Essays on Righteousness

The covering of head is typical for all three main religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In the course of the centuries, many things have been changed though the tradition of covering a woman’s head not only in a sacred place but in everyday life too is still alive and carries out in Muslim lifestyle. Why is it so strong? Is it more than just clothes?

Qur’an explains the dress code for the believers and established several rules about clothes for both men and women.

The first rule says that clothes must be nice and luxurious but the best garment for a faithful person is righteousness. “O Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover ...

Sermons usually have many ideas, but all of them stem out from the main idea of the sermon. Haddon Robinson, in his book Biblical Preaching, came out with “The Big Idea Preaching”. The Big idea is an organizing factor, and preachers should organize sermons based on it. There are two purposes of using this method of preaching. First, the congregation would have something lasting in their minds after the sermon is over and secondly, the sermon is organized around one major idea allowing for a better understanding of the message the preacher is trying to convey. It is significant ...

There can be no denial of the fact that literature is the true mirror of the society of the world. Indeed, there are innumerous examples of seminal literary works penned by various literary artists that have come to reflect the picture of the individual and the society with utmost perfection and artistic skill. As such, one can take into reckoning the short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find, by Flannery O’Connor that can very well be taken to be an exploration of the degeneration of the individual self and the moral values of life in the ...

Modernity refers to the approaches, behavior, and ideas of the post-traditional period. Originally, modernity can be defined as a critique of tradition, and a movement toward a new point of view rooted in new paradigms and insights. Recently, modernity has embodied present-day thoughts and present-day lifestyle. One important aspect that arises from this definition of social change and its impact on human experience is the formation of a newly constructed self-image and identity. In essence, the concept of modernity differentiates the modern person from the traditional individual. Such newly founded freedom in connection to modernity involved an experience and ...

Circumstances

Both texts were created by Mahatma Gandhi when India used to be a British colony and Gandhi was leading his country’s march towards independence from colonial rule. Since, India was a British colony; the British Empire ravaged local business and forced them to sell on British made goods. The Dandi March was an effort by Gandhi and fellow Satyagrahis to produce Indian salt as a means to to break the British hegemony over Indian public and Indian industry. The first speech came before the Dandi March in 1930 when Gandhi wanted to make sure that his intentions of ...

I saw the Indiana University Theatre production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson on April 23rd at 7:30 PM at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. The show was written by Alex Timbers, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. For the purposes of this response paper, I choose to write about Robert Toms’ portrayal of Andrew Jackson, given his status as the main character and the many interesting acting choices he demonstrated throughout the production. Andrew Jackson, as portrayed in the musical, is a rock version of the famous American president and historical figure, whose given circumstances involve his childhood ...

Augustine of Hippo and His View of Election As Regards Salvation

Biography Augustine of Hippo, or more popularly known as St. Augustine, was the child of St. Monica. However, despite a religious upbringing, Augustine spent most of his young life in blasphemous beliefs and immoral lifestyle. Although he was a remarkably intelligent person and had been indoctrinated to the Christian faith early in life, his sins of wickedness and his self-glorification corrupted his thoughts too much, that he became completely blind to the Divine Truth. Augustine's mother, Monica, was a devout Christian, while his father supported paganism for most of his life, merely converting to Christianity prior to his death. ...

Every person has a worldview in life, and it may be described in different ways depending on the individual. A worldview can be defined as a set of beliefs an individual has about a major question in life such as if God exist, the way he looks, how can a person know God, is there life after death, and how to differentiate between right and wrong among others. There is the need to refer to the Holy books such as the Bible and Quran to get the answers to the inescapable life questions. The biblical worldview is composed of ...

that we can read about in all four Gospels. Despite His grief, Jesus returned from the deserted place and started healing ill people who came a long way on foot from the city in order to see Him and listened to Him. Jesus was very sad because John the Baptist was beheaded by Herod’s order. The disciples took the body, buried it and told Him the terrible news. (Matt. 14:10-14 New King James Version) When the evening came, the apostles asked Jesus to send the multitude away because people were hungry and exhausted and it would take them ...

In the mid-1800s, females have been subject to much pressure. While white women were seeking freedom from white male domination, black women had been struggling to gain the most basic social rights. It was the era when education began and first universities were built (Frierson and Tate 151). At that time black women existed “at the intersection of race and gender”, and this issue had been greatly challenged (Frierson and Tate 151). From the beginning of the 17th century slavery had spread all over the country (Brezina 9). While the northern part of the state gradually became slaver-free, in ...