Faith Essays (Examples)
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The Wedding Feast At Cana
… In this story, a mother’s love becomes a pivotal turning point for Jesus. It is as if Jesus needed to hear his mother’s faith in him in order to properly commence his ministry. Jesus for the first time assumes a position of spiritual leadership. Although he already … of the few stories in the Bible that is almost more about Mary than about Jesus. Mary becomes the ultimate role model for faith. For Mary knows that in initiating her son’s ministry through the miracle of transforming water into wine, that she loses him as her … any typical family would have expected of Jesus. Mary knows that Jesus is not a typical son and she supports him through undying faith.
Mary’s faith is transformative and liberating. Through Mary we see an exceptional amount of courage, which is prerequisite of faith. We see that other people, often mothers but also……
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The Rite Of The Sacraments Of Healing And Of The Sick
… Ghost and gave them the power to forgive sins in the name of Jesus with the direct purpose of reconciling those among the faithful who had fallen into a state of sin since their Baptism. Such has been the teaching of the Church since the Council of … of the church and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man. And the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him." … everywhere calling to us in the present day to remind us not to forget them and what they have done to bring the faith to this part of the world.
To catechize in the Southwest it is in important to understand the role that culture plays here, … Catholic influence, and the foundation……
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Toner, Patrick. \\\\\\"Extreme Unction.\\\\\\" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909.
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How Gregorian Chant Changed Sacred Music In The Middle Ages
… and boring. In fact, it was considered one of the greatest expressions of human art and helped to nurture and flower the Christian faith for centuries. Its purity of sound and the unison manner in which the choirs sang every single note produced a most compelling experience … to inspire devotion to God and this is why it caught on so well in the Middle Ages: it was a time when faith was needed, when faith was wanted, and when faith was supported and nourished by leaders in the Church (Laux).
However, as the Middle Ages came to an end and great wealth following … an end and great wealth following the Crusades began to flow into Europe, materialism and a thirst for riches started to push the faith to the margins. Sacred plainchant was supplanted by more and more secular music and the great musical artists of the……
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Works Cited
Grout, Donald. A History of Western Music. New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1960.
Hiley, David. Western Plainchant: A Handbook. Clarendon Press, 1995.
Laux, J. Church History. IL: TAN, 1989.
Meconi, Honey. Hildegard of Bingen. University of Illinois Press, 2018.
Wilson, David. Music of the Middle Ages Schirmer Books, 1990.
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Schizophrenia
… schizophrenia as a step in preventing it or at least in treating it before it worsens. It notes that from the Biblical standpoint faith can be a factor in prevention.
Keywords: schizophrenia, biblical worldview, history of schizophrenia
Introduction
Schizophrenia literally means “split mind,” and the symptoms of … any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that … person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” In other words, faith is the key to preventing the “split mind” personality from developing.
Conclusion
The etiology of schizophrenia is unknown; however, modern medicine does have … soul through music, others by……
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DSM. (2013). American Psychiatric Association. Retrieved from https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm
Dhindsa, R. S., & Goldstein, D. B. (2016). Schizophrenia: from genetics to physiology at last. Nature, 530(7589), 162.
Ho, R. T. H., Chan, C. K. P., Lo, P. H. Y., Wong, P. H., Chan, C. L. W., Leung, P. P. Y.,
& Chen, E. Y. H. (2016). Understandings of spirituality and its role in illness recovery in persons with schizophrenia and mental-health professionals: a qualitative study. BMC psychiatry, 16(1), 86.
Kinter, E. T. (2009). Identifying treatment preferences of patients with schizophrenia in Germany: An application of patient-centered care. The Johns Hopkins University.
Lee, H. S., Corbera, S., Poltorak, A., Park, K., Assaf, M., Bell, M. D., ... & Choi, K. H. (2018). Measuring theory of mind in schizophrenia research: Cross-cultural validation. Schizophrenia research, 201, 187-195.
Leucht, S., Cipriani, A., Spineli, L., Mavridis, D., Örey, D., Richter, F., Samara, M., Barbui, C., Engel, R.R., Geddes, J.R. and Kissling, W. (2013). Comparative efficacy and tolerability of 15 antipsychotic drugs in schizophrenia: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis. The Lancet, 382(9896), 951-962.
Maatz, A., Hoff, P., & Angst, J. (2015). Eugen Bleuler's schizophrenia—a modern perspective. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 17(1), 43.
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Is The God Of The Old Testament The Same As The God Of The New Testament
… Old Testament Images of God (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2009), 213.] [5: Christopher J.H. Wright, The God I Don’t Understand: Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008), 88.]
The other side of the argument is that the skeptics are not realizing what God demands of humankind, … should trust that God has his best interests at heart, and moments of suffering or seeming cruelty can be a test of man’s faithfulness rather than a demonstration of God’s lack of love.[footnoteRef:8] [6: Paul Copan, Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God (Grand … Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2011), 160.] [7: William Lane Craig “#16 Slaughter of the Canaanites,” Reasonable Faith with William Lane Craig (blog), August 6, 2007, https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/slaughter-of-the-canaanites.] [8: Baah-Odoom, Dinah, and FrimpongWiafe. \"The Importance Of The Old Testament To The Christian Spirituality.\" The International Journal of Social Sciences……
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Adams, Marilyn McCord and Robert Merrihew Adams. The Problem of Evil. Oxford University Press, 1990.
Baker, David L. Two Testaments, One Bible: The Theological Relationship between the Old and New Testaments. InterVarsity Press, 2010.
Baah-Odoom, Dinah, and FrimpongWiafe. "The Importance Of The Old Testament To The Christian Spirituality." The International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention, Vol. 3.7, 2016
Copan, Paul. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2011.
Craig, William Lane. “#16 Slaughter of the Canaanites,” Reasonable Faith with William
Lane Craig (blog), August 6, 2007, https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/slaughter-of-the-canaanites .
Kaiser, Walter C. The Messiah in the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zandorvan, 1995.
Kitchen, Kenneth. On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003.
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Counterintelligence Issues Within The United States
… subject to limitations imposed by the demands of morality” (4). Mattox (2002) makes the good point that intelligence professionals must “act in good faith even with those who are their adversaries” (4). Yet, this point is not supported by all researchers, including Cohen (2016), who argues that ……
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2020-2022 National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States. 2020. Washington, DC: National Counterintelligence and Security Center
Bailey, Christopher and Susan M. Galich. 2012. “Codes of Ethics: The Intelligence Community.” International Journal of Intelligence Ethics 35 (2): 77-99.
Bernardi, Beatrice. 2013. "The Role of Intelligence in the Fight Against International Terrorism: Legal Profiles." Bachelor's thesis, Università Ca'Foscari Venezia.
Carson, Thomas L. 2010. Lying and Deception: Theory and Practice. Oxford University Press.
Cohen, Shlomo. 2016. "Are There Moral Limits to Military Deception?." Philosophia 44 (4): 1305-1318.
Coyne, John, Peter Bell, and Shannon Merrington. 2013. "Exploring ethics in intelligence and the role of leadership." Interntional Journal of Business and Commerce 2 (10): 27-37.
Erskine, Toni. 2004. "'As Rays of Light to the Human Soul'? Moral Agents and Intelligence Gathering." Intelligence & National Security 19 (2): 359-381.
Godson, Roy, and James J. Wirtz. 2000. "Strategic denial and deception." International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 13 (4): 424-437.
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Counterintelligence Issues Within United States
...Faith Morality of Counterintelligence Ethical Implications and the Need for a Theoretical Framework
CI Literature Review
Deception is at the core of counterintelligence: yet, it is a problematic core because of the corruption associated with deception in ethical systems. Mattox (2002), for example, observed that the practice of deception “is subject to limitations imposed by the demands of morality” (4). Unfortunately, morality within the realm of counterintelligence is often the first casualty, as history shows (Valentine 2016). The official beginnings of counterintelligence under the leadership of James Jesus Angleton have illustrated the extent to which the art of deception can create problems within the intelligence community (Morley 2017, 69). Within this community itself there is no standard ethical framework applied (Bailey and Galich 2012, 77). In counterintelligence, there is even less emphasis on ethical cohesion; as Valentine (2016) has revealed, the history of US counterintelligence is fraught with conflicts of interest,……
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2020-2022 National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States. 2020. Washington, DC: National Counterintelligence and Security Center
Bailey, Christopher and Susan M. Galich. 2012. “Codes of Ethics: The Intelligence Community.” International Journal of Intelligence Ethics 35 (2): 77-99.
Bernardi, Beatrice. 2013. \\\\\\"The Role of Intelligence in the Fight Against International Terrorism: Legal Profiles.\\\\\\" Bachelor\\\\\\'s thesis, Università Ca\\\\\\'Foscari Venezia.
Carson, Thomas L. 2010. Lying and Deception: Theory and Practice. Oxford University Press.
Erskine, Toni. 2004. \\\\\\"\\\\\\'As Rays of Light to the Human Soul\\\\\\'? Moral Agents and Intelligence Gathering.\\\\\\" Intelligence & National Security 19 (2): 359-381.
Godson, Roy, and James J. Wirtz. 2000. \\\\\\"Strategic denial and deception.\\\\\\" International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 13 (4): 424-437.
Horkheimer, Max. 1972. Critical Theory. New York: Seabury Press.
Intelligence and National Security Alliance. 2020. Counterintelligence for the 21st Century. Arlington, VA.
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Traditional Medicine Usage In African Nations
… but its health care facilities are deemed as high quality by neighboring states and thus health tourism is a phenomenon there (UN, 2017). Faith healers exist in African states because of the Pentecostal and Charismatic churches there as well as because of traditions among older tribes. Thus, … as well as because of traditions among older tribes. Thus, to a small degree, the native religious tribal practices have some form of faith healing as well. It is one reason the Charismatic churches have caught on in states like Ghana: they are not dissimilar from native ……
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Afro-centric Alliance, A. (2001). Indigenisingorganizational change: Localisation in Tanzania and Malawi. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 16(1), 59-78.
Asiseh, F., Owusu, A., & Quaicoe, O. (2017). An analysis of family dynamics on high school adolescent risky behaviors in Ghana. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 26(5), 425-431.
Austin, G. (2010). African economic development and colonial legacies (Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 11-32). Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement.
Brager, G., Specht, H., Torczyner, J. L., &Torczyner, J. (1987). Community organizing. Columbia University Press.
Bratton, M., & Van de Walle, N. (1997). Democratic experiments in Africa: Regime transitions in comparative perspective. Cambridge university press.
Burnham, G. M., Pariyo, G., Galiwango, E., & Wabwire-Mangen, F. (2004). Discontinuation of cost sharing in Uganda. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 82, 187-195.
Dillard, C., Duncan, K. L., & Johnson, L. (2017). Black History Full Circle: Lessons from a Ghana Study Abroad in Education Program. Social Education, 81(1), 50-53.
Ehui, S. (2020). Protecting food security in Africa. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/05/14/protecting-food-security-in-africa-during-covid-19/
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Trust And Relationships In Negotiation
… orientations—but in the end it is ultimately a barometer of the extent to which the party to the negotiation is working in good faith towards a positive outcome for all. As Ross and LaCroix (1996) note, trust is about loyalty to one’s constituents, partners in negotiation, and … parties going forward and can impact future negotiations. One side may develop a bad reputation and be viewed by others as a bad faith negotiator. If one party does not uphold its end of a bargain, the relationship between parties can sour. Unfortunately, this happens all too … focus on relationship-building, it undermines its own potential to have a successful negotiation. Trust is a concept that refers to commitment, transparency, good faith, and a willingness to sincerely negotiate a compromise. If one’s orientation is not focused on arriving at a win-win outcome, one will not ……
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Butler Jr, J. K. (1999). Trust expectations, information sharing, climate of trust, and negotiation effectiveness and efficiency. Group & Organization Management, 24(2), 217-238.
Lewicki, R. J., & Stevenson, M. A. (1997). Trust development in negotiation: Proposed actions and a research agenda. Business & Professional Ethics Journal, 16(1/3), 99-132.
Olekalns, M., & Smith, P. L. (2009). Mutually dependent: Power, trust, affect and the use of deception in negotiation. Journal of Business Ethics, 85(3), 347-365.
Ross, W., & LaCroix, J. (1996). Multiple meanings of trust in negotiation theory and research: A literature review and integrative model. International Journal of Conflict Management. 7(4), 314–360.
Shell, G. R. (1991). Opportunism and trust in the negotiation of commercial contracts:Toward a new cause of action. Vand. L. Rev., 44, 221.
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How To Be A Better Preacher According To Saints
… they experience the Word of God. Those are the kind of homilies that achieve the ultimate objective of conversion and the development of faith. [2: Harris, Daniel E. We Speak the Word of the Lord: a Practical Plan for More Effective Preaching Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock … His main points are that the preacher should fully be owned by the Word of God so that he can call people to faith, and a good way to call them is to begin with a story as St. Ambrose used to do, which allowed him to ……
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Harris, Daniel E. We Speak the Word of the Lord: a Practical Plan for More Effective Preaching Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publicshers, 2001.
McBride, Alfred. How to Make Homilies Better, Briefer, and Bolder. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor, 2007.
Wallace, James. Preaching to the Hungers of the Heart. The Homily on Feasts and Within the Rites. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2002.
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