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A Feminist Reading of Their Eyes Were Watching GodIn Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the reader is treated to an enthralling story of a woman’s lifelong quest for happiness and love. Although this novel may be analyzed according to several critical lenses, I believe the perspectives afforded by French feminists Helene…

Introduction For many people, prayer is an abstract experience or an escape valve. They pray – however they don’t see any answers. Why? Because they pray doubting their prayer will ever be heard by God. Despite the many times God has said in the Bible to ask, pray, call on Him and he will answer…

The painting by William Blake that I chose is the Union of the Soul with God. The first thing that I immediately noticed is that the “union of the soul” is between a man and a woman. Blake seems so obsessed over the Adam and Eve theory and incorporates it in much of his work….

The Stages of Deception used as a way of Persuasion and the thought of Hope in This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen Throughout Borowski’s collection of short stories, “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen” various characters have been deceived into their own executions. The thought of being led to one’s own…

Running head: Christian Worldview – Should a Christian Maximize Shareholder Wealth? Christian Worldview: Should a Christian Maximize Shareholder Wealth? Susan Mason University of Mobile 2 Christian Worldview – Should a Christian Maximize Shareholder Wealth? Abstract The purpose of this paper is to answer the question, as a business CEO in charge of decisions affecting the…

Old Testament JEREMIAH THE PROPHET Chapter 33 Many artifacts confirming Biblical figures and events which occurred at the time of Jeremiah the prophet have come to light. The first is a seal found in 1932 at a dig site in the Biblical city of Mizpah. It lists Jaazaniah, one of the Judean military officers mentioned…

In ‘The Theory of Choice’, the author questions the validity of the approach adopted by neoclassical economics. The critique focuses on the limitation of the mono-utility function, which fails to capture multiple rational values leading to a single goal, as advocated in Islamic Economy theory. The article ultimately suggests looking at Quantum Mechanics to understand…

Why it is Your Choice, and Why Christianity Was Wrong in the Past Contraception is defined by Webster’s II New Riverside Dictionary as “the prevention of conception. ” Its synonym is “birth control”; defined as “the avoidance of unwanted pregnancies by preventing fertilization by the use of contraceptives or continence. ” It is argued that…

Food is a well known form of worship within the Hindu religion. Throughout India, food, is known for being worshiped also. Goddess Annapurna, is the known as the goddess of food. According to Hinduism she is an incarnation of the goddess Parvati. Goddess Annapurna became important and known through an interesting story between her and…

A lover of Greek myths and a holistic by trade, Nietzsche expounded his controversial philosophy with an iron fist criticizing Platonism, Christianity and other popular forms of thought as anesthetizing and suppressing the instinctual, impulsive energies of man. Nietzsche was the original non-conformist and true ‘punk’ amongst his peers and predecessors. He pounded upon the…