RELIGION AND PEACE We can’t ignore the fact that Religion, next to family, is the second oldest institution. It governs the social as well as personal behavior of man by providing guidelines, laws and principles relating to his interaction with...
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION Positive functions of Religion Religion provides mental peace: Human life is uncertain. He struggles for his survival amidst the uncertainties, insecurities and dangers, Some-times he feels helplessness. It is the religion which consoles and encourages him in all...
THEORIES OF RELIGION Psychoanalytic Theory The Psychoanalytic Theory is the personality theory, which is based on the notion that an individual gets motivated more by unseen forces that are controlled by the conscious and the rational thought. Sigmund Freud is closely...
Society A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. The term “society” came from...
There is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that claims to relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental,...
THE RISE OF THE MONARCHY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL Samuel was born of Elkanah and Hannah. Hannah was unable to bear children. In her sadness, she prayed to God for a child. God answered her prayers with a son whom she dedicated...
Argument against mosaic authorship are classfied into classes, and sub chases, one of the fore-frontal argument is that of the Documentary hypothesis which include : J.E.D.P and some other theory  Documentary Hypothesis under which we have the J.E.D.P theory: According to...
Versions of the Old Testament There are two versions of the Old Testament which are the Alexandria Version and the Jewish Canon. ALEXANDRIA VERSION JEWISH CANON Pentateuch Torah History Prophets Poetry Letters Major prophets Minor Prophets Minor prophets Writings To understand...
WHAT IS CANON ? A canon is generally a list of books or a single book which are seen and deemed as authoritative in any society. These books govern the lives, behaviour or thinking of the people. A canon can further...
THE OLD TESTAMENT The Old Testament is a collection of selected writings composed and edited by members of the Hebrew-Jewish community between the twelfth century B.C. and the beginning of the Christian era. It includes such diverse materials as prophetic oracles,...