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Overview of Pentecostal Religion

Board of Directors, by a two-thirds majority vote, can suspend or expel a member (PFWB, 1999). Issues that are grounds for expulsi...

Japan and Spreading Western Religion

that they were in contrast to many of the characteristic elements of Japanese culture (4). By 1564, some say that the missionarie...

Catholic Italian Culture

of all immigrants. Borrowing from their special talent with food, Italians grace the country with their wonderful cuisine and jov...

1920s' Prohibition and Its Impact Upon U.S. Crime, Religion, and Economics

reality throughout the United States and many wished to end these corrupt practices seen in many a saloon across the country. T...

Violence and Religion

were able to live cooperatively. What was "good" was whatever perpetuated the interests of given society and what was "bad" was an...

Religion in Japan

Because of this syncretism, this merging of major religious philosophies and beliefs, understanding Japanese religion can sometime...

Weber's Model Applied to Religion

money while being frugal at the same time. Webers argument concerning the origin of capitalism in his classic work has implication...

Mahatma Gandhi's Legend and the Role of India in its Creation

the caste system at the time. There are basically four divisions to the caste system. At the top of the group are the Priests and...

West and Influence of Islam

culture of Islam and the occidental world. The book details the impacts Islam has had from a religious perspective in particular....

Hopi People and Culture

the groups grabbed the largest ear of corn for themselves, but one leader remained until all the rest had chosen. He moved forward...

Karl Marx's Perspectives on Religion

recognition of man by detour through an intermediary1 ." Suffice it to say, Marx did not believe in religion and had in fact rejec...

Zoroastrianism's Influences on World Religions

not accomplish this task until the end of time (Stepaniants, 2002). According to Zoroastrian cosmology, the history of humanity co...

Religion and its Meaning

that such an individual needs more church. Of course, the person who only is inclined to go to church on holidays may possess any ...

Comparing Constitutions of the U.S. and California

activities are done in a "reasonable time, place and manner," as the instructions point out. The freedom of speech, as stated in t...

Morality and Religion According to Immanuel Kant

what no republic may dare" (1784). Interestingly, about five years after the writing of this piece the French would take the heads...

Avram Bornstein Crossing the Green Line

the border. In the late 1990s, two forms of permission were in common use: a merchants permission and a workers permission. While ...

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...

Relationship Between Man and the Gods in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...

Utopian Literature's Similarities and Differences

be attacked as while many analysts will agree that Plato clearly states this in The Republic, his other works suggest other ideas....

Religion and Concepts of Emile Durkheim

it divides the world into the two domains of sacred and profane" (2001). One can see that this is exhibited in many religions toda...

Religion and Philosophical Concepts

Indeed, it seems that within the context of philosophy, there is a wrestling with religious thought, because it is from the rejec...

Comparing Two Regional World Civilizations

differences. In respect to the Islamic and Asian societies that sprang up, these occurred largely by 1000 B.C. (Roberts, 1993). ...

Middle East, Democracy, and Islam

In Europe, however, greater religiosity tended to be linked to internationalism, European integration, and support for foreign aid...

Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Religion

and ones heritage is not what it once was. This character is Samad. He is an intelligent and educated man but a man who has had to...

Mythical and Religious Themes in the Eastern Art Tradition

in regard to religious art. Religion, of course, is very diverse in India. Hindu is the primary religion (comprising 82.6 percen...

U.S., Free Speech, and Engel v. Vitale

prescribing religious devotions; the idea being that by keeping a strict line between religion and state, religious freedom is ens...

Religion and Approach to Dramatic Arts

of Peter Pitzele, "Scripture Window." For example, the group of fifth graders could be given the story of the Good Samaritan where...

Exploration, Mysticism, and Religion

In eleven pages this research paper charts the course of religion as it evolved from exploration and mysticism. Seven sources are...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this research paper examines several sociological concepts relevant to this 1959 novel including British coloniali...

The Religions of Abraham

at the other religions, we see that all three believe in the "Word of God" as a direct and personal message to Man from the Divine...