http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/paul Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:17:05 -0400 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:17:05 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1626/the-purposive-power-of-natural-theology-on-moser-and-the-christian-apologetics By Jimmy R. Lewis - In recent years there has been quite a bit of talk in philosophy of religion regarding how relevant and how purposive natural theology is, especially in comparison with experiential evidence. One major proponent of this recent skepticism in relation to natural theology is Paul K. Moser. Moser believes that natural theology may in fact be a satisfactory means to arriving at theism, but not to personal theism. This is problematic for Moser, because he believes that the goal of Christian apologetics ought to be to convince people not only of the existence of a divine being, but also that the divine... Fri, 14 Apr 2017 08:32 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1626/the-purposive-power-of-natural-theology-on-moser-and-the-christian-apologetics http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/786/social-media-and-politics-twitter-use-in-the-second-congressional-district-of-virginia By Julia Caplan - With social media recently evolving as a platform for social, informational, and political exchanges, it comes as no surprise that in the last few years several politicians have integrated Twitter into their campaigns. The goal of this study was to gain insight into how Republican Congressman Scott Rigell and Democratic candidate Paul Hirschbiel—candidates in the 2nd Congressional District of Virginia—cultivated Twitter to attract voters in the 2012 election. A content analysis of the characteristics and tactical strategies of these Twitter posts revealed that the two congressional... Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:51 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/786/social-media-and-politics-twitter-use-in-the-second-congressional-district-of-virginia http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/562/free-will-in-the-christian-cosmology-comparing-paul-and-augustine By Jesse A. Goldberg - While numerous religious scholars have approached this essential question, the focus of this paper is Saint Paul, who addresses human beings’ freedom of choice in Chapter 7 of his letter to the Romans, and Saint Augustine, who formulates a defense of free will in his treatise On Free Choice of the Will. Paul lands on a kind of dualism in his discussion of law, human nature, and salvation, and Augustine approaches a robust version of human autonomy in his account of the problem of evil. While both saints manage to fit an articulation of free will within a Christian cosmology without changing... Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/562/free-will-in-the-christian-cosmology-comparing-paul-and-augustine http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/522/is-paul-a-liar-the-pauline-corinthian-conflict-and-the-need-for-reform-in-the-american-church By Jonathan D. Brackens - The corpus of literature regarding Pauline Criticism is largely qualitative and polarized. Close examination of the Pauline-Corinthian conflict holds that in order to maintain legitimacy in the Corinthian Church, Paul miscontextualized Septuagintal scriptures. This research (a) details the dichotomous arguments, (b) highlights First Century Church limitations, and (c) presents quantitative research to support the assertion that Paul miscontextualized. Miscontextualization is measured by how accurately Paul quotes the Septuagint in his letters (i.e., (a) the number of words quoted from the referenced... Mon, 02 May 2011 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/522/is-paul-a-liar-the-pauline-corinthian-conflict-and-the-need-for-reform-in-the-american-church http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1253/containing-the-atom-paul-nitze-and-the-tradition-of-non-use-of-nuclear-weapons By Reid Pauly - Immediately following the first and only uses of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, President Truman described nuclear stewardship as “an awful responsibility that has fallen to us.”i The decision to use the bombs did clearly demonstrate the operational effectiveness of a new and awesome weapon, as the atomic bomb was generally accepted to have been critical in bringing about the Japanese surrender. Moreover, new weapon technologies have consistently been used in subsequent warfare throughout human history.ii Policy-makers in the post-1945 period, therefore, would have had... Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1253/containing-the-atom-paul-nitze-and-the-tradition-of-non-use-of-nuclear-weapons http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/171/re-envisioning-paulo-freires-banking-concept-of-education By Gabrielle Micheletti - But, according to Freire, a “liberating” educational practice (his problem-posing method) negates the unconsciousness of those in classroom roles, and no false intellectual stimulation can exist within that practice. On the contrary, in any case, the student is responsible for understanding the material one way or another depending on what style the teacher adapts, even if the content is un-relatable to the students’ lives. If a teacher has a certain premeditated lesson, then there can be no true independence on behalf of the student, because both the banking and problem-posing... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:45 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/171/re-envisioning-paulo-freires-banking-concept-of-education http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/146/reflecting-on-the-life-of-a-revolutionary-jean-paul-marat By Mallary A. Silva - Common analysis of Marat is predominantly derived in his own radical written works, however there is also speculation about his character from “blind admirers and passionate enemies.”[1] Marat elicits absolute judgments from his contemporaries and revisionists in regards to his disposition and his role during the French Revolution.[2] Marat was considered to be “The Friend of the People,” synonymous with the title of his most prevalent pamphlet entitled, L’Ami du Peuple.[3] The degree of the people’s veneration was validated after his assassination in July of... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:51 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/146/reflecting-on-the-life-of-a-revolutionary-jean-paul-marat http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/63/religion-in-caribbean-literature By Marion A. Davis - The language of religion plays an important part in the novels Brown Girl, Brownstones; The Farming of Bones; and In the Time of the Butterflies. In Brown Girl, Brownstones, the author presents the intricate Silla as a woman who is weary of her work and calls on the “Lord” for “power” (Marshall 224).  In The Farming of Bones, poignant symbols of hardships faced due to ethnic cleansing rest in examples such as the pronunciation of the word perejil and the religious value of Massacre River. In the Time of the Butterflies describes the lives of the Mirabal sisters in... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:09 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/63/religion-in-caribbean-literature