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Essays 361 - 390
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as a...
not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...
are people today who chant slogans related to peace and give up notions of war, inclusive of defense. This is of course something ...
represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...
Although there are definite directions provided in the Bible as to the follies of splitting into separate religions and sects, mod...
personal liberation through approaching everything in life as it relates to what Allah wants, not what the individual wants. There...
is so powerful to witness how Moliere never overtly describes the religious hypocrisy at hand, but instead shows the fervor with w...
signify the "blood of the covenant" (Geffen, 1993, p. 28). It is a time-honored ceremony that is concluded when a family member (...
reworked" into passages that frequently sound "hymnic" (Tawa 67-68). As pointed out by Robert Bellah, Christianity, and the Jude...
years ago. Economic integration almost precludes political confrontation" (Bovet 30). No country is immune from the crippling ef...
her own path but is not required to acknowledge an intermediary as a prophet (PG). In a revealed religion, if anyone denies the au...
for Bin Laden and followers of him are everywhere. Or consider this report from the Pakistani newspaper The Nation: "September 11 ...
by Lafayette Ron Hubbard and is not only incompatible with most of the worlds other religions, particularly Christianity, but open...
lifestyle and covenant can be found in the book of the Exodus. Peter Henderson compared these two lives and covenants using the Ne...
seventeenth century. During the Enlightenment, there was a change in thinking and a transitioning from religious thought to i...
In five pages society's incorporation of religion is discussed in terms of several philosophical views that include mainstream rel...
defined by the functional role of that state, rather than by proposed intrinsic features of that state. As this demonstrates, neit...
and that death impacts the body and soul, the impact differs based on the religious practices. Islam believes that ones sou...
he had dragged him out into the light of the sun" he would be distressed. For Socrates, the world above ground represents the othe...
or that their lives are even close to resembling those of the first disciples?" (as qtd. in Galli, 2002, p.62). He poses a good qu...
then of trust when most intense, hence, amid ills that vex and wrongs that crush our hearts -- if here the words of Holy Writ may ...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
"Trivial imagery and absurdities of the Christian creed are targeted in a caricatural mode and the relationship between religious ...
proven to marginalize religion in America, seeking to "exclude it from the public square" (Jeynes, 2001, p. 31) and, thereby, reli...
authority in all human action and interaction. But it is important to understand that regardless of the passage of time and the a...
military action. This to some extent mimics ideals around the world where women are protected from active combat. In the United St...
one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...
Yugoslavia). Although the fighting stopped for the most part, there was no effort made for the various parties to actually resolv...
Clearly, the relationship between Southwest Airlines marketing division as guided by owner Herb Kelleher and the metaphoric Irish ...
that a spiritual reality exists. "The concepts that humans possess souls and that souls have life apart from human bodies befor...