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US Lutheran Church and its History

Church (Royce 05B). The history of the conventional Lutheran Church date back to the sixteenth century when Protestant reformer M...

Women and Paul the Apostle

In five pages this research paper examines 1 Corinthians 14, lines 24 and 35 in a consideration of whether or not early Christian ...

Book Review of Jaroslav Pelikan's Jesus Through the Centuries

In ten pages this paper compares biblical facts to the author's personal interpretation of Jesus as revealed in his text. There a...

Christian Apocalypse in the Third Millennium?

In seven pages this essay discusses worldviews and apocalyptic beliefs as the next century approaches with the Branch Davidians an...

Religion and Its Influence on Man

In four pages this paper evaluates whether or not man is positively influenced by man in a consideration of the negative influence...

Debate of Creationism v. Evolution

In ten pages this research paper examines the ongoing debate and includes such topics as Darwin's theories and the reaction of the...

Scholarship and Christianity

In four pages George Marsden's inquiry into religion and scholarship as covered in the 'Exercise a Christian Intellect' by Tinder ...

The Plight of Women in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

This six page essay references two feminist works by authors Rebecca Harding Davis and Anzia Yezierska. The author utilizes passa...

Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

19th Century Naturalism and Realism

In twenty pages this paper examines naturalism and realism of the 19th century in a consideration of Edith Wharton's The House of ...

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah O. Jewett

In five pages this paper discusses why contemporary criticism of this 19th century novel often falls short. Six sources are cited...

17th and 19th Century Literature and the Depiction of Women

In five pages this paper discusses how women were depicted in Tartuffe by Moliere, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, and Hedda Ga...

Mathematician Girolamo Cardano

In eight pages sixteenth century mathematician Girolamo Cardano and his Ars magna work are examined in a sentence outline with Car...

Moving into the Twenty First Century

a decade ago most people did not own a computer, and many thought they never would. Today it seems as though more than half the po...

Europe and the Black Death

This paper consists of six pages and examines the Black Plague or Black Death that had a catastrophic impact upon 14th century Eur...

A Motion Picture Industry Short History

In a paper containing five pages the evolution of cinema from the late nineteenth century until the present is explored and such t...

Protestantism of the Seventeenth Century and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

down. This was a time when the divine right of kings was undisputed, yet here was a group of individuals openly defying their mona...

18th Century Jewish Population in France

In five pages this paper examines the French Jewry that existed during Napoleon's reign and considers religious communities in an ...

Naturalism and Realism in the Literature of the Nineteenth Century

is often an important feature. The individuals portrayed are not depicted as standing outside of their own historical background a...

Twenty First Century, the Humanities, and the Classics

just beginning his journey, understanding that is a necessity and that it holds danger: "MIDWAY upon the journey of our life I fou...

Sixth Century Codex of Justinian

regard to the constant oppression of overtaxation; in their attempts to "escape from the burdens" (Hanson PG) of unfair economic o...

English Weddings of the 16th Century

Despite their integral cultural connection to the rights of passage associated with weddings, the great wedding celebrations of si...

Argument in Favor of Nineteenth Century Southern Slavery

Master provided a slaves entire living, giving him food, shelter, and in effect, his life, then the slave owed his entire life to ...

A History of the Magazine in America

other reason may be that they were too expensive for the average household to buy. Documents from that time indicate that the maga...

Belief and Disbelief in an 'Accidental Century'

and the use of technology in the form of the atomic bomb laid waste to the concept of an egalitarian Utopia. The postwar world us...

Security Policy Analysis in the U.S., India, and China

nations security issues since it is the wealthiest and arguably most powerful nation in the world. And, of course, the ideologies ...

World Cup History

of top nations withdrew from the 1928 Olympics. This unexpected action caused FIFA to make a decision that would influence the ga...

Bleak House by Charles Dickens and the Supernatural

In five pages this paper examines how supernatural and ghosts were perceived by society during the 19th century in an analysis of ...

The Pro and Con Abortion Issue

to justify abortion in general is that of preserving the presumed right of self-determination or autonomous choice. The pitfalls ...

Early 19th Century Expedition of Lewis and Clark

at the contribution which Jefferson made to the expedition and the importance of the Louisiana Purchase to the impact which the ex...