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God's Second Son by Jonathan D. Spence

In 6 pages this paper examines the 19th century Chinese rebel peasant Hong Xiuquan who contended he was Jesus Christ's brother as ...

Resurrection of Jesus Christ and Systematic Theology

In eight pages this paper analyzes Jesus Christ's resurrection in a consideration of contemporary theologians and their thoughts o...

Jesus in the Qur'an According to Geoffrey Parrinder

In eleven pages this research paper examines the differences and similarities between the Qur'an portrayal of Jesus and that conta...

4 Gospels and 4 Films About Jesus Reviewed

In twelve pages this paper discusses what should be known about Jesus in a review of 4 films and 4 gospels on Christ. Twelve sour...

Apostle Paul's Gospel

He is the only begotten Son of God. The majority of Christians believe that it was Jesus who was crucified, and buried and that h...

Overview of Joseph Smith's Mormon Church

were buried in 1823, and John the Baptist, "who conferred the Aaronic Priesthood on Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in Harmony, Pe...

Myth, Fact, and Early Christianity

sacrificed consorts who was killed by the Father Zeus after the fertility rite that coupled him with his Mother (Graves 89). Also ...

John's Gospel

therefore, offers interpretation of them through various reflections, narratives, and discourses (John, 2003). The first sign is t...

An Examination of Arianism Theology

but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...

Conventional Theology and The Passion of the Christ Film by Mel Gibson

slapped him and said, "Prophesy to us, Christ, Who hit you?" All Gospel accounts agree that Jesus was brutalized at this point, bu...

Jesus of Nazareth's Life and Ministry

thematic content. The whole emphasis of the narrative in Matthew is on scriptures being fulfilled via the life of Jesus (Wright, 1...

The Gospel According to St. Matthew Film by Pasolini

Joseph the presentation of their early beginnings is told merely through the fact we see Mary pregnant and we watch the struggling...

The Resurrection

This paper consists of five pages and discusses claims made by both theologians, John Dominic Crossan and Caroline Walker Bynum, ...

Slaughterhouse Five Analysis

of nearly every day of his childhood" (38). The fact that the crucifix depicts a dead Jesus is significant because it represents ...

Does the Resurrection Guarantee the Afterlife?

Jesus Christ, 2001 and See Also Badham, 1976). Innumerable disparate bodies of evidence and divergent theories exist, and a...

Jesus and Adversarial People

the answers. Moreover, having sent His Son to lead by example, one has only to follow Jesus teachings when it comes to dealing wi...

Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Scripture

In thirty pages this paper scripturally examines the Apocalypse and what this represents in terms of religious, socioeconomic, and...

Holy Scriptures and Covenants of God

sovereignty. Moreover, another significant point relevant to Gods covenants is that they cannot be revoked or nullified. Nor can ...

Money and the Views of Jesus

the tables of the moneychangers in the temple. Besides the symbolism of this act, which was to purify the temple from a "den of th...

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...

Mark Tully's Four Faces A Journey in Search of Jesus the Divine Reviewed

that he did - when the masses desperately needed a "human" religion to cling to - was something that helped boost Jesus to "divine...

Holy Spirit, Church, and Faith

Jesus Christ, trusting enough so that one obeys their commands.3 We demonstrate our faith in Jesus through Baptism. This is repe...

Teacher Role of Jesus

comprehend Jesus lessons, i.e. his parables, better when they consider them in the context of "drohrede," a literary genre centra...

Questioning Who Jesus is and What He Represents

accompanies a mortal existence, one will reap the benefits of living a pure life; indeed, whatever trials and tribulations one exp...

Analysis of 'Enoch Arden' by Alfred Lord Tennyson

In seven pages this paper analyzes the poem that asserts the spiritual themes of the poem are metaphorically portrayed by the trag...

How Mrs. Turpin Chooses Between Two Choices from Jesus

of it that easily. This is remedied by the fact that she is given a very difficult choice to make. Does she want to be black, or...

Scholarly Issues and Controversy Regarding Marian Literature

the Mediterranean. Haarmann asserts that Marian devotion continues "the ancient goddess cults, and, thus, is a reflection of thei...

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...

Happiness and Wisdom in Philosophy

of the same) is "reason" rather than the self-conscious "I." One may then extend the concept from ethical ideas to morality, whic...

Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ According to the Gospels of John and Mark

is believed that Johns Gospel was written much later than the other three and this could be one reason for the differences. Other ...