Essays 631 - 660
and free them from years of persecution (Jesus Institute, 2005). Since Jesus came in peace, many did not accept Him as the true Me...
were any medical practitioners (Dworkin 3). The major obstacle in incorporating Eastern traditions into modern medicine has been ...
perhaps for good reasons but with disastrous results over the long term. Community over self is more obvious and calls to m...
of Navajo and Zuni reservations and this is widely seen and known by most. And, it seems that no matter how educated they become, ...
form of sexual pleasure unlikely to result in a population increase (e.g. masturbation, homosexuality, oral/anal sex) has routinel...
be an object of science. To this question, Aquinas answers "no." First of all, following the medieval style of reasoning, he posit...
but Augustine lacked "the sincere desire of being heard," so that when he got to Carthage the city seduced him (Portalie, 2004). ...
due to biblical passages describing how divine vengeance was "meted out to guilty and innocent alike" in "the Great Flood, the des...
pursuits out of fear of being contaminated by criticism of the Bible or by the increasing tendency of universities to turn away fr...
an issue that directly impacted on Cornerstone, but could equally impact on any religious group wanting to use any public grounds,...
In four pages this paper examines the education law of the state of Wisconsin and religious freedom as they are addressed in the W...
5 percent are identified as Assyrian, Turkoman and other (CIA, 2005). These demographics must be considered when developing a new ...
speech associates her with a shrine, a religious object, and then offers up his lips as pilgrims. Pilgrims often made journeys to ...
had not merely been a practical matter, but one of deep, psychological significance (1990). They had rejected a system that condem...
order" (Dulles PG). The reincarnation of the sacramental model, according to Dulles, is traced back some sixty years ago when th...
home of the most violent conflicts between the two factions. Industry The First Industrial Revolution in Northern Irela...
with holy wars that are most familiar to Westerners are in the Old Testament. Exodus 32:27 tells of how God ordered the destructio...
they conquered. MAYAN CIVILIZATION: THE SPANISH INVASION The typical Maya family consisted on average of five to seven members. ...
it means "partiality of cultural and historical truths" (1986) because the whole truth cannot be known in anthropological studies ...
Sierra Leone, at the current site of the city of Freetown. The newly-freed slaves did not fare well in Freetown; they suffered fr...
type of religious experience generally is most closely associated with the Christian perspective. In his discussion of this...
varied types of ritual which characterize her new home and the interrelationships between the various members of her new family. ...
West (pp. 8). But he also makes a statement that reflects the points to be covered in this report when he explains that each of th...
this keeps them interested even more, thus providing us with the dual nature of formal religion as it teaches one thing but does a...
eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...
them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...
(Marshall, nd). The basic principles of monasticism are found in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Jainism and the Sufi br...
holding certain truths? The members of the Church are united, not by their belief in certain men, but by their belief in certain ...
vengeance". This passage highlights an extreme sense of violence, and reveals the chaos and out-of-control nature of the...
life of their own, relegated to minding the household chores, raising the children and looking after a husband who never recognize...