Essays and Research Papers on Philosophy Of Religion

This 8 page paper examines these philosophical concepts. How Buddhists view free will is at the crux of the exploration. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 11 page paper discusses Thomas Aquinas’s theory of just war, and whether or not it still applies. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page paper uses Augustine’s Confession and On Free Choice of Will to argue that he was influenced by Plato. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 10 page paper that provides an overview of the problem of evil. Competing views from Leibniz, Voltaire, Mackie, and others are presented, as well as the author's personal take. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of Christian love. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux's "On Loving God" provides a model. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6-page paper is a letter drafted in the year 1400 in Cairo, Egypt to a traveler interested learning about Islamic beliefs and culture. There are 2 sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses Augustine’s explanation for evil, as conceptualized in his work On Free Choice of the Will. Bibliography lists 1 source.

3 pages in length. As a way to oust someone who behaves immorally or against the stringent structure of the culture, Mennonite shunning is a many-centuries old tradition whereby those who stray from cultural dictates are cast out from the core unit by method of avoidance. In short, a shunned person is ignored ...

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of ethical systems. Utilitarianism and deontology are compared. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of the philosophies of Marx, Freud, and Plato, and their views of human nature. Also included is a philosophical justification of why one deserves an "A" grade! Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This 5 page paper explores the introductory chapter of Joseph Collins’ “Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. The author discusses classification and terminology. No additional sources are listed.

This 3 page paper discusses the biblical book of Job and Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper provides an overview of the concept of beauty as it realtes to the beliefs of the Augustinians. This paper relates a spiritual view of beauty. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses the various answers that have been proposed to the question of why God allows evil and suffering to exist. The writer/tutor indicates personal belief that this is due to the misuse of free will and to God's Divine Plan, which is beyond human understanding. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of various philosophical topics. Discussion question responses include capitalism, the problem of evil, theories of God's existence, free will, knowledge and wisdom, and so on. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This 6 page paper is a reaction to and review of the short book The Problem of Evil by Errol Harris. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper that discusses knowledge as it is presented in Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed and Aquinas’ Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles. The paper reports on how each man believed knowledge was obtained and who should have it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the ontological argument in depth. Ideas from Rene DesCartes are discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of skeptical philosophy. Works by Descartes, Montaigne, and Pascal are examined. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4-page paper examines the cosmological argument for the existence of God and why that argument alone is insufficient. There are 4 sources cited.

This 6 page paper reviews the book by Roberta C. Bondi. No additional sources are listed.

A 7 page paper. This essay compares and contrasts the secular with the sacred through an analysis of the works of a specific monk, William of Ockham, and through the topic of feudalism versus chivalry. The analysis makes conclusions as to whether the secular argument is stronger or weaker than the sacred. Bibliography lists ...

This 8 page paper explores existentialism and absurdism from the atheistic perspective of Simon de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre. The author uses the perspective of Martin Buber to discount atheism and the contention of Sartre that man has no purpose. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

In a paper of four pages, the author writes about Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. The author of this paper discusses Dukkha, wen, and li. There are three sources cited in this paper.

In a paper of three pages, the author writes about Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi and the concept of Moksha. The author of this paper compares Hinduism and other religions. There are three sources cited in this paper.