Example Of Essay On Religious And Secular Symbols

The Christian Cross

The Ichthys (Fish)

The Star and Crescent

The happy human

With the origin of a happy man, this symbol is a non-religious incarnation and, the symbol officially belongs to International and Ethical Union of Humanists, a humanism world body, and it has been embraced by a number of organizations of humanistic nature, and other individuals worldwide. This symbol symbolizes a happy human and it was realized as a result of a competition organized by an Association of British Humanists in 1965.

The ouroboros

This is another symbol of secular origin which represents cyclicality of self-reflexivity. It specifically symbolizes something that is in a constant self-recreation and other objects that can be taken to be cycles through perception given they begin a new the moment they end.

The Upright pentacle

The pentagram

The Ankh

Ying Yang Symbol

Conclusion

There are several symbols for both religious believers and non-believers in the world. The Christian symbols such as the Christian cross mean a lot for people who believe in Christianity as they have a hope of redemption. There those signs for Islam such as the star and the crescent which mean a lot for people that conform to Islam. There are also those symbols that are for secular use such as the happy human and the ouroboros. Nearly everywhere and every place have symbols, whether secular or religious and some of them have not been discussed here.

Work Cited

Ellwood, Robert S. Introducing Religion: From inside and outside. Prentice Hall PTR, 1993.
Religious Symbols and their meanings in relation to religion: http://ancient-symbols.com/religious_symbols.html