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Student's Religious Studies' Intellectual Journal

S/he reveals that the professor opted not to talk about Judaism because there were Jews in the class, and in the students opinion,...

Analysis of the Increases in Fundamentalist and Conservative Religious Groups

first founded by Radcliff-Brown and Evans-Pritchard. While initially utilized to aid our understanding of Polynesian and African ...

American Religion and The Great Awakening of the Eighteenth Century

which occurred in the 1730s and 1740s. It was during those few decades in which we emerged as a religiously based and religiously ...

1990 Case of the US Supreme Court v. Employment Div., Ore. Department of Human Resources v. Smith, 494 US 872

for ingesting peyote, a hallucinogenic drug. This was not recreational drug use, however, but rather, for sacramental reasons as p...

The Jewish 'Father' Abraham

Michalowski explains, "Each person also had an additional, personal god" (Szulc, 2001, p. 90). A close interaction with this pers...

Magdelena and Balthasar by Steven Ozmet and Religious Controversies

Redeemer" (Ozment 14). As a result, Magdalena and Balthasar not only put their faith in good health in the various medical remedi...

Tirso's The Trickster of Seville

The religious environment of Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries, for instance, can be seen as a key factor in terms of the b...

A REview of Black Boy by Richard Wright

A 5 page overview of the religious and supersticious perspectives that interlace this book. 2 sources....

Renaissance Challenges Responded to by Calvinism and Lutheranism

by choice but are instead dictated by an omnipotent source, the inherent faith and ability to think creatively of ones beliefs is ...

Church and State in the 1992 U.S. Supreme Court Case of Lee v. Weisman 505

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the First Amendment rights are being violated by a school function's religious ...

People and Evangelizing

In ten pages evangelizing is defined and a consideration of how certain religious groups evangelize is presented....

Knowledge and Sexuality According to German and French Critical Theory

In twelve pages Michel Foucault's philosophies are featured in a discussion of critical theory pertaining to the French and German...

Three Possible Ways to Live

This 6 page paper constructs three hypothetical lives, one based on the classical tradition, one based on the Christian tradition,...

American Perspectives on Christmas

when the U.S. hostages were being held in Iran, and that year only the top ornament was lit (American Christmas Traditions, Facts ...

Catholic Church, Tradition and Scripture

The leading priest of a particular region was elected by his fellow priests to serve as bishop. These bishops became increasingly...

The Law in England and China Compared

of binding precedent, but also in the lack of doctrines to act as a foundation of the law. However, there are many commonalities....

The Vernacular Tradition and African-American Literature

admiring the speech, the student could say something like the following. Martin Luther Kings "I Have a Dream" speech is one of th...

Jackson's The Lottery and Obsolete Tradition

principal rationalization behind the lottery when he says, "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" (Jackson). Warner disparages thos...

Poe, Hawthorne, Irving and Romanticism Considering Romanticism in Literature By Examining Stories By Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Romantic literary tradition is exemplified by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This paper examines ...

Old South Traditions in Faulkner's 'A Rose For Emily'

And, it is in this essentially foundation of control that we see who Emily is and see how she is clearly intimidated by these male...

The Cloning Debate

(Habermas 164). The author also brings up questions of legality and how legal conundrums might erupt from cloning (Habermas 164). ...

Case Management, Leininger's Theory

This case management paper pertains to a Hispanic man with type 2 diabetes and draws upon Madeleine Leininger's Cultural Care Dive...

Kant’s Categorical Imperative

right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...

Perspectives on Universality

(Amin, 1997; p. 8). In many ways we experience, and have experienced, growth of cultures through diversity, which provides us ...

Modern Applications of Ancient Myths

involvement of magical powers that develop the processes and actions confronting the hero. As a direct result, there is generally...

Discussing Umberto Eco's Contention that Sign Systems Comprise Social Life

In this overview of two pages the universality of facial expressions are discussed with supporting reviews by Deborah Blum, Paul E...

Workplace Decision Making and the Impact of Technology

In five pages this report discusses how technology has influenced workplace decision making in a consideration of autonomy, univer...

Human Rights as a Cultural or Universal Concept

which even weak legislation can be supportive of human rights in the way that it is implemented and interpreted within the courts....

Mosaic Tradition and Divine Command and the Mosaic Tradition: Maimonides, Al-Ghazali and Augustine

the divine commands and the application of Mosaic tradition require a comparative view of these authors, their underlying purpose,...

Hispanics and Diabetes Management

Have you had any experience in helping a friend or family member manage diabetes? The patient replied that she was not aware of...