Essay Database

… after the migration to America? According to Alden T. Vaughan, who wrote The Puritan Tradition in America 1620-1730, “There is little doubt that after about 1660 a gap began to grow between the well-ordered, godly, communitarian Bible commonwealth…

… religions of their time. Both mainly Asian religions, these religions were more prominent in the times they were developed then they are today. Each of these religions had a certain belief that there was a “Way” that things should happen and…

… our culture today we see many new forms of service, but it always seems like the same people are giving. One woman who gave all the time, influenced many people, and showed others how to love was Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn, New…

… and State seem to be two words which are entirely inseparable from each other. Religion in politics and the government has been present since the federal government was first put into place. The issue of religion is present in such varied topics…

… name of Jesus, from the horrors of Nazi Germany to the Spanish Inquisition. Christianity, however, has also had a good effect on many peoples’ lives through the spiritual guidance in his teachings. When Jesus views the World and its history how does…

… Avenue at seven p.m., but you weren’t there at that time? Well what if the same person thought they saw you shoot someone? This is exactly what happened to Shaka Sankofa. Sankofa was put to death based on the testimony of one witness, who ident…

… some decisions we are given specific commandments to follow when making them. Marriage is one of the decisions. Perhaps one of the most important decisions we will make is choosing the person we will spend the rest of our lives with. This is not a…

… view and live their lives, resulting in both good and bad consequences. This would include the changing face of the American family. A major concern of the single parent, regardless of ethnicity or reasons for single status, is financial. For…

… Latter-day Saints in 1830 at Fayette, N.Y. Joseph Smith was born in 1805 and died in 1844. As a child he went through many hardships and poverty on a rough frontier. He had documented later in his life that he had seen visions when he was a child…

… the papacy, and he was the first non-Italian pope in morethat 450 years. He was born Karol Worjtyla on may 18, 1920, to working-class parentsin Wadowice. His mother died when he was 9; his father was killed in World War II. Karol entered Jagiellonian…