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Stevie Smith And Christianity
1,395 wordsDiscovering the essence of Christianity is too varied and diverse a topic for anyone to pin to solely one definition. How one approaches the topic of Christianity is often in accordance to their personal foundations of religious belief. Sometimes these beliefs are deeply seeded during childhood so, as children mature into adults, they seldom doubt that which has been taught to them for so many years. English poet, Florence Margaret Smith, was not one of these individuals. Smith, more popularly k...
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Stevie Smith And Christianity
1,429 words... ave naively accepted the goodness of God without wondering what that truly means to their beliefs and how such a belief survives in the world they live in everyday. This was an imperfection of the church as an institution, which is something Stevie came to recognize as no longer part of God, but as part of man who had tainted his message of love and acceptance. Sanford Sternlicht, professor at Syracuse University and author of Stevie Smith, noted, She was progressively disillusioned by Chris...
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One Thing Inequality Nature
438 wordsThe riddle of inequality, as Tillich explains, '... Cannot be solved. ' This inequality is the divider of people, of the have's and have-nots. It seems that this riddle has confused people since the beginning of time and was even discussed in the bible. People always wonder why some have more than others do; they wonder why this happens and how it can change. I believe that this riddle is natural and cannot be changed despite he best efforts of people. Tillich attributes this mystery of have's a...
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Justification By Faith End Of History
2,453 words[Course Title] The Christian Faith - Justification The classical Christian insight is captured (but also obscured, as is the fate with all slogans) in the doctrine of "justification by faith. " When a slogan ceases to illuminate and itself becomes a cause of confusion and darkness, it has outlived its usefulness. Possibly that is the case with "justification by faith, " as significant theologians like Paul Tillich have argued. (Tillich 227) The theological presupposition of the notion of justifi...
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God And Man Rational Explanation
1,679 wordsCreed or Chaos Dorothy L. Sayers looks deeply into the controversial topic of the church s downfall including how and why dogma plays a vital role in ones distrust in the spiritual strength of Christianity. Creed or Chaos focuses on dogma as such a doctrine of faith proclaimed by the church and it s misinterpretation as an ideology. In The Greatest Drama Ever Staged is The Official Creed of Christendom, Sayers specifically references the assurance of the demise of the church as a result of the p...
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Essential Nature Divine Love
3,061 wordsFinding Grace In The Boards Concepts Finding Grace In The Boards Concepts Of Humanity In Tillich And Rinpoche Finding Grace in the Boards Concepts of Humanity in Tillich and Rinpoche In the books The Shaking of the Foundations and The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Paul Tillich and Sogyal Rinpoche lay out parallel visions of the human condition and the path to overcome it. The books have very similar themes and vocabularies and contain remarkably few substantive differences. The authors defin...
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Roman Catholic Church Gift From God
2,892 wordsThis essay is concerned with Martin Luther (1483 - 1546), and his concept of Christianity. Luther began his ecclesiastical career as an Augustinian Monk in the Roman Catholic Church. Consequently, Luther was initially loyal to the papacy, and even after many theological conflicts, he attempted to bring about his reconciliation with the Church. But this was a paradox not to endure because in his later years, Luther waged a continual battle with the papacy. Luther was to become a professor of bibl...
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Roman Catholic Church Gift From God
2,784 wordsThis essay is concerned with Martin Luther (1483 - 1546), and his concept of Christianity. Luther began his ecclesiastical career as an Augustinian Monk in the Roman Catholic Church. Consequently, Luther was initially loyal to the papacy, and even after many theological conflicts, he attempted to bring about his reconciliation with the Church. But this was a paradox not to endure because in his later years, Luther waged a continual battle with the papacy. Luther was to become a professor of bibl...
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