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Critically Analyzing M. Scott Peck's Positions

Then M. Scott Peck comes along and tells them that this is to be expected and so, this self-help book begins at a level that is ra...

American Impacts of the Inca and Maya Cultures

the reverence toward their higher being, as well as their basic concept of lifes political journey, spoke to the "humble attentive...

Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

that the "most powerful reason (for believing in religion) is the wish for safety, a sort of feeling that there is big brother wh...

Scientific Revolution and the Connection Between Science and Religion

great interest and considerable depth. His ongoing quest was not only to determine the role of religion within social confines bu...

Transformation and Seventeenth Century England

In 4 pages, this research paper considers the rapid changes England underwent in terms of religion, economics, and politics, citin...

Civilizations of MesoAmerica, Egypt, and Greece

Mexico and other areas of central America, demonstrates a number of similarities with Egyptian culture: the main architectural for...

Religious Affiliation and Prayer

the participants were active churchgoers and had voted in the 2004 presidential election (Hanek, Olson, & McAdams, 2011). The samp...

Apple as a Religion

up their brand. This is true for the Apple Company in general. The introduction of iPod gadget, iTunes, iPhone and iPad all supp...

Science, Religion, and Being Set Free by Untruths in Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

multimillionaire Julian Castle, who now resides on the Caribbean island of San Lorenzo. This impoverished country is also home to...

WHAT DOES RELIGION “LOOK” LIKE?

Earthlings are religious, wed have to say that yes they are. The problem with Earthlings and religion, however, is that they tend ...

Various Topics Pertaining to Teaneck, NJ

has a violent crime rate of 240 incidents per 100,000 in population, which compares to a rate of 342 in New Jersey as a whole and ...

Emile Durkheim Max Weber and Religion

Communist party and was devoted to building a better socialist society (Jacobsen and Polder 2008, p. 5). He conducted worker stud...

Religious Experience and the Brain

understandings, such as the idea that "the role of personal beliefs, expectations and experiences may interject bias into the inte...

Asher Lev's Journey and the Ideology of James Hillman

In six pages Chaim Potok's Asher Lev character is applied to an examination of the ideology of James Hillman with religion and chi...

Faith and Humor

In eight pages this paper examines the use of humor in religion and faith in a consideration of Jesus, Isaac, and faith supporters...

Women and Religious Abuses

In eight pages this paper examines how the religions of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, commit several types of abuses against w...

Symbolism in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea

In five pages this paper analyzes how loss, endurance, and religion are symbolically portrayed in this Ernest Hemingway novella. ...

Socially Relevant Plays of William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses the social relevance of William Shakespeare's plays in a consideration of such issues as daily ...

John Stuart Mill, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Thomas Hobbes

In six pages this research paper examines religion and the state as viewed by philosophers Mill, Rousseau, and Hobbes. Three sour...

Differences Between the Cultures of Switzerland and Persia

In five pages the cultural differences that exist between these two countries and how they manifest themselves through communicati...

Warfare Thesis and Galileo

In five pages the 'warfare thesis' of Draper and White is examined within the context of the conflict between religion and science...

Comparative Analysis of the Theories of Karl Marx and Jean Jacques Rousseau

at the essential nature of man. The nature of man is such that it is a favorite subject of philosophers. Hobbes for example sees t...

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Religion

In five pages this paper discusses Huxley's futuristic novel in a contrast and comparison of the religion of the Reservation and N...

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism Compared

and other changes are seen in the New Testament. While the New Testament to a great extent relies on the Old Testament, the change...

Comparative Analysis of American Society and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale The U.S.A. compared with Gilead in The Handmaid's Tale

to be sure that fertile women are available to the society. The society is class-based and those who are lucky are provided wives....

Religion and Morality Views of Freud, Nietzsche, Ibsen, and Dostoyevsky

In eight pages the perspectives of Nietzsche and Freud regarding morality and religion are examined as they are portrayed in Enemy...

Concepts and Theories in Cornel West's Race Matters and The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The theories and concepts contained in each of these African American texts such as religion and race, the separatist movement, an...

Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

In five pages these five religions are explained in terms of their community and individual influence and then contrasted and comp...

Comparing the United States and France

realms. Paris was home to the multitude of nineteenth century artists who changed fine art forever, and New York is still home to ...

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...