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Is God Good?

for them, allowing them to live in a state of perfection. But, in so doing Adam and Eve would not have had free will. They would h...

Philosophy Topics

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

Augustine, Aurelius And Guibert

Plato and Anselm . He talks about seeking truth and wisdom consistently throughout the text. For Augustine, "Truth is one, and Go...

Confessions by Augustine of Hippo

back by the love of temporal pleasure" (Augustine 167). In accepting Christianity, Augustine records that he "no longer desired a ...

Early Christian Theology and Jesus

However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...

Analyzing the Tribute by Augustine to Monica, His Mother

debate in terms of wanting a peaceful and inner spiritual life and letting go of his past indiscretions (St. Augustine, Bishop of ...

Medieval Civilization and Christianity

In six pages Dante's 'Divine Comedy,' 'Beowulf,' 'Song of Roland,' and Augustine's 'Confessions' are examined in terms of gaining ...

Human Nature and the Views of Augustine and Aristotle

In a report that consists of ten pages human nature is examined in a contrasting and comparison of Augustine's and Aristotle's phi...

The Early Christians and the Ancient Greeks Comparing Their Gods

Looking at Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' and Homer's 'The Iliad', the author finds characters and situations that represent the ...

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

In five pages Augustine's influence and the significance of the heaven and hell bus ride iare considered in this overview of Lewis...

The Similarities in Thinking of Bonhoeffer, Luther, and Augustine

In a paper consisting of six pages the writer argues that despite living in different times these men's concepts and thoughts were...

Examples of Theodicies

boils and sores but Job continues to praise God. Jobs wife tries to get him to curse God. Then, friends suggest he is being punish...

Plato's "Crito" and "Apology"/Augustine's Confessions

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

Aristotle and Augustine's Views on Friendship

This paper examines the views of Aristotle and Augustine relevant to the topic of friendship. This five page paper has five sourc...

The Prodigal Son in Augustine's Confessions

tale was reduced to feeding pigs in order to survive. Augustine writes, "Where then, wast thou and how far from me? Far, indeed, w...

Augustine’s Confessions

grace precedes faith."7 Augustine argues that it is impossible "to believe without having heard," yet is also impossible for the i...

3 Biographies on Abraham Lincoln Analyzed

Lincolns reputation has been acquired through the perpetuation of myth and because Lincoln is so far removed in history. Furtherm...

Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein

In six pages this research paper examines these scientists in terms of the biographies Isaac Newton The Last Sorcerer by Michael ...

Prince Among Slaves by Terry Alford

This book review is on Terry Alford's text Prince Among Slaves. which relates the biography of Ibrahima, an African prince who was...

Religious Autobiographies The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, The Confessions of Augustine and the Uses of Rhetoric

In four pages this paper examines the philosophical rhetoric associated with these 2 religious autobiographies. Five sources are ...

Strategic Plan: St. Vincent Health Care

route of accessible health care to growing numbers of Americans. Harvards Clayton Christensen has long preached the gospel ...

The Rule Of St. Benedict By Benedict Of Nursia

St. Benedict provide a biblical model for the living? Yes, although one that would be extremely difficult to live in todays world...

German Jews and the Application of Pressure

or the radical political beliefs the newcomers supposedly brought with them to their new land. The unrest had been labeled nativi...

English Language Learners, Learning Disabilities and One School Setting

population of zip code $ 50,000 - $59,999 11.0% $ 60,000 - $74,999 12.3% $ 75,000 - $99,999 11.5% Source: (Income and Housing,...

Three Medieval Theologians on Knowledge and Love

if Charity is "something created in the soul" (Aquinas 17). Without background knowledge on this debate, his points become somewha...

Christian Community and St. Paul

Paul was greatly troubled by the reports of what was going on in Corinth (Berg, 2002). He addressed these issues in his first lett...

Life and Characteristics of St. Maria Teresa Goretti

was bred, as were the pests which transmitted it" (Perisca, 2006). In this town Marias father went to work as a sharecropper, in p...

God's Existence and the Design Argument

from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...

Christian Conversion and the Commentary of Saint Paul

supper, a method based on the assumption they would be open to religious answers to their predicament" (Malony, 1998). At supper, ...

Synoptic Gospels and Saint Paul's Christology

to Father: "but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made ...