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Science Fiction Defined

form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us, the possible consequences, and the possible...

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...

Ethics, Blood Transfusions & Jehovah's Witnesses

be immensely helpful in gaining insight into the specific issues involved and subsequent perspective on what course of action to t...

Palestine Defined

regarded at various times as "a plaything between Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and the Persian Empire" (Polk, Stamler, and Asfour 3). ...

Defining the West and Its History

by most, there are dilemmas that have surfaced as a result of the trek across the land. Further, it should be said that without th...

Greek Virtue

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

Bringing Christianity to China

constantly threatened by invasion from the east (Mungello, 2005). In other words, China was at a high point in its history and Eur...

Frantz Fanon; Applications to the Undermining of Nationalism In the US

where there is an apparent political clash of ideals and an inability to reconcile them. Fanons work has often been referred t...

Ethics Questions

well without religious influence: Those who are dedicated practitioners meanwhile follow a multiplicity of religious paths. From t...

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...

God in Traditional African Religions

nature worship, and may have in common the 3 kind of occultism: Divination, witchcraft (magic) and spiritism, with the sacrifice o...

Religion in the Schools

religion being taught in our schools. While a number of reasons are put forth to justify this stance, the legalities of teaching ...

Rise of Islam

It only began to assume its own unique identity after combining various faiths and incorporating other cultural traditions. Traci...

How Culture and Religion Shape Each Other

The pot fell and broke in the sand. He heard Ikemefuna cry, My father, they have killed me! as he ran towards him. Dazed with fear...

Religion and Secularism in To Kill a Mockingbird

involve particular forms of employment, and perhaps what employment demands from a religious person, such as Atticus in Lees novel...

Latino Groups in the United States

disappearing, worsening their economic situation (Verdugo, 2006). However, their large numbers and increasing activism give them a...

Dignity of Difference by Jonathan Sacks

baffling questions, questions that are not answered with power or with wealth. He further indicates "Religion does" offer hope for...

Microhistory Europe Early 16th Century

1584. Menocchio declared: "in my opinion, all was chaos... and out of that bulk a mass formed - just as cheese is made out of milk...

Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" - Analysis of Jesus' And The Grand Inquisitor's Goals

while the millions, numerous as the sands of the sea, who are weak but love Thee, must exist only for the sake of the great and st...

An Anthropological View of Ghosts

explained by motivation. In the case of this story, the idea that someone of a rather primitive culture is using the idea of posse...

A Sociological Analysis of Religion

the micro-level interactions of people as individuals, pairs, or groups" (p. 19). People create meaning in society. How do each...

RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND JAPANESE LITERATURE

Century Japan. Much like Genji, Bridge of Dreams has the same lyrical, almost dreamy prose to it. But unlike the men in Genji auth...

Western Culture and the Effects of Religion

In eight pages this paper discusses how Western culture has been affected by religion in a consideration of such powerful figures ...

Jealousy As Defined By Evolutionary Psychology

home. A woman by herself may be better equipped to ferret out survival but if she also had children, such abandonment could well ...

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 ...

How the Civil War Shaped and Defined Abraham Lincoln

necessary institution but also as a just one. They took the stance that white slave owners were entitled to own slaves as a part o...

DEFINING THE ORGANIZATIONAL PARADIGM

Systems The rational systems school of thought specifies that organizations are deliberately designed to attain specific g...

Defining Physiological Psychology

Banduras (1986) theory also addresses gender issues and how they span a significant range of behavioral concerns based upon perfor...

Defining “Realism”

into the bargain was always the same lady. She was the real thing, but always the same thing" (James). She cannot play other parts...