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Five Foreign Films on Social and Religious Identity

In five pages this research paper considers religious and social identities in such films as Omar Gatlato, My Son the Fanatic, Fea...

Religion in Two Plays: “The Darker Face of the Earth” and “Oedipus Rex”

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

Volunteerism and Values

all creatures great and small."5 People seem to be looking for something today, something beyond their material things which many...

Religious Freedom Thanks to Rodger Williams

in large part because they wanted to be allowed to practice religion as they saw fit. Given that, its odd to note that the society...

The Connection between Race, Religiousity and Intimate Partner Violence

the three hypotheses used in this study. Theoretical Perspective The theoretical perspective identified in the study relates the...

The Gebusi: A Study in Conversion and Syncretism

had the benefit of being conducted over a broad expanse of time, with Knaufts first visit to the tribe occurring in 1981, followed...

Looking at the Universality of Religious Tradition

terms, as something couched in deep traditions. This, for the most part, is an appropriate way to undertake the study of religion,...

Murder or Accident?

The First Amendment specifies that Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free...

Piety of Margery Kempe

pages 6-9 in the Book.) This was not an easy pregnancy and Margery suffered "severe attacks of illness" prior to the birth (Kempe,...

Political and Religious Aspects of the Seated Gudea

exist before the establishment of literary historical records, are of immense value. Like all art, one can enjoy these works on a ...

Strindberg's "Miss Julie": Mysticism and Misogyny

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Strindberg's "Miss Julie". Religious symbology is used to promote misogynistic themes...

Religious Affiliation and Prayer

the participants were active churchgoers and had voted in the 2004 presidential election (Hanek, Olson, & McAdams, 2011). The samp...

Social Equality and Religious Fundamentalism

that observation that Balmer first begins to discover a similar thread running through the entirety of the fundamentalist communit...

The Same Sex Marriage Debate and Religious Discourse

the fight against same-sex marriage being legalized is largely influenced by religious ideology in the legislative and constitutio...

Emile Durkheim Max Weber and Religion

Communist party and was devoted to building a better socialist society (Jacobsen and Polder 2008, p. 5). He conducted worker stud...

Medical Treatment and Religious Affiliation

factors of religious affiliation on belief and health consciousness, for society as a whole. The authors carried out their study...

Religious Experience and the Brain

understandings, such as the idea that "the role of personal beliefs, expectations and experiences may interject bias into the inte...

Addiction Recovery Programs - A Spiritual Rather than Religious Approach

and evolve addiction studies. Problem Statement This paragraph helps the student begin to frame the problem to be explored ove...

"Hamlet" and Suicide as an Important Theme

not fixd His canon gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this wor...

Labor and the Mechanisms of Social Control

turn would subsidize the churches (Pope 1965). This ultimately resulted in a strong degree of religious control over labor in the ...

In Defense of Religious Pluralism

of religious pluralism, and argue that contrary to the argument offered by Gavin DCosta, religious pluralism does exist and consti...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet = Production Effectiveness

decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...

WHAT DOES RELIGION “LOOK” LIKE?

Earthlings are religious, wed have to say that yes they are. The problem with Earthlings and religion, however, is that they tend ...

Overview of a Religious Belief System

above ideals, but they are more powerfully founded on the Word of Jesus Christ as presented through the Bible. The Christians beli...

New York City Politics and the Effects of Religious and Ethnic Groups

in New York, regardless of numbers. This is because New York City is "home to the nations largest community of American Jews" ("N...

Religious Pilgrimages, Architecture, and Art

the numbers of pilgrims on the roads (Petersen, 2005). These churches were characterized by "thick heavy walls which support sto...

Religious Importance of Jerusalem

And finally, can the nature of Jerusalem as a "sacred space" for all three faiths "throw any light on the conduct of politicians a...

Encountering God and Diane Eck's Unconvincing Argument

carried through in any short amount of time; in fact, each step forward toward a modicum of religious harmony is often met with a ...

Overview of Going Home Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

is our home" (Hanh, 1999). He goes on, "A wave looking deeply into herself will see that she is made up of all the other waves an...