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Literary Classics, Knowledge of Death and Religion

it would seem. Socrates agrees for he sees that by having such an argument with Euthyphro he may find a better way to plead his ow...

Families and the Impact of Welfare Reform

Harris reports that though the amount of benefits applied for have declined by 26.5%-45% in the three states mentioned, the level ...

'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

conforming to gender role expectations in other areas, such as his taking the bags to the train. It is not that she is portrayed ...

Religious Faith and Elie Wiesel

In six pages this research paper examines how Wiesel's religious faith is reflected in his writings and the role of religion in hi...

The Magic Barrel of Bernard Malamud

The tension that exists between the student of religion and the marriage broker and the ways in which it moves the country forward...

Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone According to Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper examines Kant's philosophical considerations of religion from a moral perspective. Five sources are cite...

The Good Society by Robert Bellah, et al

negative" (p. 10). They explain that an "institution" can be as simple as the social custom of shaking hands as a...

Hong Kong Education Reform Analysis

Rational self multiple dimensions Moral certainty Moral relativism Social cohesion and Social fragmentation Community ...

The Goddess vs. Christianity

Many modern feminists have embraced the worship of the Goddess as more liberating and less patriarchal than most mainstream monoth...

Religious Theories of Emile Durkheim in The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

premises the concept that religion is rooted in the nature of things and that any system of belief which dos not have this groundi...

Decision Making and Hazard Insurance

In seven pages this report discusses risk protection as a major underlying role factor of hazard insurance and discusses decision ...

Historic British Literary Heroes

imaginations. In examining the changing role of the hero in English Literature, five British literary periods will be examined. F...

Religious Stance of Voltaire

This paper discusses the opposition to organized religion Voltaire took during the 18th century which is represented in his writin...

Human Nature Approach of American Philosopher and Psychologist William James

In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...

Scholars of Ancient Times Debating Religion

as well. Brahman: In some way, I believe I can vouch for our religion as being a way of life, but perhaps in a different sense. Fo...

Class System in America According to Paul Fussell

In eight pages this essay considers Fussell's 1983 text regarding class in terms of membership, status symbols, and the major poin...

Religion and Life Considered in an Elderly Citizen Interview

In six pages life's 8 stages as theorized by Erik Erikson are applied to a sample interview with a woman age 72 who discusses reli...

Oprah Winfrey, George Bernard Shaw, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Capitalism

In nine pages capitalism in its many forms are examined in terms of Oprah Winfrey's philanthropy, G.B. Shaw's play Major Barbara, ...

Society and Religion

of the people" (Fay, 1996, p. 24). While Fays comment may ring true today, the truth is that at the time in...

Future Global Predictions

in developed nations, leaving the existence of untouched habitats quite rare. The second trend noted is positive. The nations, p...

Virginia and Massachusetts Were Opposites in Colonial America

Indian can come near thereabouts but he is presently seen. ... here is belonging to the town six goats, about fifty hogs and pigs,...

Necessity of the US Bill of Rights According to William J. Brennan Jr.

Brennan, Jr. points out that it is only during the last forty or fifty years that the Bill of Rights has been enforced by the cour...

Religion and Morality Views of Freud, Nietzsche, Ibsen, and Dostoyevsky

In eight pages the perspectives of Nietzsche and Freud regarding morality and religion are examined as they are portrayed in Enemy...

Comparing the United States and France

realms. Paris was home to the multitude of nineteenth century artists who changed fine art forever, and New York is still home to ...

Concepts and Theories in Cornel West's Race Matters and The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The theories and concepts contained in each of these African American texts such as religion and race, the separatist movement, an...

Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

In five pages these five religions are explained in terms of their community and individual influence and then contrasted and comp...

Public Schools' Constitutional Rights and Religion Court Cases

In five pages the issue of religion in public schools are examined in the case progression of Everson v. Board of Education, Engel...

The Rain God: A Desert Tale Viewed Critically

members of the Angel clan, as well as Mexican-American men and women. Gender restricts personal choices, and influences not only ...

Social, Nationalistic, and Religious Grievances in the Iran Revolution of 1978 and 1979 and Lebanon's Hezbollah Movement

In seven pages this paper discusses the roles religion, nationalism, and social issues played in these two uprisings. Five source...

Hume’s Dialogue Updated

any attempt to model understanding of God on the basis of a study of humanity is simply untenable. What is the soul of man? A mixt...