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Buddhism: Sacred Text v. Ritual

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

Literature of Early Africa and Identity

how Africa had been at some point before its development. While the old works cited above do provide a sense of identity for the p...

XYZ University Core Values and Psychologists' Principles of Ethics

B: Fidelity and Responsibility: "Psychologists establish relationships of trust with those with whom they work" (American Psycholo...

U.S. South Before the Civil War, Slaves, and the Role Played by Religion

conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...

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...

Existentialism and Human Emotions by Jean Paul Sartre and The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud

In six pages these works are contrasted and compared regarding the theorists' radical differences regarding the individual and rel...

Secular Society and Doubt and Belief

In five pages society's incorporation of religion is discussed in terms of several philosophical views that include mainstream rel...

Muslim Culture's Gender Roles and Religion's Influence

bridges in Spain." After the fall of Rome, Spain was dominated by the Teutonic tribes, the Vandals, and the Visigoths in successi...

A Comparison of Five Religions

Koran, Jews follow the Torah or Tanakh (Rich, 2006), Buddhists follow the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama was is also known as the...

Mary Rowlandson's "Sovereignty and the Goodness of God" and Religion's Role in the Text

numbers. However, early on, they read more like a church sermon that Mary had been conditioned to recite from early childhood. I...

The Role of Women in Islamic Society

no means represent the lives of most Muslim women (2002). What are the lives of most like? How are women viewed in Muslim society?...

Vietnamese Life and the Importance of Family

living and the dead ("Some Aspects of Vietnamese Culture in Child Rearing Practices" vietfam.html). There is a strong bond betwee...

Practices in Buddhism

wily, and often capitalize on the religions popularity. "For example, seats of power are often located near stupas (commemorative ...

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...

Schumacher Society's Role and Contemporary World's Sustainable Development

In twenty five pages this paper examines the meaning of the concept known as sustainable development and also considers the Schuma...

Human Psychology in William Faulkner's Sanctuary and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In three pages this paper examines the primary characters in these two stories in terms of society's treatment of them and human p...

Hindu Society and Women's Roles

are not to be allowed any form of independence - they cannot even undertake religious fasts on their own initiative, but must join...

Ayn Rand's Anthem, Regression, and Collectivist Society

The needs of the society come before the needs of the individual, and Rand even suggests that this collective identity would suppo...

The Naked Society by Vance Packard

in many different ways, invading privacy and pushing their way into our lives. While many people accept it today, the pressures in...

La Nouvelle Heloise by Jean Jacques Rousseau

In eight pages this paper discusses Rousseau's novel in terms of society's determination of gender roles. There are no other sour...

Alcestis by Euripides

In five pages the political issue involving identification of gender roles is examined within the context of the play and a compar...

Society and Gender Roles

Why is gender important in society? Why are men different from women? These issues and others are discussed inclusive of the fact ...

Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood and the Sociopolitical Redefinition of Women's Roles

In one page this paper examines the African society's redefining of women's social and political roles as represented in this nove...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Society's Views on Sexuality

with one last chance at a relationship in the form of Homer Barron, a day laborer from the North. When the community realized that...

Sports and Gender Stratification

This paper consists of four pages and considers how studying sports reveals much about society's stereotypes, gender roles, and st...

Critical Comparison of Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares these two German theorists in a discussion of their views on society's functions, s...

Economy and Intellectual Property

In six pages this paper examines change in society's economic base as it relates to the roles of intellectual property and technol...

What is Religion

to the heart of "religions purpose and meaning" (Idinopulos). In other words, the "study of religion is not the same thing as the ...

Society and Art

(Herbert). As a consequence of North Korean policies, the works were all complied with state-authorized styles and lacked the auth...

Uncertainty and Culture Change

parents for the safety of their children, wanting to know where they are and who they are with. There is an increased feeling of t...