Christian Essays

The European arrival in both Japan and China significantly affected both societies. Following the isolation of the Ming Dynasty in the 14th century, the Christian missionaries attempted to further penetrate the population of China. In Japan, with the rule of emperor Nobunaga, the Christian missionaries were encouraged to convert populations …

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, biblical allusions are crucial to the story as a whole. For example, in the chapter entitled “The Marketplace”, Hawthorne explains that a Papist (Roman Catholic) would view Hester Prynne–who was standing on a scaffold in front of the Salem townsmen at that time–“picturesque …

The Middle Ages was a religious age that was dominated by papacy. The Crusades show the religiousness of the Europeans in the Middle Ages, though we question ourselves if that was their only motive: Religion. People fought the Muslims, Seljuk Turks, to regain the Middle East in the name of …

Saint Sebastian was born in the city of Narbonne, in Gaul, in the 3rd Century. Saint Sebastian was a young man by the time he was religious. He was a son of a wealthy Roman family and was educated in Milan. Throughout earlier in life, he was soon trasfered as …

In this sonnet, a man is sits through a catholic mass, praying, singing hymns, listening to the sermon, and took communion. He is nervous and uneasy. “…after the hand-wringing…” (687) He lets his mind wander for a time while noticing the shafts of light through the window, revealing particles of …

Functionalists and Marxists do not agree that religion causes change within society. This is because they believe that religion acts as a conservative force within society. A conservative force means that religion prevents change within modern society. On the other hand feminists believe that religion does not act as a …

This poem appears to be a dramatic monologue, spoken by the character at a moment when he/she was approaching death. Using key terms within the last stanza, we can infer the speaker is approaching death. Therefore, the tone of the poem should be that of sadness or despair, but as …

The attitudes of Christian and Islamic people toward merchants and trade from religions’ origins until about 1500-show change over time. At first Christians were against merchants and trade and the Muslim’s were more fair towards them, but then attitudes changed when trading became wide spread and merchants gained peoples respect. …

In this essay I am going to try and find out why King Henry VIII created the Church of England. In 1532 he broke with papal authority and announced himself head of the church in England, in 1533 the Church of England was created and in 1535 monasteries were closed. …

During Voltaire’s lifetime, traditional social institutions and government systems held power. Arguably the most influential of those was the Catholic Church, which was considered sacred and above the state in authority and importance. Although Voltaire was a deist, he despised the Church clergy for its corruption, impiousness, and hypocrisy. Having …