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All Men Are Created Equal
This is very similar to the fundamental rights of man espoused in the Declaration of Independence, which states that “all men are created equal” because they are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights” (Declaration 10-20). Blake also believed that all life was inherently holy; Damon says that his religion “became all-inclusive when he…
Christianity,
Religion,
Theology
Coleridges the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is wrote in a way that the reader is expected to temporarily allow him or herself to believe it to be able to understand it. The poem itself is about a Mariner who is telling his tale of sin and forgiveness by God to a man referred to as…
Literature,
Power,
Religion
Ezekial: A Hebrew Prophet
Ezekiels whose name means God will Strengthen or God Strengthens and was the son of Priest Buzi. Not all students and scholars agree that the book is in any degree a single effort of one person, for a considerable number understand it to be a composite from several sources (Harpers Bible Dictionary). Ezekiel and King…
Religion,
Study
About His Blindness John Milton
During his service to the Commonwealth, in 1652, Milton became blind and it became necessary for others to share in his labors. His blindness occasioned one of the most moving of his sonnets, “On his blindness,” written in 1655. It records his fear that he will never be able to use his God-given gift for…
Christianity,
Literature,
Religion,
Theology
Leviticus 11: Clean And Unclean Foods
Leviticus 11 is dealing with the subject of cleanness and uncleanness, specifically, with the subject of clean and unclean foods. The word “clean”has a lot of different meanings today depending upon the context in which it is used. For one thing, the expression clean and its counterpoint unclean is one of the prominent themes of…
Bible,
Food,
Religion
The Crusades: A series of wars by Western European Christians to retake the Holy Land from Muslims
The Crusades first began in 1096 and ended in the late 13th century. The term Crusade originally meant that the European’s would use all their efforts to regain the power from the Muslims. They wanted to retake the city of Jerusalem, which was holy to Christians because that’s where the crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred….
Culture,
Military,
Religion
Trickster Carl Jung in Cultural And Religious Literature
That thread of consciousness that connects all human beings and cultures around the world. Yet it is not visible to the naked eye, one must look for the signs of it by researching cultures who are long gone and comparing them to each other and our own. Studying it reminds us that all humans are…
Culture,
Philosophy,
Religion
Saint Edmund (written From His View Point)
When I was fourteen, I became the youngest King of the Anglo-Saxton Kingdom of East Anglia. When I first met King Offa, he was taken by my devout faith,sincerity, and virtues. He had no heirs and so he adopted me. Soon after, he died and I became king. The people of my kingdom thought…
Christianity,
My Mother,
Religion
Sewall’s Relationship with Family
Samuel Sewall lived a very Puritan life in early colonial Boston. As a man who cared deeply for his religion and his family, Sewall dearly loved his family and viewed their good and poor health as God’s reward or punishment. He did not, however, simply attend to his family to satisfy what he believed was…
Christianity,
Religion,
Theology
Differences and Similarities Between People of The World Culture
Culture, in this instance, spans a variety of areas. To begin with, culture is the way a person was raised. In addition, it’s the values a person was taught. Finally, culture is related to man’s biological needs. Habits that a person is taught as a youngster will influence the rest of his life. Societies have…
Culture,
Philosophy,
Psychology,
Religion