Essays on Religion Page 32

Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur was a established American citizen whose observations on life in pre-Revolutionary America are still read today. His most celebrated work. Letterss from an American Farmer ( 1782 ) . was instrumental in distinguishing the life and civilization of the American settlements from that of Europe. and in assisting to set…

The religion of the Aztec, including their beliefs, customs and religions, acted as a tremendous influence on their government, economy, and culture. Religion was the foundation for the infamous culture of the Aztec Civilization. Through ceremonies of sacrifice, and the infusion of cosmology into their religion, the Aztecs sculpted a culture unlike that of any…

St. Judith of Kulmsee, also known as St. Judith of Prussia, was born circa 1200 in Thuringia (central Germany). She died on May 12, 1260 at Kulmsee in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Order. Judith imitated the life of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, who was the Duchess of Thuringia during her youth. Not much…

The neophyte stood in front of the altar with a large divine imagine facing her. On the alter was a folded white robe with a sword upon it. A initiated member of the inner circle lit white candles and incense while another switched on a powerful twin light to illuminate the divinely image. The highest…

All of the miracles can be broken down in lactation’s of three categories, controlling nature, healing people, and raising the dead. The vast majority of his miracles were in accord with healing individuals, which seem to be his specialty. The purpose of the essay is to propose three pros and cons of why people should…

            Born in 1813, Robert Murray McCheyne entered the ministry in 1836, at the age of 23.  He died during a typhus epidemic, March 25, 1843, age 29, after just six years and four months in the ministry.1  At his death, he left notes to some 300 sermons, admonishing others as to his method for…

In 1901, Pentecostalism emerged in Topeka, Kansas, when Charles Fox Parham, a holiness teacher and former Methodist pastor, conducted a Bible school. Despite controversy surrounding the origins of Parham’s emphasis on speaking in tongues (known as glossolalia), all historians agree that the movement started at the beginning of 1901. Agnes Ozman, a student at Parham’s…

According to Jaina’s substance is defined as the substratum of qualities and modes. It is divided into two broad categories namely astikaya (extended) and anastikaya (non-extended). Time or Kal is the anastikaya dravya. The astikaya dravyas are subdivided into two namely- jiva and ajiva. There are again four ajivas namely- dharma, adharma, akash and pudgala….

This play exemplifies the adage “good always wins over the evil”. In the play, love conquers over evil. ‘The Bishop’s Candlesticks’ is a fine example of the one act play. It deals with the conversation of a man turned a wild beast into a man again under the impact of love and sympathy. The Convict…

Discrimination and bias have been in our universe for every bit long as worlds have themselves. Discrimination has caused jobs in societies all throughout history. But despite all of the awful things that have happened because of bias and favoritism, it continues to populate on in our universe today. Anti-semitism, bias against Jews, is a…