Epistle

It is fallacious to assume that the Bible--a work that took over a millennia to complete, speaks for a single voice. Biblical depictions of women can be attributed to breadth of sources: poems, historical writings, folk-tales, and prophetic books. As such, the women described throughout the holy book are a unique blend of historical figures, legends, or fictitious inventions. Naturally, the depictions of these women vary and as such must be viewed contextually; as religious concepts have been…

Considering Fun Home as a mystery novel, Bruce Bechdel’s death serves as the inciting incident which spurs Alison Bechdel to look through the “clues” -- memories, letters, photographs, etc. -- to formulate a judgment about her father’s life. Throughout the novel, it’s clear Alison’s relationship with her parents is tumultuous. Due to her father’s uptight, perfectionist nature, Bechdel finds it difficult to attain his approval and criticize him; moreover, she describes showing him affection “an…

should view Jesus, as already noted above, as a challenge to political as well as religious authorities and structures in his society. And in perhaps the most important biblical document that requires us to wrestle with the liberation agenda, the epistle of James we discover a community of largely poor, Christian day-labourers being opposed by their wealthy, often absentee landlords- a frightening parallel to the situation of many third world labourers today. Many of them Christian believers…

Discuss Thomas Gnosticism. What did it mean to be a Thomas Christian? How was that different from Johannine or Pauline Christianity ? Include a broad description of the Gospel of Thomas, the Book of Thomas the Contender, and the Acts of Thomas , pointing to their similarity and differences Gospel of Thomas According to class lecture notes on November 17th 2016 , The Gospel of Thomas can be set during the early part…

Age of Reason The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, is the name given to the period in Europe and America during the 1700s when mankind was emerging from centuries of ignorance into a new age enlightened by reason, science, and respect for humanity. People of the Enlightenment period were convinced that human reason could discover the natural laws of the universe and determine the natural rights of mankind; thereby continuing progress in knowledge, technical achievement, and moral…

The New Testament of the Holy Bible is a collection of twenty-seven writings that have been deemed as canon by the early church. The term canon comes from the Greek word kanṓn representing a carpenter’s rule. The current list of books first appeared in a festal letter from Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria, in 367. Athanasius wrote this letter in an attempt to clarify the true writings that defined the true message to the Christians of his period. Other Christian schools and sects followed…

history and is still a deciding factor in today’s society. By analyzing historical texts, there may be some answer as to why, after centuries of sexism and oppression, the media’s objectification of women still exists. Between the period of Paul’s epistles in the first century and the beginning of Continental Humanism, the preeminent theological view treated women as daughters of Eve, thus, associating them with inferior and earthly qualities, such as emotional housewives, that would further…

The messiah that Israel is still expecting will have some tall orders to fulfill. It seems it will be next to impossible feat, to beat a peaceful person beyond recognition, while at the same time, knocking all of their bones out of joint and not breaking a single one. What a public relations “nightmare” this would pose in modern day Israel. Who will fulfill the written Messianic Prophesies in Israel? Who is it going to be? It seems no one will be able to accomplish this. It seems to be an…

How letters are used to make meaning in Charlotte Temple Charlotte Temple is a story that uses letters, notes and epistles in the narrative to make meaning in the text. What I plan to write about is how the author used the letters in the story to make meaning in the text and to its readers. Charlotte Temple is a story about a girl who was noticed by someone who goes by the name of Montraville. He found a liking to her at a Dance they were both at when she was thirteen years old and noticed her…

Historical Context The Westminster Confession of Faith was written in the year 1646, titled “The Humble Advice of the Assembly,” in London, under the authority of King Charles I. During the period leading up to the Confession, in the battles of civil discontent with Scotland, the Royal Crown and Church of England had to quench the appeal for religious freedoms that the Episcopal Orthodox government of the past could not placate. Forty years prior, under King James I, the Puritan views which had…