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Essays 541 - 570

Jesus and Buddha

salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...

A HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY: ITS INFLUENCE ON POLITICS AND SOCIETY FROM 2000 BCE TO 1500 CE

This 5-page paper examines the history of the Catholic Church and Christianity until 1500 BCE, and examines its influence on gover...

Concepts of God

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

Machiavelli's Place in Medieval Society

of the day. There were Kings and Christians and those who were attached to Enlightenment ideals. In essence, Machiavellis world wa...

Above All Earthly Pow'rs By David F. Wells

is only one truth and it is this truth that all Christian churches should be promoting. Citing another author, Wells reports that ...

William Carey: Pioneer Missionary To India

p. 12). It was not until William had to seek new employment because his employer died that he began to take an interest in religi...

The Relevance of Buddhism Today

the world and the way things work. The philosophy is practiced in many countries including Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietna...

Medieval Christianity: Music and Sculptures

liturgy provided innumerable texts, all set to music in the style we call Gregorian chant. The church served as an important patro...

The Christian Influence in Medieval Literature

made of its mortality" (Dante 539). For Dante, then, "the way to God is found in human life. This was Abelards message. It was the...

Symbolism in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

/ Arrayed of the Round Table rightful brothers ... / the feast was in force full fifteen days" (37-39, 44). They are celebrating t...

Why Be A Christian

eternity. There is significant archaeological evidence supporting this "Book" (RBC Ministries). * Its explanation for life. All re...

The Nature of Islam’s Challenge to Christiandom After its Advent in the Seventh Century A.D.

built a temple in honor of Jehovah (Yahweh). Following the construction of the Temple on Mt. Moriah in about the 10th century B.C...

Early Christians

at that time. It was always in turmoil with one battle or one war or another being waged. The Greco-Roman world consists of the al...

Issues in African History

peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...

Liberal Christianity

only in extremes. Right versus left; rich versus poor; conservative versus liberal: all these factions are at each others throats ...

Emotional Intelligence and Leadeship

managers, it actually has its roots in the Bible. Jesus is the quintessential example of a servant leader and He taught His apostl...

Christianity and Salvation

and glorification. By a calling a person essentially is pulled out of a world "of sin and into union with Christ. This gives him a...

Christianity From Cult to Established Mainstream?

It might be contended that the development...

Built in Conflicts in Religions

for our humanity". While religion can function to challenge and change prevalent social beliefs, it must also be remembered th...

Soteriology - Doctrine of Salvation

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

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Islam

believe Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is the son of God, or the human incarnate of God (Hasan, 2009). However, in Islam, Jesus is regarde...

Theodicy in Christianity and Buddhism

tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...

Christian and Jewish Ethics

strictly forbidden. Supported by the assertion that "the life of a person is not his - rather, it belongs to the One Who granted ...

Medieval Christianity and the Cathedral

medieval periods, which involved numerous activities of economic import, such as the "quarrying, carving and laying of stone, the ...

Mohammad and Jesus

of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...

The Passover

slaves rather than honored guests. Four hundred years later, God sent Moses to the current Pharaoh with the demand to allow the H...

William Blake And Christianity

in prints depicting architecture" (Bentley, 2009). Blake spent seven years with the Basire family and achieved a degree of success...

Spain’s Morisco Revolt of 1568

throughout the sixteenth century would have far-reaching future consequences. Section 2: The Defeat of Muslim Spain During...

Beti/Poor Christ of Bomba

see the truth, that is, that the Talas supposed conversion to Christianity is a delusion. A principal focus of Drumonts evangeli...

A Memo to Constantine the Great: Recommendations for Christian Church Architecture

primarily made up of those who have not accepted Christ as their Savior. It is important, therefore, that we take careful, calcul...