YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Scholars of Ancient Times Debating Religion
Essays 1981 - 2010
return for Roman protection was considered by the client states as a reasonable political and economic exchange, and allowed them ...
of Mahayana Buddhism. Its basic elements are practically identical to this form of Buddhism, in fact. Buddhism is in many ways o...
but as partial descriptions of what is included in religion and what is not included in religion and as such definitions or descri...
belief, but at the "priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments . . we shall think of them only to pity their victims and...
bhakti, challenging dharma it seems that one could envision that no matter their position, their rank in the caste system for exam...
a precarious adventure in the Middle East the motives for which are mixed. While Bush and other politicians make it clear that the...
of herself and reassure her that all will be will. You know what her days are like: as the wife of a noble (how silly that sound...
consciousness is the way in which society defines crime. "We know that crime offends against widely-held, intense feelings; but i...
processing, steel, industrial and transportation equipment. Exports of $103 billion each year are oil, natural gas, coal, meat, g...
no date). The senses are most attuned when the metaphysical component of time is involved, with a brief moment remembered f...
In the examination of the house she realizes that "during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yel...
is found on the money used and in every courtroom in America, there is a bible used. However, as time goes on, and new ways of loo...
The left wing, also known as Young Hegelians, emphasized the analysis of contradictions (Kamenka, 1983). The left looked at cont...
are far superior to all others. Reprogramming such ingrained concepts was not something that would ever be carried through in any...
the concepts of order and harmony rendered ancient Kemet a strong and prosperous society: very long-lived civilization; very prosp...
one dies alone is something that is realized here. In the end, Edna commits the ultimate act. No one can die with another human be...
is thought to have healing properties and it is known to lower blood pressure for example. Yet, meditation stems from Buddhism (Vi...
and individuality as young children, they begin to assimilate their role in Japanese culture via such conventions as school unifor...
time again (Cairo, 2006). During the Christina era, the bishops of Alexandria were always guarding against heresy and the institut...
thousand years, which was directly related to the need for a shared responsibility for survival. This began to change, however, w...
existence will continue and the thing that people are most afraid of-death-is something that is comprehended as tolerable. Death b...
1941 to 1944 (Greece, 2005). After the end of the war a "protracted civil war" continued between communist rebels and supporters ...
According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...
certain representatives European origin made their way to the Americas. The exact time of the earliest of these encounters is con...
of mainline religion will not hinder development. Yet, if this is the case, one may still feel lost. Perhaps Mertons (1998) work m...
medications or they could be a sign of depression (Turner and Kelly, 2000). Turner and Kelly (2000) state strongly that it is e...
essentially ignored the will of God, or denied seeking out what the will of God may be, and left without approval. A good Christia...
under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...
the invasions were less important than first thought, and that the fall of the Indus Valley civilization was caused by internal ca...
of the Persian Empire" (Herodotus, 2006). Herodotus begins his story with "an account of the first western monarch to enter into c...