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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...
increasingly marginalized from public and private spheres. Once upon a time, prayer was permitted in public schools, and no one t...
throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...
study the Vedas. This particular Hindu book says that women "are entirely worthless creatures" (Dharma Universe, 2010). Even so,...
womans role in relation to her society in somewhat different ways. The differences between the Shia and Sunni sects are particula...
happen to good people?" is basically addressing the problem of evil, and why an omnipotent divine being would allow evil to exist...
In five pages this paper discusses the cultural importance of religion in a comparative analysis of the polytheistic Inca religion...
democracy is as fearlessly new today as when it was first proposed. "If it does not have to be reinvented, it certainly has to be ...
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 ...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...
thee tribes have been encroached by modernity and some are now seeking more theological complexity. Robin Wright says that "cultur...
comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...
it nearly incomprehensible to man. There are strong differences of opinion regarding what one must do to be saved but there is a...
Masses, the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed. Jews follow the Torah. This is the same as the Catholics Old Testament. Judaism a...
is linked is a fallacy. Fanaticism is associated with terrorism. Just the notorious murderer Son of Sam blamed his actions on his ...
in the physical world was a constant battle between good and evil (Traditional Zoroastrianism). The major source for the teachings...
to religion and instead evaluates religion solely on how well a particular form of religion serves the purposes of the state. Rous...
body, so, too, can the thought of God(or what he/she expects of a person) possibly influence the world, or motivate a culture into...
however, which is present in all Native American Religions. That element is the integral tie between Native American spirituality...
was the reaction of Europeans to many aspects of Eastern culture when they first encountered it. However, Parrinder indicates that...
faith, new scientific discoveries and theories appear to be offering support for many traditional religious views, particularly in...
its members. From this perspective it is easy to see that Scientology has more than likely had as negative of an impact on Tom Cr...
were any medical practitioners (Dworkin 3). The major obstacle in incorporating Eastern traditions into modern medicine has been ...
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...
America, by contrast, embraces a decidedly more individualistic notion of cultural behavior by virtue of its capitalistic existenc...
personal unconscious, there is also "an infinitely more important collective unconscious" (Connolly 151). This refers to a "repos...
hold families together as some claim. Some experts believe that Protestant sects do little to hold families together, unlike Catho...
adherents and the West. Features of Hinduism Many Hindus endorse the idea of a transcendent God that exists "beyond the universe,...
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...