Interview Assignment on Christianity and its Rituals

Running Head: INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT
SOCIOLOGY: RELIGION

2INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT
My experience from interviewing a person from the Christian religion:
From the interview taken to a person having his faith in Christianity, there were various
responses to various different questions that were thrown towards him. During the interview, I
also noticed that the respondent was more religious and bias towards their own religion in
response to some questions but while answering some other questions he came to me as being
more practical and pragmatic towards the religious piety that he had put his faith in. At first, I
asked him to give me a brief idea about Christianity, to which he seemed to be very eager to
respond. He told about Jesus of Nazareth, and his life teachings, as mentioned in the old and the
new testament of the Bible, being the root of the religion (Fox, 2018). The followers of this
religion, considered to be Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God and the savior of men
whose coming was prophesied in the old testament of the Bible.
The respondent was asked about the rituals that he needed to follow because of his
religious beliefs and he responded by mentioning various different rituals that were followed in
the past and some is still continued to be followed. His first response to this question was that he
was baptized in his childhood which was considered as his admission to the Christian faith and
belief. He also went on to explain that baptism is basically considered as “christening” which is
done by using just water. While explaining he also brought up history by mentioning that it was
John the Baptist who was the person who baptized Jesus and depending on the type of Churches
it is considered to be a sacrament in some and ordinance in others (Brunn, 2015). He also
mentioned about other rituals that he follows that are Eucharist; basically having a piece of bread
and a sip of red wine as Jesus's flesh and blood. The respondent further mentioned about
confessions where an individual confesses his sins to the Holy Father in order to seek
forgiveness and achieve a place in heaven.
When asked about the place of the worship he said that different Churches and Chapels
are subjected to variations in the size and structure. The respondent further added that he only
visits the church on weekends, mostly Sunday, as he is busy during the weekdays. He also said
that he is willing to give as much time as he can afford in order to pray. The respondent clarified
that since there are various chapels and churches in his area, he prefers to visit every alternate
Churches at alternate weekends. He concurred that whenever he goes on holidays to different
locations he makes sure that he at least visits one church of that area and worships. He added that
there is no distinguishing between the seating arrangements of men and women (Baker, James &