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Essays 151 - 180
"in the sacrament of Confession with a priest" ("The Sacraments, 2010). As with many Protestant sects, the United Methodist Chur...
past and present. The result was an overwhelming collection of footage that has since been entitled, Mr. Strehlows Films. Thes...
within some of todays Chinese societies include wailing and white banners placed upon the home to indicate death; wearing all whit...
the Christian faith, though it can be stated that this idea came from much earlier roots in human civilization. English Ritual D...
in the physical world was a constant battle between good and evil (Traditional Zoroastrianism). The major source for the teachings...
When addressing someone in China, one should remember that in China, family names come first. So for example, Mr. Li Hongjun would...
death (Religion and Death). According to Greek philosophy, the god Hermes led the soul of the person to the river Styx which sep...
formed a Native American Heritage Commission to attempt to police the digs (Sacred Burial Grounds: The Controversy Continues, 1992...
to be so necessary for proper development of the physical body and freedom from disease. The Neurs especially valued the livers of...
The capital of the Ashanti kingdom, Kumasi, was taken by the British in 1873 and the kingdom became a British protectorate at the ...
by Gertrude Stein was a term she gave to a generation of men and women whose experiences in World War I undermined their belief in...
forms of relationships that occur between unmarried lovers, which involved clandestine encounters. This aspect of Samoan courtship...
Bushmen. Deeming them "untamable" and a threat to livestock, settlers treated the Bushmen as vermin, killing them in great numbers...
How evil evolved in Christian beliefs is the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages and how evil has changed in terms of soci...
through time" (Chung and Wegars, 2005, p. 1). Chinese Americans trace their funerary custom back to China, where birth and death a...
Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...
"Hebrew name" does not have to be in Hebrew, as Yiddish or English names are often used (Rich). Of all the Jewish rituals, the bri...
to cleanse the baby and purify him as he enters the physical world (Friedheim, 1976). Witnessing baptism is something that bonds b...
with blood, however, will be spared. In historical terms, this event is significant for two reasons. Firstly, it provides a...
towards culturally different practices. 2. The Event In order to understand the ritual it is important to understand a i...
In ten pages the ways in which Buddhism has been practiced in the United States are examined in terms of various sects, its social...
6,000 BCE as well as for textiles in 4,000 BCE in China and it is also recorded as being used as a medicine in China in 2727 (Narc...
of "flashes of purple dye" and the skeins of purple yarn that this produced (Jennings 524). The Aztec themselves were conqueror...
(Egyptian Temples, part I: Divine Kingship, 2007). "[I]t was vital and necessary to keep the gods satisfied and wanting to stay in...
"unclean spirits knew who Jesus was" (Davies 94). Jesus method of exorcism was to "cast out demons by the spirit of God" (Davies 9...
(McGee et al, 2004). Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of meaning, the journey of understanding ha...
involve the use of the four directions which some may say could be construed as a square but when ceremonies are being undertaken ...
in the woods or when theory are alone or even when they are in a crisis situation. Prayer under the umbrella of many religions is ...
been influenced by Japans contact with other cultures, particularly China (Shinto). The most striking feature of the Shinto reli...
hunter and a brave individual is the most important element of a boy becoming a man. Demonstrating that a person is brave and ab...