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Ethics, Blood Transfusions & Jehovah's Witnesses

be immensely helpful in gaining insight into the specific issues involved and subsequent perspective on what course of action to t...

Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" - Analysis of Jesus' And The Grand Inquisitor's Goals

while the millions, numerous as the sands of the sea, who are weak but love Thee, must exist only for the sake of the great and st...

An Anthropological View of Ghosts

explained by motivation. In the case of this story, the idea that someone of a rather primitive culture is using the idea of posse...

Proof Of God's Existence

broke the argument down in a much easier argument (Palmer, 2002). Descartes began with the premise that God is the only being who ...

The Japanese Samurai

century, for example, the Japanese Emperor Go-Daigo attempted to overthrow the shogunate, the defacto government vying for power w...

Durkheim and Dawkins

and evolve (Durkheim, 1965). He argued that society had to be present within an individual, and that religion was a way of reinfor...

Dan Brown: "Angels and Demons"

modern, the setting and the rising stars, were in the sky together ... As the rift between the spiritual and the material values w...

History of Christianity

particularly "the division of the Roman Empire into western and eastern components" (History of Christianity). The Roman Catholic ...

Historical and Contemporary Religious Responses to Science and Technology

empires that would endure for centuries. These initial ties would culminate in a genuinely global integration of human cultures. ...

Existentialism and Human Emotions by Jean Paul Sartre and The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud

In six pages these works are contrasted and compared regarding the theorists' radical differences regarding the individual and rel...

French Revolution and Civility

In four pages the French Revolution period is considered within the context of religion according to Alexis de Tocqueville and civ...

Psychopathology and Religion

In fifteen pages this paper examines theories by Viktor Frankl and Albert Ellis in a consideration of whether or not religion repr...

Romans as Doers and Greeks as Thinkers

In four pages this paper examines how Greek thought propelled Roman action in a consideration of the influences of Greek art and p...

Confucianism Critique of Max Weber

In thirteen pages this paper examines how the German sociologist criticized Confucianism in such works as The Protestant Ethic and...

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and Bokononism Religion

In 5 pages the fictional religion Vonnegut developed in this novel is examined in terms of the ways in which it distracts people f...

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe's The Minister's Wooing, and Religion

In 7 pages this paper examines facing death and the traditional perception of religion in a comparative analysis of these novels. ...

Ancient Civilizations' Religion and Politics

closely tied with politics, especially so in ancient times. In ancient times it was important that religion be followed, but at...

Islamic Art and Its Influence

In eight pages the influence of Islamic art is considered in terms of religion and Western artistic forms. Ten sources are cited ...

Feminist Movement, Middle Eastern Women, and Gender Discourse

In twelve pages the regions of Iraq, Palestine, and Jordan are examined in a discussion of gender discourse and the feminist movem...

Emerging Nations, Women, and Economic Inequality

In five pages this research paper focuses on Western Africa and women's economic inequality in a consideration of the concepts of ...

Medieval Perspectives on Religion by Keith Thomas and Eamon Duffy Compared

the other hand, is quite different. Duffy sees the magical element as part of an overall religious system that was flexible, vibra...

An Analysis of The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor and Brothers Karamazov

In this eight page paper the writer explores The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor as it compares to Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karama...

Religion and Elizabeth I

In ten pages the ways in which Elizabeth I used religion to consolidate her power base are discussed. Eight sources are cited in ...

Business Ethics and the Effects of Culture and Religion

In ten pages this paper discusses how work behaviors are influenced by culture and religion in a consideration of business ethics....

'Mont Blanc' and 'Mutibility' Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley and William Wordsworth

example, he paints a picture of fleeting beauty and dispair about both the frailty and temporary nature of life. He paints a pict...

Hume’s Dialogue Updated

any attempt to model understanding of God on the basis of a study of humanity is simply untenable. What is the soul of man? A mixt...

Contrasting and Comparing the U.S., Japan, and Great Britain

This paper contrasts and compares these three nations in eight pages and considers how their differences may be obvious but their ...

Ancient Indian Religions

not possible to work backwards to reconstruct the Harappan faith from the Vedic (Hooker, 1999). The second period is that of the...

Social Work Values Paper

Instead of becoming more certain in decisions the usual pattern is that the increased awareness will create more uncertainty. It i...

David Hume on Natural Religion

a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...