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Past Cultural Beliefs and the China of Today

to be protectionist and isolationist, but each finally conceded to allow the foreigners at least some presence within their border...

Judaism's Basic Beliefs

five book of the Christian Bible; and, also, the this concept characterizes the Tanach, which is comprised of the "Torah, the Prop...

Reincarnation Beliefs/Hinduism and Buddhism

about the existence of God" (Thuruthiyil). However, there are some factors common to the various religions that come under the umb...

Goals, Beliefs, Values, and Norms of American Society and its Subcultures

have purposefully separated themselves from the rest of society as a means by which to build a community of their own jurisdiction...

Beliefs and Tenets of Islam and Sufism

a more intimate and personal approach to God than was provided by Sunni formalism and detachment (Lippman, 1995). The Sufis found ...

God's Existence Belief

at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...

Political and Personal Beliefs Reflected in Tillie Olsen's Writing

Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...

Beliefs, Obligations and Construction of a Personal Ethical Code

to construct an ethical code to live by. Someone once said ethics is difficult because its not a simple choice between right and w...

Origins, Practices, and Beliefs of Wicca and Military Impact of Wiccan Followers

Wiccans typically meet with a coven that usually has no more than 13 members (US Army Chaplains Handbook: Excerpt on Wicca). It i...

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Puritan Beliefs

a result Europe was not loner unified to the degree that had existed for almost one-thousand years. While Martin Luther would ina...

Belief Formation and Induction

may base a belief. Those who most support induction as the framework for forming beliefs think of it as a logical process that inv...

Revolutionary Beliefs of Albert Einstein

moon. This was possible because, Einstein theorized, that the same laws that govern the physics of nature must be true of things...

Reason and Religious Belief An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion by Michael L. Peterson

corporate, organized around a concept of ultimate reality" (9). The reality conjured by these beliefs, actions and experiences ca...

Machiavelli's Beliefs on Truth as a Princely Duty

a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...

Beliefs of the East

In seven pages the Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian concepts of 'nothingness' are examined in terms of how these ideas represent a ...

Belief and Disbelief in an 'Accidental Century'

and the use of technology in the form of the atomic bomb laid waste to the concept of an egalitarian Utopia. The postwar world us...

Religious Beliefs in Issues of Child Development

and the pursing of a relationship with Christ, it is also beneficial to integrate interviews with children at varied stages in dev...

Images, Ideas, and Belief According to Rene Descartes

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

The Religious Views that Influence African American Beliefs

5 pages and 3 sources. This paper considers the nature of African American religious beliefs as they influence specific social/cu...

Christianity versus Judaism Beliefs

Holy Ghost/Spirit (Faigin, 2002). This difference is directly related to belief in Jesus. Judaism does not accept Jesus Christ a...

Opposition to Islamic Beliefs

their lifetime. Presumably this requirement is for the spiritual edification of the Islamic adherent. During the ten days of rites...

Unified Christian Belief

In six pages this paper examines the unity of belief that was called for by The Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on ...

THE LEGALITY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MEDICAL CARE

beliefs by refraining from eating," the court didnt agree. The court held that even if the children were mature enough to exercise...

Roman Catholic Beliefs About Lord's Supper

it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness...

Counselors Beliefs and Values Issues

Counselors cannot achieve total objectivity, which means there could be a clash of values with a client or group of clients. This ...

Article Analysis/Crazy Beliefs

example, one of his main analogies is to compare the irrationality of religious loyalty to the phenomenon of falling of love, whic...

RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND JAPANESE LITERATURE

Century Japan. Much like Genji, Bridge of Dreams has the same lyrical, almost dreamy prose to it. But unlike the men in Genji auth...

Relationship Between Baconian And Cartesian Philosophy During The Scientific Revolution

his theory of mind/body separation. His desire to achieve such an all-encompassing objective was meant to start at the beginning ...

African Americans: History, Culture, Families, Beliefs and Religion

African slaves brought to the New World were sent to what is now the United States (Horton, 1997). Most of the rest went to the Ca...

Religious Beliefs And Dress Code Policies In The Workplace

skirt to an emergency call will be significantly compromised when - upon running into a blazing house - she is unable to securely ...