Christianity and Islam share many similarities with a few fundamental differences. Both religions follow monotheism, though in Islam it is much stricter. Jesus and Gabriel are focal points for Christianity and Islam respectively. God and Allah stand for the same higher power and basis for religion. In Islam, the five pillars are the main difference just as Mary is the mother of Jesus and the beginning of the Christian religions teachings. Also in Christianity, the story of Adam and Eve is synonymous
similarities and differences in their religious beliefs, values, and government systems. These contrasts and similarities were further made apparent during European expansion across the Atlantic and the subsequent new cross cultural interactions that were created. One way in which the societies of West Africa, Europe, and North America diverged was in their belief systems. Unlike Europe and North America, West Africa gradually adopted Islam in addition to its traditional religions. Islam diffused
Current global conflicts in politics, economics, social, culture and religion demand strongly for defining and strengthening a global culture of values, morals, ethics, and humanity. Thus, a new role of humanity in the context of human belief system needs to be redefined. Extremism, fundamentalism, and terrorism in all aspects of human life (religious in particular) as well as hunger, poverty and misery, and economic disparity between rich and poor globally provide sufficient evidence for the necessity
analyzing morality in terms of customs and rituals (Sterponi, 2003) and psychologists such as Piaget a universal staged interpretation. Parents play a crucial rule in the children’s development of social and moral values. Parents often want their children to value what they themselves personally value. Development of morality has been of particular significance because of its significant contribution to the development of
contrast the values shown in Hindu mythology. Buddhism was born from a world of people searching for answers that Hinduism couldn’t give them on things like the caste system, suffering, and other universal truths. Hinduism is the oldest religion with a very broad range of followers and their interpretation of Hindu values and beliefs. The two religions themselves are very similar but do have strikingly inherent differences. The Buddhist religion values extreme selflessness While the Hindu belief focuses
Religion Education And School Many school systems have become breeding grounds for many discussions over the years. Some of those teaching of religion course, freedom of uniform and detection of weekly course hours. The course content relevant to today’s world have might be compared with other problems and then we see that the most important issue. The issue of religion in schools poses many questions, but there are no clear cut answers. People’s opinions on this matter are not likely to change
Introduction Culture has been defined in the oxford dictionary as ‘the way of life’. This word describes the customs, beliefs and the behaviour in which people live their lives in different countries. Culture affects everyone and in this world and especially when globalization is an ongoing process now where it is connecting countries, peoples, cities and human all over the world. Globalization is inevitable and thus affects culture as people from all over comes together and there will be bound to
conscience. Religion and caste violence have been a defining feature of India, outburst of religious frenzy has created a sense of insecurity and fear in the society. This has led to apparently thoughtless communal strain and bloody riots, which were motivated by religious fanaticism with intense nationalism and more than a tinge of ethnic chauvinism. Religion goes back to the beginnings of culture itself. Thus, its origin is as old as mankind itself. The foundation of religion cannot be traced to
1. Mill and Marx both argue that women are oppressed in modern society. How are their understandings of this oppression similar/different? Mill’s and Marx’s understanding of female oppression by the society is more different than similar. They both mention the fact that women are under the serfdom men in the society. But apart from this, their approaches on this issue differ. According to Marx, in the present society, the bourgeois “sees in his wife a mere instrument of production” and that women
Multicultural Values In a multicultural context, people should be able to recognise the complexity and distinction of cultures and value the diversity of beliefs and values. Diversity also includes individual differences such as age, gender, sexual orientation, religion and physical ability or disability. Multiculturalism refers to a term which indicates any relationship between and within two or more contrary groups whereas cultural diversity the term used to explains the spectrum of differences which presents