The Death Penalty and its Ethical Permissibility Palestine Fox Kaplan University Abstract The death penalty has been used for centuries to punish criminals for heinous crimes, in spite of the fact that arguments concerning the death penalty, its concepts of retribution, deterrence and just punishments have been disagreed upon. The question at hand is whether or not the death penalty is permissible and if so under what circumstances, which has long been a heated debate for centuries. The ethical
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Contemporary Issues in Western Religions Jennifer, Josafina, Lucas, & Wendy Lemons REL 134 02/24/2011 Mikel Del Rosario Contemporary Issues in Western Religions There are many religions in the world today. It is possible to study many individual religions and never fully understand one religion completely. In this paper only three religions will be discussed. The three religions discussed are Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The primary focus religion that will be discussed is Christianity
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The Baptism Debate THEO 350 March 3rd, 2014 Introduction Over time there have been many discussions on the subject of baptism, through these discussions many questions have been brought up such as, what is the purpose of baptism? Are believers only allowed to receive a baptism or can infants receive them as well? A baptism is often seen as a sort of welcome or entry into the Christian church and different denominations of the church are separate on their meaning and understanding of
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LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EXHIBITED IN THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH INTRODUCTION Nehemiah was friendly, generous, loyal, very much human, and deeply touched by the destruction his people had endured. He felt great compassion and allegiance toward the people of Israel in Jerusalem. Nehemiah was thrust into leadership by God in the ruins of Jerusalem. Nehemiah was entrusted with the task of rebuilding Jerusalem from the ground up. “The city was in total ruin, stones had to be cleared to start new foundations
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Kate Reitz September 30, 2012 Religion Essay: Saint Jerome 8C St. Jerome is a Doctor and Father of the Church, and the patron saint of the library. His feast day is celebrated on September 30th. He was born the year 342AD in Stridonious, Italy. St. Jerome did not come from a wealthy family, but they did own houses and slaves. His Christian father sent him to Rome for three (3) years, where he became fluent in Latin and Greek and studied Rhetoric (which is kind of like Law, today)
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The History of the Pentecostal movement In 1734, Northampton village in the colony of Massachusetts experienced a remarkable revival that became the catalyst for revivals throughout the Colonies and in England, Scotland and Germany. In the early 1740s, revival events dominated Colonial newspaper headlines from Boston to Charleston. They reported on itinerant preachers thundering out messages of eternal damnation and salvation to frightened, wailing and repentant crowds on city streets, in parks
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Joshua Imbierowicz Old Testament History Joseph Paper The Patriarch Joseph Joseph, man known of the son of Israel, was the eleventh of the twelve sons of Jacob. Despite being the eleventh son of Jacob, he was Rachel’s firstborn child. With having twelve children, it is written that Jacob did in fact have a favorite and this favorite was Joseph. He was even given a “long coat of many colors” which has become a very popular story told, even in such plays as “Joseph and the Technicolor Dream
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place. That seems a more likely explanation than that he was polygamous when these events occurred and just omitted reference to his other loves. Probably he wrote the book before he became polygamous. We do not know how old Solomon was when he married the second time. The history recorded in Kings and Chronicles is not in strict chronological order. The Shulammite was probably not Pharaoh's daughter in view of references in the book (1 Kings 3:1; cf. Song of Sol. 4:8). One writer contended that she
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religion. The writers of this paper will discuss the similarities, differences, theological and historical connections between the three religions. Historical Connections Judaism is historically connected to Christianity through Jesus and the Old Testament. Jesus is considered the Messiah in Christianity and the Son of God. Jesus was actually born and raised Jewish in ancient Palestine. His birth to a virgin mother enforced the belief that he was conceived by the Holy Spirit and is therefore the
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Scholarly Journal Summary The “Journal for the Study of the Old Testament” had a very interesting topic that is discussed almost an unlimited amount of times in today’s society. The topic is sex, and how it is defined in Leviticus, with particular attention to Leviticus 18:6-23. This is due to the fact that in chapter 18 of Leviticus, it is formatted in such a way where it is laid out as law, or apodictic law. The author tries to deviate from just explaining what the scriptures mean in its context
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