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The Jesus Myth by Andrew Greeley

edification of readers who seek, like him, to try to deepen their understanding of Christianity. In accomplishing this task, Gre...

Suffering and Evil

suffering: Why doesnt he participate, and why does he leave his faithful servants to suffer?5 These questions are fundamental to...

Meeting Jesus Christ and Being Ready

where there is only anguish, grief and regret. The clear message of this passage is that the true believer, the true Christian, is...

Cultural Variatioins on Death and Dying

death. For some families extreme suffering is something to be avoided even if it means that they resort to extreme measures such ...

Holy Spirit Baptism

may be a Christian, but not fully "blessed or fully enabled to worship and serve the Lord" (Zaspel). Proponents of this belief cit...

Religion: Symbols, Systems, Thought and Practice

strong independent Church (based on the assumption of the Corpus Christianum common to all three confessions) through which he des...

Leviticus and Christianity

does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you." As this suggests, only animals that chewed its cue and possessed ...

Article Review/Childhood Motivation

that driving time was a factor in selection and that all interviews were conducted in person, it can be assumed that the study was...

Christian Science/Overview

Rev. 3:7 (Slick, 2007). The Church of Christ (Scientist) was organized in 1879 in Boston, Eddy asserting that it constituted the r...

Personal Essay/Christian Walk

good Christian and simply a good person. He has always been there for me, teaching me right from wrong, as well as how to throw a ...

Article Analysis: "State Repression and the Tyrannical Peace"

of the world; it also sparked Davenport to formulate his thesis: that all repressive governments are not repressive in the same wa...

What it Means to be a Christian and a Therapist

is the potential for making a bad situation even worse. The therapist must guard against that potential while still providing the...

Analysis of Jacob Boehme’s ‘True Repentance,’ George Whitefield’s ‘The Almost Christian,’ and Jonathan Edwards’ ‘The Resolutions’

divinity of God and that restoration of the original unity could be achieved only from an uncompromising faith through what Christ...

Jesus’ Attitude Toward Women & Luke

women or does it primarily reflect a later change in attitude, which originates with the early Christian communitys perspective." ...

Three Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control

its broadest definition is the study of demons from a Christian perspective (What is Christian demonology?, 2007). In this traditi...

Crisis Intervention: A Biblical Perspective

where therapy can be critical. The first criteria that must be met in order to effectively counsel another individual is that the...

Shammas: "Arabesques"

We make allowances for human failing-perhaps Jane remembers it as a sunny day when it was raining-but we dont expect them to lie a...

Heaven and Hell According to William Blake

view of the Christian belief system. In the Christian system of belief, it is the other way around. Good and evil are both active ...

African American Religion and How It Originated

west coast of Africa, but even within this area religious traditions varied greatly" (African-American Religion in the Nineteenth ...

Mary, Mother of Jesus and Marian Literature

This paper examines the pertinent literature and ongoing controversy surrounding Mary, mother of Jesus, as well as her role in the...

Perspective on the Church and Censorship

no one, then the use of the material is not considered objectionable. However, it can be submitted by the student, that harm is ca...

Global Religious Perspectives on the Soul

out the names of his ancestors" (Hauser, 1990). Every eight days, the tribal chief ritually provides a full meal for all the ance...

A Response to 1 Thessalonians

a mixed population of Greeks, Romans and Jews with more Greeks than the other two (Johnson, 1998). Paul began his ministry there i...

The Christian Bible and Violence

for a sacrifice. How did he ever trust his father again? What must the impressionable youngster in Sunday School think about a fat...

Alexander Campbell and the Christian System

newly emerging country. His treatise, The Christian System, was designed for both the layman to read and understand, but also f...

Saint Augustine of Hippo and Plato's Influence

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...

Elizabethan Drama, Scriptures, and the Christian Church

In fact, Lewis Wagers 1567 morality play based on biblical teachings, The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene, presented a chara...

Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist Initiations of Christianity

Holy Communion. BUT, there are no theological reasons. The arguments on each side will be presented. The Sacraments of Baptism, C...

Christian Views on the Islamic Prophet Muhammad

however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...

Development and Christian Church Influence on British Cinema

political practice. Perhaps the most obvious ways in which these influences manifested themselves were in censorship, and in the w...