Topic: Christianity and Other Religions
In order to complete this assignment, an understanding of the fundamental tenants of the Christian faith is necessary. Review the topic materials to help inform your responses.
Complete the “Christianity and Other Religions” document prompts that consider how a Christian might benefit from a study of other religions. Support your personal reflections with examples and constructive thoughts.
Utilize the course textbook and a minimum of four additional academic resources, which should include topic materials and external resources.
Complete the following prompts that consider how a Christian might benefit from a study of other religions. Support your personal reflections with examples and constructive thoughts. Utilize the course textbook and a minimum of three additional academic resources, which should include topic materials and external resources.
What sets biblical Christianity apart from other religions? (125 words or less)
Can Christian dialogue with other religious traditions be a part of the calling to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom that Jesus preached? Support your position with at least one resource. (125 words or less)
What can Christians learn from other religious traditions? Support your position with at least one resource. (125 words or less)
Can religious experiences or teachings in other faiths be validated as objectively true? Explain using supportive examples. (125 words)
How can Christians think critically about their encounters with members of other faiths within the framework of the Christian worldview? (175 words)
Reflect on your personal beliefs. How does your worldview fit within the framework of Christianity and other religious beliefs? How have your life experiences shaped your worldview? (225 words)
Resources
Read the “Introduction to the First Edition” and Chapter 1 in the Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions.
View the video, “Read Scripture Part I: Matthew 1-13,” located on The Bible Project website.
URL: https://thebibleproject.com/explore/matthew/
View the video, “Read Scripture Part II: Matthew 14-28” located on The Bible Project website.
URL: https://thebibleproject.com/explore/matthew/
Read “Don’t All Religions Lead to God?” by Ewing, from the RZIM website (2014).
URL: http://www.rzim.org/a-slice-of-infinity/dont-all-religions-lead-to-god/
Read “Genesis According to the Miao People,” by Truax, from the Institute for Creation Research (1991).
URL: http://www.icr.org/article/genesis-according-miao-people/
Read “God and the Religions: New Turns in the Debate: or, Reviving Disputation: Right and Wrong Ways to Think about Other Religions,” by McDermott, from Pro Ecclesia (2005).
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View the video, “Gospel of the Kingdom” located on The Bible Project website.
URL: https://thebibleproject.com/explore/gospel-kingdom/
Read “Isn’t Christianity Arrogant?” by Bannister, from the RZIM website.
URL: http://www.rzim.org/a-slice-of-infinity/isnt-christianity-arrogant/
Read the “Introduction and First Edition” and Chapter 1 in Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions.
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Read “Protestantism,” by McGrath, from the Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology (2011).
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Read “Roman Catholic Church” from The Columbia Encyclopedia (2017).
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View the video, “The Story of the Bible,” located on The Bible Project website.
URL: https://thebibleproject.com/videos/the-story-of-the-bible/
View the video, “What is the Bible?” located on The Bible Project website.
URL:https://thebibleproject.com/videos/what-is-bible/
