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Images and Energies of Apollo and Dionysus

the purpose of allowing the repressed feminine or nurturing side of man to come forth and for the brutal or aggressive side of wom...

Godly Encounters

means "face of God" (NIV). These verses record that a "man" (exact origin is unstated) wrestled with Jacob until daybreak. Jacob ...

Southern Fiction and Manners

that manners and formal politeness will overlap: the way in which white Southern gentlemen treated white Southern ladies, for exam...

Protagonists' Waiting in Waiting for Godot

up life. Most people will not do this, although there are some who are willing. Some of the kamikaze pilots who crashed into build...

'The Holdfast' by George Herbert

from grace. I threatend to observe the strict decree Of my dear God with...

Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God and a Consideration of Ulu

which the British officer solicits his aid illustrates the bipolar reaction of Ezeulu verses the office who has been appointed to ...

Martin Luther, St. Augustine, the Christian Church, and Individualism

In six pages this paper discusses how these two theologians represented the relationship between God and the individual in a compa...

Three Literary Protagonists Improving Their Lives

An analysis consisting of five pages compares the ways in which three protagonists attempt to improve their lives. The works exam...

Objectivism versus Spirituality in Works by Ayn Rand and Simone Weil

In five pages this paper contrasts the differences between these two philosophies as represented in the texts The Virtue of Selfis...

City of God by Saint Augustine

In three pages this paper answers student posed questions and examines City of God as it relates to Roman politics and society. T...

Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome

In three pages three student posed questions pertaining to mythical Greek and Roman gods and goddesses are answered in a heroic co...

The Attitudes of Magda Trocme and Reverend Trocme in 'Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed'

In this 3 page essay that discusses Philip Hallie's text, the characters' attitudes about God and their motives are applied to the...

Exploitive Criticisms of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

as it is with pure identity based on the unique woman that Janie is. Janies life is one that is likely very realistic as many Af...

Self Assurance in the Works of Zora Neale Hurston

unimportant, appearing merely as part of the background and playing not real role in Janies life. In her introduction to the no...

Encountering God and Diane Eck's Unconvincing Argument

carried through in any short amount of time; in fact, each step forward toward a modicum of religious harmony is often met with a ...

Biography and Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas

The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...

Revelation and Gospels Portrayal of Jesus

Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...

Examining Two Aspects of Islamic History

son or "the good shepherd" who leaves his flock in order to find a lost sheep (VanBuskirk). Paul pointed out this change in the co...

The Similarities in Thinking of Bonhoeffer, Luther, and Augustine

In a paper consisting of six pages the writer argues that despite living in different times these men's concepts and thoughts were...

Puritan Character Usage by Nathaniel Hawthorne

as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...

Jesus is God

He was the promised Messiah: The woman said to Him, "I know the Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He wil...

Overview of Engineering Ethics

been utilized in the protection of public interest, especially when issues of safety can be impacted by widespread public response...

Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche on Joy, Will, and Knowledge

knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...

Belief in God and Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard

when he has found what he sought, he wanders before every mans door with his song and with his oration, that all may admire the he...

Homer's 'The Iliad' and Free Will

the conflict in terms of an insult to his personal honor. Homer writes that Achilles responded by telling Agamemnon, "Ah me, cloth...

Jesus of Nazareth As God

born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...

Evil and God

encompassed as well. This view of good and evil has a very Eastern flavor to it, as Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, stress th...

Christ in Evolution According to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is...

Religion, Sumerians, and Hebrews

main gods of the Sumerians included the god of water (Enki); the god of earth (Ki); the god of air (Enlil) and the god of heaven (...

Pledge of Allegiance and 'God'

As would be expected there has been a great deal of outcry about this particular ruling. For example, one senator stated, "This is...