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Morality As Seen by Austustinians and Thomists

Thomists and Augustinians are concerned primarily with issues of morality. This paper examines the two theologies and how they vie...

'Narrative of the Captivity & Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson' and the Puritan Covenant

In this six page paper Mary Rowlandson's relationship with God symbolizes the Puritan covenant and sustains her through her captur...

God According to the Ancient Greek Philosopher Xenophanes

all, but rather only the world (Burnet ch2bii). Modern terminology used by those sharing Xenophanes views would be that there lik...

Males and Females, Humans and Gos in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In eight pages this paper analyzes 'The Iliad' in a consideration of the relationships between males and females and humans and go...

Gods and Violence in the Works of Statius, Sophocles, and Homer

This paper consists of nine pages and considers how violence is perpetuated by the gods in Thebiad by Status, Oedipus Rex by Sopho...

Robert Browning's Anti-Victorian Sentiments in Fra Lippo Lippi

In a paper consisting of 9 pages the anti Victorian sentiments that are expressed with great subtlety throughout the poem in terms...

Infamous Scopes 'Monkey' Trial

In five pages this paper discusses the notorious Scopes Trial on evolution from the perspective of Edward J. Larson's Summer for t...

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

In five pages the author's naturalist perspective is applied to life's questions including the place of humanity, God, and what th...

Personal Belief in God and the Theories of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Soren Kierkegaard

In five pages this report presents the philosophies of these men regarding their personal beliefs about God in a first person narr...

God As Conceptualized by Baruch Spinoza

God is the world and the universe and it is just there. At the same time, he may be seen as both the cause of, and the universe, i...

Age of Enlightenment and Religious Views on God?

In eight pages this paper discusses the Ages of Reason and Enlightenment in a consideration of how God was viewed by the Jewish an...

Against the Gods by Peter L. Bernstein

In five pages this paper discusses Against the Gods by Peter L. Bernstein in a consideration of the author's number theory of risk...

The Coming of God by Jurgen Moltmann

In five pages this research paper examines Moltmann's unconventional interpretation of the creative future of God that deviates co...

The God Kings' Age in Ancient Egyptian Civilization

A paper consisting of seven pages considers the period from 3500 until 1500 BC in ancient Egyptian civilization referred to as the...

Dual Natures of Christ and Christianity

In twenty pages the God and man dual nature of Jesus Christ is examined in terms of differing interpretations with questions explo...

God, Understanding Morality, and David Hume

In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...

God and Morality

In five pages this paper examines the role of God in morality. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Mechanistic and Teleological Views of the World

In five pages this paper examines life's purpose and God as represented by these worldviews with such works as The Antichrist, Med...

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...

The Origin of Evil

Testament. The general thought is that Moses wrote these texts during the forty years of the Exodus which would have been between ...

Suffering in Job and in the Death Camps

who did lie, steal, betray friends, perhaps even murder to save themselves then were left with another truth: the survivors who ca...

Myths From Ancient India and Mesopotamia

The controversy over the federal funding of stem cell research is outlined in an article titled "Stem-Cell...

Catherine of Siena and Bernard of Clairvaux

of God, and of the salvation of her neighbors, exercising herself in humble prayer, after she had seen the union of the soul, thro...

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...

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...

Theodicy in Christianity and Buddhism

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

The Principles of Spiritual Leadership

long prayer of confession.6 It may be because of Ezras knowledge and profound faith that God called him to serve in a different wa...

CHRISTIANITY, SCIENCE AND BUSINESS

finance, for example, God and business are mutually exclusive. How could God be working through business, people might ask. Take a...

Revelation and Gospels Portrayal of Jesus

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

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...