Supersessionism Essay

1) The staggering number of Christian denominations and traditions have prompted some to ask what the essence of Christianity might be. Indeed, the quest to define essential Christianity has a long history. Can Christianity be boiled down to a single essence? If so, what is it?

There are many people in the world who thinks that the Christianity’s single essence is being a good human by doing good deeds and it does not consider as a single essence. The essence of Christianity is Jesus who is the son of the living God. Also, the death and rebirth of the Jesus because of Jesus was a worker of miracle. Jesus conveyed his message directly and in a simple way which was sent by God to his people by Jesus. However, different Christian groups focused on

The 'overriding' of one religion by another in this way is called supersessionism. What are the issues involved in studying a religion that supersedes or claims to supersede another?

The supersessionism cause hate between religions when they get involved to supersede another religion. It’s not only between Islam and Christians, but every religion wants to take the place of other religion. The cause of the supersessionism is political power. The issues involved in studying a religion that supersede another religion is that it makes it difficult to understand the differences and similarities between them based on the religion’s ancient or present history.

3) Final Reflection Question: And finally, I would like some reflection on your overall course experience. What have you found to be especially meaningful? What have you disagreed with? Was there an issue or a controversy that you became aware of in conjunction with this course content? Here are some specific questions for reflection. Please be brief, but concise. Please don't exceed one page in