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Anthropological Interviewing/Religion

of Bohemia and Moravia, which are now part of the Czech Republic (Our History). One aspect of Moravian life that Sara related ha...

Jewish Burial And Mourning Customs

This also explains why autopsies of Jewish people are not allowed (Chabad.org, 2005). Besides the fact that this type of procedure...

The Mormon Church - Church Of Latter Day Saints

parish or congregation that has between 300 and 600 members, a stake encompasses between five and twelve wards and totals at least...

Subjectivist vs. Rationalist Philosophical Theories

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

Developing and Marketing New Services and Products and Consumer Attitudes

fair Trade, or received a good review in a food and drink magazine. It is worth noting that this will also reflect political chang...

West and Whether or Not Iran Poses a Legitimate Threat

life. Though cultural and religious differences are often supported as a means of directing public opinion towards the belief t...

Religious Rituals of Judaism and Christianity

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

Men Are the Weaker Sex

places with fatty deposits (atheroma) which narrow them, restricting the blood-flow. This leads to coronary heart disease" (Inform...

The Concept of 'Freedom' of Choice as Perceived by Epictetus, Epicurus, and Aristotle

be regarded as involuntary because it is not externally rooted in another person; but it is irrational and therefore not represent...

The Nature of Islam’s Challenge to Christiandom After its Advent in the Seventh Century A.D.

built a temple in honor of Jehovah (Yahweh). Following the construction of the Temple on Mt. Moriah in about the 10th century B.C...

The Reformation And Eucharistic Theology

this Sacrament is central to the Christian faith, it was an issue that had to be decided. The ruling philosophy at that time was ...

Tennessee Williams: Religion

of those in relation to us..." (The Religious Affiliation of Playwright Tennessee Williams). In looking at this particular...

Taoism and Western Understanding

simply to the "Tao" or "the Way" (Rasmussen, 2001). They "seldom refer to God" (Rasmussen, 2001). In addition, they do not refer "...

Issues in Staff Development

principals expressed views and their actual observed behavior Holland and Weise found numerous discrepancies. First of all, the pr...

History of Christianity

particularly "the division of the Roman Empire into western and eastern components" (History of Christianity). The Roman Catholic ...

Conceptualizations Of Globalization

et al. 1999). The neo-liberal sub-segment suggests that there is or will be a single global market and that this change is a refle...

Do American Catholics Accept Vatican Council II

(Broderick, 2003). Greeley (1998) explains some of the effects of Vatican Council II. Prior to that Council, decisions in the Chu...

Faith & Science/Human Need for Religion

note that he differentiates between "religion" and "spirituality." Hamer maintains that "spirituality is genetic, while religion i...

Dylan Lyrics & Greek Philosophy

the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...

Sramana Tradition & Hinduism

of Hinduism, and it is generally revered and considered to be the source of dharma.5 "Veda" can be translated literally as "knowl...

Silko/Setting in Ceremony

the doctors that he felt like "white smoke" and that he had "no consciousness" (Silko 14). With this allusion, Tayo tried to conve...

Issues Pertaining to Economic Philosophy

This research paper examines eight questions that pertain to issues concerning economic philosophy. The topics addressed include t...

Legislative Injustice and Minority Cultures

This paper examines how legislation can discriminate against certain minority groups and their cultural beliefs. This fourteen pa...

18th Century Quaker John Woolman

In five pages this paper discusses the life and beliefs of John Woolman and what influence this 18th century Quaker. Five sources...

Test of Intelligence by Alan Turing

The beliefs of Rene Descartes and other humanist philosophers are considered within the context of Turing's argument that a comput...

Interpretation of God and Faith in Western Civilization's Development

In five pages this report considers how the development of Western civilization encouraged a Christian interpretation of God and f...

A Comparison of Occidental and Islamic Cultures in 'The Venture of Islam'

This paper of 6 pages compares western culture and Islamic religion in terms of similarities and differences, providing definition...

Afterlife and Culture of Egypt

In fifteen pages ancient Egypt is considered in a discussion of its afterlife cultural beliefs. Ten sources are cited in the bibl...

Overview of the Vietnam War and its Impact Upon America

fierce protection of ancestral land was nothing new to the people trapped in between warring factions. The names given geographic...

The Welfare State of Today and Andrew Carnegie

In six pages the industrialist and philanthropist who did not believe in giving alms is considered in terms of his ideas, the mode...