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Comparing Western and Eastern Religions

ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...

Christianity and Worldview

the way for a great number of other inventors to follow, as well as establishing a changing trend in the way the world viewed tech...

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...

'On Being Brought from Africa to America' by Phyllis Wheatley

arguing that Wheatley was not intelligent, for she was. We are merely arguing that her ignorance of the true realities of slavery ...

Hans Kung's Women in Christianity

Volkswagen Foundation completing much of the research which would ultimately serve as the basis for "Women in Christianity". He h...

Christianity and Religion According to On Liberty and A Letter Concerning Toleration

of itself, is not the end of the line in relation to the state of religious toleration, inasmuch as its very definition is that of...

Afterlife in Christianity and Buddhism

the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...

Sickness Unto Death by Soren Kierkegaard

he sought to bring truth to others. Does Socrates Do Evil? From Kierkegaards position it is perhaps truth that all people do e...

Homosexuality and World Religions

represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...

Similarities Between Christianity and Islam

must begin with its very fundamental concept of unity of God (Tawhid). In this context, it is also important to note that the cree...

Redcross in Spenser's The Faerie Queene

In five pages this paper considers how the hero Redcrosse in Spenser's The Faerie Queen represents Christianity and justice. Two ...

Comparing Buddhism and Christianity

01B). As a people, Christians are bound by the convictions that they are to possess honesty, respectfulness, charity, kindness an...

Fear in Paton's, Cry the Beloved Country

is sick, Kumalo goes to the city to bring his sister home and to find his son, Absalom. When he arrives, he discovers that his son...

St. Augustine and His Impact

2001). In many ways St. Augustines life would serve as a bridge between pagan Rome and the Christian middle ages (ODonnell, 2001)...

Christianity and Constantinople Emperor Justinian

Augusta Euphemia. He had adopted his elder nephew who took the name Justinian. Justin began his reign by executing Amantius and Th...

Christianity and the Influence of Saint Francis of Assisi

that is made by the hand of the Lord. He had a "genuine humility" (McFadden PG) which came from the author of all creation himsel...

Christianity and Friedrich Nietzsche

values rapid change and constant novelty, Zaras speed and clever marketing of scarcity were highly effective. Recruitm...

Western Civilization Development and the Impact of Christianity

In thirty two pages this paper assesses the far reaching influence of Christianity upon Western civilization's development. Thirt...

Christianity and the Wrong Views of Friedrich Nietzsche

by those in a particular sect of Christianity, there would be more purity in the Christian religions. Yet, this is not the case an...

Transcendence, Religion, and the Superman Theory of Friedrich Nietzsche

benevolent and living God who is infinite in a myriad of ways. Because God is deemed to be dead, Nietzsche sees it necessary fo...

God Question As Approached by Howard Thurman

In five pages this paper examines how African American author Howard Thurman deals with questions regarding God's nature and exist...

An Analysis of Hanh's Book, Living Buddha, Living Christ

each other outside of school. Others just dropped their children off for Sunday School, and didnt go in themselves. And others, w...

Women and Religious Abuses

In eight pages this paper examines how the religions of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, commit several types of abuses against w...

Religion and Evolution

In eight pages Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are considered in a contrast and comparison of evolution theories. Six sources ar...

The Resurrection

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

Four Topics Examined from a Christian Viewpoint

In five pages relationships, role of Christian husbands and wives, premarital sex, and Book of Proverbs' portrayal of temptation a...

Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies

In six pages this landmark fifteenth century feminist text is analyzed in terms of how the author portrayed the connection between...

Damnation and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages this paper discusses chivalry and Christianity in a presentation of the argument that Sir Gawain was not destined to...

'The Pardoner's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In seven pages this paper examines the Pardoner's actions within the context of Christianity in a pro and con assessment that conc...

Classical Era Transformation and Richard Tarnas' The Passion of the Western Mind

to accomplish this, Tarnas considers he authorship of men like Plato, as a basis for understanding the views of man and religion p...