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Concept of Divinity of God

that there is "within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted i...

India, Social Change, and Eucharist

Soares Prabhu discussed the religious pluralism in India at great length, noting that all religions can find a home in India, even...

The Bible And The Koran - Christianity And Islam

on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...

Critique : Why God Became Man By Lehman Strauss

(Lehigh, n.d.). There would be no churches and no charitable organizations (Lehigh, n.d.). And, there would be no promise of etern...

History and Introduction of the Early Catholic Church

Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...

Christianity Models

the universal models there are ideas of the way that good will reveal the good news, before death or after death at either immedia...

Concept of Spirituality

from its past and divorced it from having any real sense of future. "The past becomes merely a theme park to visit occasionally fo...

Christ's Teachings and the support of Gregory of Nyssa

a Prophet. Gregory makes a case for Christ as well as for the fact that the bible should not be taken literally. Of the latter poi...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave and Religion

off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...

Same Sex Marriages and Religion

the religion the people already possessed. What was different was the book that he would begin to orally present, the Qoran which ...

Christianity and Whether or not Belief in God Has Become Less Important Than Belief in Jesus Christ

Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...

Parallels in the Christian Verses the Islamic Views of Human Nature

obvious, even if one had not heard the laws of God as such, this ignorance has never constituted an excuse for sin. As this indica...

Government and Christianity

became less sure of their eternal salvation (Council, 2004). Thus, the tenuous relationship between government and Christianity m...

Middle East, Democracy, and Islam

In Europe, however, greater religiosity tended to be linked to internationalism, European integration, and support for foreign aid...

Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Divine Incarnation

events of the faith, such as God coming to earth in the form of man only once. It was also created out of love. "Although the worl...

Paul's Authority in Galatians

in Galatia." After his salutation, Paul goes right to the heart of the matter, which is that the people have been thrown into conf...

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...

Messiah Jesus Christ and Christology

including "Aaron and his successors" and "Moses and the Prophets" (Maas). Paul pictures Christ as being above the choirs of angels...

Christianity and the Influence of Plato

come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...

Modern World Strategies and Religion

They believe that there is only one acceptable religion and that is theirs. Things are beginning to change in modern society, how...

Christianity and Buddhism

other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...

'Image of God' and Humanity Implications

of this passage implies that humanity resembles God, that is, that the human race is similar "in kind" in a manner that is analogo...

God's Doctrine as Interpreted by Gordon Kaufman, Pamela Young, and Sallie McFague

evil, was literally personified in the body of evil curses, evil spirits and superstitions. Now, of course, for the most part peop...

Christian Worship and the Sacraments

By the 5th century, Christianity in the West was guarded by the bishop of Rome, the pope, who was the "final custodian of the doct...

Christianity Expansion

points of doctrine, particularly in regards to controversy over whether Judaic custom was still applicable to Christians. Missiona...

Christian Creeds, Confessions of Faith, Councils and Their Historical Significance

(Constitution, Apostles, 1996). The creed derived its name from the initial belief that it was written by the Apostles on the tent...

Secular and Christian Relationship

this might be. What is most astonishing is that in the past those Christian states did not provide the best of possible climates f...

Contemporary Religion of Japan

the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...

Self Mastery Similarities in John Cassian's Conference I, Hinduism, and Buddhism

laborer such as a farmer, a tradesman or one in the military3. Like in any other profession, in order to obtain his goal, a monk m...

Art and Europe's Christianity Rise

of art etched into wood tablets, metal and on engraving plates. The religious overtones were highly pronounced and most of the wor...