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Article Analysis/Crazy Beliefs

example, one of his main analogies is to compare the irrationality of religious loyalty to the phenomenon of falling of love, whic...

The Role of Religion in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

the are hungry for a pragmatic, much less ideological, approach to the problems the country confronts" (Daniel and Holladay). Th...

Middle Ages and Daily Religious Involvement

by parishioners. By the Middle Ages, most of Europe still lived under feudalism; that which did not was purely barbaric. T...

2 Philosophical Questions Examined

the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...

The Christian Science Church

book that described her new beliefs entitled Science and Health, which was published in 1875. In 1877, she married Asa Gilbert Edd...

Sacred Texts and 'Sacredness'

and how they should, in turn, love one another. Such a characteristic is present in the sacred texts of the world ranging from the...

Three Articles on Couples Counseling Reviewed

et al, 1998, p. 883); and marital problems: establishing whether specific traits of each individual is the motivating factor behin...

Comparative Analysis of Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism

meaning of Hinduism as it has been expressed during the twentieth century (1978). Buddhism embraces similar concepts as Hi...

America and Religion

systems. Durkheim, for example, considered that religion was grounded in the nature of things and that any belief system which doe...

Religious Beliefs in Issues of Child Development

and the pursing of a relationship with Christ, it is also beneficial to integrate interviews with children at varied stages in dev...

Religion and Life Considered in an Elderly Citizen Interview

In six pages life's 8 stages as theorized by Erik Erikson are applied to a sample interview with a woman age 72 who discusses reli...

Human Nature Approach of American Philosopher and Psychologist William James

In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...

Scholars of Ancient Times Debating Religion

as well. Brahman: In some way, I believe I can vouch for our religion as being a way of life, but perhaps in a different sense. Fo...

Religious Stance of Voltaire

This paper discusses the opposition to organized religion Voltaire took during the 18th century which is represented in his writin...

The Function of the Messiah in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

their religion on the Torah, the first five chapters of the Christian Bible. The Torah tells of the messiah and his coming. The ...

Public Schools' Constitutional Rights and Religion Court Cases

In five pages the issue of religion in public schools are examined in the case progression of Everson v. Board of Education, Engel...

Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone According to Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper examines Kant's philosophical considerations of religion from a moral perspective. Five sources are cite...

Religious Faith and Elie Wiesel

In six pages this research paper examines how Wiesel's religious faith is reflected in his writings and the role of religion in hi...

Religion and Man According to Benjamin Franklin and Edward Taylor

In five pages the world and religion as man relates to both are considered in the context of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and...

The Magic Barrel of Bernard Malamud

The tension that exists between the student of religion and the marriage broker and the ways in which it moves the country forward...

Religious Theories of Emile Durkheim in The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

premises the concept that religion is rooted in the nature of things and that any system of belief which dos not have this groundi...

Postwar Japan Economic and Political Restructuring Effects

The paper should show that Japans involvement in the war and the subsequent period of colonisation had a significant effect on Jap...

The Goddess vs. Christianity

Many modern feminists have embraced the worship of the Goddess as more liberating and less patriarchal than most mainstream monoth...

Sex and Religion According to Judaism

force themselves upon their wives for sexual favors, and they are not allowed by faith to molest them. The Torah and Talmud both ...

Art and Religion of Ancient Egypt

point that there was a strongly ritualistic and shamanic element to funeral rites: pictorial representations of funeral ceremonies...

Influences on Culture

material products" (Bodley, 2002; bodley-text.html). In addition, it is often noted that "Culture also has several properties: it ...

Sociology Contributions of Emile Durkheim

that views societies as moving, bit by bit, from "mechanically" governed societies, which are ruled by custom and religion, toward...

Cardinal John Henry Newman and Flannery O'Connor

the contemporary novels of today. Rather, they are a means to an end. That end, of course being to illustrate Christian mysteries ...

The Buddha, the Prophet, and the Christ by F.H. Hilliard

heaven by his own choice (26). Although has the section on Islam next, chronologically, Christianity came next with Christs birt...

Religious Perspectives on Homosexuality

views regarding homosexuality. The Catholic and Jewish religions are unique in their adaptations, however, in that church doctrin...