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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...

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...

'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 ...

'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Debates Concerning Embryonic Research

developed fetuses, but are only the stem cells that differentiate into the various structures that eventually do become organized ...

Blues and Spirituals

means by which oppressed African Americans could expressed their extreme frustration, melancholy and longing. Intensely moving slo...

Religion and Muhammad Ali

in a very "somber mood" due to his internal and external feud concerning "his mentor, Malcolm, and his spiritual leader, the Natio...

Religion and James Joyce

joyce.html). His mother, Mary Jane Murray, was "ten years younger than Stanislaus, was an accomplished pianist whose life was domi...

Hinduism vs. Buddhism

four different occasions away from his palace he encountered the true pervasiveness of human suffering. When Prince Siddartha went...

French Revolution Interpretations

In eight pages this paper interprets the French Revolution that includes such causes as economic, political, religious, and social...

An Analysis of the Film, Babette's Feast

This paper examines the thematic elements of lifestyle changes and religious affectation in the Nineteenth Century film, Babette's...

Overview of the City of Jerusalem

In fourteen pages Jerusalem is examined in an overview of the holy city's history and the various religious conflicts among Muslim...

Latin America and the Impact of External Forces

In four pages this paper examines whether or not Latin America has been victimized by external forces in a consideration of politi...

The Transformation of the Role of Women in Mexico

4 pages and 5 sources. This paper provides an overview of the changing role of women in Mexico during colonialism. This paper pr...

Leonard Levy's The Establishment Clause

In five pages this paper discusses Levy's conclusion that Congress's view of religious freedom was broad and that government was p...

Supreme Court and RFRA Overturning

In sixteen pages this paper examines the implications of the June 25, 1997 overturning of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. ...

Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Role in Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

on this journey is Michael Betzold, author of Appointment With Dr. Death, in which he rivets our attention to Dr. Kevorkian as he ...

Suicide and Cults Explained

Religious cults have been a fact of life for years, but the phenomenon of mass suicides has recently engrossed the public. This pa...

Deific Coding of Ancient Laws

This is a research overview containing ten pages that considers the Code of Hammurabi as well as Hebraic, Spartan, and Mesopotamia...

A Search for Meaning in A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee

In a paper consisting of five pages an analysis of religious references featured in this domestic drama as an effort to infuse mod...

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. ...

Religion and Science in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and Paradise Lost by John Milton

In six pages this research paper examines the religious and scientific perspectives offered by John Milton's Paradise Lost and Tho...

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...