Hawaiian and Sandwich Islands The history of the Hawaiian and Sandwich Islands during the 18th century is as colorful and unique as the flowers that are grown in the region. On December 23, 1826, a treaty between the United States of America and the Continue Reading...
Religious Freedom-First Amendment Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah Religious Freedom is one of the key principles on which the foundation of our country was laid. United States has always supported and endorsed free exercise of re Continue Reading...
Baptisim in the Holy Spirit James Dunn and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit James Dunn's book: The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is a traditional exegesis of the religious phenomenon which has been relegated in modern times to the Pentecostal Christian Continue Reading...
Muslim Inventions A flying machine 500 years before da Vinci (Sterns, 2010) In the Western World, the inventions and discoveries that were produced in the Muslim world often are taken for granted. However the world would be a much different today i Continue Reading...
Gospel of Mark 1:29-39 The first chapter of Mark's Gospel places Christ in the city of Galilee, where he visits a synagogue and heals a man with an unclean spirit by casting the demons out of him with the power of his speech. Mark proceeds to narra Continue Reading...
Once his word is accepted as truth, he promises eternal salvation, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die," (John 11:25-26). Despite believing in Continue Reading...
Rethinking the Universe Conflicts between religion and science are neither new nor novel. In the 1600s, Galileo was hauled before a court and convicted of heresy for saying (and publishing) that the earth revolved around the sun instead of the oppos Continue Reading...
Personhood & Gender The scope, definition, depth and breadth of gender has evolved greatly over the years and centuries. Rather than get muddled down in the cavalcade of resources and opinions that focus on the definitions of personhood and gend Continue Reading...
Baptism Debate: An Examination of the Purpose and Merits of Baptism There is no trick involved in entering the Kingdom of Heaven, but many theologians argue that there are some important steps that must be taken to help pave the way, including being Continue Reading...
Their existence predates that of the founding of the United States, even though most Baptists are concentrated in the United States. Baptists have existed since 1644. The name "Baptist" refers to what often strikes non-Baptists as an unusual feature Continue Reading...
Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam has been credited as being one of the greatest scholars of all-time. In his lifetime, he was so well respected and admired that he was a regular guest to many of his time's greatest leaders including kings, em Continue Reading...
Religious Studies The things that Orthodox Judaism and Jewish Renewal have in common appear to originate from the foundations of the Jewish faith. Both make use of the Jewish scriptures such as the Talmud, and both adhere to Jewish traditions in ter Continue Reading...
" (Glass, 2013, p. 44) In an interview with Bruce Glass, Peter Enns (2013) reports that Glass stated the following of his work "Since I am agnostic I have no personal stake in Christianity's concordance with the findings of science. I have no reason Continue Reading...
Secret; The Power Rhonda Byrne's The Secret: The Power (2010) is truly an incredibly bad book, simplistic, repetitive and divorced from real history, politics or economics, yet it has sold 19 million copies. A cynic might say that the real secret to Continue Reading...
18th century a number of races and nationalities were in the process of settling North America. The variety of ethnicities and cultures included, but were not limited to: Native Americans, Spanish, English, French, Germans and Jews, yet eventually t Continue Reading...
While I agree with all of the points that Kaimal makes, I was most interested in her examination of the way in which a single writer -- indeed, a single essay -- can have such a dramatic influence on the way in which art is seen. Coomaraswamy's wri Continue Reading...
Christianity was in its infancy when the New Testament was created, and it would have been important to the leaders of the Christian community to inspire some level - even a lot - of fear of retribution for failing the community and their faith. Th Continue Reading...
However the boat is beset by terrible storms and the sailors determine by casting lots that it is Jonah's fault, so Jonah tells them to toss him overboard. They do, and God arranges for a giant fish to swallow Jonah. While inside the fish for three Continue Reading...
Beowulf and the Koran In some sense, both Beowulf and the Koran can be understood as adaptations of standard Judeo-Christian scripture to specific culture contexts: each text actually relies upon the previously existing text of the Bible to establis Continue Reading...
Experiencing Art in Person: A review of Godspell For my 'Experiencing Art in Person' project, I elected to watch a performance of the musical theater production Godspell at the Production Studio on April 27th at 7:30pm, performed by an ensemble cast Continue Reading...
He thought that religion was for everyone, not just the elite. In 1517, after writing letters to the Bishops and finally to the Pope himself, Luther publicly disputed several practices of the Church and nailed his famous 95 Theses to the door of a p Continue Reading...
human experience is the manner in which certain themes appear again and again over time, in literature, religion, mythology, and culture -- regardless of the geographic location, the economic status, and the time period. Perhaps it is the innate hum Continue Reading...
They must occupy themselves with inventing new ways to legally persecute people as they cannot be involved in any real pursuit of knowledge. Things changed drastically with the Renaissance, though not with the speed that many men would have appreci Continue Reading...
Women in Aztec Creation Compare and Contrast Women in Aztec creation story and women in the Book of Genesis (The Holy Bible) creation story Compare and Contrast the women in Aztec creation story and women in The Book of Genesis (The Holy Bible) cr Continue Reading...
Apostles The particulars of the Resurrection and the Ascension of Christ, and the prophecy of His Return to Judgment, cannot be interpreted as properly essential parts of the doctrine of His Person. When we compare with the canon for dogmatic state Continue Reading...
Exegesis of Luke 4:1-13 According to John Hayes and Carl Holladay, exegesis is an exercise in "leading" -- which is to say that a Scriptural exegesis acts as a kind of interpretation, helping people to understand more fully the Word of God (1). This Continue Reading...
The real question is not which party is right or wrong, but rather, what lessons can be learned and applied to modern man. The Warnings in Genesis 7: 21-24 In these verses, we learn that God tried to warn his children, but on the day of the flood, Continue Reading...
The other Saint holds the Book, or the Word of God. There is a hierarchal relationship depicted here. Each of the religious figures, and the Christ, too, are ethnic in appearance, depicting a period before Christian art began to reflect a European Continue Reading...
The details of the relationship between the mistaken 'husband' are explained as well, unlike Genesis 12, where Pharaoh is merely said to have taken Sarah, with no further explanation: "And God said unto him [Abimelech] in a dream, Yea, I know that t Continue Reading...
Catholic Church in the 16th century and explain what factors/Social conditions exacerbated the unrest associated with the Protestant Reformation. Review sources of information. There were several political, economic and religious factors that led Continue Reading...
The Importance of Women in the Rise of ChristianityDespite the struggles of modern women in obtaining parity within many Christian denominations, women had a significant role in the development of the early Christian church and the shift from paganis Continue Reading...
ExegesisI. James 1:19-25II. The exhortation of James to Christians to avoid anger and to live actively accordingly to the principles of their beliefs as Christians.III. In these verses, James states that anger is not aligned with Gods righteousness b Continue Reading...
Is Scientology a Religion? One common objection raised against so-called New Age religions like Scientology is that they are not truly faith-based systems, but function more as businesses or cults. Scientologists and atheists and agnostics alike, how Continue Reading...
How would the image of Jesus, the Noble Shepherd, have spoken to the Johannine community in their Greco-Roman context? The image of the Noble Shepherd is anchored in time and geographic space, speaking directly to John’s audiences. A seem Continue Reading...
Review: Introduction to the New Testament, Berkhof 1915 Summary The most important aspect of Berkhof’s Introduction to the New Testament is its construction and style. It is simple, straight-forward and methodical in its approach to the Book. I Continue Reading...
Church Council Case Study1. Church in Antioch Foundation: Acts 11:19-26 describes the establishment of the church in Antioch. Following Stephens martyrdom, believers were scattered and preached to Jews and Greeks, leading to the foundation of this ch Continue Reading...
Aphrodite Biography Aphrodite was said to have been the most beautiful and sensual of all the goddesses. There are varying stories of her birth. One story holds that she was born from the loins of Uranus, when his sex was severed from him and thrown Continue Reading...
Thesis Statement Women broke through the stained-glass ceiling of the A.M.E church to attain ordination and rose to the episcopacy because of their struggles Abstract This research study analyses and provides an account of the role that black women p Continue Reading...
