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Universal Prescription Drug Coverage

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

Health Among the Homeless

They are in the community and spreading bacterial infections to the general public. Appropriate health care could greatly improve ...

Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Christian Stories of Creation

particular motif is also seen in biblical passages that indicate Yahwehs strength: "Was it not you who split Rahab in half, who pi...

A Discussion of Christian Elements in the Epic Poem Beowulf, and in the Character of Beowulf Himself

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

Christianity and Constantinople Emperor Justinian

Augusta Euphemia. He had adopted his elder nephew who took the name Justinian. Justin began his reign by executing Amantius and Th...

A Review of The Romance of Arthur An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation

A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...

Nero & the Early Christians

arose that the city was burned intentionally on the command of the emperor. One contemporary account asserts that "Certain people ...

Philosophical Perspectives

In 9 pages and 2 parts this paper examines religion, myth, and philosophical contradictions and then also discusses the 4 elements...

Contributions of Paul to Christianity

covenant between God and humanity, a covenant that was the fulfillment of prophecy but also one that included all of humanity. T...

Roman Society in the First Century

20:9-16. Slave gangs were often used by large landowners. The author points out that this custom would have existed during Jesus l...

Early Years of Christianity and Role of Gnosticism

Gnosticism's role in early Christianity is considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There are six sources cited in the bib...

Early Christianity and Gnosticism

This paper consists of five pages and discusses early Christianity in terms of Gnosticism's role and purpose. Six sources are cit...

Early Christianity and Imperial Attitudes

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

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...

Chapter 3, Gonzalez, The Early Church

of his text The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. Justin Gonzalez discusses "The C...

Chapter 4 in Gonzalez's The Early Church

Mission In this chapter, Justin Gonzalez elaborates further on the history of the early Christian church, as recorded in Acts, re...

Chapter 5, Gonzalez, The Early Church

5, "First Conflicts with the State," begins by pointing out that early Christianity had a violent beginning.i The first section ex...

Chapter 6, Gonzalez, The Early Church,

Pliny and Trajan This is the first section of chapter 6, "Persecution in the Second Century," and it deals with the actions of Pl...

Chapter 7, Gonzalez, The Early Church

Lofty Criticism As mentioned in the previous chapter, due to the Roman policy towards Christianity throughout the second century ...

Chapter 8, Gonzalez, The Early Church

this chapter is on describing the variety of backgrounds and experience that informed early interpretations of the gospel message....

Chapter 9, Gonzalez, The Early Church

chapter by explaining that the writings of the apologists were all in response to specific topics, such as issues dealing with per...

Chapter 11, Gonzalez, The Early Church

of Early Christians Gonzalez begins this chapter by pointing out that surviving documents by the leaders of the church or those d...

Chapter 12, Gonzalez, The Early Church

Gonzalezs text, "The Great Persecution and the Final Victory," focuses on Christian persecution under Diocletian, which is charact...

The Early Church, Part 2: The Imperial Church, Gonzalez

Constantine, Chapter 13 From Rome to Constantinople: This section describes the rule of Constantine from his initial victory and ...

The Early Church, Part 3: Medieval Christianity/Gonzalez

New Order, Chapter 26 The Barbarian Kingdoms: Gonzalez points out that while, the Roman perspective was that the invaders were si...

A Christian Missionary in a Muslim Population

leader of the group told him that was not based on love but on rewards form God. He left the group. He made the leap to Christiani...

History and Introduction of the Early Catholic Church

Pauline Christianity, which was developing at that time. Eusebius of Caesarea--Eusebius (263-339) studied under Pamphilius, a Ch...

Christianizing the Roman Empire by Ramsay MacMullen

This book review discusses the motivations described by MacMullen that propelled conversion to Christianity during its early centu...

Edward Hallett Carr's Essay 'The Historian and His Facts'

In five pages an overview and analysis of this famous Edward Hallett Carr essay are presented....

Charles Dickens and His Life

societys pressure. "It is impossible to read Great Expectations without sensing Dickenss presence in the book, without being awar...