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Discussion of Christology

the christologies of the New Testament. Two of the most significant approaches are that of Paul and John. Maas (2004) points out...

Theme Treatment in an Example of Creative Writing

screen. He ran his fingers through his hair. At what point was it a sin to work? Perhaps his resultant weight loss was a sign from...

Defending Thomas Aquinas' Proof God Exists

basic argument that Aquinas presents for the existence of God. The following is just one way in which this could be addressed: A...

An Examination of Arianism Theology

but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...

Critically Analyzing M. Scott Peck's Positions

Then M. Scott Peck comes along and tells them that this is to be expected and so, this self-help book begins at a level that is ra...

To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck and the Rock's Purpose

significant for him, and he can not put everything into the hands of nature in order to continually profit from his land. In the e...

Poets Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman

therefore sees the differences between the two as being "artificial" - Dickinson was reclusive, and ridden with doubt, whereas Whi...

A Comparative View of Female Protagonists

changes in her life have both positive and negative implications. At the onset of the story, Janie is a character who is unable t...

Larry Julian's God is My CEO

there is more to earning a paycheck but the individual needs to search themselves to find out what their priorities are and what p...

Christ in Evolution According to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is...

Evil and God

encompassed as well. This view of good and evil has a very Eastern flavor to it, as Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, stress th...

Exploitive Criticisms of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

as it is with pure identity based on the unique woman that Janie is. Janies life is one that is likely very realistic as many Af...

Self Assurance in the Works of Zora Neale Hurston

unimportant, appearing merely as part of the background and playing not real role in Janies life. In her introduction to the no...

Encountering God and Diane Eck's Unconvincing Argument

carried through in any short amount of time; in fact, each step forward toward a modicum of religious harmony is often met with a ...

Examining Two Aspects of Islamic History

son or "the good shepherd" who leaves his flock in order to find a lost sheep (VanBuskirk). Paul pointed out this change in the co...

Biography and Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas

The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...

If God Did Not Exist, Would Morality Exist?

the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...

Jesus of Nazareth As God

born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...

Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7:29

and reflection question : In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus pictures a religious and moral orientation that draws on Jewish tradit...

Belief in God and Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard

when he has found what he sought, he wanders before every mans door with his song and with his oration, that all may admire the he...

Homer's 'The Iliad' and Free Will

the conflict in terms of an insult to his personal honor. Homer writes that Achilles responded by telling Agamemnon, "Ah me, cloth...

Religion, Sumerians, and Hebrews

main gods of the Sumerians included the god of water (Enki); the god of earth (Ki); the god of air (Enlil) and the god of heaven (...

Pledge of Allegiance and 'God'

As would be expected there has been a great deal of outcry about this particular ruling. For example, one senator stated, "This is...

Overview of Engineering Ethics

been utilized in the protection of public interest, especially when issues of safety can be impacted by widespread public response...

Literature and Domestic Abuse

boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy(Roethke). This is...

Literature and Issues of Gender and Race

how Over three thousand die in the Macondo massacre, and the only surviving witnesses are Jose Arcadio Segundo and a small child. ...

Critical Response to the Film The Gods Must Be Crazy

anthropological data on this tribe, it is impossible to say precisely where this assessment errs, but err it must, simply because ...

Zora Neale Hurston and the Fiction She Inspired

card ready, as this seemed to impress people and verify that, yes, an African American could be a public accountant. Mentally, Ann...

Gods and Oedipus

Each revelation from the Oracle only confirms what Oedipus is beginning to understand: he has been at the mercy of the gods whims ...

Relationship Between Man and the Gods in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...