Biblical criticism

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” shows the contrast in how people thought prior to and during the 1920’s, especially regarding mindsets about God. Though generations before had held God to a high regard, “The Great Gatsby”, arguably a criticism of the 1920’s, shows the way those beliefs began to fade. People began to turn away from religion and instead towards materialism and personal desires. Along with all the chaotic situations in the book comes the expectation that there will be…

nation where the honest foundations of law relied on ensuring civil liberties and where the individuals granted such rights defended the rights of those around them at all costs. On a rare instance in April 1963, Dr. King acknowledged some of his criticisms following his arrest during the Birmingham Campaign. A group of white clergy members dubbed Dr. King’s actions “unwise and untimely,” but Dr. King recalls the planning of the event and makes the point there is never a “‘well time’ in the…

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison is, at its core, a call to awareness for pressing social injustices, as well as a criticism on how various communities combat those injustices. Through the use of clever symbolism and equivocal character names, Morrison explores central themes of societal and emotional neglect, the needs of minority groups, and violence as a means of resistance. The characters of Hagar and Guitar are both representative of those themes. Though their justifications and actions may…

Milton’s political thoughts were highly integrated with his religious thoughts, so an understanding of one is important to understand the other. Milton’s political views in all his works have been expressed quite cleverly. They are a smart blend of biblical exegesis, political pragmatism and his influence of classical sources is also evident, which come to fullest expression in Paradise Lost. A certain kind of political intensity and friction is felt through all his poems, especially Paradise…

for the separation of powers, but also promoted the due process of law and lobbied for the overall separation of church and state. Locke's innovative creed that underlies this political-economic razor is exhibited in his First Treatise's radical criticism of both monarchy and aristocracy (Faulkner…

A biblical perspective was woven into curriculum and instruction and align with a Christ-centered mission with well-researched external standards. Students were engaged in active, creative, joyful learning. Out of all the teaching methods, the implementation…

coming death for the salvation of the world. He also uses Hick’s own claims about Christianity to support exclusivism from the pluralist view. Nash first presents the full argument of Hick’s pluralism with relatively few comments before detailing the biblical and logical evidence to contradict these views. This chapter deals extensively with opposing viewpoints and refutes them in a convincing fashion while still being kind in the delivery. Nash points out that Hick ignores Jesus’ act of…

The four biblical accounts of Peter’s denials of Jesus collectively convey the same message of the troubled disciple that Peter was on the evening before Jesus’ crucifixion, while also highlighting key differences that exist between the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Mark’s narrative describes a Peter who fails to understand Jesus and his mission up until the very end. Matthew and Mark through the use of redaction criticism of Mark’s gospel in their editing convey similar themes in…

Nietzsche’s writing are very distinctive and provocative in their style. His writing are designed to provoke question or even to provoke doubts rather to answer basic philosophical questions. In this respect, Nietzsche has a particular fondness for use of metaphors, parabolas and aphorism. Nietzsche in his book ‘On Genealogy of morality’ sought to prove certain points about the morality by tracking its history, the way and which people are conceived of morality. Nietzsche takes the view that…

Christians, in plurality, tend to fall into the anti-EIT camp and are very skeptical about the program. Dr. David Gushee, a Christian ethicist and historian, wrote an article for Christianity Today entitled, “5 Reasons Torture is always wrong.” In this article, Gushee lays out five reasons why the Bible does not complement torture, specifically EITs. He begins with the argument that “torture violates the dignity of the human being.” Gushee cites Genesis 1:26-28 where all men are “created in the…