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Comparing and Contrasting Family and Religion in Romania and the US

(Anonymous, 2011). Today marriages remain the mainstays of families, and while many of the older generations were married through ...

Religion and Culture/Michel Foucault

This essay offers an overview of Religion and Culture by Michel Foucault, edited by Jeremy Carette. While the writer cites from Ca...

Theology of Sacraments

that led to holiness and applied that idea as sacramentum, which was to encompass the many different ways of gaining grace. They s...

Providing Christian Witness is a Multi-Religion Environment

same region (Bilton et al, 2008). In many instances different ethnicities tend to have a traditional association with specific rel...

Cultural Perspectives on the Northern Ireland Troubles

Ulster to belong to the United Kingdom can be broadly aligned with their religious associations (Tonge, 2001). In Northern Irela...

19th Century American Reforms

virtues, and some held that the best way to achieve this was to withdraw from traditional society and establish small communities ...

The Subversion of Religion, Media, and the Democratic Process by Terrorists

East. These groups attempt to affect change by use of fear, intimidation, and terror with the organizational trappings of a religi...

Judaism and Ancient Egyptian Religion

the soul: the Egyptians thought that the there were several "psychical elements" comprising existence, including the ka (Dyson). T...

Puritanism after Emigration

to escape persecution and established colonies in North America. This paper considers a different aspect of the story: what happen...

Aspects of Freedom

define it. Is it the ability to express ones opinion without fear of reprisals? Or is it the freedom to avoid expressing an opinio...

Chaucer, St. Luke, Aristophanes and Their View of Social Issues

even screenwriters who disguise them as interesting stories. The original Star Trek was great at teaching these moral lessons whil...

Development of an Individual Value Framework

go beyond the generally accepted rights and wrongs, which may be taught in religions but are rarely seen within the law, such as c...

Christianity From Cult to Established Mainstream?

It might be contended that the development...

Five Pillars of Islam

"Charity is a necessity for every Muslim" (Zahid, 2010). All Muslims are encouraged to give as much as they please, but giving bac...

Two Characteristics in Christianity and Islam

practice of prayer in the two religions is very different. Christianity calls for steady and ongoing prayer. They praised God, ask...

Emotional Intelligence and Leadeship

managers, it actually has its roots in the Bible. Jesus is the quintessential example of a servant leader and He taught His apostl...

Hinduism and the Quest Escape Earthly Boundaries

Religion v Tradition A religion is typically described in relation to a god. Hinduism,...

Religion and Change from the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Century

properly! Religion is, and always has been, a driving force in society. This was...

Self-Analysis of Automatic Attidudes

unacceptable to have negative attitudes towards different groups of people, e.g., different races. Despite the publicity and even ...

Traditional and New Religions

arise while old ones splinter, and although some hold out hope that interfaith work will lead to peace, others seem determined to ...

The Double Edged Sword of Ethnocentrism

This paper examines how our culture determines who we are and who we associate with. When politics and, in particular, religion e...

Our Founding Father's Views on State Supported Religion

In the earliest history of our country, indeed even in the formative years before the...

Black Boy by Wright

Introduction In Richard Wrights autobiography Black Boy Wright offers up his childhood and early adulthood for the reader to perh...

Demographic Profile of Moreland

deliberation by people brought together by similar interests and common goals". All of these may be applied to the community of Mo...

The Shaping of Buddhism and Jainism

Eastern religions share numerous similarities but there are also many contrasts....

Socrates, Religion And "The Apology"

millennia worth of philosophical comprehension of mans existence. For those who depend upon traditional practice to shepherd them...

Hallucinogens in 3 Religions

of consciousness is required in order to fully understand and connect with a higher spiritual plane. Undoubtedly, the most common ...

Hinduism and its Sacred Elements

Hinduism is characterized by a complexity of sacred elements. Each of these elements has deep significance and meaning....

Aspects of Hinduism

conclusions based on more recent findings in archaeology, cultural analysis, astronomical references, and literary analysis" (Robi...

Popular American Culture and Recent Trends

the tip of the iceberg. Aaron Gross (1996) asks: "Should the state be required to support as well as legally grant rights and priv...