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Christianity From Cult to Established Mainstream?

It might be contended that the development...

World Events, Bias, and Religious Prejudice

In seven pages this paper discusses such global events as sect to established religion transition, Medieval Christianity and Europ...

Motivation Behind Cult Membership

Recent stories of mass suicides of cult members has led to an interest in the people who join cults and their rationale. Tis paper...

Pagan Religions and Christianity

Did Christianity borrow ideas and practices from pagan mystery cults. This is an allegation that has been popping up since the 19t...

Concepts of Insider and Outsider Cultures

In sixteen pages this paper discusses minorities and social mainstream individuals in a consideration of what is meant by 'insider...

The Goddess vs. Christianity

Many modern feminists have embraced the worship of the Goddess as more liberating and less patriarchal than most mainstream monoth...

David Koresh's Branch Davidians and Persuasive Techniques

In ten pages this cult's history and its techniques of persuasion are analyzed. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....

Examination of Charismatic Leadership

and the power of the government to act; it is the implementation of formal rules by the society. The second type of authority that...

Suicide and Cults Explained

Religious cults have been a fact of life for years, but the phenomenon of mass suicides has recently engrossed the public. This pa...

Religious Topics

this movement, they are turned against their families, their grades fall and they drop out of school, and they "surrender" their w...

How Cults are Formed and Maintained

of society. How do these cults form? Often, there is one spiritual leader who attracts the group. The newly emerging gurus are m...

Evolution of Christianity from Judaic Roots

scholarly and historical thought on this subject offers guidance on these issues. Christianity "was born of Judaism: it was the ...

Buddhism and Christianity

to enlightenment. The aim of the focus is to achieve an ultimate and final freedom from existence (Religious Tolerance [1], 2007)....

Christianity, Social Tolerance & Homosexuality

society, actually many shifts, that led to the current attitudes held by Christians today. For example, there was a time when peop...

Christianity as a U.S. Double Edged Sword

of the supposed "truth" of some Christian believers to cut through the sin of the real world for the sake of the individual soul o...

Inclusion Of Special Education Students

meta-analyses report a "small to moderate beneficial effect of inclusion education on the academic and social outcome of special n...

Mainstream Muslims

The jihadist movement has not only affected its victims, it has affected mainstream Muslims in many negative ways. The term and co...

The Moral Code and Organizational Leadership

This paper considers the importance of establishing a written code of conduct in order to gain public trust. ...

Saudi Arabia, Ergonomics, and Human Factors

In five pages this paper considers ergonomics and various human factors involved in establishing a safe office environment on a Sa...

Public Spaces Planning in Australia

many businesses have left city centers for outlying, privately owned complexes, where the young people also feel unwelcome (Urban ...

MPA Degree Goals

to my potential career focus include: 1. to develop an understanding of the history and background of public administration; 2. ...

Modern US Society and Christianity

campaign of 2004 commences in earnest, Democratic and Republican candidates will be fielding the same questions from voters as the...

Christianity and What it Means

and beliefs. For Christians the creed centers around Jesus Christ, the son of God. Christianity requires belief in Jesus Christ ...

Introduction to Early Christianity

crucial doctrines as creation, incarnation and resurrection (61). Born around 130 A.D., Irenaeus of Lyons was primarily a pastor...

Christianity's Early History

mankind has attempted to provide explanation of the events they see unfolding around them in the natural world and in interrelatio...

Slavery and Christianity

In ten pages this research considers the establishment of slavery in the United States and Christianity's role during this time pe...

Towneley Cycle's Wakefield Mystery Plays of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

eventually became an annual summer feast and dramatic event. "The Towneley Cycle proclaimed in its genesis a belief in the Christi...

Christianity and the Virgin Mary's Role

love for Mary, to recognize her as their mother and the mother of all believers in Him (Neubert 1). Mary was present...

The Mosaic Timeline -- Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore

The oldest surviving example of mosaic in a Christian church, the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome shows Christianity's biblical timel...

Charlemagne's Gospel Book, Lindisfarne Gospels, and St. Matthew Illustrations

In five pages this report considers how eight and ninth century artists presented Saint Matthew in these texts in a consideration ...