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Essays 271 - 289

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...

“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...

Birth Rituals, Judaism and Islam

"Hebrew name" does not have to be in Hebrew, as Yiddish or English names are often used (Rich). Of all the Jewish rituals, the bri...

Temples and Religious Ritual in Ancient Egypt

(Egyptian Temples, part I: Divine Kingship, 2007). "[I]t was vital and necessary to keep the gods satisfied and wanting to stay in...

Jesus as Exorcist

"unclean spirits knew who Jesus was" (Davies 94). Jesus method of exorcism was to "cast out demons by the spirit of God" (Davies 9...

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...

Lakota Sioux Traditions

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at Lakota Sioux traditions. An analysis of marriage practices and the sacred pipe ritua...

Passover, Passing on the Tradition

This research paper/essay presents an overview of Passover that focuses on how the rituals of the holiday transmit this tradition ...

An Analysis of Purity and Danger

ideas. Some examples provided by the author respect the Jewish dietary traditions as well as ideas about sexuality and cleanliness...

Weston and Eliot

how it results in the wasting of the land, which results from the hero failing to ask the right questions (Weston 18). The theme...

Ethical Systems - Formal and Informal

lavish parties for physicians on a regular basis, to incite them to prescribe the companys drugs more often (Trevino & Nelson, 200...

The Super Bowl and Consumerism

States better if one seeks out those rituals which are widespread but entirely socially constructed rather than traditionally inhe...

"Baptismal Instructions" in the Faces of Chrysostom

fathers of the Church, Saint John Chrysostoms writings had a uniquely formative impact upon the development of church doctrine and...

Comparing Italian and Pakistani Customs

to "stare at anyone," but it is particularly rude to "stare at women" ("Pakistan Local Customs"). This cultural prohibition is str...

Sure Thing, a Play by David Ives

rapport between two people (Gaines F4). However, within the course of the play, Ives also makes a scathing reference to the blaze,...

Exposure To A Different Culture

towards culturally different practices. 2. The Event In order to understand the ritual it is important to understand a i...

America and Buddhism

In ten pages the ways in which Buddhism has been practiced in the United States are examined in terms of various sects, its social...