Paper 1 Assignment
Choose one of the following topics and write a five-page pape
Paper 1 Assignment
Choose one of the following topics and write a five-page paper on it. Be sure to properly cite all sources consulted in the writing of this paper.
1. It has been suggested that Islam and Judaism and closer theologically to each other than either is to Christianity, as Christianity involves a number of fundamental Greco-Roman religious influences. Research this and discuss.
2. Present two of Aquinas’ Proofs for the existence of God in The Five Ways. Evaluate the logical soundness of these arguments.
3. Choose two discoveries of the Scientific Revolution and discuss how these discoveries challenged the basic assumptions of Aristotelian and Medieval cosmology.
4. Discuss how both the Black Death and the Scientific Revolution constituted ‘cracks in the wall’ of the traditional philosophical assumptions of medieval Christian Europe. Discuss specific examples to illustrate your point.