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What is God?

The concept of God sits at the center of theological, philosophical, and humanistic inquiry, making it one of the most broadly studied subjects across religious studies, philosophy, and literature courses. Essays on this topic engage with foundational questions about existence, faith, and the nature of divine being. Students are drawn to it because it bridges abstract reasoning and lived human experience, appearing in scriptural analysis, ethical frameworks, and even discussions of mythology. Works and texts that surface repeatedly in this area include the Bible, the writings of C. S. Lewis, and narratives from both Christian and non-Christian traditions, each offering distinct entry points into questions about who or what God is and how that understanding shapes human life.

The papers archived under this topic take a wide range of approaches. Some pursue philosophical argument, directly examining the existence of God through logic and reason. Others apply literary or comparative analysis, such as weighing characters like Maheo and God across different cultural stories, or reading Flannery O'Connor's fiction through a theological lens. Doctrinal and scriptural close-reading is also common, with papers focusing on specific biblical passages, figures like Melchizedek, the miracles of Jesus, or the significance of narratives in Genesis. A smaller set of papers connects theological ideas to ethics, history, or human experience more broadly.

A strong essay on this topic requires a focused, arguable thesis rather than a broad survey of belief. Evidence drawn from primary texts — scripture, literary works, or philosophical arguments — carries the most weight and should be cited closely. The most common pitfall is conflating personal belief with analytical argument; even when writing about faith, the essay should engage critically with concepts, sources, and competing interpretations.

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William Blake's "Nebuchadnezzar" and Romantic artistic rebellion

Not immediately recognized for his contribution to the visual art world, William Blake is perhaps better known for his poetry. However, the Englishman received formal training in drawing and was officially apprenticed…

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John Locke's influence on the Declaration of Independence's theory

The Theory of Government presented in the Declaration

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Health, legal, and social risks of polygamy in America

This essay addresses the issues of polygamy and the many problems associated with this type of social organization. The legal issues are addressed before discussing the rights of citizens on the matter. The health and welfare issues associated with polygamy are also discussed to demonstrate some of the inherent dangers in the practice.

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Lawrence Crabb's treatment of Maslow's hierarchy in Effective Biblical Counseling

This paper looks at the Maslow theory of hierarchical needs. This theory describes how before humans can pursue the benefits of self-actualization, they need to fulfill their basic needs for survival. This paper describes the pros and con of this theory along with other considerations when using the theory in counseling.

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Happiness, morality, and human tolerance for ambiguity

This paper is a series of discussion board posts for a class about ethics, in particular business ethics. The class explores issues of the roots of Western philosophy and ethical culture from Aristotle to Christianity to the Enlightenment thinkers. These are contrasted with Eastern business ethics, from Eastern philosophical tradition.

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Philosophical analysis of Witkacy's "The shoemakers"

¶ … Shoemakers -- a Philosophical Approach

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Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" and Beat Generation critique of American conformity

Allen Ginseng was a popular poet of the Beat Generation, a non-conformist free thinker who belonged to a group of people who dared to think outside the conventional themes of the time. The post-World War II period was characterized by unreasonable, blind faith in the institutions of America, a faith that accepted everything without questioning. This was because after having been on part of the allies during the war and having won it lent America many economic benefits on the back of which America increased its might in world. At the outcome of the war, America was in a much stronger position even among the other countries which had really won the war, such as Russia; however the European allies were in a weaker position, as they had spent beyond their capacity during the war. Therefore America was at its peak as a superpower after the War and people had faith in their country and were patriotic to the extent of not being able to accept that their country or their leaders could be at fault. (McChesney)

Homosexuality in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

This paper looks at the controversial moral debate concerning homosexuality. Even in a modern world, religions like Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all still hold a condemning image of homosexuality. Still, each of the three have different degrees of acceptance, with more liberal groups showing little concern to more conservative groups seeing homosexuality as a violation of God's will. New progressions in the Catholic Church, however, have promising hopes for a more tolerant religious view of homosexuality.

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Rastafarianism as resistance and identity for marginalized communities

The Rastafarian Movement started as a religion in the 1930s in Jamaica and the spread of the Reggae music in the 1070s transformed it into a political manifest as well as a social movement among those who were…

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Shia political movements in Lebanon from the 1960s onward

Introduction Political chiefs (zucama) from a few powerful families dominated Shici politics into the 1960s and continued their control through extensive support networks. The authority of the zucama varied on their clients' support, but by the 1960s hundreds of young Shici men and women became estranged from old-style politics and were attracted by new political forces. The vision of radical change could only have been appealing to a community whose culture emphasized its exploitation and dispossession by the ruling elites. In Lebanon, as in Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, Shica in great numbers were recruited in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s to secular opposition parties. In Lebanon the resistance took the shape of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP), (Cooper & Erlanger, 2011) the Organization for Communist Labor Action, and pro-Syrian and pro-Iraqi factions of the Arab Socialist Bacth (or “Resurrection”) Party. Predominantly in the case of the Communist organizations and the SSNP, there was an intrinsic ideological pull towards parties that damned the tribal, religious, or cultural bases of discrimination (Mazetti & Shanker, 2012).

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