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    According to James Brain‚ why is witchcraft feared and what does witchcraft symbolize in terms of past and present attitudes toward women? Witches represent people’s deepest fears about themselves and society & power and authority by denying sex‚ food‚ or nurture by outright disobedience. What does the anthropological category witchcraft refer to‚ and how did the word ‘witchcraft’ gain its negative image? The denigration of the body & it gain it’s negative image simply b/c of “witches” believed

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    Christians are mostly against euthanasia. The arguments are usually based on the beliefs that life is given by God‚ and that human beings are made in God’s image. Some churches also emphasise the importance of not interfering with the natural process of death. They believe that life is a gift of God • all life is God-given • birth and death are part of the life processes which God has created‚ so we should respect them • therefore no human being has the authority to take the life of any innocent

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    The definition of religion has long been debated. Many argue what it means to be considered one‚ and consequently there is not a unified meaning of the word religion. It seems to be a matter of preference. Some think it is an ultimate transformation while others think it is the worshipping of what is sacred to them. However‚ I feel that no matter how one slices their own definition of religion‚ they cannot categorize Confucianism as such. Rather‚ I feel that it fits under the category of an ethical

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    In this discussion post the writer will attempt to answer the three questions relating to the personal choices of society and their faith. The first question is how does an African American woman stay true to her faith while remaining single and childless in spite of the expectations of society as a whole? People are social in nature. According to Collins‚ "Single groups in the church are most helpful avoiding matchmaking and dating‚ and are led by mature‚ sensitive‚ preferably unmarried leaders

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    Before reading this‚ I thought religious experiences only happened to biblical figures or really religious people such as priests and nuns. However‚ after reading this chapter I began to realize that they can happen to anyone. I realized I have had a religious experience recently. Deciding what colleges to apply to was a hard choice for me. My mother wanted to pay as little as possible for my education‚ so she tried to force me to apply to all local schools‚ specifically Saint Peter’s University

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    Religion in Pompeii and Herculaneum was polytheistic‚ meaning that the civilisation believed and worshipped spirits of the Gods. Religion was an active part of everyday life of the citizens of Pompeii and Herculaneum and the worship of offerings was performed in order to keep the Gods satisfied‚ to ensure the prosperity and safety of all aspects of ones life‚ and ones family. However‚ there was a vast selection of different religions available to the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum‚ ranging from

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    “Without the senses there would be no religion‚ for religion is founded on a relation between embodied beings and the world around them.” (IRS‚ 69) The senses help us construct and allow us to partake in the world’s religions. The faiths of the world are deeply fixed in the customs of culture and connect to the human experience. Aesthetics is important to religion‚ they are firm in our human sensory experience‚ it is the way human bodies sense their religious worlds‚ especially through sight‚ sound

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    The Incas religion the Inca civilisation was a colony of millions and stayed that way because of their religion and the name inca came from a king he was descended from inti the sun god Competing gods + christianinity The most powerful god of the Inca religion was Viracocha he was believed the creator of the universe the Inca are more closely associated with Viracocha’s most god Inti the sun god The Inca leader Pachacuti the patron god of the Incas sacred city Cuzco‚ and erected a magnificent Temple

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    Religion is a system of beliefs with symbols and rituals with or without god (Giddens 2009). Religion has given people cultural meaning and has defined the norms and values. The role of religion can be seen in both the personal and social aspects throughout history. People mentally needed the religion‚ not only due to the faith and rituals‚ but also because it was the only exhaustive system which has included all sorts of rules. By transition from renaissance to industrialisation and the start of

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    Some say that Religion and Wisdom go hand in hand. That one is unable to thrive without the other. In this Explanatory Synthesis I will discuss Karen Armstrong and Robert Thurman beliefs and differences about the two subjects. I am going to be using the section “Homo Religiosus” written by Armstrong and the section “Wisdom” written by Thurman to compare the author’s views. Robert Thurman is one of the first Americans to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. He is a scholar‚ translator‚ activist

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