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    Christianity In The 1950s

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    As everyone knows‚ the 1950s is a decade when America is possessed by the glorious period of religion‚ especially the Christianity. Basically‚ the principle and concept of Christianity are focused on the love of human life‚ particularly love and relationship between male and female. Thus‚ in the intense period of glorious religion‚ the homosexuality is a prohibition which cannot be expressed through the eyes of the world not only because of the abnormality in the society‚ but in the religious beliefs

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    Buddhism and Christianity

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    Between 600 BCE and 600 CE‚ universal religions in Asia and the Mediterranean‚ particularly Christianity and Buddhism‚ both spread through trade networks‚ but emerged with diverging ideologies and through different founders and religious leaders. Both Christianity and Buddhism were constantly evolving religions that had missionaries and pilgrims that traveled long distances to share their beliefs. The Silk Road and the Indian Ocean Maritime System proved to be trade routes that not only shared

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    Islam and Christianity

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    Christianity and Islam The two most populous religious belief systems in the world today are Christianity and Islam; however they are in constant conflict with each other. The problems exhibited by each religion toward the other have their beginnings in Ancient times when Christianity had finally reached a large part of civilization‚ while Islam sprouted up almost overnight. There are many differences in the historical context as well as belief systems of both religions‚ which lead to their

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    Christianity and Trade

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    and merchants play a major role in Christianity and Islam from their origins to the 1500’s‚ and even though both had similar attributes yet differed as well. Christians and Islam both had a negative outlook‚ both had their religious viewpoints‚ as well as both changed their views towards trade. Despite this‚ Christianity began to open up to trade‚ even tolerating it‚ while Muslims became stricter on merchants and trade. Furthermore‚ Both Islam and Christianity had a negative attitudes for instance

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    Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing segment of Christianity. "It is growing at a rate of 13 million a year‚ or 35‚000 a day. With nearly a half billion adherents‚ it is‚ after Roman Catholicism‚ the largest Christian tradition" (Christian History‚ "The Rise of Pentecostalism‚" issue no. 58‚ vol.17 no. 2‚ p.3). In addition‚ the largest church in the world‚ the Yoi Do Full Gospel Church‚ is a Pentecostal church in Korea‚ with a weekly worship attendance of 240‚000. Two Pentecostal Churches

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    Christianity In Beowulf

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    entertaining‚ it is also educational. There are several different lessons one can learn from Beowulf. Religion is one of the main themes of the story. Individuals studying the religious aspects of the tale will see two main beliefs: paganism and Christianity. These two beliefs contain similarities and many differences. Readers will be intrigued to see Christian influences throughout the English tale‚ which was written during a time deep in pagan tradition. There are a plethora of lessons to learn from

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    Christianity and Islam

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    sharply contrasts with the Islamic pro - merchant attitude towards trade. Both Christianity and Islam’s attitudes gradually became more neutral‚ more moderate towards the end of the Post - Classical. The sharpest contrast between the views of Christians and Merchants towards trade can be seen during their respective religion’s origins‚ as exemplified in Documents 1‚ 2 and 3. Document 1 illustrates the founder of Christianity‚ Jesus’ negative view towards merchants and trade‚ along with Document 3 illustrating

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    Christianity And Abortion

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    can also be applied to the concept of abortion. As one can tell by the name of this ethical system‚ Christianity is the main proponent of this system through its direct application of the Great Commandment. The Great Commandment states that one should love God and that one should love his/her neighbor as one loves his/herself. Following the Great Commandment without the applications of Christianity as a whole‚ abortion could be seen as a viable and moral choice. The reasoning for this is that if one

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    Beowulf and Christianity

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    Critical Response to Beowulf After reading the story Beowulf as translated by Burton Raffel‚ I saw two aspects of this story written in the Anglo-Saxon period. When reading the story you notice that there are multiple aspects of paganism and of Christianity included in the story. Many scholars have debated whether of not a monk might have written it during the paganism period or whether a second author might have added to the story later on in history. I believe that it might have been written by

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    Mere Christianity

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    C.S. Lewis argues that he is not looking from the view point specific to a certain branch of Christianity‚ while he is anglican. The name Christians was first given at antioch (Acts 11:26) to ‘the disciples’. To those who accepted the teachings of the apostles. The book started as Radio broadcast delivered from 1942-1944 in WW2. He served in WW1. Lewis ‘ Christianity is not philosophy or theology but a way of life. The Law of Human Nature People are moral creatures. The Law of Nature refers

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