In regard to this topic, I believe that some religions are classified into old-traditional and new-modern sectors. However, the newer religions choose to grasp certain aspects of an antique religion to modify their practices, philosophy, and spiritual meaning. I learned about this whenever the Catholic Church would assert that atheists…

In regard to this topic, I have always noticed how the US country see Muslims as a threat. This ideology quickly spread as the attack of 9/11 and ISIS terrorist groups invaded the country. I began learning about this in my Social Studies class as my teacher explained how the…

In regard to this topic, I believe that religion does not have a direct correlation with either violence or peace because society has used religion as a liberalist perspective to further separate religion from state. In addition, violent ideologies such as Anti-Judaism and Anti-Semitism have been sparked as white nativism/…

In regard to this topic, I have always believed that tolerance is accepting or allowing actions, ideologies, and subgroups which one disagrees with. I learned about this concept in my Political Science course as the Professor discussed how tolerance around the world would enact cultures to respect one another. However…

In regard to this topic, I have always held the belief that religious freedom was not created for the minority groups, instead it was democratically created to benefit the majority white Christian population (the elite rulers of our U.S. society). I learned this idea of privilege, religious freedom, and pluralism…

In regard to this topic, disability refers to the various types of impairments such as physical, intellectual, and psychosocial differences. Moreover, I have always heard in my Church that those individuals who have any type of disability are considered the special children of God, thus, any sin that they commit…

Prior to this lesson of class and socio-economic factors, I have always held the belief that religion plays an important role in how certain issues are handled. For instance, Christopher Columbus for the Indigenous people to convert to Catholicism, or else they would be brutally executed. Through this historical scenario…

Based on this topic of sexuality in the Study of Religion, I had always heard in my Catholic Church that engaging in a homosexual relationship and using contraceptives was a sin. As I grew up in my teen years, I was even afraid to speak up about certain curiosities such…

In regard to this topic, I had an idea about the connection among race and the academic study of religion. My ideology always surrounded the fact that the U.S. country was very evil to even justify slavery through a religious perspective: “positive good.” For instance, pro-slavery intellectuals and slaveholders rationalized…