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    of America. America was settled by the Spanish and the British with such settlements as Jamestown and Plymouth in the 1600s. When these various people of Spain and Britain settled America, they brought many different cultural influences, such as religious beliefs, family traditions and food. In the 1800s there was a great famine in…

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    Realm Of Bibliology

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    This paper will discuss the realm of Bibliology by exploring the nature, inspiration, and authority of scripture from an orthodox point of view. “Bibliology attempts to understand what kind of book the Bible is, how it is authorities for Christian faith and practice, and to what extent and in what manner the Bible is to be understood as divine revelation” (Pocket Dictionary 20). One question that arises when studying Bibliology is the nature of the Bible and whether it is dependable. Kenneth…

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    "Gospel is first and foremost a direct descendent of spirituals. What Thomas Dorsey and his friends kept as the defining attributes of gospel music - the call-and-response format, ample room for improvisation, rhythm, frequent use of the flatted seventh and third in melodies - remain true even today. The elements introduced by later musical forms, such as close harmonies, a sense of professionalism , showmanship, the regular use of an AAB rhyming scheme, and a pronounce beat all endure, but are…

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    God Laughs The long-named book, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, is written by A.J. Jacobs who does a wonderful job of blending all the Bible's rules, including the Bible's outdated old testament ordinances, with modern-day life which gives the book a very comedic aroma. The awkwardly funny author has a way of wrapping up the reader into his Biblical journey by having many stories with their own unique part to them, but they…

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    or substantiate, religious experiences as an argument from religious experience. Two examples are Swinburne’s Principle of Credulity, and Alston’s concept of doxastic practice. Richard Swinburne holds that if it seems to a subject something to be x on the basis of the subject’s experience it is probably the case that x is (Swinburne, 2004). According to Swinburne, it is reasonable to assume that the world is the way it is experienced and unless we have reason to doubt a religious experience then…

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    Evil is well hidden within every human’s genetic make-up since birth; this inherent trait is revealed under certain circumstances regardless of age, class or occupation. William Golding exhibits this ideology in the novel, Lord of the Flies, using the characters and setting as a sample of the real world. Within the first few chapters of the novel, Golding instills a barbaric nature in a select few of the characters; near the end of the novel, all of the characters demonstrate this trait.…

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    Essentially it seems that the Wesleyan understanding of holiness encourages ecumenicalism: promoting the cooperation and understanding between different religious denominations to foster Christian unity. Reason is an important part of scripture validity. Reason aids in understanding, various interpretations of the bible would fall here. While reason and interpretation should not be the sole source of one’s…

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    Scriptural Intervention Summary Many Christian counselors have difficulty establishing the fine line of appropriateness when it comes to choosing various interventions and when to apply them to their respective clients. Garzon addresses these challenges in his article, "Interventions that Apply Scripture in Psychotherapy" (2005). Using well-cited scriptural basis for his assertions, Garzon addresses a number of challenges faced by Christian therapists. An underlying tone of the article is for…

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    Jonathan Lanman took part in just such a symposium, titled “Religious Disbelief: Development, Culture, Motivation, and Consequences.” Harris discussed his research, which suggests culturally available religious narratives may diminish young children’s distinction ability to distinguish between…

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    The quotes do represent a deep, inherent, widespread, general and persistent sexism in religions even though the quotes come from holy books and famous theologians. For example, the quote from the Talmud, the Jewish holy book, says “The words of The Bible should be burned rather than taught to women.”. That quote displays that they believe that women are less than men. It is like they believe that women don’t have the willpower or the authority to learn or to be taught the words of the Bible.…

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