Can religion be studied academically? Discuss the importance and different ways of studying religion. The academic study of religion isn’t a means of just learning scriptures or passages from a sacred text like the Bible. It is a more complex process and can be considered multidisciplinary – it can include art‚ literature‚ linguistics‚ history‚ philosophy‚ psychology‚ sociology and much more. Religion can’t be studied without knowing what we are trying to study‚ and while some would argue it just
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SOCIAL SIMULATION | Evolution of Religion and War | | An experimental model based on statistics and analysis has been created to simulate a real-life society for the purpose of observing and analyzing its behaviours and patterns and correlating them with real-world scenarios | Abstract The aim of this project is to conduct social experiments in a life-like simulation environment. By developing complex artificial intelligence models for all the different people present in the sample space
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Theology 100 Father O’Leary 6/5/08 Final Exam Questions 1. Is Religion important? Why or why not? 2. Would anything change if the Tomb of Jesus was discovered and the bones within were proven to be his? 3. Think a bit about your talents and abilities. Do you think that one of more of these talents you possess could serve the common good of the society in which you live? 4. Think a bit about the talents or skills that either you have not yet developed or do not think you possess
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when there has not been a religion in some shape or form. Nor has there been a race of people who have never tried to practice it in some form or another. The study of religion should not be regarded as a new venture for mankind or a new idea that man is trying to grasp. Also‚ it could be argued that by researching such a topic as religion‚ it does not look like man will come to any unified agreement in the near future - especially if it all comes down to what religion means to you‚ and whether
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Why Religion Matters I was raised Catholic all my youth‚ having been baptized 3 months into my life for the forgiveness of sins that I had yet to commit; I did as I was told and I didn’t question my church or any other authority figure. As I reached my early years of high school I began to do as all teenagers do: Question authority and ask questions when given any commands. Having dealt with an abusive step father‚ an unaware working mother‚ and non existing father‚ God seemed as though he was a
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Why is Religion Important? Religion is the one element of life that has connected the races and societies of the world for hundreds of years. It has given meaning to lives that may seem otherwise hopeless. Religion has provided for a universal language and culture among those who believe in a higher power. The spirit or being receiving the worship and praise may not be the same‚ but the practices are usually similar and serve the same purpose--to give direction‚ insight‚ courage‚ and a divine
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To understand why Confucianism is a religion‚ there must be an understanding of what a religion is. Religion can be defined as an interest‚ belief‚ or an activity that is important to a group of people. It is a united practice or belief‚ which connects worldviews of humanity to an order of one’s existence. The practices of a religion can include sacrifices‚ festivals‚ as well as rituals‚ which are an integral part of all religions. A ritual is “a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series
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Have you ever imagined if morals can exist without religion? One day when I got lost in a multitude of useless trivia in the Internet I accidentally came across a thought-provoking sentence by a British writer Arthur C. Clarke who said that "one of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." After that‚ I started to think about this controversial matter. As a young Polish student‚ raised in the Christian tradition‚ in a country where according to WIN-Gallup
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The Theory of Evolution is by natural selection‚ organisms that possess heritable traits that enable them to better adapt to their environment compared with other members of their species will be more likely to survive‚ reproduce‚ and pass more of their genes on to the next generation. Charles Darwin made the assertion that humans and apes are related. With thoroughly analyzing his predictions‚ we now realize that this could be a fact. Through a process called natural selection‚ Darwin claimed that
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Another big reason there is so much debate on evolution taught in schools is a big issue called time A researcher for the Gale TRC database stated in the article called Evolution that‚ “Like Darwin’s broad concept of evolution‚ his view of human origins has been accepted and confirmed by modern scientists‚ although the details of human evolution—such as when and where modern humans first arose—remain very much open to debate” (Gale‚ Evolution). The scientists say that they don’t know when or where
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