Religious specialists are very important to their community. African communities‚ like many others‚ have seasonal festivals‚ perform rites of passage‚ and communicate with the unseen world. In order for the communities to perform such events‚ they must have religious specialists. A religious specialist‚ either men or women‚ ranks above ordinary humans. They each have a vital force and knowledge‚ that gives them the ability to mediate between society and the invisible world. The goal of all religious
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There are a couple of critical issues when it comes to the study of what a religious tradition says. The first is to make a distinction between the oral tradition and the written tradition. Many well-developed‚ world religions have an established canon of sacred texts‚ as well as an oral tradition. In some cases‚ this also has come to be written down. For instance‚ in Judaism‚ there is the tradition of the Oral Torah and the written Torah. The written Torah has become the Tanakh or the Hebrew
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RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN BANGLADESH Bangladesh is a small country in Asia‚ with the major population to be Muslim (80%). However‚ it is also the home of other religious groups‚ mainly Hindu‚ with a population of about 16% and also Christians and Buddhists with small percentage. Minorities include Biharis and tribal; among the tribal Chakma is the largest. In general‚ this country never had major issues regarding religious diversity; but to know the opinion of people in general‚ we interviewed a
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Wittgenstein on Religious Belief INTRODUCTION Religious belief and practices are human universals. There are no atheist communities and‚ as far as we know‚ there never have been. Even within the most secular societies on Earth‚ the countries of Western Europe‚ many people are religious to at least some extent‚ holding certain supernatural beliefs (such as life after death) or engaging in certain religious practices (such as prayer). And in the rest of the world- in Asia‚ Africa‚ and the Americas
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views and values. I will be discussing why they should be able to enter politics and attempt to elect their own politicians‚ what religious participation in government may look like‚ and how it would be limited. I will also discuss how a complete ban on religion in government may be unconstitutional‚ and the possible pros and cons of their participation in government. Religious groups should be able to participate in government because the separation of church and state denies them the civil liberty to
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Religious and Ethnic Diversity ETH 125 February 3‚ 2013 Religious and Ethnic Diversity Mormonism is a uniquely American religion‚ have been founded by Joseph Smith Jr.‚ of New York ("The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints"‚ 2013). Mormonism originated in the 1820s‚ as described by the Church’s website‚ when Joseph Smith Jr. was confused and frustrated by the various Christian religions and was unable to choose one to follow. He turned to the Bible‚ which told him to ask God when he
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Religious Prison Religion has been a dominant theme for the last few centuries. Now‚ there is no way on commenting on every single religion. Anyone can make up any religion if they have a few followers. One group decided that Beyonce was a God and made a religion called Beyism (Church of Bay). Serious issues from around the world come that affect the way people live. There is death even occurring in almost every country. Religious freedom is the right of people to hold any religious beliefs‚ or
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“A Defense of Religious Exclusivism” Alvin Plantinga Religious exclusivism is an idea that is the complete opposite of religious pluralism. Religious pluralist’s such as John Hick have ideas containing a set of beliefs asserting that multiple religions can not only all co-exist‚ but they can all also be true within their own beliefs that they hold about the cosmology of the Earth‚ God‚ and our existence. And the complete opposite of John Hick’s belief is the idea of Religious Exclusivism. Religious
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The Importance of Religious Freedom The price of religion to a human in one of the most important factors in one’s life‚ as well is their own being. People practice religion for several reasons‚ throughout the world it is practiced as it being part of their heritage. However many people seek religion for the feeling of security. There are hundreds of different cultures throughout the world‚ some who believe in everything including their health is left up to the Gods to heal‚ while others believe
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Religious and Ethnic Groups Ika Michelle Webb ETH/125 June 7‚ 2013 Judith Rozarie Religious and Ethnic Groups According to Encyclopedia Britannica‚ Orthodox Judaism is a “the religion of those Jews who adhere most strictly to traditional beliefs and practices.” (Britannica‚ 2013) Differentiating from Christianity‚ Orthodox Jews adhere to daily worship‚ traditional prayers and holidays‚ and how and when a child goes through adulthood. While in a synagogue‚ men and women are separated‚ which
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