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Religion and John Updike

This essay focuses on three works of John Updike, which are his novel A Month of Sundays and his short stories "Wildlife" and "Far...

The Influence of Music on Trahce in African Tradition Religions

The writer presents an examination of the role music plays in trance. The paper looks at both shamanic and possession trance, the ...

Egyptian Pyramids and Religion

This research paper presents an investigation of literature, which indicates the meaning and purpose that the pyramids served wit...

Natural Religion in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d'Ubervilles

Thomas Hardys "Tess of the dUbervilles" was written in 1891. This was a time when the role...

Gilgamesh and Sumerian Religion

on having sex with every bride on her wedding night. It was an imperative belief in the ancient world that for society to exist, t...

Comparing Religions: The Quakers and the Amish

Church, not destroy it, so he didnt suggest that rituals and formal worship be done away with, but modified. Seventeenth century Q...

Islam vs. U.S. Muslim Religion Approaches

continent of North America. While the Muslim religion has experienced much upheaval during the past few centuries, the basic trad...

Religion and Education According to Max Weber and Karl Marx

dubbed the people who support it as leftist radicals who preach new ageism. Indeed, new ageism is part of the dominant culture and...

Religion and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume

In five pages this research paper considers Hume's philosophical text in an overview of its structure and main points. Six source...

Religion and Evolution

In eight pages Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are considered in a contrast and comparison of evolution theories. Six sources ar...

Science and Religion Clash in the Paintings of Salvador Dali

In five pages this paper discusses how Dali struggled with his interests in science and spiritualism as reflected in his surrealis...

Teaching Religion and Jacques Maritain

In ten pages this paper examines whether or not contemporary religious teachings would benefit from incorporating Maritain's Thomi...

Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself' and Religion

much that is god-like in human beings. It is humanity hes celebrating. Kuebrich believes "that Whitmans work is not only religio...

Same Sex Marriages and Religion

the religion the people already possessed. What was different was the book that he would begin to orally present, the Qoran which ...

Religion, Ethics, and Taxes

tax fraud served to support the belief that religious leaders and people of faith are not exempt from immoral actions regarding mo...

Religions of Asia

over the centuries, and in those changes we can see the way in which the teachings of the religion have turned outward to impact t...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave and Religion

off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Hypocrisy and Religion

particular excerpt almost seems to serve as an introduction to how religion is seen in the society of Huck Finn. The reader sees t...

Religion, Sumerians, and Hebrews

main gods of the Sumerians included the god of water (Enki); the god of earth (Ki); the god of air (Enlil) and the god of heaven (...

Southern Religion and Women

This paper considers Southern women's religious involvement in fourteen pages froman historical perspective. Six sources are cite...

David Hume and His Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

In five pages this essay discusses Hume's opposition to the a posteriori argument regarding the divine 'Designer' of the cosmos. ...

Global Perceptions, Economic Status, and Religion

In three pages this paper considers how global perceptions are developed through religious backgrounds and economic status. One s...

Zora Neale Hurston's Writings and Voodoo as Culture, Myth, and Religion

Voodoo is the focus of this paper consisting of eleven pages and considers how it is depicted in Zora Neale Hurston's writings and...

Social and Political Change Through Religion

In five pages this paper examines how Buddhism and Christianity have each evolved through development and the impact of sociopolit...

Machine Medical Model and Religion

getting needed referrals, going through red tape, being told they need to submit forms for approval and things of that nature. The...

Film as Religion by John Lyden

What is generally missed, according to Lyden, is that regardless of cinematic content, audiences receive all the messages of a fil...

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 ...

Candide by Voltaire and the Themes of Snobbery, Optimism of Philosophy, Bigotry in Religion, and War

In five pages this paper considers how these 4 themes are featured in Voltaire's Candide. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...