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David Fincher is an American director born in 1962. He is best known for his films Se7en, Gone Girl, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as well as more. He typically incorporates image-driven and darker themes into his films, those dark images and themes often making it obvious when a Fincher film...
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Overview The purpose of this research report is to take a look at the nature of the ritual of Baptism in the Lutheran Church. My report will include a detailed explanation of the ritual with a focus on purpose, participants, place, structure and objects. In addition, an evaluation and reflection will be included. I chose this ritual as I have...
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Introduction This report will analyse the New Zealand religious tradition of Gloriavale Christian Community, a small and isolated Christian group located at Haupiri on the West Coast of the South Island in New Zealand. In 1969, Australian-born evangelist Neville Cooper founded the group bound together by a common faith in God and the hope of Salvation, known as the Springbank...
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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines corruption as âdishonest or illegal behaviour especially by powerful people such as government officials or policeâ or âinducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means such as briberyâ. Religious institutions have it that corruption is âa state of spiritual decay and moral dishonesty, arising from the effects of sin, which expresses itself in disobedience towards Godâ....
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Introduction The issue of doctrinal correctness and the confusions generated by it, is one that is as old as the church. Right since the inception and birth of the church till now, there has been numerous issues as regards doctrinal correctness and what practices that one must have to belong to the church of God or the body of Christ....
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John Miltonâs Paradise Lost provides a historical-fiction narrative of the creation and fall of human beings in the biblical book of Genesis. Dianne K. McColley, who wrote about Mr. Milton and his use of gender throughout his work, said: âMilton believed that the Bible was divinely inspired but open to interpretation by the individual conscience guided by the Holy Spirit...
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Christianity is a universal denomination whose principles lie on the teachings, personality, lifestyle, and demise and the rising of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The follows of this religion are known as Christians. The elementary belief of the followers is that Jesus Christ is the foreseen Messiah and saviour in the Old Testament. He is also the son of God and...
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Faith means knowledge and connecting power into the spiritual realm which links us with God and makes Him become a tangible reality to the perceptions of a person. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the proof of things not seen. It is also a concept which canât be forced or created easily; the person must experience, gain insight...
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Introduction The story of Pentecost in the book of Acts folds into itself many biblical themes having to do with the work of the Holy Spirit, which establishes and reestablishes societies of faith, even if it stays out of the individualâs power to influence it. It is the day when Jesusâ followers received the gift of the Holy Spirit. This...
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Introduction In November of 1095 for 10 days pope Urban II held the council of Clermont at Auvergne which culminated in the pope calling onto the Frankish knights for armed expedition into the Levant with the aim of freeing Jerusalem and the tomb of Christ from the grasps of Islamic rule, when the pope finished his speech the representative of...
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In history since 1096 until 1254 (Stewart, 1968), there was seven crusades and there were several different reasons for the crusades. In some cases, the reason for the crusade was similar whether it was religious, economical and also political motives. The crusades happen because of the Holy land and it was between the Christian and the Muslims. The first crusade...
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Can you imagine going through life being constantly scrutinized and subjected for every mistake you have ever made? Kanye West is the prime example of such an instance, and has put all of his faults and weaknesses in the forefront of his new project, 'Jesus Is King.' He accepts any wrongdoing and acknowledges that one can change and follow a...
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The Holy Wars, also known as the Crusades have been long debated amongst historians as to what the pure motivation is to be. The commencement of the Crusades began with Pope Urban II calling the people to arms with his sermon at Clermont. The motives with the speech pointed towards the Holy Land, where many had found refuge over the...
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Catholics presuppose this state of trance as the elevation of the soul to intimate union with God and its consequent detachment from the sensible world. What they however disregard to address is the grounds on which Protestant believers establish their claims that trance or swoon could conceivably be caused by diabolical influence. More common, they state that the state of...
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There is a widespread misconception that material culture is not valued by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or its members. However, since the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley, there has been an emphasis on aestheticism; handicrafts, architecture, and art served not only the moral of displaced immigrants, but also proved to those...
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Delving into the annals of Christianity, the Eucharist emerges as one of its most profound and revered sacraments. Often termed the "source and summit" of Christian life, its roots intertwine with the very genesis of the Christian tradition. To fully grasp its significance, one must journey back to its inception and trace its evolution over the millennia. The Eucharist originates...
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The shift in art from the religious to the secular initially created some tension between the authority of the Catholic Church and secular European monarchies. Different issues during this time period consisted of art that displays the shift from the religious to the secular. I chose to look further into the Scientific Revolution, The Enlightenment, and the Protestant Reformation because...
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Although Inferno is written through the eyes of a zealous Catholic, a large part of Danteâs journey through hell is spent criticizing the current Catholic establishment and exposing the corruption that has infected the Papal office. Throughout the poem, Dante continually points out former high ranking church officials in Hell, of whom even include Popes. Inferno makes Danteâs views about...
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Christianity is extremely spread out all over the creation. It is said to have begun with the child of God, with whom believers all over the world accept as the savior. They have faith in his second coming to judge the living and the departed. During this day of judgement, if anyone hasnât lived agreeing to the will of god,...
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The future of religion is one that includes an ever growing number of female leaders. Being deeply grounded in traditional beliefs and practices, it is difficult for one to consider that leadership roles within certain religions will also grow to have more representation of females. But, that is not to say it hasnât already happened. Females within the religion of...
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When studying any time period over the course history, one commonality that each era will share is that they all have people who made a difference in some capacity or another. Some call them influencers, some call them leaders, but what these people truly are, are people who sought out change and were not afraid to go for it. Martin...
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Multiculturalism in the education sector has come with various challenges and benefits in equal measure. Schools usually bring together different cultures together, and that brings about the issue of the âhidden curriculumâ. The hidden curriculum is often caught rather than being taught because cultural assimilation does not require teaching in an environment where several cultures are gathered. Teaching cross-culturally was...
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Christianity and art have always been intertwined. God creation of earth was a work of art, as was his creation humanity. The first mention of art as a craft in the Bible is in Exodus 31. In this the Lord is instructing Moses to fashion a tent for the ark of the covenant. God mentions several artisans whom He chose...
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In the 1800s, there were many reform movements in the United States. One of the major reform movements was the religious reform movement. One of the major parts of that movement was The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon church. This church was started by Joseph Smith Jr., and is still around and is still a...
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The Bubonic plague was an extremely infectious illness that became wide spread across Europe and Asia. The plague was an enzootic disease that was transmitted from a flea that was previously attached to some type of rodent, usually a rat, to humans. At the time, the sudden illness and immediate death that followed soon after was unexplained because there wasnât...
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The son of God told, Jesus, told to his disciple a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, âIn a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, âGive me justice...
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Since 1938, Superman has been one of the most well-known characters in the world. Anywhere you go, there is a good chance you will see some sort of merchandise or advertisement for Superman. Supermanâs origin begins with him being sent to earth by his parents, away from a planet that is facing its doom. He grows up with his adoptive...
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In a society full of varying people, opinions, and cultures, it is rare that there will be no disagreement over beliefs and experiences. A common topic of these disagreements happens to be the Bible itself. Many individuals argue as to whether or not the Bible is true. In Placherâs article, he says that the Bible is true, if focusing on...
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This is the story of Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden. They've eaten the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge and God has discovered that transgression and has banished them from Eden and we see a foreshortened armed Angel [that was cropped out of the page] chasing them out of the Garden of Eden. Their...
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Before 1381, the English governing classes had encountered heretics but had never had to deal with them on a âlarge or concerted scaleâ. Heresy was counted as an occult or hidden crime, and so itâs detection was far from simple, there are doubts about the significance of heresy in late medieval English society, which stem from the ârediscovery of popular...
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