Examine Religious Diversity in the UK. In the UK‚ which is traditionally Christian‚ religious diversity has been recently highlighted because of the 2001 census that was conducted‚ which asked people to identify their religion; this is the first document to record this information since the 1800’s. The development in religious plurality has occurred due to factors such as Africanization‚ migrants and conversions predominantly over the last 100 hundred years. Weller‚ a sociologist‚ said that “the
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Helbing BA/EN 200 29 March 2012 Religious Culture of the United States According to recent surveys‚ an estimated 83 percent of adult Americans identify with a religious denomination‚ 40 percent admit to attending a religious service once or more each week‚ and 58 percent claim to pray at least weekly (Putnam Ch. 1‚ p. 5). Furthermore‚ a 2008 “American Religious Identification Survey” identified that there currently exist a total of 313 different religious sects and denominations in the United
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Religious Freedom Restoration Act In this paper I will describe the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This Act was used to contradict the decision of the court case of Employment Division v. Smith‚ which allowed the government to forbid any religious act without giving a reason. The RFRA brought back the requirement that the government provide an adequate reason to forbid any religious act. The government once again had to show that the act was of compelling interest against the state. In
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the calling of the first crusade with the objective of reclaiming the Holy Land and winning back Jerusalem for the Christians. Religious motivation was a primary reason thousands took the cross‚ but there were many other factors as well such as: to acquire land‚ to gain riches‚ for a sense of adventure‚ as well as overpopulation and famine. This essay will argue that religious motivation
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Religious Conflicts within Families Religion can be a source of unity within families but can also cause conflicts within families too as well as between countries. Main ways in which religion can cause conflicts within families: 1. Children no longer wanting to take part in their parents’ religion. If parents are religious and go to a place of worship‚ they will expect their children to go with them. If their children refuse when they reach their teens‚ this can cause conflict because:
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Politically U.S.Religious Landscape Survey Religious Affiliation: Diverse and Dynamic February 2008 About the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life This report was produced by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The Forum delivers timely‚ impartial information on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Forum is a nonpartisan organization and does not take positions on policy debates. Based in Washington‚ D.C.‚ the Forum is a project of the Pew Research Center‚ which
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two words means spreading the teachings of Jesus Christ throughout the globe. An evangelical preacher marked the first television outreach in the year 1954. Televangelism‚ as it became‚ led to the existence of an “electronic church” that allowed religious devotes and it allowed curious viewers to receive sermons while sitting in their living rooms. Popular televangelists include Pat Robertson‚ Oral Roberts‚ (founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network)‚ and Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker (Fore‚ 1981)
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examples: Religion: Defined by geographers Robert Stoddard and Carolyn Prorak in the book Geography in America as “a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities.” Ritual: A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. Secularism: The idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to for life on Earth‚ not to accommodate the prescriptions of
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Religious profiling is one of those things that seems like the right thing to do‚ but also seems like the wrong thing to do. In the article “Should We Religiously Profile?” by Ben Shapiro‚ Ben talks about how religiously profiling someone can cause an innocent person to be wrongly convicted‚ but also not religiously profiling can lead to a large death toll. Religious profiling either works out well or it ends horribly wrong. There is no escaping the problems religious profiling causes‚ unless of
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Political or Religious? The Middle Ages was a religious age that was dominated by papacy. The Crusades show the religiousness of the Europeans in the Middle Ages‚ though we question ourselves if that was their only motive: Religion. People fought the Muslims‚ Seljuk Turks‚ to regain the Middle East in the name of "crusaders" which means "marked with the cross". This was the beginning of the Europe’s waking up to use their growing power to look outside Europe and dominate more lands for religious‚ economic
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