(Madonna, the master of reinvention) These facts are indicative of her increasing popularity and, more importantly, her influence on culture through her music and videos. Throughout, sexuality has continued to play a dominant role in her art and in Continue Reading...
Emerson's religion is almost animistic and is certainly monistic: he postulates an "identical nature" at the heart of all living creatures and views all life as one. In "A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain," however, Franklin' Continue Reading...
In Book Eleven, Augustine contemplates the possibilities that lay in wait upon his death, possibilities that surely would have come to fruition if he had not converted to Christianity, being damnation and eternal punishment at the hands of Satan an Continue Reading...
But the threshold nuclear-weapons states will not give up their nuclear option without seeing proof of a timetabled move towards a nuclear-free world. The road towards the nuclear-free destination includes still deeper reductions in the nuclear arse Continue Reading...
Shareholder Activism in the Churches and Human Rights Protection Stakeholder activism The purpose of this work is to critically examine the involvement of churches in shareholder activism and its contribution to the protection of human rights. The Continue Reading...
Benjamin Banneker, a free, educated African-American, was a man of letters, a man of science, and a man of convictions. It is therefore not surprising -- at least in contemporary thought and practice -- that such a man would write a letter to Thomas Continue Reading...
Anglo-Saxon Literature With Christian Messages Saint Bede, also known as "Bede the Venerable," was an English historian, a Benedictine monk, and a respected scholar, who spent much of his life (he lived roughly 673-735) engaged in spiritual activiti Continue Reading...
Even the pagan concept of a goddess resembles Buffy's character, wherein the pagan concept of a goddess is based on the assumption that the goddess exists to protect humankind from the threat of mortality -- that is, the goddess exists for the purp Continue Reading...
Theological Reflection and Application God commanded His people Israel not to mistreat or oppress strangers, as the Israelites were strangers themselves in Egypt (Ex 22:21-22) and God saved and freed them from Egypt (Deut 15:15); not to afflict wido Continue Reading...
Red Tent Anita Diamant's fiction, "The Red Tent (1997)," is her interpretation of the activities in the red tent, where the Canaanite wives of the first patriarchs dwelt and celebrated the facets of womanhood, such as menstruation and childbirth. Th Continue Reading...
Piety Although Catholics and Protestants share a fundamental belief system, their theologies as well as their forms of worship differ greatly. Roman Catholic piety is generally expressed through the intermediary bodies of the Church, its hierarchy, Continue Reading...
Spirituality The Effects of Spirituality: The Mental and Physical Aspects of Spirituality for the Elderly The relationship of spirituality to aging is not a new idea. Society, as a whole, has been thinking about spirituality and its effects on agi Continue Reading...
Dante Alighieri "Inferno," -- which is a physical description of hell that is a feast for the senses (Alighieri, 2003), Paradise Lost is also a comprehensive description of the process of creation of the Universe (Milton and Bentley, 1974). In the l Continue Reading...
homicides would be prevented if offenders knew the death penalty would strongly be enforced in most cases. In cases such as Bin Laden and Timothy McVay, the Oklahoma bomber, no one would even consider religious and moral activists pleas against cap Continue Reading...
hurt your children; I love your children.' So thundered Fr. Percival D'Silva, trembling, in his sermon at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Chevy Chase, MD," wrote Maureen Dowd in her weekly column in the New York Times (Dowd, 2002). Fr. Percival has Continue Reading...
Part I 1. It seems like the more a person goes to church, the more they accept the idea of torture (Thistlethwaite, 2009).When looking at the Savior, Jesus, this is a religious figure demonstrating the virtue of forgiveness. Jesus did not condone vio Continue Reading...
Poetic Critical Analysis Victor Hugo's "A l'ombre d'un enfant" It is not until the end of the poem that the reader comprehends that Hugo or the narrator or the reader as narrator, converses with a heavenly orphan. This poem is beautifully heart bre Continue Reading...
" (Polkinghorne, p. 4) As with Lewis before him in our discussion, Polkinghorne supplies a reason for the certainty of God's presence in scientific affairs most simply because he believes there is no other more likely or rational explanation for cer Continue Reading...
1997). It should be clear that the basic underlying concepts of both Christianity and Islam are remarkably similar. Yet despite these similarities, different interpretations of the two religions' theologies concerning the ethos and telos have creat Continue Reading...
Beliefs and Practices of Muslims Muslims - terrorism; Muslims - Arabs; Muslims - mosque; Muslims - extremists: "Like watercolors on a child's easel," Akram notes: words and images related to Muslims run together, making a messy picture, the opposite Continue Reading...
Taiping Rebellion vs. Boxer Rebellion The last two centuries are considered as the golden age of millenarianism in the sense that they brought about a change in the existing system, by means of overthrow of the system which existed. And the new syst Continue Reading...
Case Study on Death and DyingHow George Would Interpret His Suffering (with Emphasis on Fallenness of the World)George, from the Christian perspective, might see his suffering as part of living in a fallen world. The Christian faith holds that the wo Continue Reading...
Book Review So the Next Generation Will KnowMcDowell, Sean, and J. Warner Wallace.So the Next Generation Will Know: PreparingYoung Christians for a Challenging World. David C Cook, 2019.IntroductionAs Nick Foles points out in the Foreward to McDowell Continue Reading...
Abstract This paper describes and discusses schizophrenia. It looks at the disorder from the standpoint of history, etiology, treatment, prevention, culture and the Bible to explore its many facets. It shows that in spite of there being no known caus Continue Reading...
History Of Christianity The Conversion of Constantine In the peer-reviewed Catholic Historical Review, author Charles Odahl explains that there was an "arduous military campaign" to regain control of Rome from "usurper Maxentius" in A.D. 312 (three Continue Reading...
Dystopia Discussion on Perspectives of Violence Based on Three Readings Violence and tragedy are a fact of life that the human condition has yet to rid itself off. Misfortune can come from many sources. It can come from within a person, from within Continue Reading...
Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the hands of an Angry God"- write about your response to Edward's sermon as a member of his congregation. (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/edwards/sermons.sinners.html) Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is fascin Continue Reading...
Faith and Reason Irreconcilable Irreconcilable Faith and Reason The challenge of reconciling reason to faith has been one that has dominated philosophy since thinking and oration became known as philosophy. The challenge is to address the idea that Continue Reading...
The abstract characteristics of Germanic art prior to this work are now relegated to supporting positions and in the midst of the geometric designs and patterns is the figure of St. Mark, preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Germanic tribes h Continue Reading...
Mac Nutt's Healing explores the meaning and messages behind the author' own struggles with fait, healing, and personal issues. It comes from a Christian perspective and is broken up into four basic parts. The first part is devoted to the importance a Continue Reading...
She argues that the evasiveness and incongruites in the narrative exist since Spenser is facing issues that are not easily answered. From the start, Britomart represents an authority figure, a power not found in any other knight in the Faerie Queen Continue Reading...
" (Fletcher in Gogeometry Website, 2008). The trail to Machu Picchu is known as one of the best trekking sites in the world, particularly for its landscapes that showcase the remnants of its historic past as well as its diverse ecology (ibid). Mexic Continue Reading...
The Catholic Church in Rome came to represent the leadership from which Christian doctrine emerged, and it is that doctrine that forms the basis of the Christian identity. As the basis of Christian doctrine is that Christ, the Savior of mankind, was Continue Reading...
history of Christianity within the country of Romania goes back to such a degree that the foundation of the country itself is often linked with its Christian theology. "By 360 Dacia was a part of Christendom. " Miller 28) The foundation of the coun Continue Reading...
Course Outline and Lesson PlanObjective: At the end of this course, students will be able to define trauma and be aware of its implications on biblical studies.Throughout the course, students will have the opportunity to engage in small group discuss Continue Reading...
Staying with an Indian Family for 2 Days Introduction As Geert Hofstede notes, there are several cultural dimensions for each nation that influence how people of that nation think, what their values and beliefs are, and what their worldview is. These Continue Reading...
Virginity Religion Mythology Define the Humanities Concept Humanities may be denoted as: a study of the way individuals process as well as record human experience. Mankind has utilized language, music, arts, philosophy, literature, religion, and hi Continue Reading...
