Step 1: Answer the six questions using three to four sentences each. Use what you learned in the lesson to guide your response.…
Religious beliefs factor into the American culture. The founding fathers of this country came here on the basis of religious freedom. People select how, when, and where to worship. Denomination in America is the preference of the individual. The preference of some is no worship at all which is also acceptable.…
Assess the view that religious beliefs and practices are changing to reflect a new era of diversity and choice.…
Whatever ideas America chooses to follow will greatly influence the rest of the world as it is an example of a free powerful democracy. Hinduism brought to America has been the driving force behind much of the nation's religious pluralism and moral relativism ideas that can be seen arising in today's issues. Some hinduistic concepts allow for an open mind because people didn't want to change how they worshipped the god(s) their family worshipped when the religion began. So, the religion allows for hundreds of millions of different gods to be worshipped; about 365 million. This way people get to keep their God and they accept that all other ideas of God are possible. People in modern America have adapted this idea of religious pluralism…
Reston, James. “A Russian at Harvard,”. . Solzhenitsyn at Harvard : The Addresses, Twelve Early Responses, and Six Later Reflections .Ed. Ronald Berman. Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1980. 36-38. PDF…
What kind of man is Odysseus? He is a man of “twists and turns” (1.1) and there are not enough words to describe him. In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is on his way home from the Trojan War. He goes through many challenges to get back to Ithaca. Odysseus is a man of contradiction, adventure, and determination.…
The term “religiosity” was used by social scientists in order to indicate the extent, commitment, devotion and faithfulness of a person’s participation and practice of his or her religion (Gay and Lynxwiler, 2013). According to Ayenibiowo and Ayeni (2013), religiosity, in its narrowest sense, deals more with how religious an individual is and less with how religious an individual in terms of ritual, symbols and doctrines. On the other hand, religiosity, in its broadest sense, is a multifaceted construct pertaining to various religious activities, devotions and beliefs.…
Religion is observed everywhere, and in early empires, it was generally seen as a way to explain the unknown. In the Roman empire, they believed that gods controlled certain things such as the sea, sky, and other important aspects of life (Penza-Clyve). These polytheistic beliefs that came from Rome are no longer worshipped today. There are however, religions that have continued since the Ancient empires. It can be seen that in many empires, the worshipping of multiple gods gradually moves toward monotheism as the empire strengthens. Monotheism has appeared in various religions and cultures for thousands of years before its development in modern-day monotheistic religions.…
Why is it important for an organization to have a clear definition of diversity? What organizations can you identify that exemplify each of the diversity management paradigms: resistance, discrimination-and-fairness, access-and-legitimacy, and integration-and-learning?…
A Tallit is a four cornered garment that is worn during the morning prayers. The important part of a tallit is the tzitzit, or fringes, tied onto each of the corners. The commandment to attach tzitzit to the corners of clothing comes from the Shema. The three paragraphs of the Shema contain the most important statement of belief in Judaism. Here is a portion of the third paragraph of the Shema, Numbers 15:37-41:…
Religion was a big factor in the development of western civilization. Religion has been the reason for the starting of wars and for the dying off of ancient civilizations. All because two civilizations had different views of their gods that they worship causing problems between two cities. This paper contrasts the two kinds of religion, monotheism, and polytheism. Polytheism is the belief that there are many different gods, where monotheism is the belief in one god. Polytheism is the way the people of ancient cultures worshipped. The way people acted could be an explanation of the world. Polytheism was a lifelong commitment, because of the different gods that they were worshipping. People were willingly to sacrifice anything including…
1. According to our readings, which of these does not characterize experience with the sacred?…
The United States is known for its deeply religious history, as well as its tolerant religious diversity. However, this religious dynamic has been faced with some shocks. On the other hand, the religious diversity of this nation continues to grow with non-Western religions making a presence in our nation in the recent years. Despite this growth in religious diversity, the United States is still known for its Christian traditions. By looking at these concepts of thinking, it is clear that there are certain patterns that American religiosity is taking. The argument that American religion has been experiencing disturbances within the past decades exhibits the truth for me. The drastic political and religious shifts an after shocks displayed…
The practice of health care providers at all levels brings you into contact with people of a variety of faiths. This calls for acceptance of a diversity of faith expressions.…
Pluralism in contemporary academic field implies multiple meanings. One interpretation of pluralism is "the idea, classically formulated by Isaiah Berlin, that there is a plurality of distinct or 'incommensurable' values or goods" (Crowder, 2010). The word 'incommensurable' here means, in short, incomparable. This is because pluralism believes in multiple values, and there is no single fundamental value acting as denominator to rank between different values. It is almost undoubtedly that people value much goodness such as friendship, health and freedom. These values, from a utilitarian's perspective, could be calculated to one fundamental value, say utility. Hence abovementioned good values along with others could be converted to utility. However, pluralists does not agree with this. Schaber (1999) argued 'some values are not reducible to one fundamental value and as a consequence not measurable in terms of a fundamental value'. According to Crowder (2002), the value pluralism can be argued from the possibility of rational regret. The argument starts with two options A and B, and we can only choose one. We often regret that we did not choose the other one after the decision is made. The regret is rational in many cases. Rationality will not be valid if there is only one value as people will not regret for choosing the option with higher fundamental value over the lesser one. There is no diminished value. Thus, the existence of rational regret proves value pluralism.…