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- 6511: Hinduism
- Hinduism Hinduism, one of the great religions of the world, is the major religion of India, where nearly 85 percent of the population is classified as Hindu. Hinduism has developed over about 4000 years and has no single founder of creed ... Vedic literature and in the Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. The city encompasses Sarnath, where Buddha preached his first sermon in about 530 BC. From the fourth to the sixth century AD, Varanasi was a great cultural center, but the onset of Muslim occupation in 1193 resulted in the city's decline and the desruction of its temples. Varanasi was made part of Uttar Pradesh in 1949. The Caste System The ...
- 6512: Christianity and Racism
- ... part of God. One area that race has effected my life significantly is in relationships a friend of mine dated someone that she worked with that was African American and in doing so, she faced great opposition from some people. In my family, three of my cousins have children with African Americans and at first this was greatly looked down upon, but, aside from a certain member of my extended family ... now well accepted. Much of the concern from people surrounded the issue of the cultural differences and the problems that they would have to face socially and personally. My opinion is that it is a great sin in society to allow races to be so divided and pinned against each other. Therefore I feel that I should not let other people's sins stand in the way of relationships in my ...
- 6513: The Islamic Faith
- ... century on erotic ideas and concepts of India, and The Perfumed Garden, written in the sixteenth century showing insights to sexual customs of mediaeval Islamic North Africa. The latter book will be used to a great extent in this study. The outpour of these books brought forth many customs. Their fame became as religious as Islam's sacred text, the Koran. For men to be desired by a woman, must fulfill ... condition of the body, and consequently the quality of the sperm depends directly upon the food you take. If, therefore, a man will passionately give himself up to the enjoyment of coition, without undergoing too great fatigue, he must live upon strengthening food, exciting comfits, aromatic plants, meat, honey, eggs, and other similar viands. He who follows such a regime is protected against the following accidents, to which excessive coition may ...
- 6514: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca
- ... touch the Ka'ba. Instead of touching it, these people reach out to the "House of Allah", which is considered to be just as effective as actually touching it. Another sacred structure located within the Great Mosque of Mecca, is the Shrine of Abraham. Abraham is considered as the first Muslim. The Shrine of Abraham is where people go to give a prayer of thanks, and is where every worshipper makes ... the most. Getting their heads shaved or cut, is what is done by the males only after the sacrificing. This is activity represent a re-birth or even cleansing of the soul. Praying at the Great Mosque is done at least one more time, before everyone returns to his or her every day clothes. For most Muslims, this is the end of the pilgrimage. Some though, continue on to another pilgrimage ...
- 6515: Theme: The Bible
- ... securities and comfort, to become a nomad. Moreover, G-d never told Abram He was leading him to. "Now the Lord said to Abram, 'Go forth from your country, And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed. '" (g 12:1-3) The Lord also made more covenants with Abram, the Lord gave "all the land you [Abram] see to you ...
- 6516: Taoism
- Taoism Taoism is one of the two great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in China. The other philosophy native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism began at about the same time, around the sixth century B.C. China's third great religion, Buddhism, came to China from India around the second century of the common era. Together, these three faiths have shaped Chinese life and thought for nearly twenty- five hundred years. One dominate concept in ...
- 6517: Overview and Analysis of the Crusades
- ... city surrendered to the Byzantians instead of the crusaders. The Byzantians were using the crusaders as pawns to achieve their own goals. The crusaders again met and crushed the Turkish army. The crusaders scored a great victory and boosted the troops' moral. The crusaders captured Antioch and also held off relief forces sent to help the Turks. The crusaders then moved on to their main goal-Jerusalem! The city was under ... the third crusade, the common folk were becoming angry with the Pope and kings for their lack of results. Monies went into the preparation of the crusades with minimal return. The first crusade set a great example for the others, yet the next crusades didn't follow the same path. The later crusades lacked organization. No one wanted to provide leadership due to the uncertain outcome. Leadership demonstrated in later years ...
- 6518: The Churches of Christ: A Comparative Essay
- ... in place. It was then that Chuck Lucas, a pastor at the Gainesville Church of Christ (mainline), met a young college student, Kip McKean, and began discipling him. Kip was a bright student and showed great potential for leadership in the church. However, something in the discipling process went wrong. Kip was expelled from the Gainesville church later that year for reasons dealing with departure from the CoC doctrine, manipulative attitude ... 1:3 (that is, for every one person baptized into the ICC, three leave). Due to this growth and departure from the CoC doctrine, the controversy between the CoC and the ICC has picked up great momentum. The doctrinal and traditional beliefs (i.e., baptism necessary for salvation, acapella worship) of the two groups are based upon the same principals. However, the International Churches of Christ and leader Kip McKean, have ...
- 6519: Separation Of Church and State
- ... of church and state. The Engel vs. Vitale court case also deals with the First Amendment and, the on, that I will address the case of Engel versus Vitale. The First Amendment is of a great importance to the American people because it describes there freedom that they have. The court case of Engel versus Vitale went all the way to the Supreme Court whose verdict came to be an overruling ... President Regan protested that the good Lord who has given our country so much should never have been expelled from our nation's classrooms(Whitfield 141). If one was asked to identify an issue of great importance, religion prevails. Yet, a group that is more diverse than churches in all denominations and varieties of religions would have to be the public school system. That is why there should be a separation ...
- 6520: What Are The Main Strengths and Weaknesses of The Rational Choice Approach To Religions Behavior?
- ... and return to them if they drift away. If they do move it is likely to be to a similar church. Iannaccone explains these facts with reference to investment ie people have already spent a great deal of time and effort in their religion and to move to a new religion requires new investment and initial investment is wasted. Bruce suggests an alternative explanation would be that beliefs sediment', effecting our ... cannot be alternatives to each other in the sense that material goods are as religions demand and mostly achieve the complete faith of their followers. With the exception of Buddhism and modern liberal protestantism the great religions claim unique salvational truth. Other religions cannot be regarded as alternatives. On the other hand you have to choose the religion in the first place. A second requirement of economising is pricing. This is ...
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