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This paper is a personal examination of the author's faith in God as a Christian, a mother, and a nurse. It discusses how, in order to cope with the immense responsibility on her shoulders, the author requires some form of divine help in order to make things work. It focuses on her career as a nurse and looks at how the field of nursing has certainly benefited a great deal from better communication, as there is a far greater emphasis than there ever was on the building up of relationships between nurses and patients. It shows how this kind of relationship, from a Christian perspective, means that there is greater spiritual interaction between the nurses and their clients.

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"In modern society people should act according to the need of the hour, taking into consideration the wishes of the individuals involved in particular issues. There are several issues today in the field of medicine that bother the religious people who believe in preserving life no matter what the situation is. There are many complex questions that emerge as a result, and develop into unbelievably debatable issues that have gone on for years, perhaps even decades. These debates do not only cease here, they go on to encompass other related issues, and the ball of twine keeps on getting more and more knotted."

Tags:nursing, christianity, spirituality, relationship, patients, communication

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This paper discusses how, like most religions, gender roles are an important part of both Christianity and Judaism. It shows how both of these religions have very specific roles for men and women, which constitute key theological areas of both faiths and how, because Christianity arose out of Judaism, some of the gender roles are similar. It also looks at how Christianity has some unique gender roles of its own. Further, how the gender roles in both Judaism and Christianity have changed and evolved over the centuries.

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"Women, as keepers of the house and home, had special tasks to perform when preparing for the Sabbath. On Fridays before sunset, they had to work hard to finish the cooking and clean the house ("Women's Role in the Rituals"). They set the table for the first Sabbath meal and put all things that remind people of work out of view, as no work is permitted on the Sabbath. The woman of the house lights two candles on a table and says a prayer of blessing for the family; when this is completed, the Sabbath has officially begun ("Women's Role in the Rituals"). This is one of three ritual acts specifically given to women to perform in the traditional Jewish religion. Afterward, the man of the house blesses his children first sons, then daughters and then blesses his wife. The family then begins the first meal of the Sabbath. The last meal of the Sabbath is concluded with another prayer from the woman of the house."

Tags:sabbath, torah, home, church, ministers, rabbis

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"This essay, which bears the title, ""JAINISM AND CHRISTIANITY: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES,"" is a Comparative Religions essay discussing the difference and similarities between the east Indian faith of Jainism and Christianity, the largest religion in the world. It focuses on the similar stress on the renunciation of worldly possessions which is central to Jainism and has been imortant in Christianity. "

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JAINISM AND CHRISTIANITY: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES Every religion is regarded as a response to a basic human need. Reflecting this, comparative studies note commonalities among religions, while also noting radical differences. Jainism and Christianity reflect these feature. Among their similarities are: advocating the renunciation of earthly possessions in pursuit of a religious ideal; believing that wrongful acts can stain the soul; and an adherence to monogamous relationships. Notable among their differences are that Jains do not believe in a distinct divine being or God; Jains believe in reincarnation; and Jains believe that humans can cleanse their souls of the effects of

Tags:christianity, jainism, renunciation

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The writer of this paper examine the book "Night" by Jewish author Elie Wiesel in which he relates the poignant story of his adolescence as a Jew during World War II. The writer of the paper, attempts to put himself in Wiesel's place and how experiences similar to Wiesel's might have impacted his faith as a Catholic. The writer also examines the actions taken by Wiesel to survive in Nazi concentration camps, how this Affected his belief in God and, once again, draws conclusions regarding the actions of Christians in similar situations.

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"In what is one of his most popular works, Night, Elie Wiesel tells the poignant story of his adolescence as a Jew during World War II. At fifteen, he is a studious boy in a Jewish village, studying that Talmud with Moshe the Beadle against the recommendations of his father. Weeks later, young Elie is thrown out of his home in Transylvania, packed onto a train, and transported to Auschwitz and eventually Buchenwald, where he would witness the hardening of his heart and the destruction of his faith. While Wiesel's Night is an important historical account of the Holocaust and the Jews' tribulations during the horrific event, it is also an account of a young man's struggle with his faith. At first a strong believer for his age, he struggles to keep his life, while relinquishing his faith, during his imprisonment. Because of this, he also takes note of the role faith plays in the lives of the other Jews undergoing similar circumstances. From the false hope that circulates among the community before they are deported, to the religious prisoners who are not shown mercy, to the deaths of his family and friends, Wiesel witnesses tragedy after tragedy without an intervention from a higher power. At the end of the book, then, he is left with a respect for faith, but an inability to rekindle his own personal faith. Although Wiesel's Jewish faith was affected by his experiences, his reaction is not limited to this faith. Instead, many religious individuals who were subject to torture and the deaths of their friends and family would most likely have a similar reaction. Through a chronological examination of the Holocaust's effects on Wiesel's faith, an understanding of the relationship between religious persecution and faith can be assessed."

Tags:christian, concentration camp, spirituality, jewish, talmud, holocaust, faith

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"Faith healing is the peculiarly Christian, particularly American, form of transcendentalism that remains as one of the few traditional entities of our culture surviving the transition from the 19th to 20th centuries. As the hallmark year of 2000 approaches, and with it the 21st C., faith healing promises to be with us still, surviving once again the slings of an empirical science that can create super-colliders that will find God (Begley, 1993, p. 57), ducking as always the arrows of the mainstream religious organizations with their claim to philosophical superiority. Identified as a phenomenon based generally in the right-wing sphere of the political spectrum, faith healing draws condescending scorn from the liberal end of the community. Science, the American religious establishment, and the liberal community do not have the right to do so."

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This paper explores the meaning and use of mysticism in the religious faiths of Christianity and Islam. The author shows the reader how mysticism impacts the faiths and allows the reader to explore the truth of the existence within the faith.

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"Around the world the religious faiths of people can be a powerful motivator for living a life free from anger and sin. Many people live their life according to a doctrine that they take to be truth based on little more than their own personal faith that the religion exists as does the higher power that the faith has been build upon. Mysticism in both faiths plays an important role. It guides the followers many times when the only thing they have is their faith. However, even though mysticism is woven into each faith it is used, viewed and believed in different ways."

Tags:faith, christianity, islam, belief, mystic, mysticism, proof, tradition

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This paper compares and contrasts the lives of Therese of Lisieux and Teresa of Aliva in relation to different periods of history, as well as their major contributions to the Christian faith in the past five hundred years. The paper suggests that although both women achieved vastly different goals in their missions to exemplify how women participate within the Roman Catholic Church, they both had major impacts on how women live through Christ.

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"Therese of Lisieux was born in France in the year 1873, and was raised in a Roman Catholic tradition. Her sisters had attended the nunnery of Carmel before her, and it was deemed that after she was healed by the nuns after a near death illness, she would be brought into the order when she was of age. In this early stage of childhood development, it was clear that Therese would have a future in the Carmelite tradition that had once been the nunnery for Teresa of Avila nearly three hundred years before her time. Teresa of Aliva was born in the year 1515 in the town Aliva, which was the base for the Carmel nunnery already mentioned in the childhood of Therese of Lisieux."

Tags:teresa, christianity, religion

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The discussion centers on the concept of martyrdom as illustrated in the lives of people who were persecuted as a result of their courage and belief in a different version of Christianity. It specifically focuses on Saint Polycarp, St Perpetua and the confessors of Lyons and Vienne. In addition, the paper analyzes the types of martyrdom shown through these individuals, asserting that each developed his/her own kind of description and fulfillment of how martyrdom is and should be.

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"This figurative explication of her suffering and eventual joy as she journeyed towards heaven provided a glimpse of how Christians, during the 2nd and 3rd centuries, were able to accept their fate as martyrs for the Lord, and be able to accomplish, indeed, the act of becoming a martyr. St Perpetua is identified as the "normative" martyr, because she experienced and acted martyrdom based on what was expected of her as a believer of God and firm follower of Christianity. Moreover, because the role of bearing witness to God's good news is a privileged role ("not more than one might go up at one time"), St Perpetua further internalized her being the 'chosen one'--as a martyr, a firm believer who will sacrifice her life for God and Christianity."

Tags:faith, clergy, suffering, testament

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This paper is a statement of faith for ordination under assemblies of God denomination. It asserts and consequently proves that the scriptures are the indispensable truths, the trinity is a profound reality, the fall of man is necessary, the path of Jesus is salvation and the sanctification is growth.

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The paper offers a brief overview of the plot and main theme of the film "Dogma". This paper also examines, through examples from the film, the reasons why "Dogma" is the cause of such controversy. It discusses both the protester's and the critic's opinions and views on the film and its message. In conclusion the author of the paper offers a personal opinion and thoughts on the film.

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"Religion is a topic, which is open to numerous interpretations and a lot of controversy. Whenever a movie comes out that tackles a religious issue, the disagreement that follows is inevitable. Between the clergy, devout conservatives, and free speech-supporting liberals, someone is bound to disagree with the message being delivered by these movies. As a practicing Catholic, Kevin Smith, the New Jersey-born director who has received critical acclaim for such films as Clerks and Chasing Amy, knew just that when he made the film Dogma. Long before Dogma even hit the theaters, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights denounced the film as "offensive, and demanded it be pulled by its production company Miramax" (Jeff Jansen 37). Since Disney owns Miramax, the production company was skeptical about its release, hoping that the controversy wouldn't hurt Disney's family-friendly image. However, as it is always said, controversy helps to sell, and so Miramax decided to cash in on Smith's comedic fantasy, and production went through as scheduled. It was a big decision to make, and as with most big decisions in the entertainment industry, all hell would break loose immediately after. The protests began immediately, and Smith received mixed reviews for the film. The plot, which is considered by most to be a little unorganized and hard to follow, was declared to be an outrage by devout Catholics, and considered a clever, thought provoking story by many movie critics."

Tags:religion, church, christianity, movie