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- 641: Hinduism and Buddhism
- ... see how that for people of another culture, these religions are very supportive, and soothing. Culture plays a big part in determining your beliefs. Obviously, they are very deep-rooted for surviving for longer than Christianity's been around. Through this paper, I learned a lot about accepting different beliefs, and gained a sense of what it really means to be a Hindu or a Buddhist. I admire their strong faith ...
- 642: Epic Works
- ... test through opposition by the gods, other men, and the forces of nature. In the Divine Comedy, Dante, a normal man, takes a walk through the many levels of hell, expressing the faith of medieval Christianity. Paradise Lost, by Milton is simply a representation of the ideals of mediaeval Christian rational. Though each work is classified as an epic, they share only a few of the basic traits of an epic ...
- 643: Paganism
- ... have come into play in today's world. It is severely apparent that there are many erroneous rumors related to pagans and their rituals. Pagans have many rituals, but not one of these relates to Christianity or the belief of the devil deity (Art N. p.). Some of the more common rituals are initiation into a coven and handfasting, or marriage. The ritual of initiation is a sacred ceremony to bring ...
- 644: Things Fall Apart A Tragedy
- ... killing his adopted son, but also that it was done because Okonkwo has so much prideful fear of looking week. Near the middle of chapter seventeen Okonkwo learns that Nwoye, his son, is attracted to Christianity. This angers Okonkwo, causing him to "strike...savage blows" (151-152), arousing even more pity in the reader. The "savage blows", as well as other things, aroused fear in Achebe's readers. One of these ...
- 645: Zoroastrianism
- ... India the religion is call Parsiism. Founded by the Iranian prophet and reformer Zoroaster in the 6th century BC, the religion contains both monotheistic and dualistic features. It influenced the other major Western religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The ancient Greeks saw in Zoroastrianism the archetype of the dualistic view of the world and of man s destiny. Zoroaster was supposed to have instructed Pythagoras in Babylon and to have inspired ...
- 646: The Life Of Chief Seattle
- ... the ways and beliefs of the Indian. One of the aspects that the settlers spent much time on trying to change of the Indians was their religion. Influenced by missionaries, Seattle decided to convert to Christianity and was later baptized in 1838 by Father Modest Demers, at which time Seattle adopted the Christian name "Noah". One of the major differences I noticed while researching information about Chief Seattle is that in ...
- 647: John Coltrane
- ... development in which Coltrane sought a closer relationship with God. Part of this closer relationship involved Coltrane's understanding of himself as a child of God. Though Coltrane was raised in a household dominated by Christianity, and he professed to be a Christian for the majority of his life, he became dissatisfied with his personal relationship with God and felt that it could and should be intensified. Not for the faint ...
- 648: Religion In American Life
- ... Then, attendance plummeted, with only 28.3% of Catholics surveyed in 1994 claiming to have attended church in the last seven days. Even among those who remain with the traditional Christian sects, attendance is diminishing. Christianity used to be an integral part of most family and community customs and traditions in America. It seems that as Americans' lives become more complex, less time is available for formal religious commitments. Also, one ...
- 649: Arianism
- ... proportions. In the whole story there is but one single hero - the undaunted Athanasius - whose mind was equal to the problems, as his great spirit to the vicissitudes, a question on which the future of Christianity depended.
- 650: An Analysis Of The Jehovah's Witnesses' Religion
- ... of people all dressed in suits and nice clothes, arrive at your door and offer a sampling of pamphlets, (large or small). To most of the general public, the religion is a far cry from Christianity, but this is untrue, as a visit to one of the services that the congregation provides. Upon arriving at the building Kingdom hall of Jehova's Witnesses, there was nothing especially different about it except ...
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