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to religion and instead evaluates religion solely on how well a particular form of religion serves the purposes of the state. Rous...
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 ...
This research paper contrasts and compares the principal religions of the U.S. and those of Vietnam, whilc also discussing the inf...
In five pages this paper examines four chapters from The Future of Religion edited by William Swatos in a consideration of the rel...
In this paper consisting of six pages the religions of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Buddhism are considered within the context ...
Adequate," the author delves into the issue in historical perspective. The author remarks: "No man has seen the point of his own r...
The intent of this paper is to explore the so-called six commonalities that exist between religions specifically for the religions...
the fight against same-sex marriage being legalized is largely influenced by religious ideology in the legislative and constitutio...
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...
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 ...
thee tribes have been encroached by modernity and some are now seeking more theological complexity. Robin Wright says that "cultur...
is linked is a fallacy. Fanaticism is associated with terrorism. Just the notorious murderer Son of Sam blamed his actions on his ...
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...
comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...
revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...
the rulers. The differences between the Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam developed over a number of centuries, for many y...
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...
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 ...
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...
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,...
of other races. In the worst manifestation of this characteristic we have discrimination or even hate crimes. This characteristi...