SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Pilgrimage to Nonviolence

Essays 1 - 29

Pilgrimage to Nonviolence

in such a short span of time. And, one cannot assume that things would always go smoothly for humanity struggles and as King noted...

Ibn Battuta

In six pages this paper examines a pilgrimage in terms of its social value and considers Ibn Battuta's travels to Mecca and the si...

Are Buckingham Palace and Graceland Pilgrimage Sites?

instead is a scheduled day of remembrance. However, the intensity of the feelings exhibited by the people who come to Graceland, a...

Cesar Chavez, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Henry David Thoreau on Nonviolence

perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...

Racial Issues and Nonviolence

impoverished and trodden on people. His struggles led to perhaps minor improvements, but also to a national and global focus on th...

Freedom and Nonviolence

only an autocratic state (Yancy, 1995). Mandela, of course, first advocated nonviolence as a means of affecting change in...

Tolstoy's Ideas of Nonviolence and Their Impact on Russia

and the American religious sect Society of Friends (Quakers), Tolstoy espoused nonviolence and strongly lobbied for the dissolutio...

India: Historical Perspecitve on Nonviolence

off the aggressors, but the Hindus in India learned the British structures, were brought into their army, and were educated to be ...

Peruvian Racial Prejudice and an Application of Martin Luther King's Theories of Nonviolence

In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...

Cesar Chavez's Life and United Farmworkers' Activism

In 6 pages this paper examines Cesar Chavez's life, achievements, and his unwavering support of migrant farmworkers through a poli...

Martin Luther King Jr. on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence

In five pages this paper examines King's 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' in a consideration of the effectiveness of nonviolence an...

Effective Weapon of Nonviolence and Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper examines the factors that fueled the civil rights movement including 'Jim Crow' laws and the Supreme Cour...

Martin Luther King's Nonviolence and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

In five pages this paper examines how King's six nonviolence steps are represented in this anonymously written Medieval epic. Two...

Nonviolent Teachings of Jesus

other outside sources, there is much presentation and analysis of Jesus attitudes on the issue of non-violence. There can ...

Pilgrimages in Buddhism and Islam

that the political, social and revolutionary benefits of Hajj have been overtaken by mass production of ritual mismanagement" (Hae...

Catherine J. Allen's The Hold Life Has

previously the case" (Allen, 1988: 195). It is a very popular pilgrimage that draws people from all over the region, if not the wo...

Black Nationalism and Malcolm X

particularly those with tacit Middle East support, espouse many of the principles put forth in Malcolms philosophies, writings, sp...

Lord Byron George Gordon and His Byronic Hero Creation

makes it clear that he considered the ideal life to be of adventure and lofty purpose. In the preface to his first two cantos f...

Islamic Pilgrimage Known as the Hajj

(Al-Imran); Verse 97 (ICM). The Hajj is considered a fulfillment of the Fifth Pillar of Islam but is also considered as a time whe...

Images in My Antonia by Willa Cather 's "My Antonia": Images Of Exile, Journey, Pilgrimage, Community, Belonging, Nature And Sensual Passion

Images of sensual passion, nature, belonging, community, pilgrimage, journey, and exile that appear throughout My Antonia by Willa...

In a Different Place by Jill Dubisch and Greek Island Culture

In six pages Dr. Dubisch's text regarding a contemporary Greek Island pilgrimage to Tinos is discussed. Two sources are cited in ...

Life and Activism of Malcolm X

In five pages Malcolm X's life, his Nation of Islam activism, subsequent disillusionment, Mecca spiritual enlightenment pilgrimage...

Mecca Pilgrimage of Malcolm X

In five pages this paper examines the Mecca pilgrimage of Malcolm X and the dramatic effects of this spiritual journey. Four sou...

Hinduism Practices and Rituals

many other types. It all started, at least in Hinduism, with Krishna who suggested that the practice of a variety of yogas can hel...

Pilgrimage and Hinduism

as Jainism and Buddhism (Gray, 2005). In light of these facts we can see that the Hindu religion is one that is incredibly diverse...

Comparative Analysis of Holy Wars and Pilgrimages

which would earn remission of ones penances because of the great hardships which would be faced."3 The idea was novel, and danger...

Hinduism and the Pilgrimage

than this small fact. A bit of information about Hinduism will help to shed light on why pilgrimage is so important to the Hindu...

Religious Pilgrimages, Architecture, and Art

the numbers of pilgrims on the roads (Petersen, 2005). These churches were characterized by "thick heavy walls which support sto...

Ideology of Dr. Martin Luther King's Nonviolence and Global Terrorism Applications

its grips on the world? How do black American civil rights leaders feel about that form of violence? How do they feel about the ...