Religion
Development of Christianity
This is what you might call a test reading. If you read these selections and write me a 200-300 word summary and analysis of the reading, along with a statement of what you thought of it. Also, i just attached the reading book cover because I tried to upload the book pdf but the size is too big if you could send me your email and i would be more than happy to send it to you via
Religion and Human Experience question
This is a Religion and Human Experience question
What is the culture of Baha’i Faith?
APA format, 2-3 page ,
Contractual capacity
A man named Bob Smith believes that he is Santa Claus (who delivers presents to all the children around the world on Christmas Eve). In fact, he is not Santa, but he has believed this for many years. He signs his name “Santa.” He signs any contracts as “Santa,” and he refers to his wife as “Mrs. Claus” even though her name is actually Betty Smith. She puts up with it, because he really does believe he is Santa, and because she loves him and because his wages from his job at Hasbro toys pays the bills.
One day he enters a contract with your company to hire you to build him a gigantic workshop in his backyard so he can build his toys and stable his “eight tiny reindeer.” In return he will pay you $120,000 for the construction. When his wife learns of this deal, she tries to reject it because it is voidable due to his lack of contractual capacity.
Analysis of Song of Solomon
Please follow the instructions. also be guided by the example on the formatting style i need
Religion Studies
You will have to read the file that I uploaded carefully then write a 300-500 word essay in response to the discussion questions that correspond to that reading.
Discussion Questions for John 13-17
Jesus makes seven “I am” statements in the Gospel of John. Name the two that occur in chapters 13-17. What do you take to be the overall message of the “I am” statements? What is your basis in the text of John for holding this opinion?
John 13-17 is commonly referred to as the Upper Room Discourse. Describe Jesus’ comments on unity in the Upper Room Discourse. Be sure to mention the basis of the unity and its intended effect. What do you think this kind of unity would look like in practice? Why? What should the disciples of Jesus today do about this?
Anselm’s Proslogion
You will have to read the file that I uploaded carefully then write a 300-500 word essay in response to the discussion questions that correspond to that reading.
Discussion Questions for Anselm, Proslogion, ch. 14-26
What is Anselm’s problem in this section? What are the two causes of it? What does Anselm present as the solution to this problem?
Does the meditation in chapters 14-21 represent primarily positive or negative theology? Why?
Explain God’s timeless eternity
Spread of Islam
Topic : What made possible the spread of Islam, and what forms of government were established to rule Muslim lands?
Or you can chose from the one of five topics, you are interested in topic to write.
A Few Things to Check on Your Paper
•Make sure your introduction clearly lays out what you will be arguing.
•Indent your paragraphs.
•Avoid the use of personal pronouns in your essay.
•Be sure to use transitional sentences to get from one paragraph to the next.
•Check for run-‐on sentences that need to be broken up into smaller units.
•Break up long blocks of text into smaller paragraphs.
•Remember to cite your sources as you use them throughout your paper.
•Place any footnotes you have at the end of the sentence.
•Number your pages.•
Make a point of proofreading through your paper when you are done to catch any errors you may have accidentally overlooked.
•Remove any spaces between your paragraphs
Easter celebrations
Take a religious celebration or observance from the Jewish, Christian, or Islamic tradition and trace its development through time up to the present. In what ways has it changed and how has it remained the same?
•Make sure your introduction clearly lays out what you will be arguing.•Indent your paragraphs.•Avoid the use of personal pronouns in your essay.•Be sure to use transitional sentences to get from one paragraph to the next.•Check for run-‐on sentences that need to be broken up into smaller units.•Break up long blocks of text into smaller paragraphs.•Remember to cite your sources as you use them throughout your paper.•Place any footnotes you have at the end of the sentence.•Number your pages.•Make a point of proofreading through your paper when you are done to catch any errors you may have accidentally overlooked.•Remove any spaces between your paragraphs•5 pages means 5 pages.
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
Format: 8.5″x11″ pages, 1″ margins, Times New Roman font, double spaced lines, indented the first line of each paragraph. Substantial errors in spelling or grammar will result in a reduction of grade. Student name and page number may be placed in a header within the margins, but this is not required. Professor name, course name, date, etc. need not be included.
Content: In approximately 2000 words, craft a policy argument. It should be well-researched as evidenced by appropriate citations (in an academically appropriate format of your choosing; ideally Blue Book but since most of you will not know this format and I will not be teaching it to you, any style will do). This may be successfully accomplished in a variety of ways, but the paradigmatic approach would be to:
Spend about one third of the paper discussing the status quo on an issue pertaining to bioethics.
Spend about one third of the paper criticizing the status quo.
Spend the final third of the paper offering your own solution.
Social Functions of the Myth
You’ll read about one or more ways of interpreting myth and then use one of these approaches to try to interpret a myth that is probably unfamiliar to you.
HOW YOU’LL DO IT:
You need to complete BOTH parts!
Immediately after this discussion in the topical module is a PDF of a reading by Leonard and McClure, “The Study of Mythology,” that describes various approaches to interpreting myth. ( I can send the pdf)
You’ll need to use this reading to help you with the assignment. You’ll want to pay particular attention to the following (some advice- for your own notes, try summarizing in a sentence each of the following ways to approach the study of mythology):
Religion in the development
Currently, there are about 21 major world religions with billions and billions of people following each one of them. Within such diversity, it is not unexpected for people who have committed to one religion to have certain issues with the beliefs and practices of another religion. Recently, we have seen ample evidence of this in the world. Personal disputes, large scale violence, and even wars have developed within the context of groups of people trying to protect and promote one religion over another.
Given that our past history and current events show us that religion has often been associated with and related to violent and unfriendly relations among the world’s peoples, would the world be more peaceful without religions? What is the purpose of religion in the development of individuals? Is it a necessity that we cannot live without? Does it help us grow and move forward in ways that nothing else can? Think about this issue and do some research…what role does religion play within the context of human development?
Scenes of Faust
Please read the three opening scenes of Faust, Part One and answer the following questions.
Please read the three opening scenes of Faust, Part One (“Dedication,” “Prelude in the Theater,” and “Prologue in Heaven”) and answer the following questions.
1. In “Dedication,” who is speaking? To whom does he speak? What question does he ask? (Note: this is a challenging verse! Don’t worry if you don’t understand it well.)
2. “Prelude in the Theater”: summarize briefly what each character says about the theater (3-5 sentences per character). Which of the three characters “wins” the debate? What is the function of this scene?
Pass Over
Introduce the play — do not provide an in-depth plot summary, but instead provide an overall summary of the play’s format, content, and major themes
State your thesis — this should be your overall impression of the production
Should only be 1-2 sentences
This evaluation of the piece should be supported by your later analysis
Section 2
Describe + Interpret, Analyze, Evaluate
Work through the various elements of the show (the performances, the design, the script, etc.)
First describe an element, then provide your interpretation, analysis, and evaluation
Ideas of Elements to Discuss
Actors’ performances — their individual performances, how they interacted and worked together
Use of music and song
Transitions and other editing techniques
Design of the set, costumes, and video framework
Themes and ideas expressed through the show
Ways to Provide Interpretation, Analysis, and Evaluation
Think about how effectively it landed for you as an audience member
Which elements of the production did you feel were successful in supporting this storytelling? Which do you feel weren’t as successful and why?
What messages or ideas did the show work to communicate? Which elements specifically helped convey that messages/idea and how?
Did you feel the production values (how it was presented) effectively served the script?
Which scenes landed with you the most and why?
Critics of Scientology
The goal of your essay (MLA model) is to write an essay in which you will “analyze” Scientology as new religious movement , as a set of beliefs and practices invented by L. Ron Hubbard, and the associated movement. It has been variously defined as a cult, a business or new religious movement .
Feel free to share your own ideas and experiences (even invented) to analyze this religious movement according to the questions below. And in the end try to be neutral while analyzing and developing this essay.
You will write a 1800-word MLA essay (at least 1800-word bibliography not included in this counting) paper that answers the following.
Slavery in Traditional Societies
For your research paper, you will select one of the following travel/captivity narratives, read it, and analyze it. Write a paper that explores a question that arises from your reading of the text. 5-7 pages.
You might frame your questions along the following lines:
What was the motivation for writing this specific narrative, and how did that motivation shape the story?
How can we understand the experience of encountering and learning another culture through this narrative?
What does the narrative reveal about cultural ideas about race, gender, religion, etc.?
Can we trust the narrative? If so, how do we know? If not, what does it reveal in spite of its particular flawed lens?
And so on.
Your essay should offer an argument, and you are required to consult a minimum of two peer-reviewed secondary sources to provide context and background information.
Link to the sources that need to be used in this research paper are directly below:
1.Book: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15399/15399-h/15399… (Links to an external site.)
Spectrum of Buddhist teachings
This final essay should be approximately 2000 words, double spaced. You should provide at least six peer reviewed sources to help substantiate points made throughout you essays. Just as with the Mini Essays, you must use Chicago Style for references with footnotes and a bibliography. At the beginning of your essay, please write out fully which prompt you will be writing about, as sometimes it is not always clear for me as a reader.
You are required to choose one of the following prompts for your final essay.
How has art influenced the development and understanding of Buddhism throughout history?
Buddhism has adapted with many cultural and societal changes as it spread around the globe throughout history. How have modernity and globalization influenced the message and expansion of Buddhism within recent history?
How are women perceived within the different schools of Buddhism? Have those perceptions changed over time? Why or why not?
Buddhism has often found itself involved in violent actions, and have even been known to devin martial arts.
Affirmative Action at Workplace
Compare the positives and negatives of affirmative action. How do you believe affirmative action has helped women and minorities in the workplace? What do you think the future of affirmative action will be?
Requirements: Response must be a minimum of 500 words; APA format.
Please add a christian world view
African culture
Your cultural journal is a place for reflection and for connecting the topics we learn about in class with assigned activities, your experiences and observations.
Unit 1 is designed to increase your:
Understanding of terms (culture, nationality, race and ethnicity) and frameworks (the cultural context of behavior; week 1).
Understanding of etics and emics and cultural worldviews, in particular horizontal and vertical forms of individualism and collectivism (week 2).
Understanding of enculturation and acculturation, in particular acculturation agents and strautegies (week 3).
The elements of moral philosophy
Book: Rachels, S., & Rachels, J. (2019). The elements of moral philosophy (9th ed.). Mcgraw-Hill Education.
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapters 3, 4
Lesson
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook
Instructions
Review the following ethical dilemmas:
John Doe has decided to clone himself. He is sterile. He cannot find anyone to marry him. He wishes to have children. He knows that he will not be able to love a child that is adopted or not connected directly to him biologically. He will be making use of a new procedure that involves taking his skin cells to produce a twin. The twin starts out as an embryo and grows into a child. The child in this case will have the same genetic information as John Doe. John Doe and his child will be twins.
Jane Doe is eighteen. For as long as she can remember she has been sexually attracted to other females. Her parents belong to a religion that has a religious text stating that God forbids one to be a lesbian. This religion goes on further to say that lesbians will be punished in the afterlife. Jane Doe is debating whether she should tell her parents about her sexual attraction. She has not yet decided if she should come out to her parents and live as a lesbian now that she is a legal adult.
Joe and Mary are a couple. Before becoming sterile, they had a child. This child died of a rare disease. Joe and Mary miss their child terribly. They have heard that there is a new IVF procedure that can ensure that they can have another child. However, their religion forbids using IVF.
God’s righteousness and holy nature
1. From the lectures and Scripture readings, discuss the image of God and the potential cultural, philosophical, and idolatrous threats to the imago dei. Have you observed these threats in practice?
2. From Chapter 1 of Boundaries in Marriage and the lectures, discuss the “Triangle of Boundaries”: (1) freedom, (2) responsibility, and (3) love. What are the dangers of investing in a poor relationship and not setting proper limits? What are some examples of boundaries?
o Requirements: 250 words for each question.
Reading for question 1: Genesis 1:26–28; 5:3; 9:6–7; Romans 8:29; 1 Corinthians 11:7; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Colossians 1:15; James 3:9