In our daily life, we can hear people say that they have faith in something. But what on earth is faith? Generally, people may consider faith as religious beliefs. However, does having faith just mean believing in god? Or perhaps it has deeper implication? Do people voluntarily have faith or not? Throughout the history, many […]
Every story ever told and every life ever lived has included elements of good and evil. In a stereotypical story, the main character endures a struggle between the wicked and the honorable”whether it be internal or external. Through hardships, self-discovery, grit, and strength, the protagonist generally manages to pull off a miracle and rid their […]
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Get startedIntro As we enter the young adult world you hear many terms about what life will be like. We are faced with many possibilities or so we are told to expect that. Some days are those that we want to wake up for while others are those that we cannot wait to get home and […]
Introduction How much faith and confidence can we place in the scripture of Hebrews 11:1, now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see (BibleGateway)? How much faith is necessary for practically blind confidence and optimism for the future? In Wiesel’s book Night, unwavering faith is the […]
Eamon Duffy’s Fires of Faith depicts the state of the English church during the reign of Mary Tudor, lasting from 1553-1558. Mary’s reign remains one of the most controversial aspects in Church history. This book aims at responding to the predominant issue of the competence of the Marian regime while commenting on misconceptions. With Fires […]
In Daniel Defoe’s book Robinson Crusoe, the main character endures many battles along his adventures while entering adulthood. As Robinson Crusoe journeys across the seas, God makes Crusoe enduress many trials. First, starting from when he sets off to sea, disobeying his parents wishes in the process, to encountering many shipwrecks, and lastly the opportunity […]
When people go through a series of misfortunate events, they turn to believe in a universal power or put their faith in God. Having a strong belief in someone or something helps overcome everyday struggles. It makes people mentally stronger to be able to handle hardships. In the memoirs Every Falling Star and How Dare […]
But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another (Galatians 5:15; New Testament). The word devour comes from the Greek word katesthi??, which means: to eat up, or to consume by eating. In nature, very few species eat their own kind. This kind of behavior is […]
Mohandas Gandhi and Malcolm X were both strong activists for social rights. They led in similar yet different fashions. These men both used their beliefs in religion to create change in the world. The well-known Mahatma Gandhi and Malcolm X left behind legacies that still have an impact on the world today. One of the […]
The Ganges River: See, Judge, Act Using the Catholic Social Teaching Method See the Ganges River: The Ganges River is approximately 1,560 miles long and is located in in India and Bangladesh. Much of the water comes from China, Tibet and Myanmar. The river is located in a large plain which includes a lot of […]
Introduction Tattoos have existed for decades. A tattoo is a permanent insertion of pigment underneath the skin with the usage of a keen instrument. Humans tattoo their bodies for cosmetic, religious, and sentimental purposes. In modern day, the practice of tattooing is rather safe due to single-use needles and other beneficial factors. Tattoos certainly secure […]
One recalls the not-so distant polemics around the place of Islam in the European Renaissance. What if Europe did not owe its knowledge to Islam? Many historians reject the idea that the science of the Greeks has been transmitted to the West by the Muslim world. Contrary to the crescendo that has been repeated since […]
The story A Good Man Is Hard to Find, you look closely at the characters’ behaviors. Even though, the misfit is the main evil person in the story there is no telling how evil everyone else can be. The scene Im mostly concentrating on is between the grandmother and the misfit. The grandmother considers the […]
The book of Romans is a letter that the Paul wrote to the Roman people during his third missionary journey. Throughout Romans Paul writes about how sinful humans are and how they can receive salvation from God through Jesus Christ. The running theme in the book of Romans is that every person has disobeyed God, […]
Summary Baskin & Enright, (2004) present that after a review of the studies of forgiveness logically could be grouped into 3 categories: decision-based, process-based group, and process-based individual interventions (p.79). Baskin & Enright show through their studies why forgiveness is relevant by allowing one to see the importance of the counselor and counselee. One of […]
Communication and comfortability among individuals in a community are two crucial traits that are needed in order to successfully be a contributing member of society in the first couple of centuries. Cities along with different cultures have varying beliefs and ideals but the collection of materials and information that is required to live are found […]
Religion is the moral compass of many; their reason for being and the motive to their everyday actions. Religious practices often become as much of a cultural experience as they do a spiritual one. Christianity and Buddhism are vastly different from each other yet they have one common goal, to live a peaceful existence. Christianity […]
Introductory Remarks One of the most central issues I see within modern Christology lies with the problem of making Jesus more understandable and relevant to the minds of today. Can we, therefore speak about Jesus from a Western mind-set in a meaningful way? Through advances and enhancements that come with a modern age, I believe […]
The movie Life of Pi shows what Hindu’s think of other deities not within their pantheon, while also showing samsara, and the three components of a worldview; ontology, epistemology, and axiology. In the movie Life of Pi directed by Ang Lee, Piscine Molitor Pi Patel is confronted with multiple different religions. He was born a […]
Yoga has been a significant staple in religions across the world since their originations. Religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism have utilized yoga as a way to practice one’s own spiritual devolvement and helping them have a sense of awareness of their own nature (Surrenda, 2012). The migration of yoga into the western-world of […]
Yoga has been a significant staple in religions across the world since their originations. Religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism have utilized yoga as a way to practice one’s own spiritual devolvement and helping them have a sense of awareness of their own nature (NYTIMES CITATION). The migration of yoga into the western-world of […]
Is the Bible meant to be taken literally in today’s time? Or was it written in a historical framework of our holy ancestors and in some ways cannot still be taken literally by the modern bible reader? Religion and science do not pair together well all of the time. Christian biblical translators either respond to […]
In “Oedipus the King,” goodness is shown through Oedipus Rex’s great qualities, as a man, showing goodness, and remaining consistent throughout his journey as a king. He illustrates his moral goodness in his prologue while giving his speech to the suffering people of Thebes. As a tragic hero, Oedipus, the ultimate protagonist in the “Oedipus […]
The different method in which history has been recorded has evolved from the Fall of Rome to Late Antiquity and this period of writing has changed from militaristic and political history into social and religious side of history. This style of writing is more specifically included with the readings, giving more perspective of the long […]
History evolved from the Fall of Rome to Late Antiquity and this period of writing has changed from militaristic and political history into social and religious side of history. This style of writing is more specifically included with the readings, giving more perspective of the people in this time period. This approach to writing is […]
The Caleb’s crossing novel is a book that was written by Geraldine Brooks giving details of the history of America before the revolution. The book describes the values held by the American society at that time through the use of two main characters which are a young boy and a girl. These two start off […]
Muslim reflection on biotechnology are manifested by enormous divergences in the representations of reality that impact ethical deliberations. Due to the cultural and political diversity of Muslim civilizations around the globe, attain meaningful harmony is very tough. Certain key changes that Muslim ethical practices experience under pressures of rapid modernization and globalization, with its associated […]
In James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Fire Next Time his essay “Down at the Cross- Letter from a Region of my Mind” deals with the relations of race and religion identifying between Baldwin’s experience with the Christian church as a youth and also the Islamic ideals in Harlem. His theological […]
The year is 2030. The UN has made one of the biggest decisions of its history. Even though not everyone agrees, and it will be very hard to come to a conclusion, they believe it is time to try our hand at forming a utopian world government. The UN has resurrected a cast of living […]
In John Winthrop’s, A Modell of Christian Charity, and Jonathan Edwards’, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, what it means to be a Christian is developed in two respectively distinct ways. While both John Winthrop and Jonathan Edwards backed the same principles of Christianity in their sermons, they differ in the rhetoric they […]
