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Thomas Becket: A Biography

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Ethics Questions

well without religious influence: Those who are dedicated practitioners meanwhile follow a multiplicity of religious paths. From t...

Marx and Durkheim and Their Theories of Religion

oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless condition. It is the opium of the peo...

Proposition 22 in California

and a woman is valid and recognized in California - but complex legal and moral issues lay beneath the surface. There are some wh...

An Overview of Apocalyptic Literature

it is not truly a detailed prediction of the future nor is it an invitation to withdraw from the concerns of this world (1997). In...

Spain and U.S. on the Abortion Issue

This is a paper that contains eight pages in which the laws in Spain and the U.S. that pertain to abortion are compared and contra...

George Herbert's Poetry and Religious Message

across and give his readers food for thought. In a reading provided by a student, Helen Vaudler suggests that Herberts poetry is i...

Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Its Religious Aspects

In ten pages this paper examines how the poet's proclaimed ambivalence about religion is undercut by the religious references in h...

'The Tables Turned' by William Wordsworth and Romanticism

fact that the universe makes perfect sense if only one views it from the proper angle (McLynn PG). Basically, it is the language ...

U.S. Constitution and Satan's 'Role'

but evil being. Why would someone fight to the death for anything other than their God? If people regularly give their lives, and ...

Treating Others and Religion

In eighteen pages this paper discusses the treatment of others who have different religious beliefs in this consideration of perse...

The Age of Aquarius, Ancient Worlds and Worship

is presented, a thesis that posits that religion exists in a cycle of change that, over time, shifts in its fundamental ideals and...

Christianity and Marital Submission

Submissiveness as described in Ephesians 5, verses 21 through 23 is the focus of this consideration consisting of fifteen pages of...

Hutterites of North America

In seven pages this paper examines the Hutterite culture with its emphasis upon religious tradition and its isolation from contemp...

Ukraine and Religion

In five pages this paper examines the Ukraine in a consideration of its religious history from paganism to Christianity. Five sou...

Discussion of 'Seven Reasons Why a Scientist Believes in God' by A. Cressy Morrison

In this paper consisting of five pages the essay written by a scientist that was widely published and discussed during the 1940s a...

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and Character Comparison of Levin and Anna

In six pages Konstantin 'Kostya' and Anna Levin as featured in Anna Karenina are contrasted and compared in terms of their moral p...

Issues in the Donation of Organs

consciousness that permits the individual to continue his or her own life in the mortal body of another by being an organ donor. ...

'The Flea' by John Donne

In five pages religious satire, the notion of metaphysical conceit, argument, and metaphor are all considered within the context o...

World Events, Bias, and Religious Prejudice

In seven pages this paper discusses such global events as sect to established religion transition, Medieval Christianity and Europ...

Afterlife and Socrates

In seven pages this paper examines the religious views of Socrates as described by Plato in Apology with the focus being upon hi...

Botticelli, Humanism and Renaissance Art

for aesthetic as well a religious purposes, and expressed the mythological subjects favored by the humanists, who enjoyed their hi...

Indonesia and Civil Unrest

killing and torturous activity that occurred during the invasion was accomplished for no other reason than to assert Indonesias mi...

Discussion of U.S. Supreme Court Cases with Controversial Issues

This single, historic decision brought forth a great many opportunities for each state to recognize the importance of allowing peo...

Multiple Births and In Vitro Fertilization

In fifteen pages this paper discusses multiple births and in vitro fertilization in a consideration of various health, social, leg...

Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz's The Kingdom of Matthias

Grandison Finney. Many women, including Matthews wife, were greatly influenced by this sect because Finney portrayed women...

The Status of Women in Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale as Compared With Hindu, Biblical, and Muslim Women

This research report examines a novel written in 1986 by Margaret Atwood. How it relates in respect to the status of women of vari...

Development in Japan and China From the Sixteenth Until the Nineteenth Century

In five pages the time period from 1500 until 1800 is the focus of a discussion of Japan and China's religious, economic, and poli...

Religious Autobiographies The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, The Confessions of Augustine and the Uses of Rhetoric

In four pages this paper examines the philosophical rhetoric associated with these 2 religious autobiographies. Five sources are ...

Middle East and Islamic Religious Fundamentalism

In eight pages this paper discusses the Middle East in a consideration of Islamic religious fundamentalism and its political impac...