RELIGION AND THEOLOGY

Religion and secularism are commonly seen as polar opposites, religion answering questions and secularism positing them. But the reverse can hold true as well. What does this suggest about the importance of religion and secularism today?

Students taking theology and religion write different types of religion papers. For example, the students write research papers, term papers and essays.

In this essay, I compare and contrast the two different characters of Beowulf and Sir Gawain to show the differences between the cultures in which their respective stories arose.

Here I contrast the Big Bang Theory of science with the story of Creation from Christianity. Ultimately, I argue that neither theory does an adequate job of explaining how Earth and humans came to be.

The old saying, "Christianity isn't a religion, it's a relationship," if taken literally, makes as much sense as "baseball isn't a sport, it's a pastime."

Want to learn more about spirituality, faith and religion from a wide variety of perspectives and traditions? This article reviews ten titles for the student and enthusiast of world religions, religious art and history.

The paper identifies the struggle between missions and anthropology studies. Lean how they do not have to conflict, but theology can unite the two.

This article provides an overview of major religious influences and addresses the question of whether or not a person who joins a mostly white church is helping to destroy the African-American community.

It's time to consider that there might be a place for the teaching of religion in public schools after all.

Religions originally served to bring some order into primitive societies. However, In the course of history they have been the reason for much bloodshed. They have to evolve and open out if they are to be relevant to today's world.

This essay has a very logical debate with BIble references on the subject of Organized Christian Religion. With this essay I wish to make people use common sense and to open their eyes in order to see truth through the lies of the church.

An examination of some of the early contributors to the science of psychology. This paper takes a look at some of the doctrines and theories brought forth by Auguste Comte and Gustav Fechner.

The most interesting things may be what will have no proven or truthful explanation. Such issues could include the sightings of Bigfoot, the possibility of a Martian civilization, ancient human life, to the just plain supernatural.

With reinvigorated calls for a partitioning of Iraq into the three major ethnicities there, it appears forgotten that Sunni and Shia are not ethnicities.

The scientific community, having concluded that the universe originated in a big expansion some 13.7 billion years ago, my inspiration in 1989 was to figure out what caused the Big Bang.

The abuses that led to the Protestant Reformation instigated the formation of splinter denominations within, and without, the Catholic Church. The Reformation enabled a diversity of thought that led to a revolution: the divorce of science and theology.

Oppression, fear, and rejection: these are all themes within the Metropolitan Community Church. Their ultimate concern is to combat the negative concepts of gays and lesbians and offer a religious view that promotes acceptance.

How has the separation of church and state effected American public schools? How has Supreme Court interpretations changed over time?

This service described the best practices of the UUA as the value of experience, liberal Christianity, science with religion and the Seven Principles. Our biggest problems are confusing political with religious liberalism, narcissism and tiny, demographically limited numbers

George Combe, brother of Andrew Combe, Scottish physiologist; was a writer on phrenology and education. He was born in Edinburgh, where for some time he practised as a lawyer.

In the secular context of contemporary Western society, science and religion play roles of almost complete opposition. During the Renaissance, the dual categories of 'Science' and 'Religion' coexisted as a homogenous entity used to pursue theological investigation.

This paper discusses a black American, considered to be a leader in sectors of the black and white religious community in America, Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

This essay examines how Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor's colonial American poetry overcame restrictive barriers to creativity and allowed for greater poetic self-confidence demonstrated in Walt Whitman's work.

Over the past three decades an increase in debate over the five words "Separation of Church and State" has been increasingly ramped up due to pressure from America's religious and political right.

The creative tension between science and religion is a good thing because it generates communication. However, scientists should speak from the laboratory, not the bully pulpit.

The history of Judiac & Hermetic Kabbalah, and the rights of gentile women to study them. Written for "Women, Religion and Social Change" (December 23, 2002) from the personal prospective of a Gentile woman who is beginning to study Hermetic Kabbalah.

The lives of Fred Rodgers and C. S. Lewis and their influence on modern spirituality explored and analyzed.