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Towneley Cycle's Wakefield Mystery Plays of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

eventually became an annual summer feast and dramatic event. "The Towneley Cycle proclaimed in its genesis a belief in the Christi...

Slavery and Christianity

In ten pages this research considers the establishment of slavery in the United States and Christianity's role during this time pe...

The Politics and Metaphysics of Thomas Hobbes

same time that other men pursue the same desires (Hobbes 185). The development of enemies comes from this course of natural compe...

Christianity and the Virgin Mary's Role

love for Mary, to recognize her as their mother and the mother of all believers in Him (Neubert 1). Mary was present...

Afterlife, Reincarnation, and Religion

In eight pages this paper discusses how the three global religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Catholicism perceive reincarnation a...

Mythic Image by Joseph Campbell

In five pages this paper discusses how Campbell's text distinguishes myth through art and also considers such topics as dreaming, ...

Nineteenth Century Social Movements and Christianity's Role

In five pages this paper discusses how Christianity and the Bible were used in 19th century women's suffrage and slavery movements...

Islam and Christianity's Rise

In eight pages this paper discusses the rise of Christianity in the West and Islam in the Middle East. Six sources are cited in t...

Politics and Christianity's Role

the Netherlands, said: "God the Lord unmistakably instituted the basic rule for the duty of government. Government exists to admin...

Sexual Culture of the West and Christianity's Impact

in Western cultures and set a standard for social expectations regarding virginity that separates the sexual identities of women a...

Yankton Sioux Zitkala Sa and Christianity's Impacts

non-Native culture, Zitkala was forced to leave her home and family at the young age of twelve. She was sent to a Quaker missiona...

Japan and Christianity's Spread

In twelve pages this paper considers how Christianity was introduced to Japan and its spread over a period of 300 years by British...

'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri

is in line with Christian ideology. In Dantes interpretation of events, Hell is reserved for the pagans, again a tribute...

Christian Dogma in Beowulf

one true God. As this suggests, biblical allusions are plentiful in the Old English epic, particularly in regards to the Old Test...

European Difficulties to Transform from Pagan to Christian in the Poems "Song of Roland" and "Beowulf"

paganism was not about to go quietly, even though the poet describes the protagonist as a gift that, "God, in His mercy, has sent....

Military Leadership and Robert D. Kaplan’s Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos

that military action can never be without cost or loss of life, but some costs must be paid. Military leaders must have an acute ...

Nature Versus Industrialization

their lives and they were willing to offer such gifts to others, symbolic of their natural existence and nature as giving people....

Christianity in Beowulf

has received a considerable amount of attention. Eighteenth century critics argued in favor of viewing the poem as fundamentally p...

Beowulf, Christian Influences

As these examples illustrate, there are instances where there are definite Christian allusions in the text. Furthermore, at the be...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Knight's Tale' and Its Pagan Setting

John Whyclif and John Hus, drew attention to the moral and spiritual failures of the Christian Church (Schildgen 121). While The...

Public Schools and Celebration of Halloween

the term today has its roots in William Penns "Holy Experiment" in Pennsylvania when what would become the United States of Americ...

Mixture of Christianity and Paganism in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

student researching this topic has indicated that no additional sources should be used. In writing your own paper, drawing upon th...

"The Dream of the Rood" Analysis

Rood indicates he was "taken from my stump, strong foes seized me there". Just as the poem casts Christ in a militaristic warrior ...

Beowulf and Pagan and Christian Values

worth in the final reckoning (2250-2252). The fatalistic nature of the passage is emphasized by the use of language evoking imager...

The 1995 Short Story Winner

This paper discusses and analyses a short story. An alternative ending is written for the story. The writer discusses the main the...

Snow White by the Brothers Grimm

tales have circulated for so long their origins are in ancient Egypt, others made their way to Germany via France (Zaleski, 2001)....

Communities and Religious Groups

In 8 pages this paper examines how Pagan, Muslim, and Jewish groups satisfy the communities definition. Six sources are cited in ...

How to Think About God According to Mortimer Adler

In five pages God's existence as it is considered within the context of Mortimer Adler's How to Think about God A Guide for the 20...

Pagan and Christian Narratives on the Virgin Birth

This research paper consisting of eleven pages contrasts and compares the pagan and Chrsitian narrative regarding the virgin birth...

Critically Evaluating the Hero in 'Beowulf'

In a paper containing three pages the discussion of whether Beowulf should be considered a pagan or Christian hero is presented. ...