknown). In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, missionaries come into Umuofia (Igbo culture) and they try to convert the villagers to Christianity. This causes many of the villagers to question their identity including the main characters son, Nwoye.

Arthur Miller's utilization of incongruity in The Crucible shows exactly how tricky the human species is. He makes a situation that spins around the congregation and how the general population must take after their decrees and keep their dedication to God, however all they truly do conflicts with their ten edicts. John submitted infidelity by yearning for Abbigail when he was at that point wedded to Elizabeth and had constructed a family with her. Abigail is desirous of Elizabeth for having John and her yearning for retaliation drives her to lie and control the town as she did. It is essentially unexpected how all through every one of the allegations and guards, everyone would lecture their confidence in God and the congregation yet whatever they did was definitely not what they were required to.

He is furious that his tribe would allow people to continually insult their ancestors and gods. Everyone in his tribe had conformed to this new religion. They not only survive but thrive because of the new trading ect. that the white men offered. However, Okonkwo doesn’t take to the white people as easily as the rest of his tribe.

In addition of his responsible of geographically and culturally expanding Christian movement, he also extended it as well as ethnic lines. Because of his attribution to the New Testament as writing 13 books in the total of 27 books, Paul even considered himself “as little more than an ambassador or emissary for Jesus” (Powell, 231). Paul is the person who had oppressed the church. After that, on the road to Damascus, when he experienced a rendezvous with Jesus, he became a Christian missionary. Discussing particular theological issues, Paul’s epistles are written to a specific person or a specific group of people.

“But stories were already gaining ground that the white man had not only brought a religion but also a government.” (Achebe 155). In the novel, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe the main character Okonkwo lives in Nigeria, Africa where a group of white missionaries come to convert the Nigerians to Christianity. The Christian Missionaries believed that their set of beliefs were superior to other beliefs and that they were the only ones who should be followed. They pushed their religion upon other people in the Nigerian tribes, and they successfully converted a few. The majority of the tribes didn’t believe in the missionaries beliefs or want to follow their ways.