Theology

Annotated Bibliography

This article talks about the different way for Christians to pray, and gave some short examples about it. The article is important for my paper because it was simple for me to understand how Christians pray and I can search more about the example that were mentioned. So, I think it’s a good start for my research it provides some basic information.

http://request.org.uk/life/spirituality/how-do-christians-pray/

This article explains more about the Church denomination and the history behind it. Furthermore, it gave some stats about follower and how it expands among people. It’s relevant to my paper and it’s going to be a helpful source because it talks about the same Church that I went to.

"Assemblies of God." Britannica Academic, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Feb. 2017. academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/Assemblies-of-God/9926. Accessed 23 Mar. 2017.http://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/Assemblies-of-God/9926

Light the Way Church’s official website, from the website I got to find their mission and vision statements and people could request a prayer online and I think it could be a good use to my paper.

http://lightthewaychurch.com

“Pray every day?” It’s an article that talks about how Christians should pray everyday, and how the authors friend experience of praying helped him through tough time. I think it could be a good use of my research to compare the impact of Muslims praying every day and how that can work with Christians too.

"Why Pray Every Day?" Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA). (October 31, 1989, Tuesday): 599 words. LexisNexis Academic. Web. Date Accessed: 2017/03/23.

Link: http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=3SJB-48H0-0012-224V&csi=7945&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true

Notes:

Include Argument (Pray everyday/ Sunday is enough)
What I have to say about it (Thesis) “the heart of my research”
Opinion statement, stated declaratively (thesis)
Stating your opinion like it’s a fact (thesis)
Say something interesting about it. (Influences, debatable)
Not too broad/narrow

points:

How prayers are important for all humans
The connection between Christians people and God
Why don’t millennials go to church college students go to church?

Worship service
Church who are up to date
Parents
Moralistic therapeutic deism (search about it)

I did my research about prayer in Christianity, trying to find out how and why they pray. As a Muslim we pray five times a day which prophet Mohammed taught us. As my research goes further I found out many similarities between the two religions as well as differences. I visited “Light the Way Church”, it was my first time to be in Church. I saw how they pray and the people’s reaction to prayer. I asked people from different religions, why do you pray? and all of them agreed that it brings them comfort, and it’s very important in their lives. Since Moralistic therapeutic deism is common belief among millennials this paper will provide proofs, against this using Christians practices.

The Christian religion is not just about feeling good, it is deeper, even in the topics of prayer, worship and laws it’s clear that there’s more too Christianity than moralistic therapeutic deism.

Outline:

This first point is defining the moralistic therapeutic deism. The second main point is proving that worship is not just about making the individual feel good when they attend church on Sundays. The third point is Prayer and how it can strike down a person’s ego. The last point would be the laws and rules that are taught in Christianity and how the laws are put in place that are better for the individual, community and the world.