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NonWestern Religions and Their Completeness

actual word, religion, comes from literally means bound to(Larue 2004). Thus, a person is dedicated toward living a certain way, b...

Valentinus and Christian Gnosticism

"claimed to have been instructed by a direct disciple of one of Jesus apostles, an apostolic man by the name of Theodas. Tertullia...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

John Ford's Films and Christian Allegory

individuals who had come before him. At the crux of the journey is the fact that the main character risks his life for his religio...

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 ...

Introducing Youth to Christianity

into a "good" college, and therefore have a "good" life. Unfortunately, in these situations, religion tends to be on the bottom of...

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...

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...

Rev. Billy Graham Life and Achievements

p. 12). As we can note, right from the beginning Graham was not a man who approved of strict guidelines and rules when it came to ...

A Discussion of Christian Elements in the Epic Poem Beowulf, and in the Character of Beowulf Himself

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

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...

'Beowulf' and Its Representation of Heroic and Christian Traditions

a rather powerful enemy. Thus, one sees heroic feats on either end, but also, there is Christian love and the love of a parent tha...

Christian Views on Evil

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

American Society and Christian Education

this issue before settling upon a concept known as "the common school," which was implemented in Massachusetts and New York during...

Issues on Feminism

causes of unemployment may be the advent of the minimum wage law, inasmuch as minimum wage increases have caused pay scales to cha...

The Upanishads and the Atman

same in his "Heart Sura" (Upanishads). The term "Atman" refers to the immortal aspect of mortal existence (Atman-the Soul Eterna...

I Will Bear Witness, the Diary of Victor Klemperer

numbers of people who had always defined themselves as proud citizens of the country? It is important to understand that Klemperer...

Three Prespectives on Eschatology

This 9 page paper discusses the three main types of Christian theology in regard to eschatology: premillennialism, amilennialism a...

Reconsideration of Incarnation

"Christians" would gather before dawn and recite a "hymn" to Christ, as if "to a god" (Shelley 22). These hymns, which can be date...

Comparative Analysis of The Brave Tailor and The Tinder Box

In five pages these nineteenth century fairytales by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen are contrasted and compared. ...

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...

Visual Arts and Religion

life that one would want to aspire toward. And, typically, as in a religious painting, the consequences of not choosing the faith ...

Bernard L. Marthaler's 'The Creed'

that interpretation is tantamount to both translating and understanding the Nicene Creed, noting that "the meaning of words change...

Martin Luther and Erasmus

work he "He tells us that he wrote the Praise of Folly in a week, while staying with More and waiting for his books to turn up.......

The Sources of Christian Ethics by Pinckaers

views should be assessed and aligned. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians that they should make the most of every oppo...

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...

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...