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Chaucer and the Church

The Chaucer we envisage here might regard this tale as valuable for its religious elements, for its depiction of a valiant woman w...

The Wooden Churches of the Ukraine

concepts that are interwoven into that construction. The manner in which utilitarianism is accompanied both by aesthetics a...

Medieval Sculpture

Medieval sculpture is of special interest in regard to the varying influence of the Christian faith on the sculpture that was prod...

Role of Paul in Early Church/Early Russian History

is primarily tied to their being a Slavic people. The author indicates that the Slavs settled "beside the Danube, where the Hungar...

Gawain & Green Knight/Wife of Bath

the entirety of those present that one of them should strike the Green Knight with the ax, which he has brought as a gift, and tha...

Reaction Essay/Pedophiles & Priests

abusers" (Jenkins 133). This use of language paints Church officials as innocent victims of social change, rather than being knowi...

An Experience in Critical Thinking

their introduction to "A Crack in the Mirror: Reflexive Perspectives in Anthropology" Barbara Myerhoff and Jay Ruby (editor) obser...

Caesar Vespasian

of the city, as it was under his reign that construction on the Colosseum was started.6 As Suetonius indicates, Vespasian undert...

Mediator Dei

by an official of the Church and attended by faithful members of the church. Although the Popes encyclical clarified the sacred ...

Above All Earthly Pow'rs By David F. Wells

is only one truth and it is this truth that all Christian churches should be promoting. Citing another author, Wells reports that ...

Christology of Matthew Fox

and orientation. Fox argues that there is a "creation-centered spirituality" within the framework of Christian tradition that shou...

The Reformation And Eucharistic Theology

this Sacrament is central to the Christian faith, it was an issue that had to be decided. The ruling philosophy at that time was ...

Should Churches Be Taxed - Should The Government Fund Medical Research

and they need to continue to fund the studies that need to be done today. The benefits are vast. As we can conclude from past res...

Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children

in the testimony that is presented and many of these cases illuminate the inconsistencies and short comings that exist within the ...

Nicaean Creed & Trinitarian Doctrine

A 15 page research paper that examines documents associated with the early Christian Church, such as "The Nicene Creed," as well ...

Societal Causes of Divorce.

caught in the middle, though the authors point out that there are many tensions in Western marriages as well (Kung, Hung and Chan)...

Home Schooling: Requirements

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the requirements for home schooling concerning independent home schooling and church h...

Do American Catholics Accept Vatican Council II

(Broderick, 2003). Greeley (1998) explains some of the effects of Vatican Council II. Prior to that Council, decisions in the Chu...

“Beyond the Box: Innovative Churches That Work”

location the authors will argue that a church does not need to be an actual church but can really be located anywhere. Conflict is...

Enlightenment Arguments for and against Separation of Church and State

to petition the government for a redress of grievances" ("First Amendment")). The idea of the separation of church and state was i...

Protestant Church Attendance

are different types of people who attend. Some go each and every Sunday, and some hardly are ever there. There are still others wh...

Roman Catholic Church and Gay Marriage

said they had an obligation to give witness to the whole moral truth and reinforce Catholic teaching that gay sex is a sin" (Bisho...

World Diversity and Catholic Education

This is because the Church realizes that what individuals believe in regards to religion or morality is frequently contingent on t...

Roman Catholic Church Child Sex Scandal

is both a government (via the Vatican) and an organization, it is a church. The data are astounding. The John Jay College of Crimi...

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...

Catholicism and the Poor by Dorothy Day

poor and the "undeserving." Day and Maurin shocked traditionalists by welcoming drunkards and other men down on their luck, which ...

3 Issues Pertaining to Latin American Society

In six pages this research paper discusses women's roles in Latin America and the economic effects, the Catholic Church throughout...

U.S. Government System and John Locke

of God, nor can they deny the rights of individuals to their separate and distinct beliefs. Locke also argued that man sho...

Strong Congregations by Kennon Callahan

qualities that he identifies as intrinsic to small, strong congregations as the foundation for his chapters, building upon these t...

Morality and Personal Choice of Abortion

should be considered before deciding or not deciding on having an abortion. For this particular discussion, let us consider...