Essays on Christianity Page 8

As a passionate worshipper of Jesus Christ and growing up in a family strongly rooted in Christian beliefs, the thought of a different perspective on religion seemed trivial to me. Who wouldn’t believe in the man who was God in the flesh, endured tremendous torture, and ultimately gave his life so that our sins would…

A Greek myth is brought to life in a nothing shy of dramatic rendition of a classic play featuring the familiar chaos of the royal family of Atossa, her husband Darius and their son Xerxes. “The Persians” starts off with the enthusiastic supporting cast showcasing lost hope, the loss of loved ones, and the loss…

The idea that the dead remain with us in spirit is an ancient one, and one that offers many people comfort; who doesn’t want to believe that our beloved but deceased family members aren’t looking out for us, or with us, in our times of need? Most people believe in ghosts because of personal experience;…

Two ways of thought and life are combined to make one learning environment. Liberal arts and Christianity seem like two separate concepts to most, but together they create a harmonious setting for an individual to grow in a multitude outstays. A Liberal Arts College creates a elite long thinker that becomes adaptable to society using…

At first glance, Beowulf appears to be an epic exclusively about Christian values, and how it influenced the Anglo-Saxons of this time. Moreover, a tale about how Christian principles always defeat the forces of evil, and how all thanes and kings are saintly. However, as the book further develops, it becomes more apparent that this…

With the rise of Christianity throughout the first millennium, dramatic rituals developed for use during prayer. The Latin mass is the best-known of these rites. Originally dance movements were part of these pieces as well as music and a dramatic dialogue. By the Middle Ages these works moved from inside the churches to the out-…

Early Christian and Byzantine art started after Jesusí death in the first century ranging and ending to the fourth century AD. The art produced during this period was secretive because Christianity was not a formal religion but as a cult; the Romans and rest of Europe persecuted Christians so the artist disguised their work with…

The Church was a vast, overbearing force in the 14th Century. It had power over many facets of daily life. The Church’s power was held by a stronghold of tradition, and few were willing to question that. Chaucer speaks out against this authority in the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. He was angry with…

The praised epic poem, Beowulf, is the first great heroic poem in English literature. The epic follows a courageous warrior named Beowulf throughout his young, adult life and into his old age. As a young man, Beowulf becomes a legendary hero when he saves the land of the Danes from the hellish creatures, Grendel and…

In Twilight of the Idols Nietzsche discusses his views on Christianity, other philosophers, and authors of his time. Nietzsche’s main focus, however, is on Christianity and how its actions and views are means to an end. He uses eloquent diction that sometimes loses the reader he makes up for his articulate word usage with elementary…