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Christian Church and Capital Punishment

the topic, some history is in order. How has the death penalty been treated in Christian religions, particularly among the Protest...

Christ Figure Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

thinking" (Wittkowski 2). The main thrust of such interpretations is that Santiago, in his actions, is in fact an "imitatio Christ...

Elders According to Doctrine of Ecclesiology

the Bible is "overseer," the implication is that the verse is referring to a position of leadership in which the individual is res...

John Winthrop and William Bradford on Character Qualities

is considered to be especially significant in regards to the documentation of American history and despite having been written in ...

Writings of 5 Founding Fathers of Early Christian Theology

the standards of Christian piety that were expected. From reading the Didache, the modern Christian can begin to see how the lab...

Christian Worship and the Sacraments

By the 5th century, Christianity in the West was guarded by the bishop of Rome, the pope, who was the "final custodian of the doct...

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn and Christianity

the Christian and the truth regarding Christians as they hide behind the name of religion itself. Another excerpt occurs wherei...

Christian Creeds, Confessions of Faith, Councils and Their Historical Significance

(Constitution, Apostles, 1996). The creed derived its name from the initial belief that it was written by the Apostles on the tent...

Christianity History and Significance of 'Church Order'

holding certain truths? The members of the Church are united, not by their belief in certain men, but by their belief in certain ...

Secular and Christian Relationship

this might be. What is most astonishing is that in the past those Christian states did not provide the best of possible climates f...

Jesus in the Qua-ran and in the Bible

is now dead (Jesus - The Quranic View, 2003). Those who would consider Jesus to be God, the Son of God, or part of a trinity are ...

The Prophetess by Njabulo Ndebele, Light and Darkness Images

encompassed in darkness. Ndebele uses phrases and words such as the following: He was anxious about where the woman was...

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...

Soteriology and Christology

perceived as Jesus being chosen by God to serve a divine purpose. This manner of perceiving Jesus was soon overshadowed by a diffe...

Ibo Society and Lost Male Status Following the White Missionary Arrival

head position was responsible for "settling family disputes, and because he controlled the channel of communication with the all-i...

'Jerusalem Delivered' by Torquato Tasso

the aid of Fortune herself as a guide, travel to the Fortunate Islands. There, they scale a mountain, fighting a dragon and a lion...

Black Studies and America's Cultural Assumptions

home, psychologically, is that all things French are worthy of being known, while anything that is the color black is associated w...

Christian Theology, Family, and Marriage

covenant of irrevocable personal consent" and that procreation was not the sole purpose or the basis for the union (Lawler, 2001, ...

Church Elders and Ecclesiology

logical that the same sentiment would apply to the post of "elder" as well. While not stated overtly, the clear implication is tha...

Life After Death in Hindu and Christian Beliefs

we think of as ourselves continue to exist in the soul body. Death is a most natural experience, not to be feared. It is a quick t...

Didache Manuscript on the Twelve Apostles' Teachings

of Life and the Way of Death; 2.) a rituale that deals with baptism, fasting, and Holy Communion; and 3.) the ministry (Chapman, 1...

Stem Cell Research and Issues of Christian Morality

The reason these cells are called stem cells is because they are like a stem, these cells are the source of every kind of tissue t...

Impact of Islam on the Pre Crusades Christian Islam

conception of the medieval period is that the Catholic Church was a lone beacon of light, preserving ancient knowledge until such ...

Personal Ethics Development

his relationship with God (Smith, 2001). Based on this description and my own upbringing and early training, my own decisions re...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Cultural Products, and Religion

hairy feet. As this suggests, they are humble beings, not heroes. Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is uncle to Frodo Baggins, entrusts ...

Power in the Pulpit How America's Most Effective Black Preachers Prepare Their Sermons by Cleophus James Larue

illustrate the points they make. Larue himself is a preacher and scholar who is an associate professor of homiletics at Princeton ...

Fairytales and Their Importance

is true even of the fairy stories that originated with Han Christian Andersen, such as the Ugly Duckling (Zipes, 1985). Th...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and its Christian Content

persecuted and killed for their faith. We also note that throughout the play Lear slowly develops into a man who understands hi...

Research Study Proposal on Christian Parenting

Ostensibly, the Pardoner is a man of God. However, in the prologue to his tale, the Pardoner goes to great pains to elucidate his ...

The Triune God of Christian Faith by Mary Ann Fatula

(17). First of all, Christian faith is predicated on the experience of Jesus as a human being -- "his life, death, resurrection, ...