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How did African-Americans in the South and elsewhere develop their own places of worship before and after the Civil War? What was the African-American church like when the war ended and slavery was abolished?

¶ … London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1644 and the Eighteen Dissertations of 1524 as spelled out in the book by William Lumpkin and named Baptist Confessions of Faith. This has been done specifically to gauge the…

Perhaps as no other, the Parable of the Good Samaritan has been influential in the Western world for millennia. For instance, a number of countries and many states have so-called "Good Samaritan" laws on their books…

¶ … Technology Responsibility: Reflections on the New Task of Ethics

In a January 8, 2011, edition of World Street Journal, Amy Chua, professor at Yale Law School, ignited a firestorm with her article "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," where she argued that the Chinese model of rigorous…

Science in the Italian Renaissance: The End of the Medieval World

There is much controversy regarding the Roman Catholic Church and its relationship with the Bible. Roman Catholic scholars expressed their support toward liberal interpretations of the text, but most of them influenced…

This paper compares and contrasts the themes, ideas, and genres of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. The former is a short story satire while the latter is a roving epic with heroes and heroines. Both, however, look at the darker side of human nature--in different ways.

For a book that many people think should be self-explanatory, the Bible can be an incredibly complex work. First, as a historical record, the Bible contains an incredible amount of information, which can make it a…

Mahatma Gandhi was an adamant opponent of the Hindu Caste system, and most notably the inclusion of nearly 40 million human beings in a category known as "untouchable." Despite Gandhi's pious nature as a devout Hindu he…