Assignment: Philoso arative world Rel"ons
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Choose one topic for your essay (approximately 4 pages, double spaced).
1) "What lifted the Jews from obscurity to permanent religio. greatness was their passion for meaning." Explain this statement by retelling tl3. at least four of the following concepts: God, history, creation. human existence. Messianism. Inorality, justice, suffering.
2) Explain the following statement: "The life ofJesus, his teachings and his ministry, as well as the mission of the early Church must be understood in light of 'Spirit' and iu attendant power."
3) Explain the following theological concepu of Islam, God, creation, the human self and the Day ofJudgment. How do thess concepts parallel or differ from sirnilar concept, in Judaism and Christianity?