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Jesus in the Qua-ran and in the Bible

is now dead (Jesus - The Quranic View, 2003). Those who would consider Jesus to be God, the Son of God, or part of a trinity are ...

The Prophetess by Njabulo Ndebele, Light and Darkness Images

encompassed in darkness. Ndebele uses phrases and words such as the following: He was anxious about where the woman was...

Saint Augustine of Hippo and Plato's Influence

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...

Black Studies and America's Cultural Assumptions

home, psychologically, is that all things French are worthy of being known, while anything that is the color black is associated w...

Christian Worship and the Sacraments

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...

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn and Christianity

the Christian and the truth regarding Christians as they hide behind the name of religion itself. Another excerpt occurs wherei...

Christian Creeds, Confessions of Faith, Councils and Their Historical Significance

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

Christianity History and Significance of 'Church Order'

holding certain truths? The members of the Church are united, not by their belief in certain men, but by their belief in certain ...

Secular and Christian Relationship

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

Holy Spirit Baptism

may be a Christian, but not fully "blessed or fully enabled to worship and serve the Lord" (Zaspel). Proponents of this belief cit...

Social Work and the Importance of the Christian Thought

as well as their learning abilities. The Bible teaches people that it is important, and crucial, to care for others and to neve...

Vietnam War Books

but rather gives the reader the big picture in respect to what was occurring on either side and how the people felt about what was...

Suffering and Evil

suffering: Why doesnt he participate, and why does he leave his faithful servants to suffer?5 These questions are fundamental to...

Meeting Jesus Christ and Being Ready

where there is only anguish, grief and regret. The clear message of this passage is that the true believer, the true Christian, is...

Cultural Variatioins on Death and Dying

death. For some families extreme suffering is something to be avoided even if it means that they resort to extreme measures such ...

Death, Religious Faith, and Resurrection

memorial prayer for the dead: "O God full of compassion, who dwell on high, grant perfect peace under the wings of the Shekhinah, ...

The Jesus Myth by Andrew Greeley

edification of readers who seek, like him, to try to deepen their understanding of Christianity. In accomplishing this task, Gre...

Humanity and Divinity of the Christian Church

wanted only man as His own: God, Who has fatherly concern for everyone, has willed that all men should constitute one family and ...

Early Christian Theology and Jesus

However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...

Jacques Abbadie and the Enlightenment Influence

light that does not deceive us" (Whelan, 2002, p. 1). This "natural light," in his estimation enables human beings to arrive at "...

Cultural Variations Between Islam and America

Texts of the Worlds Religions" presents Islam as a religion which stresses that an individuals submission to Allah is what is most...

The Essential Christian Ministry Goal of Affordable Housing

Koinonia Farm, an integrated Christian community in South Georgia (Winbush 12). A typical Habitat for Humanity home is a no-frills...

Is AA's Big Book Only for White Men?

discuss the impact of the mans drinking on his wife and children. Although the author makes an attempt to include women in a chap...

Politics and Christianity's Role

the Netherlands, said: "God the Lord unmistakably instituted the basic rule for the duty of government. Government exists to admin...

Spirituality and 4 Periods of History

In four pages this paper considers spirituality during early Christian, Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation, and in the contempo...

Christian Community and St. Paul

Paul was greatly troubled by the reports of what was going on in Corinth (Berg, 2002). He addressed these issues in his first lett...

Discussion of Christian Marriage

In four pages the constitution of marriage is considered in an examination of what a Christian marriage means. One source is cite...

Intermarriage Between Christians and Jews

fifty years (Sander 27). However, other sources indicate that the rate of intermarriage is on the rise. The 2000 National Jewish P...

Examining Two Aspects of Islamic History

son or "the good shepherd" who leaves his flock in order to find a lost sheep (VanBuskirk). Paul pointed out this change in the co...

Christian Conversion and the Commentary of Saint Paul

supper, a method based on the assumption they would be open to religious answers to their predicament" (Malony, 1998). At supper, ...