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Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...

provide effective communication, the Band Aid song "Do They Know Its Christmas" a song which led to Live Aid was effective; this w...

through time" (Chung and Wegars, 2005, p. 1). Chinese Americans trace their funerary custom back to China, where birth and death a...

said that because someone can invent it, that it does not necessarily mean that it should be invented. From all accounts the Aztec...

the author says little and claims that there is no direct literature to report. Of course, this is not unusual because sometimes s...

an unthinking adherence to ritual. Analect 9.3 reads: The Master said, According to ritual, the ceremonial cap should be made of ...

for war, but success really depended on a favorable relationship with the gods. This helps explain the importance of the priestly ...

play within its boundaries. As Goffman (no date) notes, it can be argued that Durkheim would contend that there is no viable reas...

In nine pages this paper examines the matrilineal family structure of the Cherokee in terms of gender roles, marriage determinatio...

was also a master of trickery. Odysseus would often hesitate before taking action. This was not out of cowardice. It was his way...

In five pages the Shoshone indigenous peoples of the Great Basin are examined in an overview of their culture, patterns of subsist...

In five pages this paper discusses religion and ritual in terms of the social purpose historian Joseph Campbell believed they repr...

In six pages this paper discusses whether the Catholic Church should change with the times in a consideration of ritual and symbol...

In five pages this paper examines the ritual of human mating in terms of the various social and sexual process that are involved. ...

Cultural relativity of multiculturalism is the focus of this paper containing five pages that provides a term definition and examp...

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

clutter and entanglements with regular meditation is one of the most effective ways to maintain a healthy existence. "The basis o...

and symbols of faith, Catholics are able to participate in their religion, which serves a variety of sociological and psychologica...

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

In this paper, the author explores cannibalism from a ritualistic perspective and then takes a look at those who must take part in...

many areas so that they remain chained to the patriarchal influence. "The patriarchal system, which came into being when society ...

imbedded in such actions, there cannot be any clearly right or clearly wrong standards; without question, any and all moral princi...

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

soul that transmigrates from one body to another at death (reincarnation); and the law of karma that determines ones destiny both ...

In six pages this report considers differences between ritualistic communication evolution and ideas that are transmitted through ...

In ten pages this paper discusses the Sacred Pipe of Native American cultures particularly the Lakota Sioux in a consideration of ...

(Kluge 1993). Parents may use traditional practitioners or seek medical facilities to reduce the morbidity or mortality of this ge...

Ritualistic practices of Druid priests are duly noted in this comprehensive paper that examines religious ideas and resources. Thi...

As such, the social, political, economical and religious activities experienced in everyday life represents the very essence of wh...

Human milk is advantageous to the infants physical and mental development for a number of reasons. Macrophages, for example, are ...