called peace. A religion is an organized collection of beliefs‚ cultural systems‚ and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. Many religions have narratives‚ symbols‚ and sacred histories that are intended to explain the meaning of life and/or to explain the origin of life or the Universe. From their beliefs about the cosmos and human nature‚ people derive morality‚ ethics‚ religious laws or a preferred lifestyle. According to some estimates‚ there are roughly 4‚200 religions in the world
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Religion is defined as‚ "a set of beliefs concerning the cause‚ nature‚ and purpose of the universe‚ especially when considered as the creation of superhuman agency or agencies‚ usually involving devotional and ritual observances‚ and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs". In simpler terms‚ religion is fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects. Every one of us at some point in life had looked up for some supernatural
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Religion causes war. This is a matter of historical fact. Since time immemorial‚ men have fought each other in wars caused by religion. There are at least three instances by which religion causes war. The first is when people try to compel other people to adopt their religion or religious perspectives. This comes from our innate tendency to want other people to subscribe to our beliefs. That desire can be accompanied with a strong zeal such that if others are impervious to our peaceful approach
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Does religion cause violence by William Cavanaugh? In this essay‚ I will explain how William Cavanaugh uses the operations of knowing to explain why many theorists continue to wrongly assume that religion is especially prone to cause violence. First of all‚ one must have an experience of data. The raw materials of data that Cavanaugh uses is the thoughts and feelings of the people that identify themselves as religious; that challenge conventional wisdom. He also expresses his own personal thoughts
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involved in the aspects of mental stability. One theme‚ however‚ has been the focus of many researchers: religion and spirituality. Belief in a higher power‚ and even an after-life‚ plays a major role in how a soldier copes with trauma. Their beliefs may have a positive or negative influence‚ depending on how they incorporate them into their experiences. Many soldiers find discord between religion and battle‚ which can magnify PTSD. Most moral assumptions derive from a religious upbringing‚ and
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First‚ Assignment on IGAD Contribution for the Regional Development | April 8 2013 | The seven members state of IGAD cover an area of 5.2million sq.km and have population more than 180 million. This region is so rich in culture‚ language and religion practice. The average population growth rate of the region is 2.6% which is the highest in the world and half of the population under the age of 14 years. | IGAD contribution for Regional development | Courses: - Development Perspective Instructor:-
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Does religion cause war? On this planet Earth‚ there have been many wars fought over many different things. They can range from freedom‚ oil‚ and religion. There were many wars fought over religion. For example‚ the thirty years war. The thirty years war was one of the major wars fought over religion. It was mostly fought in what’s now Germany. The thirty years war was one of the absolute longest and most destructive‚ and brutal conflicts in European history. The war was mainly between Protestants
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TOPIC: THE CAUSES OF ARMED CONFLICTS IN RWANDA FROM 1990-1994 Armed conflicts have always been a recurring reality in Rwanda since many years ago‚ but the most bloody was the one which started in 1990 and resulted by a big genocide in 1994. So‚ in my analysis‚ I will focus specially on the causes of armed conflicts in this African
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cover the whole of Africa. In recent times‚ they were joined‚ and to some extent replaced‚ by capitalists from the United States; and for many years now even the workers of those metropolitan countries have benefitted from the exploitation and underdevelopment of Africa” (Rodney 2012: 12). Rodney relied on the theoretical framework of “Historical Materialism”‚ an offshoot of the Marxist ideology which presumes that ‘any social circumstances that represses man’s creative abilities is virtually harmful
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natural resources‚ and according to the “united nations statistics Nigeria is the 8th most populous county in the world with a population of 2.3%” (UN 2011).but the country still suffers the decay of underdevelopment due to certain avoidable factors that stand as unavoidable. What actually is underdevelopment? W.A Lewis 1963 says that a country may be “underdeveloped in the sense that its technology is backward when compared with that of other countries or in the sense that its institutions are relatively
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