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Contributions of Philosopher William James

universe as heartily to assent to the evil that seems inherent in its details?" (Thought & Character, Volume I, Perry, 322) (Shull...

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...

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...

Social Change Through Theater and West Side Story

Story from Historical, Social, Cultural, Political and Religious Perspectives Surprisingly, the original idea for West Side Stor...

Faith and Reason by Peter Abelard

In twelve pages this paper examines the religious conflict between reason and faith as considered in the works of Peter Abelard. ...

Frank Wedekind's Spring's Awakening

erotic scenes, the researcher will note, Wedekind plays out the boys attractions and fantasies about their sexual attractions. In...

Religious Attitudes Represented in Hollywood Films

Scott movie Blade Runner, the earth has become virtually uninhabitable by any sort of decent human being. Depicting Los Angeles i...

The Kingdom of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

In five pages C.S. Lewis is considered in terms of his life, his writings and his religious beliefs which influenced his work prof...

Allegory, Philosophy, and Faith in Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

In four pages Lewis's text is examined in terms of its religious purpose with the argument presented that the Garden of Eden serve...

Puritan Dilemma of John Winthrop

In six pages this essay discusses John Winthrop's story as presented by Edmund Morgan in a consideration of the Puritan dilemma an...

Boy's Dream in 'Araby' by James Joyce

In five pages this essay discusses the political and religious symbolism featured about a boy's first love. There are no other so...

The Transformation of China in the 20th Century

and 3. Chinas policy towards the Soviet Union and its leaders as opposed to those it formulated in regard to the U.S. and its lea...

Overview of the Isis Religious Cult

of course, was according to legend. However, the legends gained such popularity that in time many came to worship Isis, alone. Tem...

England, Education and Alfred the Great

skills were more highly valued. In addition, literacy was regarded as being equated with political and economic power: it was ther...

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...

Religious Beliefs of Indigenous Africans

having the "same" culture.4 The slave-trading colonial powers saw this vast territory as a single place, a single country occupied...

'A Prayer for My Son' by William Butler Yeats

in psalms (Liu 26). The repetition of the first line, which is subtly varied in the second stanza, is also psalm-like in that Hebr...

Children's Stories Analysis

this argument we see that the giant is the handicapped child. The entire town is frightened of him because he is a giant. He does ...

Outmoded Concept of Registered Marriage

Kong, as Leung (2003) points out, registered marriage was welcomed by women as an integral part of their acquiring equal rights....

'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...

Rights and Wisconsin v. Yoder

both the Amish religion and the Amish way of life (University of Missouri/Kansas City, 2003). The parents felt that by sending the...

Benjamin West's Artistic Career

Francis Hayman for the Rotunda at Vauxhall Gardens during the Seven Years War. Jonathan Tyers, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens ...

Religious Practices of Egypt and Mesopotamia

for war, but success really depended on a favorable relationship with the gods. This helps explain the importance of the priestly ...

Saint Augustine and the Conversion Experience

the human soul, the other for evil and matter, including the body(Gilson 3-66). However, when he became dissatisfied with the mat...

The Balkans A Short History by Mark Mazower

Indeed, the organization of nationalism was spurred on due to the role played by patriotic clergies. Mazower (2002) indicates ho...

Western Civilization and Hebrew Cultural and Religious Contributions

as deeply related to their existence. AS Spielvogel indicates, "According to the Jewish conception, there is but one God....God...

Political, Religious, and Social Sculpture

after it was moved to the Piazza della Signoria. The reason this particular point is so greatly argued is because of the glaring ...

Medieval Literature, Biblical Allusions and Religious Symbolism

all of its aspects. This also ties in with the idea that they are traveling to the city of Canterbury to be redeemed. Here, the po...

Comparing Jesus Christ to Paul the Apostle

churches, though many were convened in his name. Most of the accounts of Jesus in the Bible talk about large crowds of people that...

Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and Grandmother's Changes

that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...