Essays Tagged: "Atheism"

A Statistical Analysis of Religious Attitudes in America

n class, I discovered a trend away from traditional religious beliefs and practices, and one toward atheism or alternative religious beliefs.After a resurgence in the 1970's and early 1980's, the Roma ...

(3 pages) 143 0 4.3 Feb/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Charles Darwin and Imperialism, how the English empire used Darwinian to justify the on-going process of imperialism

od could be observed in social institutions; for instance: theswitch from popular Evangelicalism to atheism, emergence of feminism andthe creation of new political ideologies (Liberalism, Conservatism ...

(2 pages) 99 0 3.0 Dec/1995

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Two brands of nihilism

sm". Intexts from the tradition prior to Nietzsche, the term connotes a necessary connectionbetween atheism and the subsequent disbelief in values. It was held the atheist regardedthe moral norms of s ... pearance on the scene, however, arrives the most potentarguments denying the necessary link between atheism and nihilism. It will bedemonstrated that Nietzsche, in fact, will argue it is in the appeal ...

(6 pages) 138 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Charles Darwin and Imperialism

od could be observed in social institutions; for instance: theswitch from popular Evangelicalism to atheism, emergence of feminism andthe creation of new political ideologies (Liberalism, Conservatism ...

(2 pages) 73 1 4.5 Oct/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Charles Darwin

Robert Browning

ng Shelly, He made the decision to be an atheist and aliberal. But in a few years he grew away from atheism and the extremephases of his liberalism. The things he learned from the books he read wouldl ...

(4 pages) 109 0 4.5 Nov/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Analysis of John Gardner's Grendel as being an illustration of the shattered innocent/fallen from grace archetype, as well an accurate depiction of human nature

s many of the "human" characters represent the belief in God, and the dragon represents the idea of atheism. In the beginning, Grendel believes in the power of the Shaper. He is moved by the Shaper's ...

(3 pages) 57 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Albert Camus (author of The Stranger) and Existentialism .

s highest good is to find his or her own unique moral vocation. Although existentialism encompasses atheism and agnosticism, general existentialist thought has had a profound influence on 20th-century ...

(1 pages) 82 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

All of the aspects of the U-2 affair during the cold war.

k moral terms: "This is a war of light against darkness, freedom against slavery, Godliness against atheism." But the President refused to undertake an effort to "roll back" Soviet gains in the years ...

(5 pages) 41 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Historical interpretations of Thomas Jefferson's presidency, including progressive, counter-progressive, and republican views.

ke, fear or yearn for, within ourselves - whether it is populism or elitism, agrarianism or racism, atheism or liberalism." In saying this, Wood strikes on one of the main problems in historical writi ...

(6 pages) 106 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Russia.

rural. The population recorded in 1997 was 147,231,000 among which there are many religions such as atheism, Russian orthodox, Islam, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism and Judaism. Even though Russia i ...

(6 pages) 96 0 3.8 Oct/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

`Why did Charlemagne accept the imperial title?' Science vs Religion

events of the eighteenth. The Enlightenment, characterized by an intellectual zeal and a rebellious atheism, set down the foundations upon which the next century's crisis of faith was to be built. As ...

(10 pages) 65 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The Outline of China.

alist country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The Chinese government promotes atheism although the constitution guarantees freedom of religion. The Chinese practice a variety of ...

(8 pages) 214 1 4.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Percy Bysshe Shelley Biography

tended Oxford until he and his roommate were expelled for writing a pamphlet named The Necessity of Atheism.His father visited him in London after he was expelled and insisted that he renounce his bel ... sited him in London after he was expelled and insisted that he renounce his beliefs, which included atheism, vegetarianism, free love, and political radicalism. Shelley refused. He met and married Har ...

(2 pages) 26 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Response to "That Evening Sun" by William Faulkner. Self explanatory.

present in much of Faulkner's work. Additionally, Faulkner's several blasphemies and references to atheism in his story, intentional or not, amused me.The fact that the name of Nancy's violent beau i ... writes " 'Jesus is... not there... he went away a long time ago.'", which I took as a reference to atheism.At the start of the story, Faulkner also makes veiled references to slavery when he writes " ...

(3 pages) 47 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Religion In American Life

inclass, I discovered a trend away from traditional religious beliefs andpractices, and one toward atheism or alternative religious beliefs. After aresurgence in the 1970's and early 1980's, the Roma ...

(3 pages) 53 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

"Normative ethical subjectivism" and the four arguments aganist it with examples

tivism makes its claim in four different arguments witch are democracy, tolerance, disagreement and atheism.The democracy argument makes the premise that if everyone has an equal right to have and voi ... wards normal ethical subjectivism view.The final argument for normative ethical subjectivism is the atheism argument. The atheism argument's premise states if ethics are objective, then God must exist ...

(6 pages) 152 0 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Summary of Evil and Atheism This essay is a summary of William L. Rowe's paper "The Problem of Evil and Some Varaties of Atheism."

In William L. Rowe's paper "The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism" he sets out to accomplish two main goals. The first goal is directed toward theists, while ... ry wellspring of an atheist's heart. Foremost, Rowe sets out to show that there is "an argument for atheism based on the existence of evil that may rationally justify someone in being an atheist" (335 ... t as much as the atheist) and therefore that atheists should subscribe to what Rowe calls "friendly atheism."Rowe begins his paper by distinguishing two types of theists as well as two types of atheis ...

(5 pages) 77 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind

Shelley and his closest friend, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, collaborated on a pamphlet, The Necessity of Atheism, which claimed that God's existence cannot be proved empirical grounds. Shelley refused to r ...

(5 pages) 61 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Schools and religion

a religious message as it was.With some 40% of teenagers in the UK professing either agnosticism or atheism, the religious authorities are exerting pressure on Central Government for the inclusion of ...

(1 pages) 48 2 4.2 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Does Belief In God Make Sense In The Modern World?

atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny." But what evidence is there for the existence of God?Firstly, there is creation. ...

(3 pages) 104 5 4.4 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity