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Essential Church? Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts

that church attendance plays an essential role in his or her life. In other words, the thrust of the book is not only to discern w...

The Purpose Driven Church by Rick Warren

any aspect of the church that is antithetical to the purposes of the church should be eradicated. Essentially, Challies points out...

Budgeting and Budgetary Controls for a Voluntary Organization

used efficiency for the church to mobilise its mission (Irvine, 2005). This means that budgeting needs to be considered for the ch...

Elders According to Doctrine of Ecclesiology

the Bible is "overseer," the implication is that the verse is referring to a position of leadership in which the individual is res...

Life and Works of Nineteenth Century French Composer Cesar Franck

(1822-1890) was born in Liege where he also first studied as a piano virtuoso from 1830-1835. Franck first toured Belgium at the a...

The Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century by Jacob Burckhardt

individual" (Burckhardt, 1878; Mosaic, 2003). Modern historians often dispute some of Burckhardts claims but most concede that in ...

Models of the Church by Avery Dulles

order" (Dulles PG). The reincarnation of the sacramental model, according to Dulles, is traced back some sixty years ago when th...

Christian Theology, Family, and Marriage

covenant of irrevocable personal consent" and that procreation was not the sole purpose or the basis for the union (Lawler, 2001, ...

Corinthian Church and Paul's Beliefs

Paul wrote several letters to the Corinthians, addressing his concerns (Pauls First Letter to the Corinthians, 2003). First, he...

Attending Church and Religion

of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...

Second Vatican Council and Roman Catholic Church Changes

(Huebsch, 2003). New rites were formulated and the new Mass was ready within a year. On the first day it was allowed, Pope Paul VI...

Materialism Does Not Motivate Spectacular Church Buildings

In seven pages this paper argues that magnificent contemporary church buildings are not representative of the materialist Christia...

Istanbul, Turkey's Habia Sophia

In ten pages this research paper examines Turkey's Christian church turned Istanbul museum that features a mathematical design in ...

Christian Science Founder Mary Baker Eddy

In seven pages this research essay considers the origins of Christian Science as conceptualized by founder Mary Baker Eddy along w...

Politics and Philosophy of Pope Gregory the Seventh

In ten pages this paper discusses the political dealings between Henry the Fourth and Pope Gregory the Seventh regarding the preem...

Analysis of a John F. Kennedy Speech

on the basis of his fourteen years of experience, where the number of years is a fact with which he intends for people to rational...

Biography and Influence of Pope Leo the Thirteenth

In five pages this paper represents a first person narrative of the Pope recounting his life and comments on how he influenced the...

Capital Punishment and the Catholic Church

to be put to death for (Drinan, 1994, 13). Anderson (1998) asserted that 70 people were found innocent after the reinstatement of...

Colombia and the Catholic Church

In ten pages this paper discusses the Catholic Church and the involvement of Colombian warfare. Eleven sources are cited in the b...

Enlightenment and Church and State Separation

In five pages the 18th century separation of church and state in the U.S. and the impact of the Enlightenment are examined. Six s...

Christianity and Obstacles Confronting Women

held positions in various states.She also taught at a different seminary and later began her own .In Philadelphia, Bonney and a fr...

Latin America, Human Rights, and the Catholic Church

In eleven pages this research paper discusses Latin American Human rights, and the liberation theology of the Catholic Church. Fi...

Elizabethan Drama, Scriptures, and the Christian Church

In fact, Lewis Wagers 1567 morality play based on biblical teachings, The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene, presented a chara...

Various Methods of Funding Church Expansions

was a great idea. As the church grew, the larger sized buildings would attract even more members. However, there was one problem. ...

Nally v. Grace Community Church

him (Plummer, 1985). However, while at UCLA, his roommate introduced him to evangelical Christianity, and Nally joined Grace Commu...

Development and Christian Church Influence on British Cinema

political practice. Perhaps the most obvious ways in which these influences manifested themselves were in censorship, and in the w...

Church Oppression and the Heliocentric Theory of Galileo

main opposition "the absolute truth"....] After twelve years of inquiry, the Vatican concluded recently that both sides in ...

Religion in the United States

impartial form of government: the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. One only needs to look at the Amendme...

Print Media and Its Coverage of Pedophilia and Catholicism

pedophile activity by priests, about keeping secrets in the hierarchy. Then the hierarchy made a mistake by trying to spin the ped...

The Separation of Church and State

todays political system, consider the following "specific Machiavellian dictates"5 that are utilized in contemporary politics: * ...