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same in his "Heart Sura" (Upanishads). The term "Atman" refers to the immortal aspect of mortal existence (Atman-the Soul Eterna...

In this paper consisting of eleven pages an eyewitness account of a Vodun or Voodoo 'day of the dead' ritual is simulated and back...

In a five page paper the ancient Mayan city of Palenque is examined in terms of its religious and historical influences and how th...

the care of humanity. "As stewards of God, "made in Gods image and likeness... we are not simulating a divine role ... we are car...

Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was based on lengthy meditation and required...

104 degrees Fahrenheit might be a much more favorable temperature for truths to germinate and sprout in than the more ordinary blo...

revivalism in the postmodern context. The religious institution has long been the focal point of community affairs in places wher...

describe the art from the baroque period they would include: spacious, dynamic, natural, colorful, passionate, sensual and versat...

one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

symbolistic, human type greenhouse. That the girl is as rare a beauty as any of the doctors flowers, is evident when Giovanni, a s...

there are two different types of magic as it relates to religions of the world. There is sympathetic magic and contagious magic. "...

Hindus in that they also believe that dharma is a natural universal law which is in and pervades everything. To live in harmony wi...

lose weight for genetic reasons and that of course they would be thin if it were possible. Similarly, homosexuals claim that their...

between the teacher and the students. In the book, Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum, by Warren Nord and Charles Ha...

equal before God, including women. Indeed, the road to female freedom and self-expression has been paved with patriarchal intoler...

for his own wants as a man. Sir Gawains virtue is tested against the backdrop of religious implication when Bercilaks wife ...

This sacrifice, however, did not require the sinner to relinquish his life, for God realized that would be too great a cost, so He...

impartial form of government: the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. One only needs to look at the Amendme...

theater is a reflection of the way people think and behave. It is also a precursor to where the society is going because it invol...

This then introduces the debate regarding predestination and free will: if...

todays political system, consider the following "specific Machiavellian dictates"5 that are utilized in contemporary politics: * ...

its work in China but on an interdenominational level (Yang, 1998). The "official" Catholics in China began to ordain their own b...

God had created an idyllic paradise for man, and it was only when a winged Satan invaded the peaceful calm and inflicted his exist...

time on their own to form cultural groups (1988). Piersen contends that New Englands black population was the most assimilated out...

"tumbles" his family into a "financial ruin from which they do not recover for two generations" (Bottum 64). Clarence finds that a...

man with fine moral sense when dealing with other human beings and is considered to be an admirable man not only because of his wr...

womb, is upon the world. These are issues of science fiction, but as time goes on they become science fact, a situation that has t...

four different occasions away from his palace he encountered the true pervasiveness of human suffering. When Prince Siddartha went...

the Renaissance was actually a period in which practically every aspect of European life from art to religion would experience a r...