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to the very essence of church worship, bringing forth "the power to speak to our heart" (Holladay, 2004). Sitting at pews and sur...

their complex social and cultural mores. Tradition was therefore rooted in the memory of the people as was the physical and moral...

the world. Moore shows that quite the opposite is true. The message sent by this author seems to have merit. Children grow up in ...

Adequate," the author delves into the issue in historical perspective. The author remarks: "No man has seen the point of his own r...

the fight against same-sex marriage being legalized is largely influenced by religious ideology in the legislative and constitutio...

This research paper presents an overview of Buddhism. The topics covered include the religion's origins, its major concepts, and p...

In a paper of twenty pages, the writer looks at the role of religion in business practice. The influence of religion and ethics up...

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

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...

faith, new scientific discoveries and theories appear to be offering support for many traditional religious views, particularly in...

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...

America, they worked very hard to convert the Native American Indians, who obviously did not believe in Jesus Christ. The new set...

of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...

The concept of altruism has always been thought of as being at the center of Judeo-Christian religion but is it really? We all kno...

This essay discusses the role of doubt in religion as well as how different world views develop within the same religion. Three p...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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

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

The intent of this paper is to explore the so-called six commonalities that exist between religions specifically for the religions...

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

happen to good people?" is basically addressing the problem of evil, and why an omnipotent divine being would allow evil to exist...

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

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 ...