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Jane Tomkin/"Indians"

Indians, but rather how scholarship can lead an historian to this answer. What is her conclusion to this overriding issue? Over...

Jerry Mander/The Indian Worldview

of a "living earth" and this is basically the origin of the title of this chapter as Mander compares and contrasts mainstream cult...

Social Concerns in Latin American Colonial Times

remained the same as the wealthy white merchants and elite maintained control of the economic monopoly. Neighborhoods were not onl...

Differing Views on Native American Distinctions

the historical record to present well-documented evidence that Native Americans did indeed have not only an opinion but an express...

Alexie's "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel" - A Post-Colonial Criticism

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Alexie's "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel". The harmful American charact...

American Indian College

Two American Indian scholars, David, Risling, Jr. and Dr. Jack Forbes wanted to establish D-Q University that was designed especia...

Cherokee Indians' Mortuary Practices

which the Cherokee deal with the dead has, of course, changed considerably over time as well. While today Cherokee mortuary pract...

What is Religion

to the heart of "religions purpose and meaning" (Idinopulos). In other words, the "study of religion is not the same thing as the ...

Religion and the Role of Women in the Middle East

gender equality is seen throughout the world and not limited to the Middle East (Kandiyoti, 1991). To assess the link between wo...

Religions of Asia

over the centuries, and in those changes we can see the way in which the teachings of the religion have turned outward to impact t...

Kwakiutl Indians' Man Eating Bird 'Hokhokw' Mask

wings of the bird and during the ceremony, the dancers snap the beak closed with a loud clap (Kwakiutl Ceremonial Dance Mask, 2002...

Taoism and Jainism

that he is a mythical character" (Anonymous Taoism taoism.htm). As for the primary beliefs of this religion we find that Tao is...

Hinduism, Jainism, Divine Response, and Human Sin

In ten pages this paper examines Jainism and Hinduism in a conceptual consideration of karma, redemption, and sin. There are many...

The Politics and Metaphysics of Thomas Hobbes

same time that other men pursue the same desires (Hobbes 185). The development of enemies comes from this course of natural compe...

Mythic Image by Joseph Campbell

In five pages this paper discusses how Campbell's text distinguishes myth through art and also considers such topics as dreaming, ...

Afterlife, Reincarnation, and Religion

In eight pages this paper discusses how the three global religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Catholicism perceive reincarnation a...

Religion and Secularization

theory of the secular, in other words, the idea that religion would fade in significance as the industrial society grew in importa...

International Business and the Implications of Religion and Ethics

Heres where we get onto more of a sticky situation. Ethics is something else that is societal, but it can change from society to s...

Religion Known as 'Purrfectionism'

was a beautiful, graceful and loving Cat. Hibert was inspired to create the religion now called Purrfectionism. Purrfectionism i...

Japan and U.S. Second World War Occupation

of nature. These two factors can be seen in the both the practice of calligraphy., and its design images. In attempting to find ...

Religion and a Samurai's Life in Musui's Story

In five pages this paper analyzes society and religion as they pertain to Musui's Story....

Buddhism and Christianity

to enlightenment. The aim of the focus is to achieve an ultimate and final freedom from existence (Religious Tolerance [1], 2007)....

Religion in the History of Early America

faculties, they "won admirers by their eloquence" (Norton et al 33). The Jesuits drew on science to predict "solar and lunar eclip...

Islamic Religion

as he would receive the messages and the revelations he would record them and then teach these things to his followers (History of...

Three Differing Views of the Origin of Religion

Tylor asserts that in order to assess a culture, one must approach it from an objective standpoint: if one does not do so, ones ow...

How My Life Was Changed by Buddhism

because of the construct of human nature, and the constant conflict caused by physical needs, sexual urges, and the desires for lo...

The Shaping of Buddhism and Jainism

Eastern religions share numerous similarities but there are also many contrasts....

Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism

the quest for atman , the knowledge of the self" emerged (Hinduism History, 2005). This took place between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. (...

Death Penalty/Religion’s Ambiguous Position

housing a prisoner for life ("Revenge" 21). Social research suggests that support for the death penalty in the US stems from "vigi...

Mary Rowlandson's "Sovereignty and the Goodness of God" and Religion's Role in the Text

numbers. However, early on, they read more like a church sermon that Mary had been conditioned to recite from early childhood. I...