Help would be very much appreciated-preferably by around 7:00pm 16/01/11 p.s. Catholicism Main Geographical Regions Practiced Worldwide except Northwest Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and parts of Central, East, and Southeast Asia. Hindus and Catholics have a long history of co-existence in communities across our world. I have tried looking on google, but none of them really apply to how I can 'contribute to a catholic ethos'. Christianity offers its followers an explicit account of the creation of the world and of human beings. I'm applying to a catholic sixth form IN MY BOROUGH, I asked my careers advisor and she said that if I am religious I should try and find similarities between my religion and catholicism. Having been raised Roman Catholic and leaving it, and now being Hindu I cannot find very many if any similarities between them. I was reading it, because (although I'm Catholic) I think Hinduism is a fascinating religion. A Catholic scholar of Hinduism explains 'comparative theology' which he developed after spending time in Nepal as a young priest and as a scholar at ⦠Hindus also live among Catholics in many other parts of our world, including Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, Fiji, Mauritius, North America and Australia. In fact, cows are often treated as more valuable than humans in many cases. I also realized there were a couple similarities. Catholics, especially white, non-Hispanic Catholics, name Protestantism as the faith that is most similar to Catholicism. Catholics and Hindus have lived as neighbors on the Indian subcontinent for centuries. Interestingly, Catholics see greater similarities between Catholicism and Protestantism than do Protestants. It would be doing Hinduism an injustice to reduce its theology and philosophies to a scope that would be required to truly offer a comparison with Christianity. Comparing and Contrasting Hinduism with Christianity Creation . âIn the beginning,â God created everything. The creation story also indicates a definite ending to this created order. Nigosian writes, Another feature of Hinduism is the veneration of cows, which receive the same honor as deities. I went to a concert on Thursday, and some Hindu monks were handing out books and leaflets on Hindi. Both the Christians and Hindus were taught about the values of peace, forgiveness, love, generosity, simplicity, spirituality, prayer, self-control and many more. Hinduism is a religion with many beliefs and practices, so offering a comparison of Christianity and Hinduism is challenging. Similarities between Hinduism and Catholicism? Hinduism Main Geographical Regions Practiced Catholicism Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad, There are also many, many more similarities in tradition and liturgy and expression, such as sacraments and sacramentals. 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