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Essays 211 - 240
comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...
it nearly incomprehensible to man. There are strong differences of opinion regarding what one must do to be saved but there is a...
study the Vedas. This particular Hindu book says that women "are entirely worthless creatures" (Dharma Universe, 2010). Even so,...
womans role in relation to her society in somewhat different ways. The differences between the Shia and Sunni sects are particula...
to focus on the therapeutic relationship. Counselor C, who is a biblical counselor, rejects all secular approaches and turns to Sc...
with ardour and faith" this is much broader, but may also be argued as week, as according this not only those beliefs that are hel...
personal unconscious, there is also "an infinitely more important collective unconscious" (Connolly 151). This refers to a "repos...
throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...
prayers. This is very different in Islam. As most of us should know by now, Muslims pray five times each day, each time facing Me...
increasingly marginalized from public and private spheres. Once upon a time, prayer was permitted in public schools, and no one t...
revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...
the rulers. The differences between the Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam developed over a number of centuries, for many y...
was a republic, led by the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek. Due to the fact that there was serious opposition to his government...
Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...
thee tribes have been encroached by modernity and some are now seeking more theological complexity. Robin Wright says that "cultur...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...
painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...
to religion and instead evaluates religion solely on how well a particular form of religion serves the purposes of the state. Rous...
in the physical world was a constant battle between good and evil (Traditional Zoroastrianism). The major source for the teachings...
body, so, too, can the thought of God(or what he/she expects of a person) possibly influence the world, or motivate a culture into...
however, which is present in all Native American Religions. That element is the integral tie between Native American spirituality...
study the primitive, not because there was any one point in time at which religion could have been said to have begun, but because...
This 5 page paper discusses the fact that Osama bin Laden and his followers are Muslims, and that Islam claims to be a peaceful re...
of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...
conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...
its members. From this perspective it is easy to see that Scientology has more than likely had as negative of an impact on Tom Cr...
America, they worked very hard to convert the Native American Indians, who obviously did not believe in Jesus Christ. The new set...
actual word, religion, comes from literally means bound to(Larue 2004). Thus, a person is dedicated toward living a certain way, b...
came about simply because it is true. Theories about Gods existence have been around for quite some time. There is Descartes proo...