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evil, was literally personified in the body of evil curses, evil spirits and superstitions. Now, of course, for the most part peop...

will proclaim their "Christian" beliefs but such beliefs often do not square with the traditional Christian ideologies of either t...

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

understand the draw to the marginalized groups such as the converted Jews, but to see the evidence which supported the recruit of ...

that they were in contrast to many of the characteristic elements of Japanese culture (4). By 1564, some say that the missionarie...

ordinary Jewish resident who grew up in Nazareth in Galilee (Attridge, 1998). He lived and died as a Jew and He had to have been i...

date). In order to fit into the economic Western world, many Jews have forsaken their heritage and do not rigidly practice the t...

but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...

was born on a certain night that many glean as magical or mystical and it is presumed that this boy grows up to become the Savior ...

the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...

of itself, is not the end of the line in relation to the state of religious toleration, inasmuch as its very definition is that of...

where "The hand of the Lord prevailed and the forces of Maxentius were routed (Lactantius 8). Maxentius was driven into the Tiber ...

the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...

laborer such as a farmer, a tradesman or one in the military3. Like in any other profession, in order to obtain his goal, a monk m...

By the 5th century, Christianity in the West was guarded by the bishop of Rome, the pope, who was the "final custodian of the doct...

points of doctrine, particularly in regards to controversy over whether Judaic custom was still applicable to Christians. Missiona...

(Constitution, Apostles, 1996). The creed derived its name from the initial belief that it was written by the Apostles on the tent...

this might be. What is most astonishing is that in the past those Christian states did not provide the best of possible climates f...

she stands at the coast, watching the stormy sea, hoping that her lover would return" (The French Lieutenants Woman (1981)). Fr...

eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...

and was replaced by Claudius (41-54), the emperor whose forces conquered Britain. Nero followed him and when he was overthrown, Ro...

became less sure of their eternal salvation (Council, 2004). Thus, the tenuous relationship between government and Christianity m...

In Europe, however, greater religiosity tended to be linked to internationalism, European integration, and support for foreign aid...

War I (Kazin, 1998, p. 16). As this suggests, pinning down the cultural meaning of Judeo-Christian tradition and scriptural teachi...

sacrificed consorts who was killed by the Father Zeus after the fertility rite that coupled him with his Mother (Graves 89). Also ...

discover which hermeneutical key to open each door (Blowers, 2004). Alexandria was based on a soteriological theology, which mean...

including "Aaron and his successors" and "Moses and the Prophets" (Maas). Paul pictures Christ as being above the choirs of angels...

come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...

Soares Prabhu discussed the religious pluralism in India at great length, noting that all religions can find a home in India, even...

a Prophet. Gregory makes a case for Christ as well as for the fact that the bible should not be taken literally. Of the latter poi...