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Marriage Norms: India v Canada

with individuals tracing their lineage through their mothers rather than their fathers. A much more important consideration in re...

Christian Theology, Family, and Marriage

covenant of irrevocable personal consent" and that procreation was not the sole purpose or the basis for the union (Lawler, 2001, ...

John Gottman's Successful Marriage Components and Marital Failure or Success

couples therapists ineffectively (and expensively) harp on these concepts" (Gottman and Silver, 1999). Gottman is the director o...

Outmoded Concept of Registered Marriage

Kong, as Leung (2003) points out, registered marriage was welcomed by women as an integral part of their acquiring equal rights....

Discussion of Christian Marriage

In four pages the constitution of marriage is considered in an examination of what a Christian marriage means. One source is cite...

Marriage and Intimacy

and woman marry, they becomes "one flesh." Individuals sometimes considered their spouses to be extensions of themselves and, unfo...

Dennis/Mystery of Marriage

relationship is now so broken that it feels "unfixable" (Dennis, 2005). She describes her options, i.e., to stay or leave, and the...

In the Utah Supreme Court: A Brief

Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 92 S. Ct. 1526, 32 L. Ed. 2d 15 (1972) Statutes Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb-1 Utah Co...

Gay Marriages - Arguments For and Against

barred from as the result of a ban on gay marriage, and for many this is simply unfair. More fundamental, however, are the argumen...

Sex Offender Profiling and Multiphasic Sex Inventory II

patterns of response throughout the test. The scales by which alleged or admitted sexual offenders are assessed work in slightly ...

Marx, Live Sex Acts by Chapkis, and the 'Job' of Sex

In four pages this paper discusses how sex represents work in a consideration of Marxist theories and this text by Chapkis. There...

Comparing Western Civilization's Marriages of Choice and India's Arranged Marriages

they still keep to the tradition of arranged marriages. Marriages formed out of love AKA "love marriages" do happen in India but i...

Marriage Rights, Medical Benefits, and Gay Marriage

It is becoming more and more apparent that the bonds of love go just as deep as heterosexual bonds; in fact, homosexual couples ar...

Arranged Marriage's Psychological and Physical Perils

have a voice in the ultimate selection of their marriage partner nor the time or circumstances that surround the marriage. It is ...

Doubt's Purpose in Religion

This essay discusses the role of doubt in religion as well as how different world views develop within the same religion. Three p...

Catalysts for Altruistic Behavior

The concept of altruism has always been thought of as being at the center of Judeo-Christian religion but is it really? We all kno...

A Vedic Sacrifice Substitute

Bhagavad" PG) the people are reminded that vedic sacrifice is indeed something to look up to. At the same time, and this can be d...

Michael Molloy's Experiencing the World's Religions

In five pages this essay refers to Molloy's text in an overview of the reasons for religion creation by societies along with a bas...

Doctor Faustus Play by Christopher Marlowe and Religion's Role

In sixteen pages this famous 16th century play is considered in an examination of religion's role in it. Five sources are cited i...

Spirituality & Religion in Counseling

to focus on the therapeutic relationship. Counselor C, who is a biblical counselor, rejects all secular approaches and turns to Sc...

Appeal of the Gnostic Religion

a simple one - they would provide man with Knowledge, and allow him "to control his own destiny When discussing the Gnostics it ...

Society, Religion, and Art of the Renaissance

In three pages this paper examines the society, religion, and art of the Renaissance with a consideration of the importance of rel...

Judaism, Christianity, the Talmud, and The Bible

and thirst for holiness: they shall have their fill. Blessed are they who show mercy: mercy shall be theirs. Blessed are the singl...

Religion of the Pueblo from a Freudian Perspective

In five pages this paper examines how organized religion was viewed by Sigmund Freud and then applied to the Pueblo approach to re...

Commonality of Family Dysfunction in 'Go Tell It On the Mountain' by James Baldwin

In 5 pages the common themes of family dysfunction and religion's 'being saved' are examined within the context of this story by J...

Inca Religion, Christianity, Culture and Religion

In five pages this paper discusses the cultural importance of religion in a comparative analysis of the polytheistic Inca religion...

Democracy and Religion's Contribution

democracy is as fearlessly new today as when it was first proposed. "If it does not have to be reinvented, it certainly has to be ...

Religion in the Future and Social Theory

In five pages this paper examines four chapters from The Future of Religion edited by William Swatos in a consideration of the rel...

Religion in Vietnam and America

This research paper contrasts and compares the principal religions of the U.S. and those of Vietnam, whilc also discussing the inf...

World Religions : Buddhism

painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...