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Faith and Reason in the Thinking of Thomas Aquinas and Dante Alighieri

be an object of science. To this question, Aquinas answers "no." First of all, following the medieval style of reasoning, he posit...

Death, Religious Faith, and Resurrection

memorial prayer for the dead: "O God full of compassion, who dwell on high, grant perfect peace under the wings of the Shekhinah, ...

Religion, Ethics, and Taxes

tax fraud served to support the belief that religious leaders and people of faith are not exempt from immoral actions regarding mo...

Virgin Mary's Visions and Significance

image they could understand and comprehend. They would envision her in clothing they comprehended and related to, images of heaven...

Religions of the World

beliefs and the way in which such beliefs shape cultural practices and social infrastructures such as the law and the political sy...

Poetic Explication of 'Dover Beach' by Matthew Arnold

condition by evoking a beautiful, timeless picture of natural beauty. In the second stanza, he uses the sea as a metaphor to con...

Hebrews 11, Chapters 1 through 6 on Faith

verse tells us clearly that without faith, we have no real belief in God and Gods powers. Curtis avers that faith is "what Christ...

Faith Community Hospital Management

aware that Faith Community hospital deals in "product" much more valuable than anything that could be produced by a factory or dea...

Yann Martel's 'Life Of Pi'

Cross, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? then surely we are also permitted to doubt" (Martel 28). The very...

Delores Williams' Sisters in the Wilderness

"Faith, hard won, has taught me how to value the gains, losses, stand-offs and victories in my life" (ix)...

Palm Bay, Florida's First Presbyterian Church

nylon clothing (First Presbyterian Church of Palm Bay, Florida [4]). The church itself seems to be a relatively old building tha...

Jack and Twenty One Grams of Multiple Personality Disorder

therapeutic steps down the path of recovery. The loss of 21 grams of soul is Jack stripping himself of his other personalities, t...

'Defenders of the Faith' and McCarthyism

the "defenders of the faith" should be allowed to go to protect Americas system of government? When one examines what, if any, li...

Worldview of Catholicism

list is completely comprehensive, but this is a beginning point, particularly as one prepares to teach the topic to high school st...

Faith Based Initiative's Legal Aspects

services and to establish new ones. The ultimate goal was to reduce the federal governments role as the provider of welfare-relat...

Child Welfare, Religion, Freedom, Social Responsibility, and Parental Rights

MD, CM contended that the parents ultimate refusal/postponement of the recommended procedures resulted in the "increased patient s...

3 Generations of a Black Woman's Family and the Transmission of Personal Identity and Strength

out. My grandmother had little education in the formal sense yet she had overwhelming common sense. She learned to appreciate th...

A Response to 1 Thessalonians

a mixed population of Greeks, Romans and Jews with more Greeks than the other two (Johnson, 1998). Paul began his ministry there i...

Female Involvement in Various Organized Religions

of the least considered female-dominated religions is Wicca, a practice that imparts spirituality, benevolence and earthly powers ...

Faith and Structure of Hebrew and Mesopotamian Societies

people" (Ex 2:11). There was no question that the Hebrews valued their ability to perform a job well done, despite the fact that ...

Opposition to Islamic Beliefs

their lifetime. Presumably this requirement is for the spiritual edification of the Islamic adherent. During the ten days of rites...

Religion and Emily Dickinson

who see; But microscopes are prudent in an emergency!" The poem whose first lines begin, "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers" is a ...

Bernard L. Marthaler's 'The Creed'

that interpretation is tantamount to both translating and understanding the Nicene Creed, noting that "the meaning of words change...

Holy Spirit, Church, and Faith

Jesus Christ, trusting enough so that one obeys their commands.3 We demonstrate our faith in Jesus through Baptism. This is repe...

Religion and Muhammad Ali

in a very "somber mood" due to his internal and external feud concerning "his mentor, Malcolm, and his spiritual leader, the Natio...

Mary, Mother of Jesus and Marian Literature

This paper examines the pertinent literature and ongoing controversy surrounding Mary, mother of Jesus, as well as her role in the...

Social Services That Are Faith Based and American Government Funding

not fund faith-based social services" (Dudley 2001, 99) is firmly stated in Religion in America : Opposing Viewpoints. There are ...

Faith Based Initiative of George W. Bush

In a paper consisting of seven pages President G.W. Bush's faith based initiative provokes many questions regarding democracy prin...

Clark's Philosophers Who Believe

In five pages this paper examines philosophy and the nature of religious faith as considered in Clark's 1997 text Philosophers Who...

Kierkegaard, Augustine of Hippo, and Faith

In seven pages faith as described in Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard and Confessions by St. Augustine are contrasted and compare...