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The Nature of Christ in Relation to God, 2004.
This paper is a proposal to investigate the nature of Christ in relation to God from both a philosophical and theological perspective.
5,760 words (approx. 23.0 pages), 27 sources, MLA, $ 138.95
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This paper explains that there are several ambiguities presented in the metaphysical and the materialist approaches to understanding the universe. The author points out that the basis of Hartshorne?s arguments is blind faith, but his presentations are convincing, as he has considered ?time? and ?necessity? as important factors. The paper states that, through a doctrinal approach, the relation between God and the ?Nature of Christ? may be explained through the understanding that Christ is God himself or at least an extension of him in the form of flesh, and this specifically relates to all His (Christ) divine actions while He was on earth.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Review
Hartshorne?s Argument
Immanuel Kant?s Contradiction
Evidence from the Bible
The ?Nature of Christ?: Old and New Testaments
The Dualist Perspective
Descartes? Opinion
Ryle?s Opinion
H.H. Price?s Opinion
Hick?s Opinion
Statement of the Problem
Thesis
Scope
Key Words
Terms and their Meanings
Perspectives (Philosophical)
Perspectives (Theological)
Proposal
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"In Descartes dualist concept, the belief in the existence of the mind and body is essential. Based on this concept, Descartes was able to know where he stood; he knew then that he existed because he could think. Hence, he believed in the following that is popular in contemporary times ?cogito ergo sum? or ?we think, therefore we are?. Descartes apparently has had significant impact on concepts of life after death. However, he faced obstacles in certain explanations, and this is because he could not provide convincing explanation for the relationship between body and mind."
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Christ in Relation to God, 2004.
This paper is a research proposal to investigate, from a philosophical and theological perspective, the nature of Christ in relationship to God.
4,165 words (approx. 16.7 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 111.95
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This paper explains that many Christians ask at some time and, for the practice of true faith, should be given answers to questions, such as: Who or what was Jesus Christ? Was he God? Was he human? Is he equal or subordinate to God the Father? Is he separate from God the Father? The author points out that it has been acknowledged that the doctrine of the Trinity does not appear explicitly in the Bible; yet, all branches of Christianity believe in the oneness of God, but vary when it comes to defining the three entities usually referred to as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The paper relates that the data mostly will be collected from reliable theological, historical and philosophical texts and live interviews of various acknowledged experts, including theologians, religious scholars, and representatives of various Churches.
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Introduction
Opening Remarks
The Study to be Conducted
The Value of Doing Such a Study
Statement of the Problem
The Purpose of the Study
The Research Question
The Subsidiary Questions
The Current State of Scholarship in This Area of Research
The Uniqueness of the Study
The Research Design
The Form of Inquiry
The Sources of Data Collection
The Analysis of the Data
The Reporting of the Data
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"The Nicene Creed was amended and competed in 381 AD and the third Ecumenical council reaffirmed the 381 version, and stated that no further changes could be made to it, nor could other creeds be adopted. Despite the dogmatic proposals of the council however modifications in the Nicene Creed continued as conflicts over terminology arose between the Eastern and western factions of the church. The phrase ?and the Son? to describe the structure of the three persons in the Trinity, or the filioque clause as it is known was first added to the the Nicene Creed at a Synod of Toledo in Spain in 451AD. In theory the Western segment of the Church viewed the Holy Spirit as coming from the Father and the Son, but not subordinate to either. The Eastern part thought of the Holy Spirit as coming from the Father through the Son. The dispute contributed to the Great Schism of the Eastern and Western branches in 1054."
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Two Natures of Christ, 2002.
Explores how Jesus Christ was both human and divine in nature.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper explores and explains the two natures of Christ. Here, the term "two natures of Christ" refers to the fact that Christ was both divine, being the son of God and therefore holy, as well as being human.
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The Nature of God, 2004.
A comparative analysis of the nature of God according to George Berkeley and Francis Bacon.
1,861 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines how debates about the nature of God and faith have been prevalent since the inception of religion itself and how the debate is still ongoing; this is evident in the nearly infinite number of religions and religious denominations in the world today. In particular, it analyzes the philosophical views of George Berkeley and Francis Bacon. It shows how George Berkeley?s view of God is closely related to the theories he constructed around the human perception of reality and how, for Berkeley, everything in the external world is based upon the spiritual world. In comparison, it looks at how Francis Bacon, being a scientist and a Christian, took a more scientific view of God and the world than Berkeley, and how these two paradigms compliment each other in his philosophy.
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"Berkeley?s description of the world and nature as purely spiritual is based upon a spiritual need that he perceived in his society. Through philosophy then he set about attempting to prove not only the existence of God and the spiritual, but to prove that indeed the spiritual is the only true reality. This idea, when viewed from the modern perspective, is somewhat far-fetched. He furthermore holds that a human being can hardly help but know the nature of God, as everything is spiritual. The very perception of the physical world is a communication of God to a human spirit. This appears then to be a rather desperate idea in an attempt to return people to spirituality and the morality that seemed to decline during the time."
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The Nature of God, 2007.
A discussion on the nature of God from differing religious and philosophical perspectives.
1,219 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This essay considers the Western perception of a Divine Creator, from both a religious and philosophical outlook. The paper first examines God from a Christian viewpoint, stating the requirements of a believer and the characteristics of God. Next, the essay analyzes several Western philosophers' concepts of God, including those of Friedrich Nietzsche, David Hume, Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, and many other post-relativity scientific philosophers like Stephen Hawking. The author then discusses the difficulties Western individuals may have with the cultural definition of God. The paper concludes, however, citing the benefits of belief in a creator.
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"Very generally, Christian religions require unquestioned loyalty to an eternal, loving, and just God, who is fundamentally of Good "character." The Christian God rewards good behavior and also punishes for sinful human conduct. God rewards (and punishes) both in life as well as in the afterlife. Many believe that God appreciates (indeed, demands) our personal allegiance even more than our good conduct toward our human contemporaries, and that, unlike the former, our shortcomings with respect to the latter are unforgivable. According to Christian religious beliefs, God forgives all earthly sins of those who believe in him and rewards them with eternal life in Heaven after death. Conversely, no good deed on earth is sufficient to avoid eternal damnation in Hell for those who do not accept God, Christ, and the Holy Ghost."
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The Nature of God in the Old Testament, 2007.
Examines how God appears to man in the Old Testament of the Bible.
2,755 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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This paper shows that the nature of God in the Old Testament is made up of His attributes, that make him at once personal and human-like, but also sets Him out as the transcendent, the absolute divinity, to which men should aspire for their own salvation. The paper shows that all these attributes are to be found in His names; God appearing thus as an abstraction, but also as something bearing a name, and therefore an identity. The paper quotes extensively from the Old Testament.
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"It is significant also, as Dyrness observes, that after the creation of the Heaven and Earth, the seventh day, the day in which God rests, is devoted to God himself, which means it is marked by his holiness. So, in the process of creation itself, the worship of God, and of his holiness , has its appointed place: " And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for that in it he had rested from all his work, which God created and made. "( Gen . 2:3 )."
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David Hume and the Nature of God, 2000.
Provides a counter-argument to Hume's disbelief in God.
970 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, $ 34.95
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This is a persuasive paper that cites several of David Hume?s major theories about the non-existence of a god and refutes them, demonstrating that Hume is inaccurate and that God does indeed exist.
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"This paper shall examine and counter David Hume?s argument that God does not exist. The philosopher, Hume, did not think highly of religion and once referred to all organized religions as "the play-some whimsies of monkeys in human shape." (Hume: 362) Hume actively worked to counter the existing predispositions of major organized religions during his period. Hume suggested in his treatise ?Dialogues Concerning Natural Religions? that the answer to the dilemma of whether or not God exists can be broken into a series of proofs on the qualities of evil. Hume suggests that the reason that God absolutely cannot exists is because there are qualities within the world that can only be defined as being evil. According to Hume, the very presence of evil serves to negate the presence of God. This can best be explained in a series of stages."
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The Dialectic Nature of God and Satan, 2002.
A discussion of the portrayal of the characters Satan and God in John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost".
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This paper discusses the manner in which Milton developed the characters of God and Satan in John Milton?s "Paradise Lost". It examines how it often seems as though Milton is subtly encouraging the reader to empathize with Satan?s struggle against Heaven and how he possesses many of the characteristics of an epic hero-- his stature, nobility, and epic feats. Many of his characteristics are compared to those of another hero, Beowulf. In contrast, it shows how God exhibits many evil traits but at the end it is good that triumphs over evil and Satan degenerates into his demonic self and we see him for what he is.
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"While Satan possesses these heroic traits, they might not be enough to win our sympathy if Milton had not given the demon psychological depth. Far from being inherently evil, Satan undergoes a transformation, wrestling with fear and guilt. Milton summarizes: ?Satan now in prospect of Eden, and nigh the place where he must now attempt the bold enterprize which he undertook alone against God and Man, falls into many doubts with himself, and many passions, fear, envy, and despair; but at length confirms himself in evil? (p. 317). To achieve his goal of revenge, Satan stifles his humanity ? but that means that he does have some humanity to stifle. "
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Human Nature and Buddha Nature, 2002.
Looks at the differences and similarities between the Confucian concept of human nature and the Buddha concept of Buddha nature.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper is a comparison/contrast of the Confucian concept of human nature with the Buddhist concept of Buddha-nature. The two concepts are extremely different, but they still have much in common.
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Concept Of Nature In Dickinson And Emerson, 2002.
Analysis of poet Emily Dickinson's view of nature & Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas on nature.
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Analysis of poet Emily Dickinson's view of nature & Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas on nature. Emerson's transcendental notion of the unity of nature, humanity and God. Dickinson's image of nature as antagonistic and mysterious. Discusses several poems by Dickinson. Emerson's conception of nature & the poet's role in understanding nature.
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The relationship between Emily Dickinson's poetry and Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas on nature and the poet's function is very complex. Despite Emerson's great influence on the poet and the similarity of their conceptions of the poet's role early in Dickinson's career she was eventually to go beyond his light-filled, hopeful conception of the relationship between humanity and nature in her concentration on the questions of loss and death that cast not just human existence but all of nature in a wholly different light. Dickinson did, of course, write many poems that reflected Emerson's Transcendental notion of the unity of humanity, nature, and god. But Emerson's was ultimately a serene conception in which the means of transcendence resided in that relationship among the aspects of creation--nature mediated, he believed, between humanity and deity. Even though Emerson
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Nature in Literature, Drama and Poetry, 2002.
This paper explores how nature is portrayed in different literary works by such authors as Elizabeth Bishop, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jack London, Patrick Meyer, Henry David Thoreau and William Wordsworth.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper compares and contrast how nature is portrayed in a variety of literary works. The works included in this paper are Elizabeth Bishop's ?The Fish,? Ralph Waldo Emerson's ?Nature,? Oliver Wendell Holmes's ?The Chambered Nautilus,? and Patrick Meyer?s ?K2," Jack London's "To Build A Fire," Henry David Thoreau's "Walden, Or Life in the Woods" and William Wordsworth''s ?The World is Too Much With Us." Some of the topics discussed include cruelty in nature, man's relationship with nature, the different elements of nature, the Romantic and Transcendentalist view of nature and the true communing of individual soul with nature. The paper concludes with the author tying all of these topics together by illustrating the similarities between human nature and nature itself.
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"Emerson is most concerned about how Emerson sees nature, and would like to see nature better as an American. Emerson does not consider that while observing nature everyone is not only changed internally by nature, whether by cold or by beauty, but also that the observer changes nature itself, even in as simple as something as walking through the perfect and untrodden snow. Just as animal life impacts and is impacted by nature; human beings exist a part of nature and are subject to natural forces. These forces include but are not limited to cold, illness, injury, death, birth, and seasonal extremes. The metaphor of the only observing eyeball denies such an impact."
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The Environment: Nature and Society, 2007.
An examination of man's relationship with nature, and the ways in which modern man has learned to coexist with his environment.
1,853 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 59.95
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The writer proposes that nature and society have not always peacefully coexisted; while one cannot argue that nature does not support mankind's existence, throughout much of early history mankind dominated over nature rather than lived synergistically within the context of natural society. The paper explores how ideas about nature, society and their interconnection have transformed significantly from the early 19th century to the present. While early history in America is marked by a period of ecological imperialism, modern environmental trends are shifting more toward an Arcadian outlook. The paper concludes that mankind has developed a greater appreciation for the interrelationship between nature and society and focuses less on exploiting or conquering the environment and nature, and more on supporting the environment and discovering new ways of coexisting with nature.
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Introduction
Ideas About Nature and Society Early 19th Century
Contemporary Ideas of Nature and Society
Conclusions
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"As time progressed however, society began slowly but surely realizing the devastating effects industrialization had on nature. Slowly people began realizing that industrialization could not exist apart from nature, but rather everything man did to support industrialized processes influenced nature. Nature was not simply a source of natural resources for man to exploit, rather nature provided mankind the very sustenance he needs to survive. Slowly society began adopting a more conservationist rather than exploitative approach to nature. Prominent government agencies and members of ecological groups began realizing that nature and society must coexist in a more Arcadian manner."
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The Dis(Unity) of Nature and Humanity, 2005.
An analysis of how modern views of what is "natural" or part of "nature" often clash with classical and currently popular conceptions of those ideas.
1,080 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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In "The Organic Machine," Richard White ambitiously redefines the natural world in terms of energy transfer. His is one of many contemporary views intended to counter classical conceptions of the natural world, conceptions that are still popularly held by many today. This paper shows that White's version is based on a startling and unique perspective, but one must ask whether it is satisfying and whether it is realistic.
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"Perhaps White is correct in stressing the fundamental unity of all action. Perhaps a handmade wooden fish wheel is essentially no different from a massive steel turbine, and perhaps all movement that occurs on the earth's surface can be condensed into simple exchanges of energy. Yet one cannot help think that this simplification somehow removes a vital facet of reality. Are Shakespeare's writings, which Emerson continually praises, mere dashes of ink on a page, fundamentally no different from any other piece of written word? Is a Beethoven Sonata really just a string of 1's and 0's on a compact disc?"
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Confucian vs. Buddhist Nature, 2002.
A comparative analysis of the Confucian concept of human nature with the Buddhist concept of Buddha nature.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This essay will argue that Confucianism saw the concept of human nature in terms of its social context, in which humans are social beings first and individuals second. In contrast, Buddhism was a philosophy of the individual, and instead of attempting to understand human nature preferred to focus on Buddha nature. Rather than addressing people's lives as social creatures, Buddhism looked at the potential for individuals to maximize their potential to transcend reality and becomes Buddha themselves.
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Confuciani vs. Buddhist Concept of Human Nature, 2002.
Explains both the Buddhist concept of human nature and the Confucian concept of human nature and then compares the two philosophies.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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This paper compares Confucian concept with Buddhist concept of "human nature". Buddhism emphasizes the spirituality of the individual, and is a more "inward-oriented" philosophy. Therefore, as will be argued, while Confucianism represents "human nature" as external actions and rituals shaping the inner man, Buddhism represents the "Buddha nature" as the inner man achieving ultimate selflessness through meditation and reflection.
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