Religion Essays

The Story of the Kingdom of God
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Introduction: The Kingdom of God Promised land, heavenly Kingdom and a next world, or an internal destination in the invisible extent of our own heart? The heart of Jesus’ teachings centers arou...

The Prophet Jonah
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Introduction: The Prophet Jonah  The story of Jonah is one of great theological meaning. Jonah the disobedient prophet rejects his divine commission, is cast overboard in a storm and swallowed by...

Relationship between Spiritualism and Happiness
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Fundamentals of the Christian Worldview
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Introduction:  Living a life that is meaningful is what most strive for. But when we start asking ourselves, “What is the meaning of life?”, we begin to fall short on a universal answer. We all can sp...

Background and History of the New Testament
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Introduction: Introduction Making Sense of scriptures is a complicated and often confusing task. We can explain easily what the Bible says but find it harder to agree to what it says. Also, often even...

Principal Beliefs of Islam
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Introduction: SOR Assessment 2 Principal Beliefs of Islam: Principal Beliefs of Islam In this report I hope to help you understand the principle beliefs of Islam, which in turn shoul...

Book Review: Sabina Magliocco’s Witching Culture: Folklore and Neo-Paganism in America
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Introduction: Neo-paganism is one of the fastest growing religious movements in North America that is widely misunderstood due to its influence of historical pagan beliefs of pre-Christian European cultures wh...

A Comparison of Creation Myths in Bible, Greece and China
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Introduction: Introduction: Among the countless stories of mythology all over the world, particular emphasis in this paper will be placed on creation myths. Creation myths are the whole thinking and i...

Church Oppression in the First Crusade – A Failure of Christian Character
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Introduction: An extraordinary number of Christians went on the First Crusade (1095-1099), which were armed pilgrimages to conquer and expel Muslims from Jerusalem, the Holy Land. These Christians came from va...

Mystery Plays and the York Play of the Crucifixion
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Introduction: Mystery Plays became a widely used and popular dramatic style in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance time period. This was a time of extreme creativity and expansion of human inquiry. Ente...

Understanding of Islam and its People
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Introduction: Understanding of Islam and its People  There are many misconceptions about religion, especially when it comes to the Islamic faith.  A couple of these misconceptions include: t...

Role of the Teacher, Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Worldview
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Introduction: Assessment Task One: Role of the Teacher, Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Worldview   Today’s Catholic educator, is an educator that stands above the rest. For ...

Hoffman, and Gunning & Jackson’s Take on Religious Terrorism
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Introduction: Introduction Until the 19th century, religion was the only justifiable explanation for terrorism. In this critical review, I am looking at Hoffmans “Holy Terror”: The implications o...

Overview of Shamanism
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Introduction: A Shaman is a person viewed as being able to influence good and evil spirits in the world. A Shaman is the storyteller, religious healer, and usually the elder. Shamanism is a belief spirits exis...

The Iconographic Analysis of Lord Shiva
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Introduction:  Iconography is the study of the visual representation of images, symbols, and art throughout history. Iconographic representations exist in numerous examples in many world cultures and reli...

Debates between Science and Religion
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Introduction: Science studies the physical world which is interpreted through observation, theory, and facts, while religion is based on a person’s faith, worship and a sense of purpose within the universe. ...

Social Justice as Part of the Christian Lifestyle
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Introduction: Question In the first half of your essay generate a broad and deep biblical basis for social justice being an integral part of the Christian life. In the second half of the essay, synthe...

How Has Gender Inequality Impacted Contemporary Catholicism?
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Introduction: Equality for women in our culture has been a contentious problem for centuries, with many debates, protests, demonstrations and movements to raise women out of male servitude. Many may refer to t...

Biography of Mother Teresa
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Introduction: St. Teresa of Calcutta  Mother Teresa or Agnes Bojaxhiu was born in Skopje, Macedonia on August 16, 1910. Macedonia was part of Yugoslavia at the time which was a communist country ...

Judaism: History, Development and Strains
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Introduction: Judaism is a monotheistic religion which was developed amongst the ancient Hebrews. It was characterized by the belief of a transcendent God whom had been revealed to Abraham, Moses and Hebrew pr...

Founders of the Anabaptist Movement
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Introduction: Brief overview of the founder and his role in the movement The anabaptist movement started in 1525 as a result of church reforms which were initiated by Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich, Switzer...

Religious Views on Human Suffering
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Introduction: The complexity of suffering has plagued mankind since creation and there have been many philosophical attempts have to made to make sense and explain such notions. Suffering is the bearing or und...

An Exegetical Paper on Ephesians 6:14-20
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Introduction: Summary Statement:  Ephesians 6:14-20 Paul is commanding Christians to put on the full armor of God, while standing in the power of the Holy Spirit and endless prayers, during spiri...

Diwali and Christmas Festivals: History and Importance
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Introduction:  Religious festivals are a way of celebrating beliefs, traditions, culture, and heritage. Such festivals make people remember crucial moments and emotions in people’s lives. Religious ...

Comparison of Cosmic Dualism, Ying-Yang, Zoroastrianism, and Gnosticism
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Introduction: Abstract This essay will compare and contrast cosmic dualism, Chinese Yin-Yang, Zoroastrianism and Gnosticism. Each dualism is a thought, belief, way of life, or...