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Taylor and Bradstreet, Two Puritan Poets

Puritans have a dour, unsympathetic reputation, so the idea of Puritan poets may seem rather odd. However, that faith tradition pr...

Confucius and Chinese Religion

This paper consists of three pages and discusses Chinese religious concepts according to Confucius with his Dao understanding cons...

Comparative Analysis of the French Revolution and the Protestant Reformation

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the Protestant Reformation and French Revolution from religious, political, cultura...

Decline of the Dark Ages

In five pages this paper discusses the Medieval civilization's end from the perspectives of 2 important religious leaders. Three ...

Middle East and Women of Islam

In fifteen pages this paper discusses Islamic women in a consideration of law, attitudes, female identity, religious and social va...

Beliefs of Apocalyptic Religious Groups

In a paper consisting of seven pages the origins and beliefs of apocalyptic religious cults are explored including the example of ...

Various Aspects of Hate Crimes

In ten pages hate crimes are examined in terms of various aspects that include statistical analysis, legislation, perpetrator info...

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Involving Freedom of Religion

In eight pages this paper examines the 1st Amendment's free exercise clause as it has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court i...

Islam Perceptions

In three pages this paper discusses the media's role in shaping perceptions and misperceptions of outsiders regarding Islam in a c...

Cycladic Figure Art

In five pages the Museum of the Legion of Honor's Cycladic figure is examined in terms of its goddess religious significance. Fou...

The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis

In ten pages this paper examines the author's religious views, his book The Last Temptation of Christ and the subsequent film adap...

Buddhist and Roman Catholic Monasticism

In seven pages these religious monastic forms are contrasted and compared with a discussion of Buddhism's Mahayana and Theraveda m...

A Historical World View of Female Genital Mutilation

an exclusively Islamic practice. FGM is a cross-cultural and cross-religious ritual and is in most cultures primarily a social pra...

Origin and Translations of The Qur'an

mission is to follow Gods will to the letter (Esposito, 1978). The law is therefore followed precisely. The Holy Quran expresses a...

Tutorial on Religious Tolerance and the Film The Passion of the Christ

hype people would not have continued lining up to see the movie. This is not a fun film, it graphically and brutally shows the las...

Meaning and Symbolism of Ancient Egypt's Shawabtis

This is the function of a shawabti, but does it really describe the way in which one was lovingly carved, placed, or the perspecti...

Ancient Rome's Crucifixion Practice

In five pages this essay examines the crucifixion practice of the ancient Romans during the time of Jesus Christ and considers its...

'The Monk's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer and Religious Hypocrisy

In six pages this paper examines the religious hypocrisy represented in the Monk's personality in this Canterbury Tales' story. S...

Indian Captivity Narrative by Mary Rowlandson

In five pages this paper discusses how Mary Rowlandson's devout religious beliefs sustained her during her Native American captivi...

Religious Freedom Protection

such cases must go. The political legal system of this nation is where all such matters are ultimately decided. It is also the pla...

Religious Bookstore Study Proposal

However, one should not be complacent. Many people think that such stores are immune to crime but that is not the case (Legall, 20...

Christianity and Buddhism

other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...

Islamic Pilgrimage Known as the Hajj

(Al-Imran); Verse 97 (ICM). The Hajj is considered a fulfillment of the Fifth Pillar of Islam but is also considered as a time whe...

U.S. Foreign Policy and Religious Persecution

pertaining to religious persecution have never received as much attention in the US as other forms of discrimination (Wales 579). ...

Overview of the Issue of Religious Persecution

can occupy the same country (Robinson). For example, Bosnia (which has seen a great deal of religious persecution) is home to Roma...

India and Hinduism

Interestingly enough, the Hindu religion is not one single religion per se, but rather, a collection of customs, traditions, belie...

Analyzing 'The Great Armada' Chapter of Herman Melville's Moby Dick

vengeance". This passage highlights an extreme sense of violence, and reveals the chaos and out-of-control nature of the...

Ethics and Religion According to Augustine and Aristotle

not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...

Metaphor of Phoenix Rising

began to feel old and weak, it would gather spices and aromatic branches, make a fire and immolate itself in the fragrant flames (...

Aloofness and Human Disinterest of the Greek Gods

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...