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Comparative Analysis of Niccolo Machiavelli/Thomas More, and Martin Luther/Desiderius Erasmus

In five pages the political views held by Machiavelli and More are compared and then the religious positions of Luther and Erasmus...

Islam Perceptions

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

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...

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...

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...

Child Abuse and Neglect, Various Issues

This research paper/essay pertains to various issues that are associated with child abuse and neglect. A principal focus of the pa...

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...

Ideology, Politics, and Religious Leadership of Ancient Israel

In 4 pages this paper discusses the leadership, politics, and ideologies that existed in Israel during the time period between the...

NDEs and Religious Ministers

Near-death experiences (NDE) have been reported since ancient times. Even Plato reported one. In recent decades, there have been t...

William of Ockham

The Middle Ages was a time of dramatic change in Europe and the British Isles. This paper addresses secular and religious values b...

Religious Beliefs, Importance to Nursing

This paper considers the role of patients' religion and how it should impact nursing care. The writer focuses on the way in whic...

An Early Religious Movement

The Second Great Awakening has typically been identified first as a Christian evangelical movement but it also had an impact on al...

Religious Beliefs, Personal and Rastafarian

This research paper/essay offers an overview of Rastafarianism. it beings by discussing the writer's personal religious beliefs an...

Research Introduction

This essay presents an overview of introductory research with a specific focus on how it is used in regards to investigating relig...

The Theology and Cosmology of Ancient Egypt

This paper examines the Ancient Egyptian culture and beliefs of and discusses how culture can change religious beliefs over time. ...

Biography of Newsman Walter Cronkite

In five pages this paper examines the life and broadcasting career of respected newsman Walter Cronkite with his belief in religio...

The Elementary Forms of Religious Life by Emile Durkheim

In five pages this text is considered with the emphasis being on religious practices being studied by sociologists as a way to und...

Life and Works of Augustine of Hippo

In five pages this paper discuses the life and Western religious and cultural contributions of Augustine of Hippo which includes C...

Achievements of Roger Wolcott Sperry

"one of the leading luminaries of psychobiology and philosophy" (Puente, 1995, p. 940), Sperry argued that "a synthesis of science...

Cofradia de San Jose Religious Movement's Importance to the Philippines

In three pages this essay considers the 18th century importance of this Filipino religious movement. Two sources are cited in the...

Analysis of Chinese Buddhism

In five pages the ways in which Buddhism traveled to China and became an integral component in its religious practices and as a ph...

The Culture of Poland and America Compared

This research report looks at two cultures and compares and contrasts them. Various issues are included such as children, family a...

Hinduism, Islam, and Women

second wife (Brooks 211). Until this century, most Muslims married soon after puberty. Today, however, its generally recognized t...

Culture, Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces

In five pages the contemporary world application of Hartshorne's centripetal and centrifugal force theories is offered along with ...

Ethics and the Abortion Issue

This is a paper that is twelve pages and discusses the many ethical arguments that swirl around the abortion issue that encompass ...

Fundamentalist Politics and Islam in Pakistani Government

This paper addresses Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, and his implementation of a fundamentalist, Islamic regime. The aut...

Dogon Tribes, Birth Twins, and African Religious Symbolism

In six pages the significance of twins in African religion in terms of symbolism and ritual is discussed with the emphasis upon Do...

Animals and Dogon Religious Rituals

Dogon people specifically mentions that the Dogon will be destroyed by a strange and powerful people who flew down from the sky. ...

Theological Views of Euthanasia

In five pages euthanasia is discussed from the religious context that it represents murder and while it emphasizes Catholic or Chr...