Worldview Conflicts: Dual-Faith Education

Religious oppression even has an effect on institutions of higher learning. There is a four-year private Christian college in Portland, Oregon that is known for its diversity amongst its student body and the faculty and staff are held to a higher standard. To be employed at this college, they have to identify themselves as followers of Christ, whereas to be a student, they can identify as a believer, non-believer, or practice another form of religion. The only requirement to attend school at the institution is that the student takes three religious based classes, attends a certain amount of chapels per semester depending on whether they live on or off campus, and that they do ten community service hours per semester.

In the book Religious Literacy, Stephen Prothero’s main argument is that religious literacy is very important and it is important for youth to be religiously knowledgeable. Prothero starts off his book by talking about how “Americans are both deeply religious and profoundly ignorant about religion” (1). Prothero says this because Americans go to church like and are religious yet know nothing about the basics of a religion. Then Prothero goes on to show some examples in which people being religiously knowledgeable would have helped a situation. As in Prothero’s example of September 11, 2001, where a man shot and killed an Indian American because he thought the turban meant the Sikh Indian was Muslim (3). The examples he used back his point of Americans being religiously ignorant. Prothero then goes on to explain some of the reasons behind this nation becoming religiously illiterate. In the chapter Eden, Prothero talks about how in the early America years people used religious readings as way to learn. The early Americans used the bible as a way to teach kids or other illiterates how

Religion is the way people believe in God or gods based on their culture or customs. In many parts of the world people belief in different types of religion. Religion is an important part of a nation’s lifestyle. There are some people that do not believe in any type of religion. Religion is important to believe in because of faith, self-confidence, and unwillingness to forgive oneself.

Religion has always been a big part of the American culture however the American constitutional separation between church and state have teethed on the edge of collapse as religious fundamentalists tried to blur the line between the separation. The Scopes “Monkey” Trial brought to the forefront the heated debate in the religious battle to overturn the Butler Act which forbade public schools science curriculum in Dayton, Tennessee from including evolution.

The Christian worldview is a complex idea that covers several topics and splits off into various subcategories. The foremost viewpoints of Christians are their belief in God, Jesus, and the Trinity. Christians believe that human nature plays a significant role in their lives and the struggles all humans have. Jesus was trying to accomplish the restoration of the fallen world, and Christians draw on the teachings of Jesus today. This reflects a large portion of Christian worldview beliefs. This paper will attempt to explain Jesus, God, Humanity and the Restoration from the perspective of the Christian worldview, as well as analyzes the writer’s thoughts and reflect on her own beliefs.

Many people would rather send their children to public schools, because it’s government funded. However catholic schools have attributes that most public schools don’t have. Catholic schools have religion. Most public schools never address the topic of religion. Also catholic schools have a great teacher-student relationship. The teachers make sure every student is attentive and understands the lesson they are teaching. Catholic schools like Our Lady of Mercy are special. They have sense of warmth and are like a home away from home. Catholic Schools make people feel welcomed and appreciated. Overall catholic schools provide an experience you can not get from a public school.

This problem always arises from ignorance of attitudes, customs and values of others, causing serious prejudice among people of different religions. This situation can be solved by expanding the interaction space for the aims of building respect, trust and love among all people. Relationship can be improved by increasing the opportunities of interaction, not only characteristic of similarities between them. Thus, higher potential of religious harmony occurs as more interaction taking place in the community. Parents are also responsible in cultivating values and attitude in new generation to produce a future generation who can mingle easily with people from different religions and cultures and can easily adapt oneself to a different

Throughout a great deal of history, humankind has often been guided by religious beliefs and religious convictions. At times, it has afforded a profound level of cultural progress, but it has also served as one of the most destructive forces possible, inciting long-lasting wars, instigating ethnic cleansing, and insurrecting culturally biased behaviors. Well into “middle age” for the current life span of an American male, my brother and I were not raised with a lick of religion in our household. That is not to say that my parents did not “believe” in a higher power; however, we were never told or t that any one particular religion or faith was better than another… we were

White habitus can be used to explain white 's residential and social segregation. One way this rings true is by the locations on where they live. With Bonilla-Silver and Embrick interview with white students, only four of the 41 students claimed they lived in neighborhoods with a significant black or minority presence (p. 327). Whites may not try to do this, but they seem to live in different places compared to people of color. Obviously, this leads to whites and colored people being segregated from each other 's lives.

It is not a huge concern for me because I am not a religious person. I believe that if you love a person than religion should not be an big issue. Although, my parents would not particularly like the idea of me marrying someone of a different religion. My parents would not object to me marrying someone of a different religion but they would not like it. This is because my parents believe there will too many issues due to our different faiths. Some of the challenges of marrying someone of a different religion is which holidays to celebrate, which religion do your children practice and what traditions to carry on.

It has always been important to me to learn more about my culture. As a Latina American I take so much pride in my roots. I decided to read Latino Americans: the 500 year that shaped the Nation by Ray Suarez because I wanted to learn more about my culture and educate myself with our history. As a Puerto Rican/ Cuban young girl growing up in the South Bronx I learned that Latino’s value family and traditions. Growing up I identified more with my Puerto Rican culture. Despite the similarities between the two cultures there are many attributes that make them distinct. For instance, the importance of learning the Spanish dialect was a value for my Puerto Rican side of the family as opposed to the Cuban side. As a child/ teen I didn’t understand why my mother who is a Nuyorican cared more about me learning Spanish than my father who is Cuban and

I am having a very hard time nailing down a definition for “religion”. A few of the key characteristics of “religion” include a set of beliefs, community, and ethics just to name a few, but that makes the definition even broader in my opinion. Little League has all of those things I just mentioned, but no one would be idiotic enough to call it a “religion”. From that same set of key characteristics, the one I would say stands out is sacredness. If someone is willing to put above all else their set of beliefs, then they belong to a religion. You can’t physically have or hold religion, so it’s the people who make it what it is. There are many “religions” out there that, in my opinion, are very strange, such as Scientology and Rastafari, but these

One story that could give meaning to scene is this woman’s husband is away and she missed him dearly. He sent her flowers and she fainted due to joy. A second story could be these flowers were sent to her because her father died. She is just learning of the death now and sadness causes her to faint.

In the past few years, there has been much discussion on whether religious teaching should be part of the public school curriculum.

My worldview, as I have always know, is Christianity. I grew up in the church, in the church community, and it was all I knew for the majority of my life. Christianity is the largest religion in the world today and it is centered on Jesus Christ (Anderson, 2014). The Christian worldview says that there is a personal God who is perfect in all of His ways. While we have a loving God who is perfect in all of His ways, we humans went against our Creator, corrupted ourselves, and placed ourselves under His judgement. Another main idea of Christianity is the problem of evil, how it came about, and how it hurts God’s people. The Bible gives many reasons as to why God would allow evil for a greater purpose, but it does not answer every question that