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Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi

In ten pages this paper examines the culture of Islam as presented in Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi. There are no other sour...

Human Rights And The Use Of International Legal Institutions

upon this perpetual effort has been marred by those whose self-proposed mission is to make sure only certain people are privileged...

Conflict Resolution

the load. The host was fairly new and had been seating several tables at the same time in the same station, so that there was a lo...

Three Anthropology Questions

(McGee et al, 2004). Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of meaning, the journey of understanding ha...

North American Pow Wow

reality, the pow wow as we see it today has little relation to traditional Paiute culture! In reality the pow wow evolved a...

Comparative Analysis of Pregnancy and Birth in Asian and Western Cultures

This paper contrasts and compares the pregnancy and birth rituals of Asian and Western cultures in ten pages. Five sources are ci...

Satanic Cults

the Supreme Court sees it, Satanism is a religion ("High Court," 2005). It does appear that one mans cult is anothers religion, bu...

Leon Trotsky's Thinking on Nazi Rituals

for himself..." (Trotsky, 1933, p. 399). He says that a leader is "the individual supply to meet a collective demand" (Trotsky, 19...

Hinduism Practices and Rituals

many other types. It all started, at least in Hinduism, with Krishna who suggested that the practice of a variety of yogas can hel...

Western Nightclub Rituals and Male Behavioral Patterns

and who a man is to be. Non-verbal male language Within the nightclub it may be noticed that a good deal of the communication tha...

'Epithalamion' by Spenser and the Concepts of Sacrifice and Ritual

some reference to violence, in the course of the consummation of the marriage. There are, she notes, elaborate rhyming stanzas, th...

Religion and Concepts of Emile Durkheim

it divides the world into the two domains of sacred and profane" (2001). One can see that this is exhibited in many religions toda...

Christian Eucharist Interpretations

In 5 pages the Christian Eucharist is interpreted with the emphasis being upon the transubstantiation ritual doctrine and its sign...

“Chinese American Death Rituals: Respecting the Ancestors”

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

Buddhism: Sacred Text v. Ritual

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

7 Dimensional Model of Religion by Ninian Smart

he was able to more clearly articulate the similarities of faith that exist among event the most widely divergent populations. Sma...

Passover and the Exodus

with blood, however, will be spared. In historical terms, this event is significant for two reasons. Firstly, it provides a...

Practice Theory

to cleanse the baby and purify him as he enters the physical world (Friedheim, 1976). Witnessing baptism is something that bonds b...

Jennings/Aztec/Summation of Latter Half

of "flashes of purple dye" and the skeins of purple yarn that this produced (Jennings 524). The Aztec themselves were conqueror...

The History of Marijuana; Legal Status and Usage

6,000 BCE as well as for textiles in 4,000 BCE in China and it is also recorded as being used as a medicine in China in 2727 (Narc...

Catholic Church and Change

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

Overview of Juvenile Gangs

In six pages this paper presents a detailed overview of juvenile gangs in a consideration of their rituals and activities. Six so...

Religion and Joseph Campbell

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

Religion, Society, and Emile Durkheim

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

Ritual and Law in the Writings of Mencius, Han Fei, and Confucius

The ways in which Chinese philosophers' views of human nature influenced how the perceived the interrelationship of rituals and la...

Law and Ritual Concepts According to Han Fei, Mencius, and Confucius

The ways in which laws and rituals are interrelated are considered in six pages through an examination of human nature as conceptu...

Overview of Japan

This paper consists of six pages and presents an informational overview of Japan in a consideration of culture, customs, rituals, ...

Ritual and Rodge's Lodge Christmas Eve Family Event

In six pages this paper discusses a family Christmas Eve ritual and the love it represents. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Contemporary Civilization and the Neolithic Age

In five pages this research paper discusses the pre Egyptian civilization's Neolithic Age in a consideration of its art and ritual...

Dogon Tribes, Birth Twins, and African Religious Symbolism

In six pages the significance of twins in African religion in terms of symbolism and ritual is discussed with the emphasis upon Do...