Reading Response: The World’s Religions All around the world‚ religion is a dominant idea for many cultures; exemplifying a certain way of life‚ serving as a basis for faith‚ and bringing charity to the world‚ religion is an extensive concept. For several cultures and countries religion may vary according to demographics‚ socio-economical class‚ and ethnicity. Many people seek religion as a way of life‚ for others religion simply means going to church or temple and seeing religious
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history of our world and into today‚ the costs of venturing beyond our own community is becoming increasingly difficult. Although one may think that globalization would allow us to easily venture out of our own comfort zone‚ often times this notion has the opposite affect. It is beneficial for an individual to step outside of his or her community both physically and ideologically because much can be acquired through both feats. We Americans are continuously stimulated by the digital world‚ which surprisingly
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When looking at world religions it is important to analyze their scriptures within the context of the pre-existing realities and beliefs of those who follow these religious writings in their everyday lives. As an example‚ in order to fully comprehend the Hadith and Torah literature‚ it is key to first comprehend the Jewish and Muslim worldviews held by the followers of these two religions. While there are some gaping differences between the two beliefs‚ religious scholar Ninian Smart’s Model of The
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1-Understanding Religion STUDY QUESTIONS (Pages 1-29) Group A 1. What are some of the questions religion seek to answer? List some of the human needs served by religion? 2. Discuss a theory on origins of religion by one of the thinkers in the reading (Tylor‚ Frazer‚ Freud‚ James‚ Otto or Jung) that makes sense to you at the present time. 3. List and describe the eight elements that are developed in varying degrees in most religions? 4. Define what is meant by sacred in religion and give some examples
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Religion and religious traditions are a very important part of life and culture. Although there is many religions and religious cultures they are all based on the same idea of its teachings‚ text‚ doctrine‚ stories‚ myths‚ prayer‚ pilgrimage‚ ritual‚ leadership‚ worship‚ and relationships among others. In this essay these topics will be described. Also specific examples from various religious traditions from week one readings that honor sacred things such as rituals‚ visions‚ influences‚ some examples
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Haley Joyner Mr. Wilkerson Third Block May 2nd‚ 2014 Many people feel down in the dumps. They often suffer like they can’t get back up‚ like something is holding them down and they can’t get back up. Ever thought about going to talk to someone about it? Well in fact‚ not all psychiatric medications work. They react differently with people’s body. Some prescriptions may result in long-term results and others may result in short-term results. There are negative effects to psychiatric drugs as well
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The benefits of gaining knowledge about Learning Styles‚ and how to apply strategies that will enhance learning in many different capacities: Jaclyn K. Kaina INFT 101-B14 5/18/2013 While teaching a Father’s Day hula to ten women and three children‚ I noticed that each produced greater results when taught in a specific manner or learning style appropriate to them as individuals. The little ones learned
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The Nostalgia of East Germans in Good bye Lenin Main points: 1) Why were the East Germans so nostalgic about joining with W. Germnany : -They lose not only their national identitity but a definition of who a they are as individuals. They were socialist who unlike the W. Germas were not materialistic. They thouh about the welfare of their community even more than theirs. ( An example can be seen when Christiane Kenner help) people to write letters ‚ teaches children and through the various awards
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World Religions 1/31/14 Most religions are patriarchal. -Institution led by men that intend to represent “father figures.” -Women are mostly seen as supporting figures. -Women are usually supporting social causes. Negative aspects of religion: -deaths and wars -unethical and misguided -political power‚ groups of followers are able to effect political progress. -may split rather than unify -routinization of charisma leads to a focus on the outside rather than inner spirituality
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in the Buddha’s life and discuss what lessons they impart to a typical Buddhist householder. 1. His first time realizing leaving his house and seeing normal people in the outside world. I think that this incident in Buddha’s life taught typical Buddhist householder that they can’t ignore the outside world. He taught them that even though your life might be going great that as soon as you step outside your door there is still going to be pain and suffering and death all around. I think it’s
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