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Life After Death in Hindu and Christian Beliefs

we think of as ourselves continue to exist in the soul body. Death is a most natural experience, not to be feared. It is a quick t...

'The Pardoner's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In seven pages this paper examines the Pardoner's actions within the context of Christianity in a pro and con assessment that conc...

Post Second World War European Politics and Christianity

and social forces in Europe. The European Union is more actively supported it is found, by the more affluent and economically sou...

Transcendence, Religion, and the Superman Theory of Friedrich Nietzsche

benevolent and living God who is infinite in a myriad of ways. Because God is deemed to be dead, Nietzsche sees it necessary fo...

Christianity and the Wrong Views of Friedrich Nietzsche

by those in a particular sect of Christianity, there would be more purity in the Christian religions. Yet, this is not the case an...

Concept of Divinity of God

that there is "within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted i...

Transgendered, Transsexual, and Homosexual Individuals and Religion

sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...

Reflections on Confucianism and Christianity

and man. This was accomplished by the assumption of the worlds sins by His son, Jesus Christ, who was crucified and was seen alive...

Hinduism and Christianity Ethics

is greater than respect for other life, social justice and peace. Ignorance and the ongoing struggle to obtain inordinate securit...

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...

Similarities and Differences That Exist Among Global Religions

that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...

Old Testament's Historical Canon Development

time on earth (Core, 2000). The early Christians debated at great length regarding the books that would be accepted as Old Testame...

Art and Europe's Christianity Rise

of art etched into wood tablets, metal and on engraving plates. The religious overtones were highly pronounced and most of the wor...

Self Mastery Similarities in John Cassian's Conference I, Hinduism, and Buddhism

laborer such as a farmer, a tradesman or one in the military3. Like in any other profession, in order to obtain his goal, a monk m...

Modern World Strategies and Religion

They believe that there is only one acceptable religion and that is theirs. Things are beginning to change in modern society, how...

Christianity and Buddhism

other part of the Roman empire. Merely associating with non-Jews was believed to make a Jewish person unclean" (Rosser, 1995). How...

Homosexuality and World Religions

represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...

Contemporary Religion of Japan

the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...

'Image of God' and Humanity Implications

of this passage implies that humanity resembles God, that is, that the human race is similar "in kind" in a manner that is analogo...

God's Doctrine as Interpreted by Gordon Kaufman, Pamela Young, and Sallie McFague

evil, was literally personified in the body of evil curses, evil spirits and superstitions. Now, of course, for the most part peop...

Secular and Christian Relationship

this might be. What is most astonishing is that in the past those Christian states did not provide the best of possible climates f...

Western Civilization and the Roman Empire's Collapse

and was replaced by Claudius (41-54), the emperor whose forces conquered Britain. Nero followed him and when he was overthrown, Ro...

Christian Worship and the Sacraments

By the 5th century, Christianity in the West was guarded by the bishop of Rome, the pope, who was the "final custodian of the doct...

Christianity Expansion

points of doctrine, particularly in regards to controversy over whether Judaic custom was still applicable to Christians. Missiona...

Christian Creeds, Confessions of Faith, Councils and Their Historical Significance

(Constitution, Apostles, 1996). The creed derived its name from the initial belief that it was written by the Apostles on the tent...

Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity on the Afterlife

eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...

Early Christianity and Imperial Attitudes

where "The hand of the Lord prevailed and the forces of Maxentius were routed (Lactantius 8). Maxentius was driven into the Tiber ...

Personal Freedom and Religion

personal liberation through approaching everything in life as it relates to what Allah wants, not what the individual wants. There...

The French Lieutenant's Woman, Christianity and Paganism

she stands at the coast, watching the stormy sea, hoping that her lover would return" (The French Lieutenants Woman (1981)). Fr...

An Examination of Arianism Theology

but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...