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African slaves brought to the New World were sent to what is now the United States (Horton, 1997). Most of the rest went to the Ca...

thinkers in American history, including Andrew Jackson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luth...

how dependent upon technology the average citizen has become in everyday life. The fact that God initially contacted Bruce via hi...

beginning of this countrys history. Emerson is also noted for his preference for the simpler things in life and for his love of n...

intelligence and talent to work in ways that are less than reputable in order to pursue an illusion of beauty. Making his fortune ...

the rulers. The differences between the Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam developed over a number of centuries, for many y...

revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...

Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...

increasingly marginalized from public and private spheres. Once upon a time, prayer was permitted in public schools, and no one t...

Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...

prayers. This is very different in Islam. As most of us should know by now, Muslims pray five times each day, each time facing Me...

throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...

we see him. At a military camp of King Duncans, a soldier is brought in who tells of the battle in which he was injured, and in wh...

tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...

Jazz Age"). Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda were a sort of American "royalty," known as much for their "madcap antics as for his wri...

is linked is a fallacy. Fanaticism is associated with terrorism. Just the notorious murderer Son of Sam blamed his actions on his ...

comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...

Masses, the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed. Jews follow the Torah. This is the same as the Catholics Old Testament. Judaism a...

thee tribes have been encroached by modernity and some are now seeking more theological complexity. Robin Wright says that "cultur...

painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...

intended for this statue (Woodford, 1986). The initial response of this writer/tutor to the statue was that I was taken with the...

study the Vedas. This particular Hindu book says that women "are entirely worthless creatures" (Dharma Universe, 2010). Even so,...

it nearly incomprehensible to man. There are strong differences of opinion regarding what one must do to be saved but there is a...

The intent of this paper is to explore the so-called six commonalities that exist between religions specifically for the religions...

disciples to do. Dr. Gene Bunkowske wrote that when he consulted the original Greek, he found that the primary verb is disciple (F...

womans role in relation to her society in somewhat different ways. The differences between the Shia and Sunni sects are particula...

My name is Tessa White. Im...

all that terrific. What is wrong with this picture? Why would an elderly man put himself through such discomfort, simply to...

happen to good people?" is basically addressing the problem of evil, and why an omnipotent divine being would allow evil to exist...

This research paper presents an overview of Buddhism. The topics covered include the religion's origins, its major concepts, and p...