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Deism And The French Enlightenment
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6 pages in length. The extent to which organized religion is nothing more than a crutch for those who are without the intestinal fortitude to stand on their own two spiritual feet is both grand and far-reaching; that Deism restores one's sense of reason, nature and self-ability beyond the puppeteering inherent to organized religion speaks to the belief that people are not empty spiritual vessels waiting to be filled with erroneous 'truths' and misconstrued convictions. While the fundamental core of Deism revolves around the existence of one unified God or supreme being, it denounces the conventional tenets of faith that have wholly derailed organized religion. In short, Deists are provided the indulgence to discern for themselves the vast and various elements associated with man, his universe and all that is spiritual without being dictated to or conditioned into believing certain ideals (such as Hell, damnation, predestination, original sin) so prevalent within the stringent boundaries of structured religion, a particularly pertinent point when it comes to the radical changes that occurred during the French Enlightenment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCDeism.rtf

Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther On Free Will
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This 7 page paper presents the positions of Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther on the subject of free will. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KTeralut.wps

Development of Carmelite (Teresian) Spirituality
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A 7 page paper which surveys the history of Carmelite spirituality, with emphasis on the Teresian sect, and also examines its particular charism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGcarmlite.rtf

Diane Eck Does Not Make A Convincing Argument For Pluralism In Her Book "Encountering God"
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10 pages in length. On the surface of Diane L. Eck's Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras, one might readily surmise how the author possesses an accurate understanding of religious presence in today's multicultural society; however, upon closer inspection, Eck claims there has been an epiphany where religious pluralism is concerned that is a self-evident reality when one simply looks at how members of such otherwise opposing faiths as Muslim, Catholicism and Judaism are now more tolerant and welcoming of one another than ever before. One cannot be sure one is seeing the same global community as what Eck perceives, inasmuch as the only "isms" that truly exist with regard to the quest for religious tolerance are fanaticism, individualism and nationalism, which leaves little if any room for a modicum of pluralism. Given that the two most critical components of religious pluralism are respect and tolerance, it is hard to understand how Eck can purport the up-and-coming presence of a pluralistic society when right at this very moment America is being viciously attacked by those who live, eat and prosper on her very soil. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCPluralism.rtf

Didache: The Teaching Of The Twelve Apostles
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This 6 page paper discuses the Didache, a manuscript that was published first in the early 1800s but fragments of it were discovered in the early 1700s. This manuscript is believed to have been an instruction manual for early Christian converts. While controversy surrounds the document, it has never been officially rejected by the Church. This essay reports its discovery and explains the contents of the document, including the Two Ways, the Ceremonies and the Organization/Ministry of the early church. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGdidach.rtf

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's The Cost of Discipleship
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of the basic elements presented in Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book The Cost of Discipleship. This paper integrates a view of Bonhoeffer as he related many of his principles of religious humanism through his writings. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHBonhoe.rtf

Divine Incarnation: Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism
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A 13 page paper which examines how Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism view divine incarnation, the physical incarnation of the divine being. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAavat.rtf

Divinity & Tibetan Lamas
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A 7 page research paper that considers the questions of why Tibetan Lamas are considered to be divine. The writer first gives background to Tibetan Lamaism and its principal tenets and then explores the subject of Lamaic divinity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khlamas.rtf

Donne’s Rhetorical Questions
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A 5 page paper which examines the purpose of Donne’s rhetorical questions in Satire III and Holy Sonnet XVIII. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAdonnqu.rtf

Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" - Analysis of Jesus' And The Grand Inquisitor's Goals
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5 pages in length. As has been throughout the history of mankind, two opposing forces have long sought to establish a basis upon which people are meant to approach religion: one by coercion, the other by choice. This ongoing struggle is precisely the point of Dostoevsky's (2006) "The Grand Inquisitor." No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCDostoev.rtf