Human ServiceEssay Preview: Human ServiceReport this essayWhat are your thought as to Faith-based agencies providing services to the vulnerable and underserved populations? What are the pros and cons of such agencies?
I am definitely open to the ideas of having faith-based agencies providing services to the vulnerable and underserved population, because when those individuals may feel as though there is no hope left for them; these agencies and shine a different light on them. It is possible the influences they received in life about faith and religion was expressed ineffectively; therefore, it is possible to help them gain a hopeful intervention through a more positive perspective sense of faith. As a pro, many individuals can learn new influences and beliefs to effectively live a healthier lifestyle.
However, I believe the cons may involve recruiting them to deviate from their original beliefs and religion; which can cause them to have resentment towards their cultures beliefs. Also, some faith-base requires you to have specific beliefs and obtain the will to make certain sacrifices to prove their loyalty to the religion. I personally believe that the most important thing is to positively gain a healthy perspective about life through which ever faith-base system you are involved in. Instead of expecting great things to transpire because you have been a “faithful follower”; take the teachings of “God” and apply them into your life, because I personally believe that these very teachings were actually meant to help us understand how to handle and manage the good and bad circumstances we may encounter in our lifetime.
[quote=Mozilla_MozillaC]
So, we have the concept of our lives as sacred; that we could use life to fulfill the will of God in the afterlife for the sake of our lives.
[quote=Wyatt]
A religious group often creates a culture of religious identity by claiming to believe that they share the values contained in scripture or in a tradition of worship and the value of life. It is not an ethical commitment to a particular religion or to specific specific beliefs, but does provide an ideological lens through which to view religion as a means of attaining its own religion. A religious group can create a culture of religious identity by claiming to be religious, by claiming to believe that they share any number of religious beliefs (as the traditional religious system would), or by claiming that this belief can be achieved through any number of different means.
[quote=Moxin]
As a sociologist I am working to identify the primary sources of conflict between the religious and nonreligious. Many religions, including many religions from which we must seek guidance in our own lives, have established a culture of religious identity and political power which encourages religious and non-religious conflict.
[quote=Owen]
This is just the beginning. People have their own history as we speak, from our ancestors, to our grandparents, to those who lived through and continue to have cultural and legal disputes, and even in some parts these conflicts may have led to personal differences among individuals.
[quote=Cadogan]
This is an important question, as it will help us to deal with our personal conflicts and personal differences over the coming years on a much needed national level.
[quote=Mamikai]
As a sociologist I focus on cultural, legal, and political issues in our own lives because the challenges we face are still being resolved as a society. Yet, many religions and people may have experienced or found ways of creating conflict in their lives that are difficult to recognize, and may take a different path through life. This is the only way religious people can understand why this is, and is happening with great depth.
[quote=Rockefeller]
Many religions and people may have experienced or found ways of creating conflict in their lives that are difficult to recognize, and may take a different path through life.