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all too often what also comes with the concept of nationalism and cultural conformity is the requirement of just one culture; this...
in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...
Wiccan traditions and have a long-standing history in centuries of community activity and ritual beliefs. During the Crusades, th...
he feels totally disconnected from the world - everything is "other." This disconnection from reality is integrally tied to the ea...
in turn functions to accentuate the bodys passage through time. Myriad philosophers, psychologists and sociologists have at...
throughout the past several years in relation to adopting a more liberal democracy; indeed, the Japanese government and society ha...
Water (Matritamah) represents the feminine or maternal aspects of life in the Hindu tradition. An integral function of the ...
Starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi, the movie "Bend It...
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of two, had found feet.3 This practice involved binding the feet of the child so tightly that it broke the bones, causing excrucia...
and a range of problems for women, the "New Order" regime under Suharto focused on mass media messages that put women in their pla...
This essay describes "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson in regards to the positive and negative aspects of tradition. Three pages in...
constant change. In order to achieve spiritual gratification, an individual must learn how to adapt successfully through change, ...
part of the belief system. This was also combined with the nations general "rejection of Judeo-Christian morality" (Glover, 2001, ...
Psychiatry is a relatively new discipline yet its roots can be traced back to philosophers such...
to end in failure. This paper will explore the pursuit of happiness in the context of the balance between two traditional extremes...
The 1990 movie "The Field", written and directed by Jim Sheridan is based on a 1965 film by John B. Keane. This is a captivating...
terms, as something couched in deep traditions. This, for the most part, is an appropriate way to undertake the study of religion,...
excellent example. Hern?ndez-Ramos (2005, p. 39) reports that in 2001 that our nations schools were home to "more than 10...
Religion v Tradition A religion is typically described in relation to a god. Hinduism,...
Rene Descartes, who formulated the innovative idea that sensory information is not a reliable foundation on which to base knowledg...
parents who are members of that culture, and who raised them in it (ONeil, 2006). The second layer of culture is that of a subcul...
Inquiry" 18). This aids the researcher is presenting data in an accurate and personalized fashion that helps the reader discern no...
"develop a healthy sense of omnipotence which will naturally be frustrated as the child matures" (D. W. Winnicott). Because Pu Yi...
and aesthetic projects of resistance and revolution, recooperation and universalism all played an integral role within the ultimat...
leads to the meditative absorptions states known as jhana (Novak, 1989). The second, insight meditation, contemplates the "true n...
Said argued that this enabled the West to use this part of the world as "a benchmark" to measure its own progress while at the sam...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
has her husband, children, sisters and other extended family, as well, who provide the missing link to her cultural roots back in ...
The writer presents an examination of the role music plays in trance. The paper looks at both shamanic and possession trance, the ...