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Fairytales and Their Importance

is true even of the fairy stories that originated with Han Christian Andersen, such as the Ugly Duckling (Zipes, 1985). Th...

American Society and Christian Education

this issue before settling upon a concept known as "the common school," which was implemented in Massachusetts and New York during...

Visual Arts and Religion

life that one would want to aspire toward. And, typically, as in a religious painting, the consequences of not choosing the faith ...

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...

Martin Luther and Erasmus

work he "He tells us that he wrote the Praise of Folly in a week, while staying with More and waiting for his books to turn up.......

The Christian Bible and Violence

for a sacrifice. How did he ever trust his father again? What must the impressionable youngster in Sunday School think about a fat...

Heaven and Hell According to William Blake

view of the Christian belief system. In the Christian system of belief, it is the other way around. Good and evil are both active ...

Christian Views on the Islamic Prophet Muhammad

however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...

Comparative Analysis of The Brave Tailor and The Tinder Box

In five pages these nineteenth century fairytales by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen are contrasted and compared. ...

I Will Bear Witness, the Diary of Victor Klemperer

numbers of people who had always defined themselves as proud citizens of the country? It is important to understand that Klemperer...

Three Prespectives on Eschatology

This 9 page paper discusses the three main types of Christian theology in regard to eschatology: premillennialism, amilennialism a...

Racism Perspectives

the authors speak of the present era what is most striking is the marked division between white and black perspectives. To the w...

Reconsideration of Incarnation

"Christians" would gather before dawn and recite a "hymn" to Christ, as if "to a god" (Shelley 22). These hymns, which can be date...

Evolution of Evil in Christianity

How evil evolved in Christian beliefs is the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages and how evil has changed in terms of soci...

Watchman Nee's The Normal Christian Life

In seven pages this paper presents a synopsis on each chapter of this inspirational Christian life text. One source is cited in t...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Cultural Products, and Religion

hairy feet. As this suggests, they are humble beings, not heroes. Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is uncle to Frodo Baggins, entrusts ...

Personal Ethics Development

his relationship with God (Smith, 2001). Based on this description and my own upbringing and early training, my own decisions re...

Rev. Billy Graham Life and Achievements

p. 12). As we can note, right from the beginning Graham was not a man who approved of strict guidelines and rules when it came to ...

A Discussion of Christian Elements in the Epic Poem Beowulf, and in the Character of Beowulf Himself

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

Two Articles Compared Regarding Business Ethics

business ethics. The first, they maintain, was launched in the defense industry during the 1980s, when reports of military contrac...

Impact of Islam on the Pre Crusades Christian Islam

conception of the medieval period is that the Catholic Church was a lone beacon of light, preserving ancient knowledge until such ...

Power in the Pulpit How America's Most Effective Black Preachers Prepare Their Sermons by Cleophus James Larue

illustrate the points they make. Larue himself is a preacher and scholar who is an associate professor of homiletics at Princeton ...

William Shakespeare's King Lear and its Christian Content

persecuted and killed for their faith. We also note that throughout the play Lear slowly develops into a man who understands hi...

Christian Allegory and 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Warren in his famous essay on "Mariner" stated the primary theme is that humanity needs to, somehow, live in harmony with Nature, ...

Alexander Campbell and the Christian System

newly emerging country. His treatise, The Christian System, was designed for both the layman to read and understand, but also f...

'Beowulf' and Its Representation of Heroic and Christian Traditions

a rather powerful enemy. Thus, one sees heroic feats on either end, but also, there is Christian love and the love of a parent tha...

Christian Views on Evil

story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound ...

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...

Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist Initiations of Christianity

Holy Communion. BUT, there are no theological reasons. The arguments on each side will be presented. The Sacraments of Baptism, C...

Influence and Impact of Reverend Billy Graham

In nine pages the major political influence and religious impact of minister and evangelist Billy Graham are discussed within the ...