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What is Faith?

Faith is a foundational concept in religious studies, theology, and philosophy of religion, examined across courses ranging from introductory world religions to advanced divinity programs. It sits at the intersection of belief, reason, and lived experience, making it intellectually rich and contested. Students encounter faith not only as a personal or spiritual matter but as a force that shapes institutions, communities, and entire worldviews. Because faith operates across traditions — including Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism — and intersects with culture, politics, and history, it invites rigorous academic analysis rather than purely devotional treatment.

The papers archived under this topic reflect a broad range of approaches. Some take a theological or doctrinal angle, examining confessions of faith, Protestant roots, or Christian worldview frameworks. Others pursue historical and comparative analysis, looking at ancient Buddhism, classical-period societies, or Islamic monuments through an art-historical lens. Contextual and cultural approaches appear as well, with papers exploring religious culture in Korea, Mormon community programs, and missionary commissions such as those of Luther Rice and Adoniram Judson. Reflective and applied writing also features prominently, connecting faith to personal development and the study of secular literature.

A strong essay on faith requires a clearly bounded thesis — arguing something specific about how faith functions, evolves, or conflicts within a defined tradition, period, or community. Evidence drawn from primary texts, historical records, or well-documented case studies carries the most weight. The most common pitfall is treating faith as self-explanatory; successful papers define what faith means in the specific context under examination before building any broader argument around it.

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Eyewitness Account of Sierra Leone's 1990s Coup: A Document Analysis
¶ … Letters from a 1990s bush doctor by Theresa Andrews. Specifically it will contain a historical analysis of the excerpt. The document was written in the 1990s during a coup in Sierra Leone.
Paper Undergraduate
Christ in Concrete: Immigration, Faith, and Labor in Di Donato
Di Donato on Immigration, Faith and Labor
Paper Undergraduate
Elder Discrimination: Ageism in Work, Law, and Society
"Age discrimination occurs when a decision is made on the basis of a person's age. In the workplace these are most often decisions about recruitment, promotion and dismissal… in societies that celebrate youthfulness…
Research Paper Undergraduate
Magical Realism and Faith in Esperanza's Box of Saints
Esperanza's Box of Saints begins with a first-person narration, not in the form of the narrator speaking to the reader, but the title character speaking her confession to Father Salvador, her local priest.
Paper Undergraduate
European Colonization and Slavery in the New World
Chapters 1 & 2 of the Boisterous Sea of Liberty (pp. 31-83)
Essay Doctorate
Religion, Faith-Based Thinking, and the Causes of War
Religion has been, and will continue to be, a cause of war. It is the purpose of this paper to demonstrate how religion, but more precisely faith-based thinking, has been used to foment violence and cause war.
Paper Masters
Media Coverage of the 2012 Presidential Election Analysis
Media Coverage of the 2012 Presidential Election ONE: Introduction The diverse and sometimes ugly stories, attacks and sundry reports that have been published in print and broadcast in the media (including electronic media) thus far in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election campaign reflect just how divided the nation is. These stories and ads in fact say as much about the sorry moral state of America – and about how out-of-control the issue of politically motivated money is – as they do about the campaign or the candidates. It is the opinion of this writer that there has rarely been a time in recent American history when conservatives and progressives have been so bitterly divided, and have attacked one another with such meanness and fierce antipathy – in particular the reference is to the conservative attacks against progressives – and never has their been an election where millions of dollars flow into campaign coffers from corporations and individuals with zero accountability as to the source. Some suggest that because President Barack Obama is an African American, those opposed to him have been particularly virulent in their attacks. Others suggest this election is really about two competing ideologies – those who are conservative (they are anti-abortion and anti-gay rights and doubt the science of global warming and evolution) versus those who are progressive (they tend to be pro-choice, support same-sex marriage and accept science as reported by bona fide empirically-driven researchers). These issues have been simmering for years and are just now coming to a head with Obama, the Black president, symbolizing for the right wing, the Tea Party, the GOP and conservative Christians (including evangelicals) all that is wrong with America. This election process is bringing bitterly opposing social and ideological divisions into the public view through the media, which itself is taking sides, as expected, but in ways far more potentially harmful to democratic ideals. This paper reviews and provides critical analysis of the media's role – and the role of money interests in the contest between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.
Paper Undergraduate
Life of Pi by Yann Martel: Faith, Survival, and Meaning
This is a story about a16-year-old Indian boy named Pi, when he and his zoo-keeping family come to a decision to resettle themselves as well as a few animals to Canada, Pi winds up stranded on a lifeboat with a hyena, a…
Research Paper Undergraduate
George Marshall and the Marshall Plan: Europe's Recovery
¶ … Marshall plan and its results in Greece. The writer explores the work of the Marshall Plan author George Marshall. The writer then explains the plan and its impact on Greece.
Essay Undergraduate
CBT Techniques for Alcohol Dependence and PTSD Recovery
Because Chaney Allen is a clinically diagnosed alcohol dependent, alcohol intoxication and posttraumatic stress disorder (DSM-IV TR), there are several techniques as tools posited by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)…