RE212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Naomi Klein, Christianity Today, Eucharist
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Lesson 4 christianity and the influence of globalization. Since its inception nearly two thousand years ago, christianity has been a missionary religion. One of the key reasons, too, why christianity has devoted itself to mission is its claim that being christian affords a person the opportunity of eternal life affords salvation of one"s soul. Ever since the composition of the christian gospels (biographies of jesus), which instruct christians to. Christianity, like many other forms of religion, including judaism, believes in a non-bodily, spiritual essence that resides in each person (the soul). That soul, in christianity at least, has a particular affiliation with the body in which it resides. Christians, again like many others, believe that death will be followed by rewards and punishments, based on how closely people have adhered to the moral imperatives of their group, which are considered divinely inscribed. Act well and god will reward you after you die; act badly and you will be punished.
