Give a description of the Islamic world during the middle ages. How is Islam different today?
What philosophical movements changed the course of Islam in the 20th century? Essentially, your essay should compare and contrast Islam in these different periods of history.
Category: Religion
Political situation in Myanmar
Explain the political situation in Myanmar and how it relates to the perspective of Islam in the modern world. How would you respond to Wiratu’s anti-Islamic rhetoric?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his approach to Muslim/Hindu
write a 2-3 page essay:
Provide an account of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his approach to Muslim/Hindu relations in South Asia. What figures in South Asian history would disagree with him? And why?
Daoist views on immortality.
Explain Daoist views on immortality.
Christianization of the Roman Empire in the 4th century
From the official Christianization of the Roman Empire in the 4th century to the weakening of the papacy that escalated in 1378 with the Great Schism, religion played a very important role in the daily existence of people living during this very lengthy time period.
For the first part of your answer, discuss how religion played a role in one’s life at this time, paying careful attention to refer to specific historical details. In your answer include some of the most important developments of Church reform, list the names of important historical figures, explain the conflicts of the period, and detail how (or if) these conflicts were resolved. Remember to cite and discuss any important terms that appeared in your reading assignments.
After completing your historical survey of the period, focus your attention on how the literature of the Middle Ages has added to your knowledge of the historical period. Explain how the authors we studied incorporated the influence of religion in their writing. Be sure to refer to specific literary texts, their authors, and discuss as many details from these readings that you can, especially those instances when the author is very clearly making historical references to specific individuals, places, customs, beliefs, and/or events in his writing.
Religion and the Syrian Civil War
Submit a 5 – 7-page (not including a Title page & Bibliography)
written research essay that contains an explanation of your object of study.
Following these instructions:
(1) Assignment topics:Religion and the Syrian Civil War
(2) Your analysis of the topic from the perspective of (1) of the following:
• Classification
• social structure
• social practices/habitus
• Legitimation
• authority, & authenticity
(Each of these terms is discussed extensively in the textbook so please use it to guide your analysis).
Religion on the Border
Submit a 5 – 7-page (not including a Title page & Bibliography)
written research essay that contains an explanation of your object of study.
Following these instructions:
(1) Assignment topics:Religion on the Border: Latin American Catholicism and Women
(2) Your analysis of the topic from the perspective of (1) of the following:
• Classification
• social structure
• social practices/habitus
• Legitimation
• authority, & authenticity
(Each of these terms is discussed extensively in the textbook so please use it to guide your analysis).
Religion and Racism
Submit a 5 – 7-page (not including a Title page & Bibliography)
written research essay that contains an explanation of your object of study.
Following these instructions:
(1) Assignment topics:Religion and Racism
(2) Your analysis of the topic from the perspective of (1) of the following:
• Classification
• social structure
• social practices/habitus
• Legitimation
• authority, & authenticity
(Each of these terms is discussed extensively in the textbook so please use it to guide your analysis).
Division of Islam into three separate, rival factions by the end of the seventh century C.E
What led to the division of Islam into three separate, rival factions by the end of the seventh century C.E.? What were the immediate effects of this division of the faith during the first century after Muhammad’s death in 632 C.E.? Explain, with examples.
Non-Christian Symbols
Matthew 28:18-20 says: “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.'”
In response to this call, Christian churches send missionaries to other cultures to spread the gospel, plant churches, and disciple people in those cultures. In this process, missionaries communicate important rituals and symbols of the Christian faith as well as learn about non-Judeo-Christian religious symbols from the cultures they are evangelizing. As a result, it’s important to understand the meaning of these religious symbols when conveying the gospel message and forming discipleship relationships.
For this assignment, you will research the symbols or rituals of a non-Judeo-Christian religious organization or culture. The terms “symbol” and “ritual” may be interpreted variously; the focus should be on verbal and nonverbal choices used to convey religious meaning. As long as you cover this in principle, there is flexibility about what particular symbolic or ritualized communication pattern you choose.
Then, in 750-1000 words, compare the symbols or rituals they use with those of mainstream Christianity. How are the two sets of symbols or rituals similar? What makes them different? How could someone apply this knowledge to accurately convey the gospel, aid missionaries in teaching other cultures to obey all that Christ has commanded, and avoid theological misunderstandings that may be expressed in that cultures symbols or rituals?