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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin more commonly known by his stage name of Molière was a French playwright and actor in the 17th century who is considered one of the finest writers of comedy in western literature. Tartuffe or the Hypocrite is one of his most well known and beloved plays. He wrote and performed it in 1664…

Nelson Mandela once said, “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears” The idea of hope being a gift that helps us move forward in difficult moments is explored by Emily Dickinson in the extended metaphor poem entitled “Hope” is the thing with feathers” and by Dylan Thomas in the villanelle poem entitled “Do…

Anthony Babington, a young Catholic noble, conspired to remove Queen Elizabeth I from the throne and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots. To thwart this plot, Sir Francis Walsingham, the head of Elizabeth’s secret service, caught Gilbert Gifford, a Catholic conspirator, and convinced him to become a double agent. Gifford served as a intermediary…

The meaning of 1 Corinthians 10:31 is influenced by various factors, such as its setting, historical context and date of writing, primary theological themes, intended audience, characters within the passage, and my personal opinions upon reading. The passage declares, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the Glory of…

BOOK REVIEW Title of the book: islam and muslims AUTHOR; ASGHAR ALI ENGINEER Introduction The author of this book has written various essays or articles, papers from time to time on Islam, Islamic world and Indian Muslims. Though these were written either for seminars or academic and non-academic magazines, they all have a running theme….

Rerum Novarum Overview:             The Rerum Novarum (Of New Things), also known as “Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor,” was an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 with the cooperation of Bishop Wilhelm von Ketteler of Germany and Cardinal Henry Edward Manning of England.  This would be the first of many encyclicals…

The two stories the between the Sexes, a Great divide and Being a Man are both stories that speak about the different sexes and their characteristics. Between the Sexes, a Great Divide”, written by Anna Quindlen, is an article that talks about the differences between men and women. She writes about her belief that boys…

Greek Philosophy in Christian Theology (The Synthesis of Plato and Augustine’s Philosophies) Abstract Plato’s philosophy is highly related with St. Augustine’s philosophy. While Plato’s approach to the nature of reality is highly metaphysical, Augustine approach is theological and to an extent moral. However, although Plato did not invent the term illumination, it was rooted from…

A common type of Email that we receive provinces that “denomination Ten ” is non Christian ” — where “X ” may mention to the Jehovah ’ s Witnesss, Church of jesus christ of latter-day saintss, Roman Catholics, the United Church, Unity Church, etc. What the Emailer is truly stating is that their ain religion…

                                                                                                          Church Worship Religious and Theology Theology is not a doctrine, but it’s a particular study of historical documents and world religions. TheologyReports.com prides itself on providing a wide range of essays and term papers on different religions, spiritual beliefs and practices.  What influence, for example, did the existentialist philosopher Kierkegaard have on Christian Theology?…