Theology Of Day To Day Life

The following is an abstract from my thesis Abstract Kamang Gangmei, Jaojianlung. Union Theological Seminary, Sampaloc I, PapaPala, Dasmarinas, Cavite. A Special Research Project Master of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, Dasmarinas, Cavite, Philippines. February 2009. Professor. Revelation Velunta There is a close affinity between one’s religious beliefs and cultures. In most cases, culture is shaped and influenced by religious faith and practice. To embrace new religious faith and practice, one is expected to renounce what he or she believed in earlier. Such is the trend in most of the Asian countries. Asians are basically a religious people. The major world religions are originated from Asia is an indication of Asian religiosity. The life of the community; manners and customs, foods, observing of times such as full moon or half moon, and many more cultural practices are directly related to religious belief and practice. The Zeliangrong people, a small tribal group of just about...

There are many characters in the Bible, whose stories has been a sources of excitement and inspiration to me since very young. One among them is Nehemiah. However, I he was not my hero while I am teenage for various reason. One of the many reasons was he wants to do a heavy work. It was not a fancy idea to work hard the way Nehemiah worked for a teenage like me. Though I was not that lazy! Yet, the idea of working was something like imposing those times. May be I am looking from the workers point of view not from the engineer point of view (thinking more on hard manual labor). But as I grew up to be a man and putting aside my childish part of me, I realized how Nehemiah must have felt when he was leading the people in rebuilding the ruined city. I am very much impressed by his leadership role, his courage to speak to the king what was in his heart. It must be like one from the poor country got job at White House and wanting to go back to his/her homeland, where villages are w...