Essays and Research Papers on Church & Politics

A 4 page essay that summarizes and reflects on chapter 8 of Justo Gonzalez's The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation. No additional sources are cited.

A 4 pages essay that summarizes and reflects on chapter 9 of Justo Gonzalez's The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation, No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper begins with an introduction to St. Benedict and Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The writer discusses three values and how each was mentioned in the two authors’ works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page personal commentary on Judaism The writer identifies the Scared Writings and what they are, the respect for tradition, and other comments. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 12 page paper is written in 2 parts The first and longest part considers the way that the different tasks in the ministry of a presbyter may be fragmented but have cohesion. The second part of the paper gives two examines of personal experiences which may be used to illustrate the way events ...

A 3 page recount of the perceptions a self-described life-long Baptist had at an Apostolic Pentecost revival. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper that discusses how difficult it could be to construct histories of Israel and Judah from certain books in the Torah and in the Christian Bible. One challenge is that the names belong to people, cities, and to groups of people. Another is that they are not all written objectively. Bibliography ...

A 5 page paper. This essay discusses Christianity in the first and second centuries. It reports the social settings wherein Christianity was established and flourished. The paper discusses some of the changes in the Roman empire, the growth of Greco-Roman cities, and the demographics of the members. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page essay draws upon scholarship to discuss doubt's role in religion and how different world views develop within the same religion. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that summarizes and comments on chapter 12 of Justo Gonzalez's The Story of Christianity, Volume II: The Reformation to the Present Day. No additional sources are cited.

This 3 page essay offers a summary and commentary on chapter 8 of Justo Gonzalez's The Story of Christianity, Volume II: The Reformation to the Present Day. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper that identifies and discuses some of the events leading up to the Reformation and how they impacted the Reformation. Luther and other leaders are included. The writer discusses justification by faith, sola fides and its controversy. The writer mentions the ongoing conflict regarding the Lord’s Supper. Bibliography lists 5 sources. ...

A 4 page paper. In today's world, it is essential for every business and every organization to have a Web site. This applies to churches, as well. This essay analyzes the Web site for the Second Nazareth Baptist Church in Columbia, South Carolina. The writer discusses the quality of the information, the integration of ...

This 3 page research paper/essay discusses a student/researcher's choice of demographic categories in the implementation of a study project that pertains to an associate ministers' development program. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper. This essay discusses the Sacrament of Confirmation. In the Catholic Church, this is the third sacrament in Christian initiation along with Baptism and Eucharist. The writer includes comments about what an international student might feel or think as he or she an audience member. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In a paper of three pages, the author writes about a first Eucharist experience. The author of this paper gives the history of the Eucharist and and describes the process. There are two sources cited in this paper.

A 4 page paper that discusses Anselm of Canterbury’s, Ignatius Loyola’s, and John Calvin’s prayers. The paper explains the focus of each person and how they helped Christian understanding. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the beliefs of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Methodist Church regarding the Trinity and Salvation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 9 page paper considers the strategies used by Christian missionaries with the aim of assessing the degree to which modern approaches are dissimilar to the early missionary strategies. The writer examines the concept of mission, and then looks at a number of early missionaries to assess overall strategies which may be compared to current ...

A 10 page essay that summaries and comments on chapter 25 in The Story of Christianity, Volume II: The Reformation to the Present Day by Justo Gonzalez. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper. The Constitutional Amendment that discusses this issue is cited. The paper asks should this practices still exist and are there any benefits. The other topics include should today's religious organizations play the same role as in the past, power of the church in the Middle Ages, animals or insects used in ...

A 3 page summary, with comments from the writer/tutor, of Chapter 1 in Justo L . Gonzalez's text, The Story of Christianity, Volume II: The Reformation to the Present Day. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page essay summarizes and comments on chapter 7 of The Story of Christianity, Volume II: The Reformation to the Present Day by Justo Gonzalez. No additional sources are cited.

This 12 page paper offers an exegetical examination of Acts 2:37-42, focusing also the issue of growth within the AME church. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses wu-wei, a principle of Taoism, and goes on to cover various other topics, such as anti-Semitism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.