RS - Religion and Equality
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- RS - Religion and Equality
- The principle of Equality
- People are not treated equally and suffer from prejudice and discrimination.
- Prejudice is basing an opinion on peoples without any knowledge of them.
- Descrimination is acting on that opinion eg. cruelty to a black person - racism.
- Descrimination = prejudice + power
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- People are not treated equally and suffer from prejudice and discrimination.
- Bible teaching about equality
- Jesus taught you must love others.
- "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Pauls teaching.
- Mother Teresa encouraged equality by founding Missionaries. She lived by the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25), Christians must care for the poor and the hungry.
- Christian attitudes towards racism
- Christians opposed to all prejudice and discrimination.
- The Good Samaritan - shows you should treat all people well.
- Martin Luther King Jr - a baptist minister, fought against racism in America.
- However the christian church have committed acts of racism. Eg, the crusades,slave owning, etc.
- Christian attitudes towards the role of women in Christian society.
- Some Christians believe that men and women should have equal rights and roles:
- Jesus shows respects when a woman anoints him with oil.
- Women worshipped with disciples in early Church days.
- Others think that women and men should have different roles.
- Genesis 2 - woman is made as mans helper.
- Genesis 3 - woman sinned first.
- Jesus is critical of his mother at a wedding (John 2:3-4a)
- Paul's first letter to Corinthians he insists women must be silent and keep their heads covered in church.
- In RCC and Orthodox church the priest represents Jesus, cannot be a woman.
- Some Christians believe that men and women should have equal rights and roles:
- Christian attitudes to other religions.
- The new testament teaches only Jesus's followers go to heaven: "I am the way and the truth and the life", "Noone comes to the Father except through me."
- Evangelists try to spread Jesus' word, following his command to "Go and make disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28)
- Missionaries and the Salvation are strong evangelists, helping and trying to convert people.
- Ecunemism is the movement of Christian denominatins working together.
- Recently many Christians have started working towards interfaith dialogue.
- Forgiveness and reconciliation
- God is merciful and forgives people as we should forgive others "Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us"
- The Eucharist is a time for forgiveness and reconciliation by remembering Jesus' sacrifice.
- RCC priests have the power to forgive sins on behalf of God.
- Jesus taught forgiveness in the parables of the Lost Sheep, Lost Son and Unforgiving Servant.
- The principle of Equality
- Everyone should have the same rights and freedoms whoever and wherever they are.
- The principle of Equality
- People are not treated equally and suffer from prejudice and discrimination.
- Prejudice is basing an opinion on peoples without any knowledge of them.
- Descrimination is acting on that opinion eg. cruelty to a black person - racism.
- Descrimination = prejudice + power
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- People are not treated equally and suffer from prejudice and discrimination.
- The principle of Equality
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