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their complex social and cultural mores. Tradition was therefore rooted in the memory of the people as was the physical and moral...
to pass judgment on dogmas source, i.e. "the closing of the door of ijtihad" occurred in Sunni Islam between the tenth and twelfth...
War I (Kazin, 1998, p. 16). As this suggests, pinning down the cultural meaning of Judeo-Christian tradition and scriptural teachi...
foresight that brought all of the various Hawaiian Islands together. He was to be the last of the great Hawaiian rulers, for after...
chapter, and discusses what God has done for the people of Israel. In this Sermon, Moses relates the actions that were taken that...
having the "same" culture.4 The slave-trading colonial powers saw this vast territory as a single place, a single country occupied...
Wiccan traditions and have a long-standing history in centuries of community activity and ritual beliefs. During the Crusades, th...
(Al-Imran); Verse 97 (ICM). The Hajj is considered a fulfillment of the Fifth Pillar of Islam but is also considered as a time whe...
Chestnutt skilfully exposes the irony of these attitudes through the interaction between the various family members, where the dis...
(2001,p.PG) of the population. That certainly constitutes a minority. Over time, life for the Sikhs in Canada and elsewhe...
interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...
In ten pages this paper reviews various texts on the Japanese Samurai class including Harry Cook's Samurai: The Story of a Warrior...
a review of this text and how Japanese marriage traditions are reflected in the double suicide ritual are analyzed in five pages. ...
A 10 page essay critiquing several essays in the anthology by James J. Wilhelm. The focus is on Arthur in the Early Welsh Traditio...
highly insulted. That is just one example as to why it is important to understand differences in cultural backgrounds, particularl...
capturing the experiences of childhood. Wordsworths theories of romantic poetic structure have been both accepted and highly crit...
love of this frightened child is the healing agent that helps Turtle to grow. The symbolism of Turtles name, for she has retreate...
(Learning Center/Philadelphia). However, shipbuilding still employed some 50,000 workers after World War II, but then began a pre...
In eight pages this paper discusses issues relating to Islam in a mock tour itinerary presentation that begins in Washington DC an...
In seven pages this paper examines the epic 'Beowulf' in a consideration of the poetic oral tradition. Seven sources are cited in...
In a paper that contains ten pages the changes in attitudes regarding Indians that relocate to the United States are examined in t...
human spiritual life and then comes back with a message." The usual heros adventure will start with someone "from whom something ...
This paper discusses issues of morality, personal identity, and cultural tradition as seen in Erdrich's Love Medicine. This seven...
The enduring customs and cultural traditions reflected in Irish folklore are examined in 6 pages with the sacred thorn, the Sidhe,...
extreme importance to the members of the religion in question as well as being relatively unknown to those outside of that religio...
In five pages the organizing tradition as it evolved in Mississippi during the 1950s and 1960s as depicted in this text by Charles...
that manners and formal politeness will overlap: the way in which white Southern gentlemen treated white Southern ladies, for exam...
to Jeremiah, words intended for the Jewish nation: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you ...
19wright.html). It is a tradition that remains powerfully strong today and is, according to Wright (2001), "well represented by li...
same in his "Heart Sura" (Upanishads). The term "Atman" refers to the immortal aspect of mortal existence (Atman-the Soul Eterna...