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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...

Unconventional Women in Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma by Jane Austen

pleasantly perched atop the social ladder, she picks and chooses with whom she associates. Her values, as well as those of her be...

Frequency Spectrum Scarcity Theory

Spectrum Scarcity Theory. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is one negative reflection of the Frequency Spectrum Scarcity ...

Beliefs in Confucianism

to think about it, ritual, or the act of performing ritual cannot be faked or deceptive. For example, one may be throwing a birt...

Comparison Between Catholic and Mormon Interpretations of Christianity

will proclaim their "Christian" beliefs but such beliefs often do not square with the traditional Christian ideologies of either t...

Developing and Marketing New Services and Products and Consumer Attitudes

fair Trade, or received a good review in a food and drink magazine. It is worth noting that this will also reflect political chang...

Slavery and Thomas Jefferson

a slave owner. Regardless of his commitment to democracy, such commitment did not extend to include slaves in that process. Vali...

Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity on the Afterlife

eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...

Lutheranism Overview

always existed whether it was called "Israel or Christian" (Snyder, 1997). Luther argued that it was not he who had broken away fr...

Culture and Social Change in China

introduced many economic reforms which took into account global markets and the output of China increased nearly four times. Overa...

Religion in the United States

impartial form of government: the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. One only needs to look at the Amendme...

Native Americans as Perceived by English Colonists

followers of John Calvin (Readers Companion to American History, 1991). The Puritans would begin their influx to the Americas in ...

Superstition During the Renaissance

superstitious practices that were adhered to so rigidly, it should not be surprising that the citizens of the Renaissance also bel...

U.S. Abortion Policy Decisions

1997). In the case of an unborn fetus this consideration becomes exceedingly complex. The right of a woman to control her own bo...

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...

Human Characteristics and Latin American Literature

Parenting styles differ significantly, therefore, leaving much open to interpretation and inference. Certain aspects, such as nur...

Hinduism vs. Buddhism

four different occasions away from his palace he encountered the true pervasiveness of human suffering. When Prince Siddartha went...

Does the Resurrection Guarantee the Afterlife?

Jesus Christ, 2001 and See Also Badham, 1976). Innumerable disparate bodies of evidence and divergent theories exist, and a...

Part One of Erotism Death and Sensuality by Georges Bataille

In nine pages this paper examines the controversial theories of Bataille including his analytical emphasis upon taboo and transgre...

Russian Revolution and the Influence of Marxism

In five pages this paper examines how Marxist principles, most notably those featured in The Communist Manifesto influenced the be...

The Assistant by Bernard Malamud

In six pages the social issues Malamud incorporated into his text are examined in terms of the ways in which it expresses how reli...

Regulations and Societies in Ancient China

many boundaries imposed by the strictly regulated patriarchal society. During this time period, it was believed that peoples acti...

Mass Media and the Military

and the technology in Star Trek has evolved, its primary premise has not. The fundamental concept holds that peace must be mainta...

'Reasonable' Belief in God?

In seven pages this paper examines whether or not the human belief in God's existence is reasonable. Eight sources are cited in t...

Culture of Ancient Egypt and the Mummification Process

In eighteen pages this paper examines the belief systems and culture of ancient Egypt in this consideration of the process of mumm...

The New Indian Generation Moves Away from the Practice of Arranged Marriages

In a paper that contains ten pages the changes in attitudes regarding Indians that relocate to the United States are examined in t...

Yin Yang and Taoism

In six pages this essay examines Yin Yang's history and considers its similarities to Taoism in terms of beliefs and principles. ...

Beliefs and Concepts of Judaism

In six pages this paper examines Judaism's beliefs, concepts, benevolence, and peace doctrine. Seven sources are cited in the bib...

Overview of Hinduism

In eleven pages this research paper examines Hindu principles, beliefs, text, yoga importance, and the religion's Western signific...

Is the Law Based on Morals?

guide the making of the law. In applying this to the study of the law and how it is made there...