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    Sacred Places

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    The World Trade Center: A Sacred Site R. Clark‚ J. Frazier July 4‚ 2010 Greg Underwood University of Phoenix The World Trade Center: Sacred Site Myths‚ while imagined‚ have their own explanations of the divine‚ that to the faithful and those who take the myth on ’faith ’‚ see as true‚ sacred and unquestioned. For those who do not see myths as religion and the lore and stories in it mere ’stories ’‚ events and elements in it are curiously close to the beliefs and persuasive elements

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    The Sacred Tree

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    The Sacred Tree Introduction by Dr. Jane Goodall DBE Authors: Phil LaneJr.‚ Judie Bopp‚ Michael Bopp‚ Lee Brown and elders Native American Religion Session 1 10/15/12 I have lived on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation here in Belcourt‚ ND basically my whole life. I am ashamed to say I do not know a lot about my culture. However‚ I am not ashamed about my beliefs. I was raised in a Christian home we went to the Assembly of God church every Sunday‚ Sunday night and

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    Indigenous Tradition

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    Indigenous tradition In the past people have mistaken about their tradition Indigenous originality or occurring naturally (country‚ region etc) To be indigenous kinship (relation to one another) and location(connection of particular place) Indigenous religion beliefs‚ experience and practices concerning non-falsifiable realities of people who have kinship and location Syncretism: Syncretism merging of elements from different religions. Eg : north American tradition have been

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    The indigenous religion of Okinawa is unique in that it defies typical gender rolls that most prominent world religions have developed and continue to exhibit. In this religion‚ women are not relegated to playing subservient roles based on their gender‚ but in contrast‚ constitute the majority of religious leadership within the culture. What makes the indigenous religion of Okinawa exceptionally groundbreaking is the fact that this female dominated religion is the respected and “only on the Ryukyu

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    Sacred Hoops

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    Phil Jackson coached the Chicago Bulls basketball team to one of the longest winning streaks in professional sports. In his book‚ Sacred Hoops‚ he describes his approach to coaching a group of acknowledged stars. He clearly understands that simply collecting a set of outstanding players does not a championship team make. One way of understanding his approach is to think of every problem or project having components in four different spheres: 1. Mental‚ logical‚ scientific‚ technical 2. Systems

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    Sacred Hoops

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    Sacred Hoops A. Bibliography: Jackson P. (1995). Sacred Hoops. 1st ed. New York‚ NY: Hyperion. B. Summary: Phil Jackson ’s book‚ Sacred Hoops is him telling a story about his spiritual basketball journey to becoming one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time. It starts out with him coaching a season of the Bulls‚ then it flashes back to his high school life and him winning the state championship for Williston High School. After that he goes from an all American in

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    Sacred Spaces

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    Moss May 30‚ 2013 Sacred Spaces Sacred or Holy places are found throughout different cultures‚ past and present events that have been marked throughout the world. Some of these places have landmarks of some kind of architecture or symbols. I believe sacred places are not always marked but have true significance to the person. A sacred place is a place that is use by many but; some people are lacking those kinds of places like people that have anger problem. Some lack that sacred place and maybe if

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    The Sacred Balance

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    book The Sacred Balance‚ David Suzuki has attempted to overcome the ‘doom fatigue’ so his ideas of conservation and environmental management do not become the monotonous endeavours of intimidation that many environmentalists employ. The extensive use of diagrams‚ quotes‚ anecdotes and statistics are utilised to create a holistic portrayal of our dependence on the environment‚ thus reinforcing Suzuki’s attitude that society needs to treat the planet as though it were sacred. While The Sacred Balance

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    Sacred Harp

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    Sacred Harp Singing Critique Your Name (1): Juan M. Gonzalez Class prefix‚ number‚ and section number (1): MU2313‚ 002- Introduction to Fine Arts Event or exhibit (.5): Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church‚ Sacred Harp Singing When you went (date and time—must be within 2 weeks of submission—I will deduct 5 points from the total if the paper is over 2 weeks past the date of the event--I will not accept the work without a date.): 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm‚ December 5‚ 2012 Where you went (.5):

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    Indigenous Churches

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    LEADERSHIP AND EMERGING CULTURE DR. MARYKATE MORSE‚ PhD Samuel D. Stephens ACADEMIC ESSAY THE QUEST FOR INDIGENIETY December 10‚ 2012 CONTENTS Introduction 3 Indigenous Christian Movements in Africa‚ 5 Latin America and Asia – an overview Christianity Becomes Indian 7 Indigenized‚ Indigenous and Indigeniety 12 The Third Wave 16 Conclusion 19 Works Cited 21 Bibliography 23 Appendix 26 INTRODUCTION Every trait that

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