He no longer had to conform to anyone or anything and rather was at peace. No doubt, society was good in a way, that it taught him many things and helped him survive in his situations, but he found peace in himself when there was a lack of society, which proves the many barriers associated with it. ... In this book there is the two separate societies of the Hasidic Jews and the more liberal secular Jews. ... Evidence of this is that he was reading Graetz" History of the Jews, a book that criticizes Hasidism and calls tzaddikim "priests of Baal". ... This is the part of the book where it is f...

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Evil is dualistic, separates the body from soul, heart from head, human form divine. ... (food-clothing-shelter) - Consider who can help (interpersonal), community (Friends, Relatives), Spiritual (Church) Scriptural Resources - Isaiah:57:14-21 This book Isaiah was written during a time when many of the people of Judah were in exile in Babylon, crushed and without hope. ... In spite of this mournful nature of the book there is a note of trust in God and hope for the future. ...

• Word Count: 2167
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• Grade Level: High School

Augustine refers to him as, "a great snare of the Devil, and many were entangled by him through that lure of his smooth language: which though I did commend, yet could I separate from the truth of the things which I was earnest to learn" (BOOK V). ... This contradicts the Christian belief that there is one all-powerful god who preaches, "peace, modesty, and a readiness for the afterlife" (MOVIE). ...

• Word Count: 700
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They believe that worst of all, sin separates humanity from God. ... The book is called the Tripitaka. ... What separates these two religions is their view on the afterlife. ... Which in Buddhism nirvana isn't death but inner peace. ...

• Word Count: 1762
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• Grade Level: High School

Although the three are separate, they are all whole and complete as the same God figure. ... " (John 10:30) The verse from John shows how the three parts are separate and serve different purposes but work as one. ... Dostoevsky refers to Sonya throughout the book as a child, emphasizing her innocence and gentleness. ... Sonya brings peace and comfort to Raskolnikov just as the Holy Ghost is supposed to. ...

• Word Count: 1936
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• Grade Level: High School

This book is more of a diary entry of Baldwin's experiences with certain topics, mainly racism and religion. ... He explains in the book that the church was a racket, and that "It was good luck that I found my self in the church racket instead of some other, and surrendered to a spiritual seduction long before I came to any carnal knowledge" (Baldwin 28). ... That there is a warm happy feeling in the room, "I remember being astounded by the quietness, the ease, the peace, the taste they greeted me with a genuine cordiality and respect" (Baldwin 62). ... Wars not just in the dictionary def...

• Word Count: 1573
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Bless Me, Ultima At the beginning of the Book, The author associates Antonio's concern about the changes in his life to his culture. ... The author shows Antonio's feelings about change by depicting his nervousness about beginning school, separating from his mother, and his future. ... When Ultima successfully cures Lucas, Antonio comes to realize that Ultima's spirituality is both valid and separate from the Catholic Church. ...

• Word Count: 3136
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abraham and Jacob of the Book of Genesis are alike in many ways. ... Abraham approaches Lot to make peace. ... He demonstraits his heroic leadership skills as he separates his people into two groups in anticipation of destruction by his brother's forces. ...

• Word Count: 1787
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• Grade Level: High School

Among the separate scriptures, they hold similar pivotal figures that make up the religious doctrine texts. ... The dove returned with an olive branch twig, which is the symbol of peace restored, indicating the flood was officially over.9 Noah and the rest of Ark's guests were free to leave the Ark, and mark new life on Earth. ... It also shows how they would persecute people for having separate beliefs, as well as the pressure they put on the non-believers to become believers by only allowing those who follow God to survive the flood. ...

• Word Count: 2532
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• Grade Level: High School

In this work he explains that there is a great quantity of every species so that the strongest and healthiest survive, leaving a better species behind that slowly adapts into whole separate species. ... These new inventions joined all different cultures together, but scientific findings were separating them because humans had no morality to each other anymore. ... By doubting the creation that God has within the book of Genesis in the Bible, anything else within the Bible is up for question. ... They seemed like two separate worlds and if Christians accepted science then they had to give up al...

• Word Count: 2549
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• Grade Level: High School

Many arguments have been presented both for and against the existence of God and have been a very debatable question for many centuries. So what or better yet, who exactly is 'God'? Each religion has its own definition of God. This world has over 350 religions in this world, meaning there are ...

• Word Count: 2260
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Copious declarations about the sin include, "all have sinned and have come short of the glory of God," "your iniquities have separated between you and your God," "whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin.... It should, furthermore, be noted that Paul begins this chapter by saying, "Therefore, being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.... (Grudem) Robert Culver, too, speaks about the nature of sin in own book, and time and time again he returns one basic understanding of sin being: "Lack of conformity to divine law, the...

• Word Count: 3531
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• Grade Level: High School

The book of Genesis depicts God as creating through speech (Genesis 1:1-31); a God that does not speak is a God that does not create. ... In the book of Malachi, the final book of the Old Testament, Malachi foretells a day of judgment, a day "burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day ... will leave them neither root nor branch " (Malachi 4:1). ... The book of Malachi "and the Old Testament itself "ends like this: Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. ... There is a growing body of evide...

• Word Count: 8991
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• Grade Level: High School

We may conclude that the family lost some of its former functions or now shares them with other institutions.6 Keniston defines the family today as the "needy" family that needs and uses support in raising children, and thus, this family estranges its children and participates in the breaking down of family relationships in the future.7 It may be said that democracy separates and isolates the members of the family from each other, too. ... "10 The American dramatist‟s concept of family is centered on his dream of the ideal family and his desire to make peace with it rather than unde...

• Word Count: 9352
• Approx Pages: 37
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School