Essays on Pagan

Cosimo di Giovanni de Medici was given the title Pater Patriae of Italy at his death and was also known as the primus inter pares. He was the founder of the Medici dynasty, who were during the Renaissance the de facto rulers of Florence. Even though Cosimo Medici was a powerful man, he was not an official ruler. Medici’s government also consisted of a council who would many times resist the laws that Medici put forth. This paper will look at the accomplishments of Cosimo di Medici. Cosimo di Medici was born on the 10th of April, 1389 ...

The Right Spring is an exceptionally beautiful Ballet. Inspired by the 1913 performance that incorporated Russian pagan iconography, Nijinsky creates a movement that combines both the logical and Frenzy of Stravinsky’s music. The right string was first composed Igor Stravinsky; the performance was written for Paris seasons Diaghilev's Ballets Ruses Company. Nicholas Roerich designed the 1913 stage and customs. The Ballet was performed may the 29th 1913. The piece was received with unusual sensation and is considered the most influential work of the 21st century.

Act 1. The Adoration of the Earth; The Dance of spring begins. The ...

The Pantheon

Moore, David. "The Pantheon." Roman Concrete. (1995). Web 26 June 2016. The Pantheon impresses with its size but it looks peaceful inside it. Solid wall round the perimeter has many niches. The idea of the Pantheon is in harmony with the surrounding world. The height of the building is equal to the diameter of the rotunda. People enter the temple through the lobby, which goes into a portico with 16 columns. Each column looks very massive. Their main parts are made of Egyptian red granite, and base and capitals - from Greek marble. Despite the impressive size of the ...

Superstitions in American culture

Superstitions refer to belief in magic and fear of the unknown, which leads individuals to adopt irrational behaviors. The influence of superstitions on individuals has remained strong throughout human history, but this influence has been declining with increased urbanization and education of the masses. The Halloween superstition reflects a fear of some power by human beings, which is beyond their understanding and control. However, some superstitions remain prevalent in American culture and other industrialized societies. During Halloween it is traditionally believed that it is a period that common myths, omens and folklore have more weight for the people who ...

Beowulf is a heroic man that is worthy of adoration. He posses several characteristics that make him a hero: honor, bravery, and a strong sense of duty. Beowulf’s honor and integrity are specifically exemplified in his decision to go to the land of the Danes to kill Grendel simply because he wanted to help the Geats. Never wanting or expecting money in return. Beowulf’s bravery is evident when he goes to slay the dragon even though all of his men abandon him, even though he realizes that the dragon is more powerful than he, Beowulf does not ...

Expressionism is referred as a modernist form of art that was initially introduced in Germany during the early part of the 20th century. The main feature of this art is to present a subjective perspective by altering its elements to stimulate emotional impact which eventually leads to conjuring certain moods and perception. There was the conviction that artists have the ability to express some form of inner awareness through their works of art, and this notion has been prevalent among artist and intellectuals in Germany in early twentieth century (Perry, 1993). In due course, the expressionist considered looking for ...

The differences between the Christianity and Judaism lie in the differences of understanding, evaluation and apprehension of the Old Testament and the New Testament. To understand what happens then, we must first take into account the fact that, originally, the nascent Christian movement is fully Jewish. Jesus himself is Jewish. His disciples were Jewish. And all the great figures of the first Christian generation, Jacques, Peter, and Paul, to name a few, are Jews. Thus, the Christian movement was born and began to grow within Judaism. However, that Judaism was soon through a terrible crisis, caused by the destruction ...

Australian History

1. Give two (2) forms of death for the heroic bushman described in nineteenth century Australian art and culture. The heroic deaths came as a result of starvation and malnutrition as well as dehydration because of exposure to the harsh desert conditions. 2. Give the names of two (2) artists, two prose writers (2) and one (1) poet mentioned in the reading. a)Artists- Frederick McCubbin and S. T. Gill. b) Writers- Marcus Clarke and Henry Lawson c) Poet- Henry Kendall 3. Give two (2) reasons why stories of death in the bush were more popular than the British ...

“Paganism” is an extremely unclear term that appeared in church circles to refer to the pre-Christian era where people had diverse religious worldviews. Those were beliefs of primitive tribes, pre-Christian beliefs of the Slavs, Finns, Germans, Celts and pre-Islamic religion of the Tatars. In East Slavic paganism there can be found all the stages that were intrinsic to other pagan cults that existed in other nations. The ancient extant sources testify the worship of the ancient Slavs to objects and phenomena. The worship of, for example, stones, trees, groves was the important constituent of those beliefs. The cult of ...

The True Sexual Morality is a book written by Daniel Heimbach with the main purpose of illuminating the sexual culture in the church. The book serves to address three main purposes within the society. First, it seeks to identify ways in which our churches and society are getting into a sexual chaos. It also seeks to motivate believers on the importance of regaining and teaching biblical standards in regards to sexual morality. Finally, the book serves the purpose of teaching Christians on ways of identifying and opposing fake to biblical sexuality. Chapter 16 of the book is: WHAT IS ...

Kaaba, the ancient stone architectural structure, is the center of the Islamic world, the unifying historic monument which every Muslim desires to visit at least once in life. This is required by one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The pilgrimage to Kaaba is called the hajj. Kaaba is called the house of Allah. It is located inside the Grand Mosque in the ancient city of Mecca (or Makkah), in Saudi Arabia. During their prayers, Muslim all over the world face the direction of Kaaba. This direction is called the Qibla. The wall adjacent to the Kaaba’s entrance ...

When we speak of the Irish Renaissance, we can also be referring to a Celtic Renaissance. We call it the Irish Renaissance because it was championed principally by Irish writers, one of which, at least, used the Celtic tradition to invigorate the Renaissance. Ireland at the turn of the 20th century was mired in passions. Rebellion was always on the horizon, economic collapse was always imminent, the catastrophe of the Potato Famine was still a racial memory, and the rule of the English was still unbearable. From this potentially destructive social structure came some of the finest writing of ...

Nowadays, it is extremely important for people to read books like the one by Fazlur Rahman called “Major themes of the Quran.” Surrounded by the anti-Islamic propaganda and Islamophobia, people should try to get as much educated as possible in order to understand that Islamic culture is very close to the Christian and thus, cannot be judged based on the actions of extremist groups. “Major themes of the Quran” gives the readers a great insight into the sacred book of Islam and explains its main concepts. It is divided into several parts, and each part is responsible for a ...

In our modern, sophisticated and highly secular world, the concept of witchcraft might seem ridiculous and anachronistic. Yet, even today there are many people in the world who believe strongly in the supernatural, including the power of witchcraft to influence the world around them. Despite 19th century mysticism and Romantic period interest in the Druids, Europe has largely abandoned any such traditions. However, belief in witchcraft is still quite common in much of Africa. However, even in Africa witchcraft has changed significantly from what it was in the distant past. The following essay will examine both European and African ...

Reflection on the Sea of Galilee

Reflection on the Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee commonly called Lake Kinneret or the Sea of Tiberius is a small fresh water lake located in Northern Israel. The Sea of Galilee has a span of 148km2 and is 20m deep (Notley, 2009). The present Sea of Galilee is calm and beautiful but the ancient perspective during the time of Jesus offers a different opinion. The sea derives its beauty from the green springs among the hills during the wet season. The sea experiences blizzard just like in the day of Jesus as elaborated in the book of Matthew. The ancient ...

Since time immemorial, English literature has incorporated pagan ideas as well as Christian beliefs. In the pagan culture, warriors got the treatment of heroes, people believed in battles with blood and gore, and revenge was carried in the presence of wrong doings. On the other hand, Christian values ensured they promoted loyalty, sympathy, and sacrifice to make the world a better place for every individual. In this paper, I will elucidate on how the two concepts amalgamated to establish most appreciated literary works in the history. The Dream of the Rood and Caedmon’s Hymn portrays several incidences associated with ...

Classic English Literature

The world of “Beowulf” is a world of kings and fighters, world of banquets, battles and duels. The poem paints the reality from a specific point of view. “Beowulf” is one of the examples of medieval heroical epic. The poem was based on the old Germanic legends relating to pagan times. These legends appeared in the environment of the Germanic tribes long before the migration of the Saxons to Britain. The antithesis between good and evil plays an important role in dualistic myths, where each of the characters and symbols refers to either a positive number as a bearer of good, or a ...

Despite the fact, that both meditation and prayer are the methods of obtaining the religious experience. However, those are not the same despite the fact that many scholars and mystics claim that meditation and prayer are of the same matter. The word "Meditation" (Meditatio) is of a Latin origin. It didn`t come from pagan religions, but from the Christian West. It correlates with the verb "meditor" or "to meditate", ponder and means the deep concentration associated with a detachment from external objects and individual inner experiences. The Christian West gave it two meanings. On the one hand, it means ...

The tradition of celebrating Halloween dates back from the ancient legends and folklore across the world. In Catholic countries, November 1 is the All Saints Day, which marks a special celebration of the saints’ good deeds here on earth. November 2 is considered as the All Hallows Eve, a day said to believe that spirits of the dead return to the land to visit their loved ones. Originally, the tradition of Halloween dates back since the Middle Ages, based on the ancient pagan festivity in Ireland. This celebration is called ‘Samhain,’ (pronounced as sow-een) which means ‘the end of summer’. This ...

The Christian movement begins in Jerusalem as a minor sect of Judaism that gradually separated from the beliefs of Judaism to spread quickly in the Roman world. Eventually, Christianity emerges as a formidable religion compared to other religions in the day long before the emergence of Constantine. Christianity is the first religion to receive support from the state (Barnes, 2010). This enables the religion to become a crucial force in the barbaric period. The role of historical Christianity in the first seven centuries is to absorb elements of ancient civilization and channel them to the middle Ages (Stark, 2006). Christianity expresses a ...

1. According to Nietzsche, Christianity’s “slave morality” enabled it to achieve supremacy over ancient paganism. What were the fundamental values of paganism and how was Christianity able to defeat it? In his premier essay “On the Geology of Morals “, Nietzsche lays significant accusations on the nature of Christianity as a bullying religion designed only for the weak, the slaves, and the poor. Critics of this early work affirm that the circumstances under which the essay is constructed lays firm breeding grounds for violence and victimization of other forms of religion or doctrines (Fraser par. 2). Paganism was such ...

In the history of human civilization, stories always had educative role. In the literary works of fiction, authors use diverse images and symbols in order to trigger a particular reflection from the audience. On the other hand, some authors use traditional images in new contexts in order to stimulate a different reaction and challenge the audiences’ perception of traditional images. In other words, authors often argue that the same images can have different meaning and perception in different cultures and different times. The best example of this is a perception of monsters in different times. The aim of this paper is to ...

Worship of numerous sacred and martyrs started getting into Christianity along with introduction of icons. Similarly to paganism, everyone of sacred turned into the patron of some profession or craft, like pagan gods did. Moreover, even memorable days of the majority of sacred coincide with the dates of celebrations in honor of pagan gods and goddesses. The first certificates on worship are found in the middle of the III century when christians in Rome started visiting places of burial of apostles Peter and Paul. Thus, pagan honoring of the well-known people, in Christianity was replaced with honoring of ...

The holy book of Romans is undoubtedly one of the most elaborate works of Apostle Paul to the Christians living in Rome, which was then an important city both into the Roman Empire and in the work of the gospel. Rome was both an administrative and religious center, with a highly cosmopolitan population. The book of Romans is actually not Paul’s first letter but it is placed as the first epistle because of its depth in dealing with the person of the messiah Jesus Christ and the message of the kingdom of God that he came to expose to ...

This essay will explore the compositional method and the harmonic innovations that Stravinsky used in his ballet “The Rite of Spring.” In order to capture all the ideas the essay will have three parts; the first part will be linked to the observation for the piece as a whole, the second part will be an analysis of the strategically features with examples from the score and the third part will be a cogent summary of the analysis that will imply the interpretation of the piece. “The Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky was premiered in 29 May 1913 at the ...

- The purpose of this ethno-profile of the Crow Nation is to gain an in-depth awareness of some human group different from the one in which we live. - I chose to write about the Crow Nation people because although more than one-half of all Native Americans in the United States live outside the reservation the Crow Nation is concentrated on their reservation. This makes them unique and interesting to write about. - The physical environment - The Crow Nation has a reservation south of Billings, Montana. They also live in several cities, mainly in western America. ...

Becoming a CEO of any company is not an easy task. It requires capability and confidence and if I have been chosen then it must be because of my skills. So there is obviously a good reason to celebrate. Choosing to become such an important part of any organisation should be properly decided. Critically analysing and understanding various aspects and how they affect your presence in that organisation is really important. I got an offer from two companies and both companies require me to function as the CEO. The pay-scale and various incentives offered are also similar. But there ...

Michelangelo began in 1508 the Sistine Chapel and in a period of 4 years he painted the ancestors of Christ, the Old Testament Prophets and the pagan Sibyls. He included the Old Testament heroes and leaders defeating enemies of Faith. In 1530 he painted the Last Judgment on the altar wall. The complete work of the Sistine Chapel of Michelangelo shows a complete world history from the very beginning of Creation, the Old Testament including the Prophets and Moses, the pagan world all the way to the Life of Christ and Peter, including the history of the Church portraying the great ...

First recorded raid by Danes in Anglo-Saxon England-787

Otto crowned emperor in Rome-1962 William the conqueror defeats the last Anglo-Saxon king-1066 Capture of Toledo from Muslims-1085 Death of Basil II, emperor-1025 Terms, people, events Carolingian Renaissance: this refers to the period under which the ancient literature, education, art, and architecture from Italy was intensified across the entire Europe during the reign of Carolingians.

Counties: refers to the land ruled by count or countess in ancient Europe.

Marches: refers to the regions on Italy Feudalism: is the complex network of relationships between landholding and the obligation to provide service to the lord. Fief: refers to the estate that is held by a superior through military ...

As a prelude to writing this essay, I would like to admit that I have never been to Africa. Further, my opinion about the “black continent” has been shaped by what I have seen or read in media. When I think about Africa, the images that first come to mind are; various wildlife programs on National Geographic channel; Michael Jackson’s music video “Black or White”; various campaigns by world leaders to eradicate poverty; and dictators and ethnic strife. And off course the campaign against apartheid in South Africa. I don’t know for what reason, but the image I ...

Religion is the most common universal belief in which its importance lies on the moral values that guide people in life in following the path to righteousness. For some, it provides answers in their quest for meaning and purpose in life while others view it as a way to achieve their hopes and aspirations. In some cultures, religion arises out of a major phenomenon that symbolizes their history of political and social struggles which contributes a huge part of their culture and way of life. One example is the phenomenon of La Virgen de Guadalupe in Mexico which influenced cultural, social and ...

Introduction

Before the declaration of Christianity as the official religion in England in 312 A.D., there were prior contacts between Christianity and Insular Celtic paganism. The Georgian Mission of Christianity in 596 A.D., which declared the conversion of all pagans to Christianity as well as the Christianity take-over of Ireland by 600 A.D., accelerated the rise of Christianity and the fall of paganism (Lunn-Rockliffe, p. 12). By 1100 A.D., Christianity had gained sufficient control over the Celtic region, thereby replacing the former religion, paganism (p. 17). However, since most of the people that drafted literature about the interaction between Paganism ...

Periodically throughout the last two millennia or so, Pagans, or followers of classical polytheisms found themselves facing oppression or persecution. As the influence of Christianity grew, the term “pagan” was used to broadly describe any non-Christians. Attempts to suppress Paganism successfully erased many Pagan rituals and demolished or covered sacred sites, but early Christianity was far from uniform between different regions and different blendings of Paganism and Christianity occasionally emerged. Examining varied pagan traditions and beliefs and understanding the interaction between Paganism and Judaism and Christianity and Paganism when Christianity was a young religion allows greater insight into some traditions ...

CLOUDS AND INTELLECTUAL THUGGERY

Aristophanes’ cloud is a blatant attack on the sophists and a personal attack on Socrates. The sophists were a class of people who had a revolutionary frame of thought which did not conform to the social norms of their time. They believed in arguing about the validity of everything and using their cunningness and mental prowess to triumph in an argument. Aristophanes’ cloud shows how the teachings of the sophists at the Thoughtery went against common social convention of the time. The play focuses on the activities of the sophists to paint them in their true colors as people who went against social ...

FINAL INTERPRETIVE EXERCISE

The image I have selected to discuss is the narrative dance of Kathak that is normally performed by priests. This dance has high amounts of religious connotation and was used by the priests to tell stories about the gods and goddesses. These dances bear great connotation to ritualism and date back to the Brahmin priests if the ancient temples of ancient India. Originally, these dances were referred to as Kathakar and held significant religious notion, but later the name was changed to the Kathak. This image represents a form of worship as well as a form of evangelism as it tells ...

Stigma is a common phenomenon is the contemporary world. Goffman thinks it affects almost everyone at some point in their social life (Ritzer and Stepnisky 149). While there is no consensus on the accurate definition of the term stigma, it is generally understood to mean the negative feeling that engulfs an individual who is trapped in a wide gap between their actual self and their virtual self. According to Goffman, social stigma is the gap that exists between that which a person ought to be – virtual social identity – and that which they actually are – actual social identity (Ritzer and Stepnisky 149). Goffman ...

What led up to the Maccabean Revolt?

The Maccabees were a Jewish family that led a rebellion against Greece and the influences of Hellenism. It all started when there were efforts to eliminate Judaism and solidify Greek culture in the Palestinian regions. Seleucid soldiers were sent to enforce anti-Jewish edicts around Jerusalem. In the middle of all of this, they met resistance from one local Jewish leader, Matthias, a priest who had five sons (Feldman 371). Jerusalem, during this time, was in trouble. Hellenistic rules were being forced upon everyone. Anyone who read the Torah was put to death, mothers who insisted that their sons be circumcised were ...

Literature

Thesis statement: The common theme that appears in the Anglo-Saxon poetry pieces, Beowulf and “The Seafarer” is that they both embed a definitively Christian values despite the presence of pagan images (Mursell 36). Beowulf is perceived to be written by a Christian cleric, who draws pagan images and themes to signify its Christian character. In the story of Beowulf, he had to leave behind the warmth of his hall in order to pursue his journey over the sea to conquer Grendal, the evil monster in their combat. In Beowulf, although the author was able to form pagan images in the ...

There are many misconceptions about the holiday, Christmas. Most are under the perception that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday, however most biblical scholars feel that it was unlikely that Jesus shared his birthday with December 25, most pointing to the likelihood of a spring birth. If is much most likely that Christmas was a spinoff of the Roman pagan celebration of Saturnalia that took place between the 17th to the 25th of December (Liebeschuetz, 1995. Pg 200). This week was considered a week of breaking laws, including arson, destruction of property, and in some cases murder. Often one person ...

There are many misconceptions about the holiday, Christmas. Most are under the perception that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday, however most biblical scholars feel that it was unlikely that Jesus shared his birthday with December 25, most pointing to the likelihood of a spring birth. If is much most likely that Christmas was a spinoff of the Roman pagan celebration of Saturnalia that took place between the 17th to the 25th of December (Liebeschuetz, 1995). This week was considered a week of breaking laws, including arson, destruction of property, and in some cases murder. Often one person was chosen ...

Traditions are among the characteristic aspects of any given community. They define different seasons, moments, beliefs as well as the behavior of the members of the society in question. However, most people do not understand the origins of the traditions that they practice or the different beliefs that they hold. This paper explores the origin of different traditional elements among which are Easter, Christmas, wedding ceremonies and the concept of Satan. Easter is one of the oldest holidays within the Christian setting. Cline believes that Easter has both pagan and Christian roots (1). The Pagan aspects of the ...

Early Christianity adopted many of the Pagan rituals as it evolved. The influences of Paganism can be found in the symbols Christians use as proof of their faith, the buildings they worship in and the ceremonies they participate into the holidays they celebrate. John H. Newman the author of Development of the Christian stated, "The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; asylums; holy days and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields, sacerdotal vestments, ...

Charlemagne, born on the 2nd of April 742 was the first Holy Roman Emperor and the first emperor in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire three hundred years before his coronation. While his date of birth is relatively unknown, it can be calculated from numerous sources and with the help of the Lorsch Abbey calendar . Charles the Great was also said to have been born in eastern Frankland, specifically in a district known as Moingewi (modern day Belguim). He was the oldest son of his father, Pepin the Short and his mother Bertrada of Laon. ...

The Pax Romana is distinguished in history as a roughly 200-year period of progress and growth separating the civil strife of the 1st century B.C. and the onset of marked decline that began with the third century A.D. Roman military power had pacified subject populations from the Euphrates River in the east to the uplands of northern Britain in the far west, while Roman law established a cohesive civilizing influence throughout the empire. The absence of strife in all parts of the empire made it possible to travel safely virtually anywhere in the known world and a highly competent and relatively benign ...

The population of Pre-Islamic Arabia consisted of scattered independent tribes, whose life was characterized by total absence of political organization, absolute dedication to the tribe and the chief, ceaseless warfare. Arabs were rather indifferent and inert towards religion but had some notion of it. Local animist tradition coexisted with idolatry and pagan pantheon of deities, mainly derived from Semitic sources. When Quraysh captured Mecca, they brought a cult of the chief (but not singular) lunar god Hubal, later called Allah. In the sixth century, nearly in the end of Pre-Islamic era, Arabs were pressured by two strong empires of Sassanid Persia ...

Beowulf is amongst the most famed poems in old English. Beowulf consists of about three thousand lines and was drafted in England in the late 800’s AD. It was published in the Anglo-Saxon epoch from 449 AD to 1066 AD. During those days the theme fate, death, and afterlife were so trendy in British literature works. In the poem, a war lord from Geats rises to the salvage of Hrothgar, the ruler of the Danes whose territory is under siege by a monster, Grendel. Beowulf sails through and conquers Grendel. To demonstrate his proficiency, he even slays Grendel with his ...

Introduction

Vigil and Dante are main characters in the Divine Comedy poem of the 14th century. Its first part is the inferno followed by Purqatorio and Paradiso in that order. The poem is the author’s allegory of the journey through hell. In the poem, Virgil acts as a guide to Dante’s vigil journey. The poem portrays hell as having nine circles where suffering and torment goes on earth. Symbolically, the divine comedy is a representation of the soul’s journey to heaven. Describing rejection and recognition within the Inferno is the theme of the entire poem. Virgil’s presence in ...

Burma, or Myanmar, which is its new name, is a country where ancient and splendid Buddhist temples are spread out placidly over a country that is desperate for change. The Tatmadaw, an infamous repressive military government, have ruled the country for the past thirty years. It is a rather vexed moral question whether an individual could financially succeed in Burma, and this is the question this paper will answer based on comprehensive research.

Location

Burma is a Southeast Asian sovereign state that is located between Thailand and India. In the north, the country is bordered by China and India, and in the south, the ...

On the day that the apostolic twelve were to depart from Spain to the Americas, the Franciscan Friars received orders from Francisco de Los Angeles. The orders instructed to evangelize to all, however as they evangelized, an importance to maintaining respect and continuing peaceful Spanish values was raised. Regardless, the Friars’ instructions became law to the natives in the New World. And so, on the Franciscan Friars arrival to the New World, the Spaniards spread their religion. This was a path they believed created martyrdom where missionaries worked for God and in every activity they participated they let God do ...

In the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul stands up during a meeting at the Areopagus, in Athens, and begins to speak to them about a statue he had seen while he was walking around the city. While many of the objects of worship had the name of their god or goddess on them, one was labeled “to an unknown god” (Acts 17:23). He uses this object to open the discussion of the God of the Hebrew and Christian faiths with the Athenians – people who worshipped a whole spectrum of deities, many of whom behaved like adolescents given too much power in ...

The birth place of Judaism is in modern day Iraq. It has been known by many names throughout history. In ancient times it was called Sumer the positioning of Ur of the Chaldea and the birth place of Abraham. Tigris and Eu-prates meet at a place with a very famous name Babylon. Where the rivers part is known as Assyria not to be confused with modern day Syria. This region is the birthplace of civilization. The civilization that developed and were highly advanced in terms of mathematics and even law. The religious culture was very pagan that included human sacrifice.

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“The City of God” was an interesting book outlining how different entities can clash in their beliefs. During the time that this was written, Romans were blaming Christians on the fall of the Roman Empire (Augustine). This, they believed, was largely because Christians failed to be patriotic. The actions of the Romans are a clear example of human beings having free will. They did as they pleased and lived hedonistic lives. This can be related to “The Inferno” where stages, or circles, of hell are described. Each circle represents a kind of sin people commit. The seven sins are outlined, plus ...

Hitler’s table-talk is a collection of speeches and conversation he delivered during the time of Second World War. The statements will certainly give the student of history or politics an overall knowledge of his opinions and thoughts about his own theories. This also gives the idea that he was very much conscious that he was being recorded. However, this increases the importance of his statements during the table-talks.

Hitler is the one and only dictator that keep a significant distance from any other dictators in the world. Some historians even recorded him as a phenomenon. For many people, his name “Adolf ...

Arguably, the development and growth of Christianity can be traced from its roots in Roman controlled Palestine to major religion in the globe. In fact, the Christina practices have gone to the entire continent of Europe and the world at large. As ammeter of fact, Christianity is the most popular religion in the planet earth, with global believers, making one-third of the world population. Additionally, this religion is also disputed by many other sects and religions in the globe. Christianity is certainly an Abraham religion that is based on the teachings, death, life, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. ...

Analysis of biographical similarities of Jesus and Zeus made scientists think about their identity. In accordance with some contemporary sources Zeus could be a prototype of Jesus. Other researchers argue that Zeus’ biography was copied from the Jesus’ one or even vice versa. This paper objective is to reveal if there is any resemblance between Jesus and Zeus if there is any. Zeus (Jupiter) was a supreme god who ruled in Olympus and ranked high in the pantheon. Zeus was the son of Chronos and Rhea. His siblings were swallowed by his father Chronos to remove the threat of his ...

Introduction to Wicca

Wicca is a common and ancient term for witchcraft, which refers to the efforts of humans to develop supernatural powers for the malicious use of black magic. Because of this, the terms magic, sorcery, and witchcraft can be considered synonymous (“History and Background of Wicca”).

Wicca is based on pagan nature worship systems and is similar to other humanist religions where “everything goes as long as it doesn’t oppose their claim to being god/goddesses or hold them to a higher power” (“Wicca Beliefs and Practices”).

Origin of Wicca

There is no authoritative source that traces the roots of Wicca in ancient times (Slick). ...

Every single religion in the world enjoys a history that rolls back for centuries and ages hence. These histories help to identify a people and distinguish them from all he others. It is not just the history that matters but it is the legacy behind the story that gives a people the pride for their history. As it is commonly agreed, it is difficult to tell where we are headed if we cannot tell where we come from. Everyone and everything starts somewhere and it is only necessary to identify this source, so that we can predict the future. As it is ...

Comparative analysis-Jenkins and Aikman

This essay relates view points of Phillip Jenkins ‘The New face of Christianity’ and David. Aikman, “Jesus in Beijing” in discussing the influence of missionary Christian theology from two different cultural contexts. Jenkins’ themes include, “Poor and rich, old and new, good and evil, persecution and vindication, women and men, north and south.” (Jenkins, 2006). Aikman( 2003) takes a more socio-political approach in interpreting the benefits of Christianity to China.

Missionary Christian theology when observed within its political context seeks always to Christianize and liberate people of Eastern cultures. Often they are perceived as pagan within their native religion. Jenkins ...

Omnes viae Romam ducunt, says the old Latin proverb. All roads lead to Rome. The meaning of the saying is clear: there is more than one way to achieve a goal. But this ancient piece of wisdom highlights also the importance of the Eternal City and the whole Roman Empire. Traces of this antique culture can be still recognizable in our todays civilization. The western world can be considered as continuation of the ancient Greek and Roman traditions. Of course, not all inventions and ways of development were inherited by the modern society. Western civilization was also to a great extent ...

Introduction

Rock music is characterized by judgmental aspects based on the concept and context upon which this music is developed. This can be compared to the scenario that the fruits a tree bear consequently drives the judgments that are likely to be made for that particular tree. The baseline of understanding this kind of music is first tracing the roots of rock music so that the resultant effects and evolvement characteristic of rock music can be manifested. Different genres have evolved with time as well as the musical styles associated with rock music. In this regard, the history of rock music ...