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School Prayer and the Perspectives of Socrates, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King Jr.

In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...

School Prayer Case of Santa Fe, New Mexico

In seven pages this paper discusses the Santa Fe case involving school football games and prayer invocations prior to the games. ...

American Society in Literature

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

Overview of The Lord's Prayer

In sixteen pages this overview of The Lord's Prayer includes its historical significance and provides an exegesis of the 'lead us ...

Family and Marriage Counseling

In ten pages this paper discusses counseling regarding marriages, families, and the importance of prayer. Six sources are cited i...

Public Schools is No Place for Prayer

In six pages this report argues that in U.S. public schools prayer does not belong. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Arguments Surrounding the Issue of Prayer in Schools

place for religion in the schools. The debate is heated. First, it should be noted that there are many good reasons for inclusion....

Prayer at High School Football Games

In six pages the Supreme Court's decision to prohibit high school students leading public prayer prior to football games is examin...

Church and State Separation and Prayer in Public Schools

In 7 pages this paper examines public school prayer and the impact of church and state separation. There are 6 sources cited in t...

Machine Medical Model and Religion

getting needed referrals, going through red tape, being told they need to submit forms for approval and things of that nature. The...

Tutorial on People and Prayer

acronym - prayers are ACTS of mind and heart: * A-doration and praise of God, who made us and through whom we have whatever we hav...

Catholic Meal Service

(Offertory, 2002). It is interesting to note the use of bread and wine in the service, which has several meanings (The Off...

Public School System and the Issue of Religion

be learning about other religions and religious tolerance. In August of 1995, the Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley ...

Old Testament and Deliverance of People by God

Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...

US Public Schools and Prayer

or discourage prayer, or participate in such activities with students" (Uncle Sams Prayer Stick, 2003, p. 38). At what appeared to...

Opposing Prayer as a Public School Practice

conscious of the inevitable conflict between religion and the state. For that reason, they endeavored to keep the two as separate...

Two Characteristics in Christianity and Islam

practice of prayer in the two religions is very different. Christianity calls for steady and ongoing prayer. They praised God, ask...

Importance of Theology

only unnecessary, it is redundant. They are right in some respects. God does know everything. God knows what each of us needs and ...

Existence of God and a Prayer That is Answered

patients who were able to learn the art of "conscious relaxation" not only were able to quit smoking and eat better, but showed im...

Malta's Religious Education and the Role of Prayer

under the age of 18 pose specific ethical issues regarding aspects of consent and reliability (Streib, 2002, McKinney et al, 1999)...

Comments on a Book About Prayer

of gems to learn or remember. Strong believers pray and praise God no matter what although when life gets tough, it is hard for ev...

Overview of the Holy Trinity

like a dove from the sky and remain upon him" (John 1:32). This is specific testimony to the Three Persons, God, who spoke to John...

U.S., Free Speech, and Engel v. Vitale

prescribing religious devotions; the idea being that by keeping a strict line between religion and state, religious freedom is ens...

Campaign Issues in the Presidential Election of 2004

has not sufficiently supplemented the needy systems with cash. In essence, schools continue to fail not because they do not want t...

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux's On Loving God and Prayer

out, but that he would do his best to convey his thoughts on loving God in the hopes it can help others, focusing only on loving G...

Surveillance Panopticon Issues

The essay discussed three distinct topics. The first topic discussed Foucault’s report on the Panopticon, a surveillance machine u...

The Role of Power

What is power, how is it gained, how is it used, and how can we empower individuals and organizations? These are some of the quest...

Power Status of the United States

varied. Many of these factors of course revolve around the face of our government itself and the factors influencing this governm...

Different Forms of Power

French and Raven identified five forms of power in the 1960s. This essay explains and describes these types of power while it appl...

Overview of the Dahomey Kingdom

trade, they were unable to win and became a tributary to Oyo. However, they effectively retained their independence and the king a...