Essays on Theology

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Islamophobia and West

5 pages / 2416 words

Introduction A Phobia is basically an illogical fear for any situation, object, or class of objects. In years a phobia commonly seen in the west is Islamophobia. A specific type of fear, prejudice, hatred, stereotypes against muslims and islam resulting in biased discrimination and suppressing...

Muslim Religious Beliefs

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The Holy Trinity Titans: Team's Review

1 page / 536 words

The Holy Trinity Titans didn’t just win their second straight NSSAA/BCSSAA District swim title last week, they tightened their grip on the crown. A sizable HT squad was at the Wayne Gretzky Centre Jan. 11, where 15 members and seven relay teams qualified for the...

Biblical Worldview Religious Beliefs Tradition

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Finding One's True Self Due to The Buddhist Way of Life

4 pages / 1852 words

In the Buddhist way of life, the Buddha taught his followers to study in order to gain wisdom to guide their life. And what did the Buddha advise them to study? He advised them to study two sources: – the first source from which to...

Buddha Religious Beliefs

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A Personal Analysis of Buddhism

2 pages / 792 words

A Personal Analysis of Buddhism What began as the response of a young man to the suffering he witnessed, which occurred centuries before Christ was born, became a global philosophy that millions of individuals would eventually model their existences after. That young man was Siddhartha...

Buddha Dalai Lama Religious Beliefs

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Perspective Complicating Human Interaction in Zeitoun and The Laramie Project

3 pages / 1310 words

Each person has a unique worldview, which is largely shaped by one’s environment, knowledge, beliefs, and more. Those who identify similarly are largely grouped with others who may have the same background. Both Moisés Kaufman’s The Laramie Project and David Egger’s Zeitoun explore the relationship...

Book Review Christian Worldview Religious Beliefs

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Quest for Heaven: Salvation Through an Allegory

8 pages / 3848 words

Why would a writer choose to write a Christian allegory? It is not a new concept, nor is it easy to create a presentation of the Christian allegory with new and interesting insight to captivate readers. Bunyan wrote his Christian allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress, while...

Allegory Literature Review Religious Beliefs

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The Power of Religion Compared in Persepolis and The Sound of Waves

2 pages / 920 words

For some, religion is just another part of their daily routine. For others, it’s a way of life. In Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Marjane finds herself able to express herself in the eyes of God. Within these conversations, Marjane sees the cracks within her own religion...

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Religious Beliefs

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A Hardbound God in Oranges Are not The Only Fruit

4 pages / 1685 words

A woman climbs into the pulpit and begins to preach. Her words are persuasive and moving, and many believe that she speaks from the Spirit. She is a woman of faith who longs to fulfill her mother’s desire for her to become a missionary. She...

Religious Beliefs

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Paul Tillich's Thoughts on God and Being in Courage to Be

7 pages / 3302 words

Paul Tillich was a man who some may regard as one of the most prominent philosophers and theologians of the twentieth century. His ideas primarily focus on Christian theology, and one of his most popular works, Courage to Be, talks about how God, nothingness, and...

Biography Religious Beliefs

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The Qur'an's Division of Humanity into Believers a Nd Non-believers

4 pages / 1930 words

A careful study of the Koran begs the question: is it a violent text? This question is of critical importance in our day, given recent events. This paper attempts to explore the question in great detail, never straying from Arberry’s standard translation of the classic...

Muslim Religious Beliefs

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Mather Enlightenment Thinking on Calvinists Values and His Christian Belief.

1 page / 1774 words

Within “The Triumph of the Reformed Religion in America,” Cotton Mather represents his roots of Puritanism as well as transitioning towards more enlightenment thought. His essay centers on a minister named Eliot who seeks to save the natives by means of learning their language (Mather...

Puritans Religious Beliefs

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Origin of Evil According to Boethius

1 page / 1539 words

The influence of Greek philosophy on the theologies of the traditional monotheisms was immense, shaping each theology’s conception of God according to the doctrines of such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, and Zeno. The interaction between religious and pagan philosophies was not always welcomed, however; nor...

Christian Worldview Problem of Evil Religious Beliefs

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Thoughts Beyond Distractions of Material World

1 page / 1773 words

‘Some religious texts seem to find it relatively easy to disengage from the material world. Many more, however, derive their dynamism from the difficulty of doing so.’ Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences...

Literature Review Spirituality

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Go Tell It on The Mountain: Question of Who is More Moral a Saint Or a ‘sodomite'

5 pages / 2350 words

In James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain, religion functions not only as form of worship but also as a covert site of sexual expression. In the novel’s opening chapters, Baldwin often characterizes religious worship in language that borders on the erotic. This undermines...

Novel Spirituality

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In The Mind of Thomas Aquinas

3 pages / 1384 words

Introduction to Thomas Aquinas and the Assumption of Human Nature Thomas Aquinas, one of the most influential theologians of his time, addresses many hotly contested topics regarding the nature of God and God’s dealings with mankind in Summa Theologica. In the fifth question of Part...

Spirituality

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Buddhism and Sexuality in Jack Kerouac’s "The Dharma Bums"

4 pages / 1930 words

The Beat Generation has always been associated, and rightfully so, with themes connected to sexuality. Beat writers were, and still are, famous for advocating sexual liberation and free love, being open about their homosexuality when that was the case (like Allen Ginsberg did for all...

Buddha Religious Beliefs

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Escaping Religion: "Oranges Are not The Only Fruit" and "Blankets"

5 pages / 2067 words

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson and Blankets by Craig Thompson are coming-of-age stories that primarily focus on the religious beliefs of their respective authors. Winterson grew up in an Evangelical household. Her mother was a very religious woman with a totalitarian...

Church Literature Review Religious Beliefs

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Spiritual Vs Physical in Anil’s Ghost

2 pages / 984 words

Throughout Ondaatje’s novel Anil’s ghost, there are a multitude of allusions to an underlying theme of the struggle between the spiritual world and the physical. Ondaatje does a fantastic job in weaving these two world views into the singular perspective of the reader; it seems...

Novel Spirituality

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Usury in Christianity

1 page / 486 words

The Christian Church’s position on usury began with the First Council of Nicaea in the year 325, which forbade clergy from engaging in usury. Later ecumenical councils applied this regulation to any member of any religious faith. Lateran III decreed that persons who accepted interest...

Catholic Church Christian Worldview Religious Beliefs