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Week 7 Assignment Analytical Essay

Week 7 Assignment Analytical Essay

Q Instructions In a well-composed essay, complete the following: a. Introduction: Clarify briefly what this essay will accomplish. b. Develop a timeline showing the historical relationship among Judaism, Christianity and Islam’s beginnings. Indicate their geographical connections, founders, and several key theological divisions within each religion. c. Choose two (2) elements from the following list: the nature of God, the nature of Jesus, holy books, salvation or social justice. Analyze your chosen element by demonstrating the similarities or differences among the three religions regarding your chosen element, using specific examples. d. Examine at least two challenges that affect how all three religions currently relate to each other. Give an example of each challenge to support your observation. Further, define globalization and discuss how globalization helps or hinders this current relationship. (You can find a very good video on globalization in Week 8). e. Conclusion: Bring your essay together by reflecting on what you learned and how it might help you in your profession going forward.

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Introduction As the header suggests, this essay is going to be an analytical essay which traces the paths of three religions namely Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They say that paths may be innumerable but they lead to one goal that is the God. This essay will rightfully trace the history of the three major world religions. It is interesting to note that these three religions came up from the Middle East and this geographical commonality surely bring about many aspects with links one to each other. The birth of Christianity can be alluded to the Jewish traditions while the birth of Islam can be attributed to both Judaism and Christianity. In this analytical essay we shall touch upon the critical areas of the historic relationship of the beginning of Judaism, Christianity and Islam as a religion. Even thought they came from one source there are many theological divisions within each religion.