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The Modern World and Shinto

kami (gods or spirits)" that are linked to a variety of aspects of nature, from the earth and the sea, to the sky and the sun ("Sh...

Overview of Buddhism

This essay presents an overview of Buddhism that explains the fundamental beliefs of this world religion. The Buddhist orientation...

Puritanism in America

to reform the church in England; the story of the Puritans efforts and their emigration to North America is well known. This paper...

Overview of Five Religions

most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...

The Varied Viewpoints of Hinduism

Trinity, both the father and son, as well as the pure spirit. This is a very difficult concept (how can anyone be both father and ...

Birth Rituals, Judaism and Islam

"Hebrew name" does not have to be in Hebrew, as Yiddish or English names are often used (Rich). Of all the Jewish rituals, the bri...

Nietzsche And Kierkegaard: Compare/Contrast

- while a religious man himself - strongly believed to reflect mankinds futile passion toward Gods plan and the failure to realize...

How Coursework Has Impacted A Student's Worldview

of mainline religion will not hinder development. Yet, if this is the case, one may still feel lost. Perhaps Mertons (1998) work m...

Science And Religion: History's Ultimate Test

beginning of unique aspirations - as well as troubled alliances - within scientific and religious societies in relation to an orig...

Social Context and Defining Religion

This essay presents a student with example paper offers guidance on how the student might choose to relate personal experience and...

Health Beliefs: Three World Religions

This research paper presents the health beliefs of three world religions, specifically Indigenous Sacred Ways, Hinduism and Buddhi...

World View of Human Nature

This 4 page paper gives an overview of human nature as it relates to religions of the world. This paper includes a discussion of h...

Buddhism in Tibet

of Mahayana Buddhism. Its basic elements are practically identical to this form of Buddhism, in fact. Buddhism is in many ways o...

Aspects of Hinduism

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

The Function of the Messiah in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

their religion on the Torah, the first five chapters of the Christian Bible. The Torah tells of the messiah and his coming. The ...

Transformation and Seventeenth Century England

In 4 pages, this research paper considers the rapid changes England underwent in terms of religion, economics, and politics, citin...

Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

that the "most powerful reason (for believing in religion) is the wish for safety, a sort of feeling that there is big brother wh...

Christianity's Changes Throughout History

teachings of the Old Testament. Christ, of course, was Jewish. At the same time, it does become clear that he added a great deal a...

Christianity vs. Neopaganism: The Human Condition, Theodicy and Soteriology

Christians view the human condition as being integrally tied with the fact that we were created in the image of God. While we som...

The Golden Age: The Political Concepts of Islam by Ira Lapidus and The Community in Islamic History by Hamilton A.R Gibb

custodians of the true Islam. This, it is argued, reflect in the way that the states have evolved today and the different models t...

Comparative Analysis of Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism

meaning of Hinduism as it has been expressed during the twentieth century (1978). Buddhism embraces similar concepts as Hi...

Religion and Man According to Benjamin Franklin and Edward Taylor

In five pages the world and religion as man relates to both are considered in the context of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and...

Postwar Japan Economic and Political Restructuring Effects

The paper should show that Japans involvement in the war and the subsequent period of colonisation had a significant effect on Jap...

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism Compared

and other changes are seen in the New Testament. While the New Testament to a great extent relies on the Old Testament, the change...

A Comparison of Occidental and Islamic Cultures in 'The Venture of Islam'

This paper of 6 pages compares western culture and Islamic religion in terms of similarities and differences, providing definition...

7 Dimensional Model of Religion by Ninian Smart

he was able to more clearly articulate the similarities of faith that exist among event the most widely divergent populations. Sma...

Zoroastrianism's Influences on World Religions

not accomplish this task until the end of time (Stepaniants, 2002). According to Zoroastrian cosmology, the history of humanity co...

Comparing Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

from Christian forces, one of the first actions that they took on occupying the city was to allow Jews to reenter Jerusalem, havin...

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism on Personhood

In five pages this paper examines how these world religions conceptualize what it means to be a good person in terms of ethics, si...

Learning About Religion

This paper considers various aspects involved in learning aboutThis five page paper has three sources listed in the bibliography. ...