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Contemporary Muslim Turkey and the Religion Theory of Karl Marx

in a system and was so closely linked with economics that it was largely used as a buffer for those in the oppressed lower classes...

Afro Cuban Religions and Deities

the Orishas and stands for "clarity, justice and wisdom" (Nando Times, 2002, PG). He is considered the owner of the world. Olodd...

Life, Salvation, and Religion

It can be said that his treatises on this subject had great influence on the study of redemption in later years, or in the vernacu...

Religion and Sex Views of Walt Whitman

ones own inner feelings. Whitman had been raised by Quaker parents (Hood). His orientation to religion was centered around the i...

Questions on Religion Answered

defined by the functional role of that state, rather than by proposed intrinsic features of that state. As this demonstrates, neit...

Islamic and Hinduism Religious Concepts of Death

and that death impacts the body and soul, the impact differs based on the religious practices. Islam believes that ones sou...

Review of The Mystery Religions by Samuel Angus

maintain his claims. As one becomes lost in the unraveling of a very ancient tale, one becomes aware that the author is purposel...

Public Schools, Religion, Drug Testing, and Children with Disabilities

In other words, the first amendment allows for prayer in school so long as educators and administrators do not lead the...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Cultural Products, and Religion

hairy feet. As this suggests, they are humble beings, not heroes. Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is uncle to Frodo Baggins, entrusts ...

Social Attitudes and the 'Mirror' of Religion

its way into common acceptance among the general public. While the current attitude toward this practice might still view it with...

Voting Behavior and Religion

In ten pages this paper summarizes sixteen articles that consider how American voting patterns of behavior are influenced by relig...

Religious Roles of Native American Women

contact, for women typically remained at home when the men of tribe had contact with the Europeans who encroached ever closer into...

Decline of Organized Religion and American Social Problems

idea that crime is caused by a change in social norms. V. Conclusion All of these things have in common is that they are thi...

Viktor Frankl, William James, Carl Jung, and Sigmund Freud on Psychology and Religion

compelled to believe in them and that they cannot be proved or refuted. On the other hand, no one can be forced to disbelieve reli...

Religion, Feminism, and the Goddess

of Wicca, a matriarchal based religion. When one studies the ancient belief systems in which the goddesses were worshiped it is no...

Is Scientology a Religion or a Cult?

by Lafayette Ron Hubbard and is not only incompatible with most of the worlds other religions, particularly Christianity, but open...

Comparing Covenants and Religions of Moses and Abraham

lifestyle and covenant can be found in the book of the Exodus. Peter Henderson compared these two lives and covenants using the Ne...

European History and Religion from the Sixteenth Century to Today

seventeenth century. During the Enlightenment, there was a change in thinking and a transitioning from religious thought to i...

William Wordsworth's Poetry and Religion

then of trust when most intense, hence, amid ills that vex and wrongs that crush our hearts -- if here the words of Holy Writ may ...

Comparing Western and Eastern Religions

ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...

Religion and Identity

Being raised in the Christian faith there are certain principles which one takes for granted, the student might wish to expound up...

Young Girl's Cross Cultural Observations of Ritual and Religion

varied types of ritual which characterize her new home and the interrelationships between the various members of her new family. ...

Attending Church and Religion

of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...

Christianity and Religion According to On Liberty and A Letter Concerning Toleration

of itself, is not the end of the line in relation to the state of religious toleration, inasmuch as its very definition is that of...

Theology and the Works of Flannery O'Connor

providing specific Biblical texts, which the student can readily do, we can see that her entire foundation was one that struggled ...

Homosexuality and World Religions

represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...

The Religion and Government of the Ancient Egypt Civilization

of alluvium, i.e., silt, which has been deposited as a result of the annual flooding of the Nile for centuries (Lau, 1991). Lower ...

Mayan Empire's Ritual and Religious Practices

they conquered. MAYAN CIVILIZATION: THE SPANISH INVASION The typical Maya family consisted on average of five to seven members. ...

Historical Overview of Voodooism

African for Spirit(Corbett). "Vodou is tolerant. It receives. It honors and respects us all as though we were gifts. It tells us t...

Ethics and Religion According to Augustine and Aristotle

not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...