Topic Ideas for Religious Studies Essays

• Poverty in Vancouver: A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching, Third Edition by Kevin E. Mckenna
• What Are the Four Stages of Hinduism/Jainism Life and What Are the Obligations Associated With Each?
• Who Was Isaac Meyer Wise?
• What Was Wise’s Reason for Wanting to Reform Judaism?
• What Were Some of the Changes Wise Introduced Into Jewish Worship?
• How Was the Synagogue’s Firing of Wise a Typical American Religious Story?
• What Was Wise’s Intention in Forming the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the Hebrew Union College?
• What Is the “Perspicacity of Scripture”? Why Is It Important to Evangelical Protestants?
• Who Was Charles A. Briggs? What Did He Learn in Berlin?
• What Was Briggs’ Position on the Inerrancy of Scripture?
• Who Was William Jennings Bryan? What Was His Theology?
• The Historical Development of Native Americans Through the Influence of Media
• Origen and Gregory: Demonstrate a Developed Understanding of the Exegetical Problem Relevant to Christian Salvation
• Origen and Gregory: Demonstrate the Origenian Exegetical Strategy
• Explain the Metaphysical and Practical Distinctions Between Anatman and Atman, and How These Concepts Tie Into Each Religion’s Unique Approach to the Sacred (God/Gods) and the Path to Salvation.
• What Is the Meaning of the Word Jihad in Islam?
• What Role, If any, Does Jihad Serve in the Sects You Have Selected, in Today’s World? How Has This Role Changed From Previous Historical Time Periods and/or How Has It Remained the Same?
• Rabi'a Al-Adawiyya
• What Seems to Be the Most Plausible Theory for the Identity of Paul’s Opponents in 1 and 2 Corinthians? How Did Their Theology Conflict With the Theology of Paul?
• Why Were Some of Paul’s Opponents Eager to Challenge His Apostolic Authority?
• What Seems to Be the Best Explanation for the Lost Letters of Paul That Are Mentioned in the Corinthian Letters?
• Can We Be Confident That God’s Word Has Been Preserved If Writings From Paul Seem to Be Absent From the Canon of Scripture?
• Compare and Contrast What Happens After Jesus Dies on the Cross in Mark and Matthew.
• The Cultural Politics of Money in the Tribes of South Florida
• The Dome of the Rock
• Religious Views of Death and the After Life
• Current Events That Are Affecting the Arab and Muslim American Culture
• How Did President Bill Clinton Seek to Reshape the Democratic Party's Domestic Appeal?
• How Did President Bill Clinton Try to Redesign Foreign Policy for a Post Cold War World?
• List & Describe the 12 Olympian Gods
• Compare & Contrast the Varying Accounts of Creation.
• Discuss Several Qualities of Good Citizenship in the City of Ladies, Using Pizan.
• Discuss Several Qualities of Good Citizenship of Rome, Using Examples From Livy.
• Discuss the Indictments of God and the Answering Theodicies in Job and Candide. What Accusations Are Made? How Are These Answered? What New Accusations Arise?
• How Do the Answers in Job Differ From Those in Optimism?
• Abraham's Righteousness As It Relates to His Faith and Obedience
• Religion in the Media
• Roots of Gender in Equality
• Explain the "Four Senses" of Scripture.
• Reconstructing Socrates' Three Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul.
• What Are 3 Ways That One's Christian Faith Motivates Him or Her Toward Excellence in Writing?
• Within the Context of Christianity, What Is Modernity and How Does It Relate to Christianity?
• What Specific Disciples (Areas of Academic Inquiry) Arose as a Result of Modernity?
• What Are the Catholic and Protestant Reactions (Both Positive and Critical for Each) of Modernity?
• Should Christianity Be "Modern"?
• "Personal Ministry" From the Book" Team Leadership in Christian Ministry by Kenneth O Gangel