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    Indigenous Religions

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    Indigenous religions are those that are not mobile‚ came into being in certain areas and have not expanded beyond that area. These were also more tribal based‚ with mostly oral histories. I find animism very interesting and it is a strong belief in many indigenous religions. Animism to me symbolizes the closeness that indigenous people had with nature. Respecting their surroundings was a path to sustainable survival. Animism capturers my imagination‚ because in today’s world there is very little

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    about Indigenous people in “First Impressions of Spanish Forces” (Traditions and Encounters 5th edition‚ p. 371). This document was created around the 1530s by Bernardino de Sahagun‚ a Spanish missionary‚ to give their perspective on how indigenous people thought when they first met them. During this time‚ the Spanish were on an expedition to conquer Mexico and Peru to gain control of most of the land. The Spanish headed to Tenochtitlan were Motecuzoma (Aztec ruler)‚ so he dispatched his people to see

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    several dimensions: physical and skeletal size and appearance‚ ethnicity‚ language‚ culture‚ education‚ intellect‚ social acumen‚ and personality. Others can identify additional relevant characteristics that differentiate individuals. So‚ there is no one way to effectively manage a group of individuals with their differing parameters using a single model. The other side of he coin is as members of a group (together for a purpose in which the manager or coach‚ is viewed ad ’the leader’) all members know

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    considered sacred. Sacred items are usually considered religious items‚ but that isn’t always the case. Sacred item examples include things‚ places‚ persons‚ and ideas. There are many ways to look at sacred elements. With there being many different elements that can be considered sacred‚ it depends on the person that is talked to. Someone may consider anything sacred if they wanted to. Most people‚ like myself‚ would correlate the word “sacred” with religion‚ and items related. The word “sacred” is defined

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    Sacred cow

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    Amylase is found in saliva and breaks starch into maltose and dextrin. This form of amylase is also called "ptyalin" /ˈtaɪəlɪn/[4] It will break large‚ insoluble starch molecules into soluble starches (amylodextrin‚ erythrodextrin‚ and achrodextrin) producing successively smaller starches and ultimately maltose. Ptyalin acts on linear α(1‚4) glycosidic linkages‚ but compound hydrolysis requires an enzyme that acts on branched products. Salivary amylase is inactivated in the stomach by gastric acid

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    Pillay Religion 111 Professor Lindsay Grass Writing Assignment 3 Mircea Eliade’s The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion aims to differentiate between the two modes of being in the world as well as describe how religious people experience the sacred. The introduction of the book offers little insight into what exactly the sacred and the profane are. Eliade merely asserts that the sacred is the opposite of the profane and something wholly different from the profane. This leaves the

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    Poor people sleep in clay huts or tents made of goat fur. In larger villages‚ their houses are made of stone. A normal Amazigh house has a flat roof that allows more floors to be added as needed‚ it is made of rammed earth or clay. They normally have three or four floors. On the bottom floor the oxen and goats live together being fed through a hole in the ceiling. Kitchen waste is dropped through the hole and is an eco-friendly method of waste disposal. The clothing of these ancient people differs

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    Essay On Sacred Space

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    Eliade describes sacred space as “Every sacred space implies a hierophony‚ an irruption of the sacred that results in detaching a territory from the surrounding cosmic milieu and making it qualitatively different” (Eliade‚ 26). After a recent trip to Santuario de Chimayo‚ I was able to refer to and apply Eliade’s ideas about sacred space to my own research. I have come to the conclusion that Mircea Eliade’s Theological Approach on sacred sites is very logical and truthful. Sacred sites are indeed

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    Ten Sacred Objects

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    Ten Sacred Objects Michelle Sanders Hum/105 August 1‚ 2013 Greg Jorge Ten Sacred Objects 1.) Fish are a symbol of luck in China. In fact‚ it’s traditional to serve fish at New Year’s dinner. The word fish‚ “Yu”‚ sounds like the word “wish” or “abundance” in Cantonese and Mandarin. 2.) Cows have long been sacred in India. They are protected animals under the Hindu religion. Hindus do not eat beef. In fact‚ most rural Indian families have at least one dairy cow which is

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    In chapter one of The Sacred and Profane‚ Mircea Eliade suggests that the basis of religion depends on the distinction between sacred and profane space. He describes the “sacred” as the opposite of profane‚ and the profane as any nonreligious‚ chaotic place or object with no relation to God. According to Eliade‚ a space “manifests itself‚ shows itself‚ as something wholly different from the profane” to be deemed sacred (Eliade‚ 11). Also known as a hierophany‚ these supernatural events can occur

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