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Origins of Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism

tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...

America’s Founding Fathers, the First Amendment of the Constitution, and the ‘Separation of Church and State’

increasingly marginalized from public and private spheres. Once upon a time, prayer was permitted in public schools, and no one t...

World Religions : Buddhism

painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...

Christianity Versus Islam : Prayer And Study

prayers. This is very different in Islam. As most of us should know by now, Muslims pray five times each day, each time facing Me...

Buddhism: Sacred Text v. Ritual

Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...

Questions of Religion

revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...

Hanbali Islam; The Religion of Saudi Arabia

the rulers. The differences between the Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam developed over a number of centuries, for many y...

Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and Women

study the Vedas. This particular Hindu book says that women "are entirely worthless creatures" (Dharma Universe, 2010). Even so,...

Contemporary Muslim Women

womans role in relation to her society in somewhat different ways. The differences between the Shia and Sunni sects are particula...

Soteriology Different Perspectives

it nearly incomprehensible to man. There are strong differences of opinion regarding what one must do to be saved but there is a...

The Relationship Between Religion and Terrorism

is linked is a fallacy. Fanaticism is associated with terrorism. Just the notorious murderer Son of Sam blamed his actions on his ...

Compare and Contrast Catholic and Jewish Religions

Masses, the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed. Jews follow the Torah. This is the same as the Catholics Old Testament. Judaism a...

Soteriology - Doctrine of Salvation

comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...

CBT versus family therapy in treating adolescent drug abuse (Article Review/Reaction)

applicable, and service delivery were all the same (Houghton, 2008). Each factor was controlled in this study. The article author ...

Tribal Religions Worldview + Human Destiny

thee tribes have been encroached by modernity and some are now seeking more theological complexity. Robin Wright says that "cultur...

Divorce in America

hold families together as some claim. Some experts believe that Protestant sects do little to hold families together, unlike Catho...

Religion in the Modern World

with ardour and faith" this is much broader, but may also be argued as week, as according this not only those beliefs that are hel...

Jung & Maslow On Religion

personal unconscious, there is also "an infinitely more important collective unconscious" (Connolly 151). This refers to a "repos...

“Victim or Vamp: Images of Violent Women in the Criminal Justice System”

Women who commit acts of extreme violence are considered an anomaly in our society. Those who do commit such acts, consequently, ...

Spirituality & Religion in Counseling

to focus on the therapeutic relationship. Counselor C, who is a biblical counselor, rejects all secular approaches and turns to Sc...

Concepts of God

throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...

Personal Influences from the Field of Fine Art

more, growing progressively smaller in the distance. The shape is welcoming, like he is opening his arms and gathering the philoso...

Is Religion or Race the Main Problem of the 21st Century?

of other races. In the worst manifestation of this characteristic we have discrimination or even hate crimes. This characteristi...

Parable Of The Sower By Octavia E. Butler

hostile world. She prepares for the day she will leave. She seems to have also learned that even if she survives the journey she p...

What is Hinduism?

adherents and the West. Features of Hinduism Many Hindus endorse the idea of a transcendent God that exists "beyond the universe,...

Pornography, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity

was the reaction of Europeans to many aspects of Eastern culture when they first encountered it. However, Parrinder indicates that...

The Film 'Regarding Henry'

be his wife and daughter. Even with the unrelenting encouragement of Sarah and Rachels recollections to help him remember his fam...

Modern Medicine and Religious Traditions of the East

were any medical practitioners (Dworkin 3). The major obstacle in incorporating Eastern traditions into modern medicine has been ...

Frederick Douglass on Religion

us a clear distinction between religion of men and God. He indicates that when he was chosen for a particular master and job he fe...

4 Cultural Topics

America, by contrast, embraces a decidedly more individualistic notion of cultural behavior by virtue of its capitalistic existenc...