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Christian Faith, 2004.
A research proposal for a study about the adaptability of the Christian faith in modern times.
1,258 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 30 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper presents a research proposal. It begins with the thesis statement: if spiritual maturity comes only from a dynamic faith, then Christian education must be anchored in principles of free will and dynamic intercourse. It then describes proposed research methods and contexts and lists the problem. It briefly summarizes a literature review and discusses research methods and assumptions, as well as proposed research results and arguments.
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"Spiritual maturity only comes from a dynamic Christian faith capable of adaptation and change within the orthodox boundaries of so-called "mere" Christianity. Yet many Christians today are loosing their essential faith, turning to agnosticism and athiesm out of disillunsionment or misguided moral obligation. Christian education is failing the majority of its students -- in order to succeed, it must adapt its methods to become a support for, rather than impediment to, the dynamic God-directed path of the individual believer."
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The Buddhist and Christian Faiths, 2005.
A comparison and contrast of the beliefs, teachings and views of the Buddhist and Christian faiths.
813 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper briefly discusses the similarities and differences between the Christian and the Buddhist faiths. It looks at the beliefs of each faith separately and then compares their views and teachings and their fundamental beliefs. The paper concludes that both religions believe in the salvation of souls, responsibility for one's actions and the human being's innate capacity and power to do good.
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"Along with these resemblances arise their differences, which indicate the disentanglement of these two religions from each other. Buddha is seen by his followers as a teacher, a human being who never claimed to be God. However, Jesus did claim divinity in His words and miracles, and this was prophesied long before His birth as God and Savior of mankind. When Buddha died, he was cremated like any other Buddhist. When Jesus died, He rose from the dead three days after. In Christianity, priest and preachers teach that Jesus will save us from our sins. In Buddhism, Buddha doesn't claim that he will save his believers from sin, but that he can teach them only how to save themselves. Even though Christianity also promotes non-violence, vegetarianism is not required for Christians. Buddhists and Christians also differ in the manner of shifting beliefs, religions, and worshipped entities. Buddhists show reverence to Buddha by meditating, as they firmly believe that meditating helps enlighten their minds.After all, Buddha himself achieved enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. Their meditation involves chanting the name of Buddha more than a thousand times a day with the help of a rosary. Christians, on the other hand, worship God by praying. Praying is said to be an attempt to communicate with God, for the purpose of asking for forgiveness, guidance, supplication, or to simply express one's emotions. (Dominguez, 2007)"
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Christian Faith, 2002.
A look at the views of Christianity on such topics as morality and death.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper will talk about Christian views on topics such as morality, death etc. Christianity is one of the very old religions and over the period of time there has occurred some significant changes in the views of the people practicing it. This paper will focus on the view consistent with Christian faith.
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Christian Attempts to Convert Jews to Christianity, 2007.
An overview of historical and modern attempts at conversion.
1,630 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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This paper focuses on the attempts of Christians to convert Jews, including an analysis of their successes and failures. Much of the information available on conversion attempts has focused on historical efforts at converting the Jews to Christianity. As such the primary emphasis of this document includes an overview of historical efforts at conversion. In modern society, most Christian faiths - including those that once persecuted the Jews with much enthusiasm - have focused their efforts on causes other than conversion. Still, even in contemporary society there is evidence that certain faiths, the Baptist faith in particular, still believes they have a moral obligation to convert the remaining population of Jews to Christianity. Their attempts, successes and failures in this respect are explored in the second half of this analysis.
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"Other attempts have been made by the Evangelical church to convert Jews to Christianity, or to suppress the rights of Jews and the Jewish faith (Wikipedia, 2005). This trend began in early history, with Charles Semeon of the Evangelical church stating that the efforts at conversion including daily prayers for the conversion of Jews were as much a part of Christianity and "the finest flower of Evangelicalism" (Ragussis, 4). The Evangelicals have often been cited as agreeing with the Southern Baptist Convention, which suggests that it is the duty of Christians to continue in their attempts to convert Jews (Wikipedia, 2005)."
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Faith Without Proof, 2001.
An examination of the question of faith in Islam and Christianity.
815 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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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."
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Statement of Faith, 2002.
A statement of faith for ordination in Christianity.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 89.95
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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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Christianity Today and Throughout History, 2008.
A discussion of the history of Christianity.
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper examines Christianity's obscure and tumultuous history. Today, Christianity's gloried present seems to provide little evidence to outsiders of its fractious history. Although Christianity is often viewed as an ethnocentric religion, a practical understanding of its past will show that Christianity was truly a multi-centric faith in its first centuries, owing to its relative modesty of influence and its own emergence from another faith. The paper then expands upon Christianity's gradual rise to its current status by way of a long and occasionally dramatic road. From its tribal stages in Jerusalem to the conversion of Augustus, from the Crusades and Inquisition to the splintering Americanization of the U.S. antebellum era, Christianity would be the province of both the conquered and the conqueror over history, with either of these conditions serving the cause to stimulate Christian faith. The paper concludes that, though today we are not in a position to determine what Christianity's current status suggests about its future, an examination of the long timeline of Christianity may provide some hints to this in the patterns revealed by the past.
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"Consistent with this recurrent idea that Christianity would undergo a gradual evolution to help produce the identity that we know today, a consideration of the traditions of worship in Christianity, during Week 4 shows us that this religion only resembles that of the previous 2000 years in its claim to the origins of Jesus Christ. The manner in which churches and individuals have sought to engage this claim through praise and extolment has varied considerably over this duration. Today, a casual sweep of a local community on a Sunday morning is likely to reveal that each service promotes its own denominational emphases on imagery (whether such concerns the crucifixion, historical figures of the New Testament or some hybridization of the scriptures and the specific ethnic demographic's relationship claimed thereto. Verbal traditions concerning latin-based readings, group readings in a church's native language or receipt of a sermon from a congregation leader all would emerge as separate traditions not of a uniform Christianity, but of a belief system evolving to take on limitless incarnations. Certainly, this should help us to understand that the historical use of the word 'Christianity' is really just a catch-all with less use in specificity to understanding specific religious practices or behaviors in the past than with generality to addressing a broader movement which has come to be known as Christianity."
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Judaism and Christianity, 2002.
A comparison between the belief in God within Judaism and Christianity.
13,886 words (approx. 55.5 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper explores the concept of God within the Jewish and Christian religions. The paper begins with a general explanation of belief in a monotheistic God, followed by the Jewish dogma and then the Christian one. The paper includes a large number of textual references, from the Bible as well as religious commentators through the ages.
Contents:
General Concepts
The General Concept of God
Historic Evolvement of God
Some of the Changes That Have Been Witnessed
How God is Used in Worldwide Faiths
The Jewish Faith
How God is Perceived in the Jewish Faith?
What Are Some of the Abstract Beliefs Regarding God?
What Are Some of the Tangible Beliefs Regarding God?
What Are Some of the Practices About God?
The Christian Faith
How is God Perceived in the Christian Faith?
What Are Some of the Abstract Beliefs Regarding God?
What Are Some of the Tangible Beliefs Regarding God?
What Are Some of the Practices Regarding God?
Conclusion
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"The general concept of a monolithic God involves the belief in one deity who was the creator of all living things. This God is believed to have power, and to have the ability to cause things to happen both good and bad. God in this sense is believed to be all loving and all powerful and the faiths that believe in a single God believe the God is to be worshipped and that He is to be first and foremost in all that one does."
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Gender Roles in Christianity and Judaism, 2002.
An examination of gender roles in Judaism and Christianity, looking at how one evolved out of the other and how both have evolved today.
1,595 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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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."
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Judaism, Christianity and Islam, 2006.
A discussion of issues and traditions in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper explores contemporary issues and traditions in the three monotheistic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For Judaism, the paper discusses the Holocaust and its effect on modern Jewish identity, the land of Israel, and the Passover Seder meal. For Christianity, the paper examines the singleness of the Bible as revelation, and observances of Christmas and Easter. For Islam, the paper studies radical Islamic terrorist attacks, daily prayer, and women's dress.
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"The memory of the Holocaust is a major issue among Jews who are of age today. Those who actually lived through it or through that time are passing out of this world. For many of the Jews of that generation..."
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Christianity and Buddhism.
This paper discuses Christianity and Buddhism as the major religious faiths which transformed the ways human beings treat each other.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper explains that the four specific aspects of Christianity and Buddhism are based on philosophical and moral doctrines--personal worth, the fellowship of man, the freedom to be a creative person and the role, which hope plays in the lives of believers while living in a world filled with suffering and disillusionment. The author points out that, in the realms of Christianity, these four aspects seems to based on the philosophical doctrines of Jesus Christ as they appear in the New Testament; in Mark 12:33, Jesus says to a curious scribe that a person must "love his neighbor as himself" and then reiterates this principle in John 13:34. The paper relates that Buddhist doctrines associated with hope are firmly linked with one's own transcendental state, which leads to enlightenment and peace of mind; but suffering does play a major role, for as Buddha declared, "Birth, old age, illness, death, grief, lamentation, pain, affliction and despair are all forms of suffering."
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"The Christian basis for the second aspect lies within additional sayings and doctrines of Jesus Christ. In Romans 3:10-11, Jesus says that the Jews are no better than the Gentiles and states "There is none righteous, no, not one." In Matthew 5:5, Jesus adds "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth;" in Matthew 5:7, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy," and in Matthew 5:9, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." In essence, these philosophical tenets deal primarily with the fellowship of man and how people of diverse backgrounds can be brought together in friendship and amity. According to Jesus, those that are meek or kind-hearted are always willing to be at peace with others; those that are merciful always overlook another's shortcomings or differences in regard to race or religious beliefs, and the peacemakers always prefer accord over discord and disharmony. Thus, these beliefs when put into practice will overcome all differences among people and result in social and cultural togetherness."
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Early Christianity, 2006.
A review of early Christianity and a discussion regarding how it helped to shape the Christianity of today.
5,706 words (approx. 22.8 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 137.95
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This paper examines the factors that were responsible for the formation of Christianity, particularly in the context of Orthodoxy and Heresy. In other words, the paper discusses how Christianity became Christianity as seen through the lenses of Orthodoxy and Heresy. The research explores several defining moments in the history of Christianity including proto-orthodox and the boundary markers that enabled the proto-orthodox to prevail and become the dominant religion of the empire from the first through the fourth century.
Outline:
Introduction
Proto-Orthodox
Heretical Text and Heretical Doctrines
The Rule of Faith and Apostolic Succession
Gender
The Appeal to Jewish Antiquity
Future Research
Conclusion
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"In addition to docetic theologies there were other theologies that emerged and were deemed to be heretical by the proto-orthodoxy. Among these was the adoptionists theology. This particular theology asserted that Jesus was a man but he was not divine. They also asserted that Jesus was adopted by God as his son (Grant). Those that held this view asserted that there were church traditions that solidified this view but just what these church traditions were differed greatly from that of proto-orthodox Christians (Grant). Adoptionists also claimed that all Christian held the aforementioned doctrine. However proto-orthodox Christians argued that the doctrine of the adoptionists was in opposition to scriptures (Grant). They also asserted that Christian apologists and anti-heretical authors had throughout history, declared that Jesus was God or that Jesus was both God and Man (Grant). In addition both hymns and psalms that were written from the beginning of time describe Christ as the Logos and describe him as God (Grant). "
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Judaism: A Foreshadowing of Christianity, 2003.
A discussion of the similarities between Judaism and Christianity through the teachings of Paul.
1,346 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 45.95
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This paper focuses on the covenant between God and "His" people and shows how God's covenant has translated through time and adapted itself to the people. It identifies the similiarities between Judaism and Christianity, but more so, it concedes that Christianity is the type that followed Judaism by using the Old and New Testament with a specific emphasis on Paul's writings. It shows how Paul's views on Christianity and Judaism share the common bonds of the faith and provide the early Christians with an action plan as well as an understanding that Christianity was part of the plan from the very beginning.
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"The basis of Judaism is the old covenant, which has its origins at Mt. Sinai when Moses received the Ten Commandments and recorded the other statues concerning the sacrificial system. Paul compares the old covenant to Hagar, (a slave and concubine of Abraham) in Gal. 4:24-26, and admonishes the Galatians to "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bandage." (Gal. 5:1) Specifically, the "yoke of bondage" as mentioned in Gal. 5:1 refers to the old covenant and the practice of those who turned the laws into a burden and who felt that merely obeying the laws would save them."
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A History of Christianity, 2005.
This paper presents the history of Christianity, emphasizing art history, in a thumbnail sketch of each period.
3,740 words (approx. 15.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 103.95
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This paper explains that Christian art, evolving along with the church, began in the Near East, which was a vast religious and cultural melting pot where all the competing faiths, including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and many others, tended to influence each other. The author points out that the oldest sizeable and coherent body of Christian art, which can be traced to no earlier than 200 AD, is the painted murals in the Roman catacombs and the underground burial places of the Christians. The paper relates that the halo around Jesus' head stems from pagan artists, who used a halo, usually of a gold color, to mark the chief of men and women in their pictures, and from the Romans, who associated it with the cult of light as a special gift from God. Chart. List of illustrations but no illustrations.
Table of Contents
The Early Christian Church - The Jews and the Greeks
Byzantine Art
The Christian Empire
Nuns, Monks, and Priests
Saints and Martyrs
The Virgin Mary
The Halo
The Conversion of the Northern Tribes
The Celts
The English
The Saxons
The Holy Roman Emperor
East Rome
Church of St. Sophia
The Icons, the Iconostasis, and Iconoclasm
Icons
Iconostasis
Iconoclasm
The Mystics
The Effect of Islam
A Comparison of Christianity East and West
Early Christian vs. Byzantine Art
Western Society in the Middle Ages
Popes
Society and Religion
Hell and Purgatory
Gothic Cathedrals and Stain Glass Windows
The Renaissance
Exploration
The Reformation
The Modern Age
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"The first celibates in the early Christian church were women who lived lives of chastity and cleaned church buildings. These women also helped tend the sick. Many spiritually oriented celibate males started as hermits but eventually these men grouped together, elected an abbot, and agreed to abide by a set of rules. These first nuns and monks were called Benedictines. Priests were allowed to marry in the early church but the idea of a celibate priesthood was raised as early as 324 AD (Council of Nicene) but this was unenforceable. In the early church, a man could marry before he became a priest and still become a priest. He could not marry if he became a priest before marrying. The ideal of the totally celibate priesthood was not enforceable until the 11th Century. A man who wanted to become a bishop was not allowed to be married.
In the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church, priests still are allowed to marry before taking final vows."
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Confucianism and Christianity, 2008.
A comparative analysis of the beliefs of Confucianism and Christianity.
1,398 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper looks at Confucianism with an eye towards comparing it to the western world's greatest contribution to global moral philosophy: Christianity. It discusses how Confucianism is a humanistic and highly rational philosophy that eschews faith in favor of reason and how it also views heaven in a much more nuanced way than Christianity, preferring to see in it many things. The paper argues that Confucianism subordinates the individual to a rigorous form of ethical reasoning that is not wholly dissimilar to Platonism whereas Christianity seeks the subordination of the individual to God above. In the end, Confucianism, whatever its shortcomings as a regulator of human conduct, can properly be called the antecedent to contemporary humanism in a way that Christianity, obviously, cannot.
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"To begin with, Confucianism is about discerning a proper mode of conduct; in other words, it is about setting up a way of seeing and organizing the world that frustrates behavior that would do more harm to society than good. William Theodore de Bary writes that Confucianism holds out a vision of an ideal social order that emphasizes historic values over "fixed eternal verities" (Woo, 71+). More recently, Neo-Confucianism - a cross between traditional Confucianism and Buddhist thought (for a brief discussion of Neo-Confucianism's preoccupation with Buddhist philosophical strains, please see Woo, 71+) - has leaped to the forefront with an equally passionate plea for a well-ordered society founded upon good (moral) conduct that appears to have many of the same fundamental tenets as classic, archaic Confucianism. "
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