Essays 211 - 240
to the very essence of church worship, bringing forth "the power to speak to our heart" (Holladay, 2004). Sitting at pews and sur...
their complex social and cultural mores. Tradition was therefore rooted in the memory of the people as was the physical and moral...
the world. Moore shows that quite the opposite is true. The message sent by this author seems to have merit. Children grow up in ...
us a clear distinction between religion of men and God. He indicates that when he was chosen for a particular master and job he fe...
America, by contrast, embraces a decidedly more individualistic notion of cultural behavior by virtue of its capitalistic existenc...
adherents and the West. Features of Hinduism Many Hindus endorse the idea of a transcendent God that exists "beyond the universe,...
of other races. In the worst manifestation of this characteristic we have discrimination or even hate crimes. This characteristi...
hostile world. She prepares for the day she will leave. She seems to have also learned that even if she survives the journey she p...
personal unconscious, there is also "an infinitely more important collective unconscious" (Connolly 151). This refers to a "repos...
hold families together as some claim. Some experts believe that Protestant sects do little to hold families together, unlike Catho...
with ardour and faith" this is much broader, but may also be argued as week, as according this not only those beliefs that are hel...
to focus on the therapeutic relationship. Counselor C, who is a biblical counselor, rejects all secular approaches and turns to Sc...
it nearly incomprehensible to man. There are strong differences of opinion regarding what one must do to be saved but there is a...
is linked is a fallacy. Fanaticism is associated with terrorism. Just the notorious murderer Son of Sam blamed his actions on his ...
comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...
thee tribes have been encroached by modernity and some are now seeking more theological complexity. Robin Wright says that "cultur...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...
painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...
increasingly marginalized from public and private spheres. Once upon a time, prayer was permitted in public schools, and no one t...
prayers. This is very different in Islam. As most of us should know by now, Muslims pray five times each day, each time facing Me...
how Africa had been at some point before its development. While the old works cited above do provide a sense of identity for the p...
of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...
America, they worked very hard to convert the Native American Indians, who obviously did not believe in Jesus Christ. The new set...
conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...
faith, new scientific discoveries and theories appear to be offering support for many traditional religious views, particularly in...
its members. From this perspective it is easy to see that Scientology has more than likely had as negative of an impact on Tom Cr...
In five pages this paper examines four chapters from The Future of Religion edited by William Swatos in a consideration of the rel...
to religion and instead evaluates religion solely on how well a particular form of religion serves the purposes of the state. Rous...
This research paper contrasts and compares the principal religions of the U.S. and those of Vietnam, whilc also discussing the inf...