Essays and Research Papers on Church & Politics

This 3 page paper examines Acts 15 and interprets this controversy. The circumcision dilemma is discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper provides reactions to some of the chapters contained in the book. Some quotes are included.

A 7 page paper that begins with ten short reasons for being a Christian. The essay discusses a number of well-known theologians and apologists and why or how they changed their lives to be Christian and who say Christianity is the only rational choice. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 10 page discussion of the threat Islam presented after its inception to Christianity. This paper reviews that threat from the perspective of the different beliefs and the increasing conflict as a result of those differences. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page paper. In these selections, Paul talks about wisdom and tries to explain to the Corinthians that it is man's wisdom that is foolish. Using Isaiah as a foundation for some of his comments, Paul demonstrates that God can take man's wisdom from him. It is only through the Doctrine of the Cross ...

This 3 page paper examines the Reformation and how it might have been influenced by the Renaissance. Research is provided to support the assumptions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

5 pages in length. To question the legitimacy of religious hallucinations is to ignore an entirely separate understanding from mankind's myopic perspective. The extent to which demonic visions are a genuine entity is both grand and far-reaching; that Hollywood has projected this tangible truth in such films as The Exorcist speaks to greater ...

12 pages in length. Children are like veritable sponges when it comes to embracing such seemingly complex concepts as God; given the fact that they have no predispositions, judgments or attitudes like their adult counterparts, they are essentially blank canvasses upon which the true meaning of God and spirituality can be applied. The ...

6 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses India's reverence toward cows and the basis of satimata worship.

A 4 page paper which examines how Christian faith affects ethics and morals. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how Jonathan Sacks, in Dignity of Difference, indicates that religion is crucial to social order. No additional sources cited.

In four pages this paper considers whether or not religious experience, or experiencing God, is authoritative enough to justify an individual’s belief in God’s existence in an overview that examines supernatural encounters, perceptions, feelings, sensations, and mysticism. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 5 page paper which examines two different proofs that God exists and analyzes them. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 25 page research paper that discusses spiritual development, what is known about this topic and how this knowledge can be applied for the betterment of children and adolescents. The writer offers a discussion of the theoretical models of development proposed by Piaget, Kohlberg and Fowler. Bibliography lists 17 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses what this document is, who wrote it and what it meant to Christians in the eighth century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper is a brief exploration of the difference between Shi’i and Sunni Islam, and the reason for the split. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the status of women in Buddhism and Hinduism and argues that women in Hinduism are dominated by the men in their lives, while in Buddhism they are very nearly equal. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines how the teachings of Luke, in relationship to suffering, can prove relevant to people in crisis today. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 4 page paper. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux and Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis were contemporaries who had vastly different opinions regarding the role of art in the Church and in churches. Bernard believed life should be austere while Suger's goal was to honor God by beautifying the church. This essay discusses each of these very ...

This 6 page paper discusses Michael Downey's book chapter entitled "Christian Living: The Sacraments and the Liturgy." The essay begins with an introduction to living a sacramental life. It continues with examples of the ethical implications of the seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page research paper that examines this passage in Matthew and discusses its meaning. The Olivet Discourse, as detailed in Matthew 24:9-14, discusses its relationship to the end times and the Rapture and also what this passage should mean ethically and morally within the context of Christian life. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 10 page research paper that discusses the meaning of the Jesus’ parable of the talents as related in the Gospel of Matthew. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper supports a student's thesis that women in the Arab world want change. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 10 page exegetic discussion of this passage. The ministry of Paul constitutes a radical paradigm shift in the early Christian faith, as it was Paul and his disciples who successfully broadened the scope of the early Christian faith to encompass Gentile society, in addition to Christianity's original Jewish followers. Ephesians 4:1-6 can be understood ...

An 8 page consideration of the loss of traditional values that characterizes popular culture. This paper asserts that in order to re-instill those values we must work from within the very cultural groups and institutions that the liberal left has worked so diligently to undermine. Bibliography lists 3 sources.