Essays 61 - 90
In five pages this examines the Renaissance period with the focus being upon Judaism's art and culture with the faith and treatmen...
women being "accepted in the diaconate which is a part of Holy Orders" (Womens Ordination Conference, n.d.; also see The Campaign ...
born Jewish, but converted, to their services. They also accept people who are otherwise rejected in religion much of the time, th...
must begin with its very fundamental concept of unity of God (Tawhid). In this context, it is also important to note that the cree...
and other changes are seen in the New Testament. While the New Testament to a great extent relies on the Old Testament, the change...
In five pages these five religions are explained in terms of their community and individual influence and then contrasted and comp...
of development and which necessitated the imposition of one husband on the woman, whereas a man was left free to have several wive...
In five pages this paper examines the religious parallels that exist within this short story by Isak Dinesen. Four sources are ci...
Christian religion is being discussed. In Catholicism and the Lutheran faiths, women are not allowed to be priests or reverends. I...
Holy Ghost/Spirit (Faigin, 2002). This difference is directly related to belief in Jesus. Judaism does not accept Jesus Christ a...
believe that the Bible reflects the primitive concepts of the age in which it was written (Ahavat Israel, 1995). Reform Judaism no...
has been a "very big thing" (Axelrod, 1995, p. PG). Even just a decade ago, a Jewish womans place was still in the home, although...
their complex social and cultural mores. Tradition was therefore rooted in the memory of the people as was the physical and moral...
was the reaction of Europeans to many aspects of Eastern culture when they first encountered it. However, Parrinder indicates that...
In five pages these religions are examined in terms of their similar goals to provide mankind with an ultimate sense of purpose. ...
worship upon just one -- and they glorify the same god, at that. It is curious that while it may appear on the outside that these...
in the form of fire which descended upon their heads. "To date the rise of the church from this experience is somewhat arbitrary ,...
to his god. Another is in the form of what is accepted by Jews as the first covenant. This laid the foundation for the Jewish re...
outlook by blaming someone or something else, thus we will remaining in a ?status quo? personality and spirit all our life, never ...
signify the "blood of the covenant" (Geffen, 1993, p. 28). It is a time-honored ceremony that is concluded when a family member (...
In five pages this paper examines how these world religions conceptualize what it means to be a good person in terms of ethics, si...
The world's greatest religious texts are used to determine the similarities and differences that exists in the beliefs of each in ...
In five pages this paper examines how these major world religions originated and considers how they relate to each other. Five so...
their religion on the Torah, the first five chapters of the Christian Bible. The Torah tells of the messiah and his coming. The ...
18). The words of Buddha were not written down until several centuries after his death and the first divisions within Buddhist b...
salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...
each other outside of school. Others just dropped their children off for Sunday School, and didnt go in themselves. And others, w...
The differences and similarities that exist between Islam and Christianity are compared in seven pages. There is no bibliography ...
the age of twenty-nine Siddhartha left his wife and infant son, his palace, and renounced the world. He entered the homeless life...
religion. Its an ancient religion which reached its present form around the time that Christ was alive although the roots of Hindu...