Theology Essays
Faith Thinking
Trevor Hart relates the deferent ideologies of realism, relativism, and objectivism to develop different forms of reasoning about the ideologies that Christianity is faced with when…
God: Origin and End
God is thought to be a spiritual being with no physical form. Different religions have a varying representation of God. In most religions, God is defined…
Christology
The word “Christology” derived from two Greek words meaning “Christ, or rather Messiah,” and “word,” which when combined mean “the study of Christ.” According to the…
The Utility/Legitimacy of Religion
The legitimacy/utility of religion is more or less related to the treatment of culture in human co-existence. Each religion just like culture is unique and superior…
Mark 12:28-34 The First Commandment
28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the…
Old Testament Exegetical Commentary: Jonah
IntroductionJonah was a prophet of God whose purposes, as recorded in the book of Jonah, was to convey the God’s message to the city of Nineveh….
Evil-God Challenge
There are many belief systems in the world revolving around the existence and non-existence of God. These belief systems can be broadly classified into theism and…
Exegesis of John 12: 1-8
Bible Study OutlineCentral IdeaJohn 12: 1-8 depicts the encounter of Jesus at Bethany, where Mary anointed his feet with oil and wiped them with her hairThe…
Religious studies: Types and Tendencies
In Christ and culture, author Richard Niebuhr defines the relationship many churches should have with culture. Niebuhr argues there are five types of approaches that explain…
The Church and the Kingdom of God
IntroductionAlthough the topic on God’s Kingdom remained the core of Christ’s message, it still remains a major theme being preached from the pulpit in the contemporary…
Universal Elections
The doctrine of universal election echoes on God’s excellent idea of salvation. Universal election majors on the purpose of God to save convicted sinners and to…
Ontology before Epistemology
Ontology and epistemology play a vital role in philosophy and theology. Based on these two positions, the observations made by Newman and Sire underscore various key…
Conflicts in Theological Beliefs and Ethical Principles
When communicating about theological beliefs and ethical principles, the first thing that comes into perspective is the source of authority that the religious believers live by….
Summary of Religions Responses
The following is a conversation between one of the leaders of salvation ministry and me. The interrogation process was about my quest to know more about…
Prophesies In Israel and Neo Assyria
Prophets are the messengers of God, sent to cast special messages pertaining the His will on the people (Collins, 2016). God chose Israel as His tribe…
Religious Study Portfolio
Horne takes a unique focus on religion and contemporary religious issues. The book offers a great explanation of deductive logic relating it to critical reasoning. Deductive…
Theological Analysis of Cry, the Beloved Country Book and Film
The novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, was written by Alan Paton in 1948, and was later adapted into a film directed by Darrell Roodt in 1955….
Role of Rituals in Various Religions
INTRODUCTIONReligion can be defined as a revolutionary urge, which can better be explained as any kind of belief involving the reception of a sanctified, transempirical monarchy…
Creation and Evolution
Theistic EvolutionConcerns regarding the existence of the universe and life have been there since time immemorial. As such, humans seem to have shifted into this topic…
Imam Al-Ghazali’s Contribution to Sufism in Sunni Islam
Al-Ghazali is a Sunni Imam, theologian, author, and scholar. The theologian played a major role in the development of the history of Islam and Sufism, and…