Religious Affiliation As A Choice

Religious Affiliation As A Choice
Wade and Tavris's Invitation to Psychology defines religious affiliation as a choice made by a person of which particular belief system they will live
according to. Furthermore, "whether a person is a Methodist, Muslim, Catholic, Jew, Hindu, and so on, is not heritable". The religious group people
choose to belong to has a lot to do with influence from several factors, including the affiliation of their "parents, ethnicity, culture, and social class"
(142). Conversely, the term religiosity is defined as "a person's depth of religious feeling and adherence to a religion's rules" (142), and contrary to
affiliation, has a genetic component. Growing up in the Episcopal church, God has always been a part of my life. As I have grown up, however, I
have continuously assessed my religiosity regarding my faith. Using the book's definition, I believe my religiosity is subtle yet traditional. But when it
comes to my own beliefs, there are several factors that have shaped the way I perceive God, faith, religion, and their role in my life.
Growing up in the Episcopal church, I have always had a sort of "relaxed" understanding of God and His teachings. Beginning in kindergarten and
continuing through the eighth grade, I attended a private Catholic school as the only student in my grade who wasn't affiliated with the Catholic church.
Often my religion teachers would ask me questions like, "how is this different in your church?", or have me explain to the class that Episcopalian
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Religion In James Agee's A Death In The Family
Whether a person is religious or not, everyone has a different viewpoint on religion. Some people see religion as a helping hand, something that is
meant to do good. Others see it as a negative force used for "evil" and to cause harm. A lot of people have no opinion on the matter whatsoever. One
of the main themes in James Agee's novel is religion and the causes of it. In A Death in the Family, the characters are very set in stone with their
beliefs. While one character turns to their religion for comfort after a tragedy, another uses a person's lack of beliefs as a reason not to perform an act
for their family. Throughout Agee's novel, religion is used as a constructive force for some characters and destructive for other characters.
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Father Jackson does not give his regards to the children or say his is sorry for what has happened. After Father Jackson enters the Follet house, he
goes over and sits in Jay's chair in the sitting room which causes the children to stare at him. He does not even introduce himself to the kids he just
stares back them with such displeasure. He begins to lecture the kids about staring at him and how they should act like a proper lady and gentleman.
After he finishes lecturing them, Aunt Hannah comes into the room and brings Father Jackson to see Mary. While the adults are in the room, Rufus
and Catherine listen as the door and feel that "it was something evil, to which she was submitting almost without a struggle, and by which she was
deceived," (270). As they are listening at the door, they both imagine Father Jackson being killed in different scenarios, which reveal their distaste for
the man. The more we read on, the more we see that Father Jackson has different motives with his religion. Father Jackson is shown as a very
close–minded individual who does not seem to have any respect for someone who is not religious. He also refuses to complete Jay's burial service
because Jay was never baptized. Instead of using religion in a encouraging and positive way, Father Jackson uses his religious beliefs in a threatening
and hateful

My Personal Reflection : Cultural Diversity
Since I started this class, I have a learned a great deal about cultural diversity in the classroom and abroad. My perspective has changed slightly but my
knowledge of this subject has improved. In my family, my father taught me about the civil rights movement and the evils of segregation in the U.S. My
parents taught me to be tolerant of all humans, no matter what they look like, how they dress, or their sexual orientation. My family has always been
liberal thinkers who taught me the dark history of racism and bigotry in this country. As an educator I would be accepting to all race, creeds, and
religious peoples.
In my original personal narrative, I mentioned that I grew up in a mostly white middle class town with a 15% Latino population. In some ways, I grew
up in a town that is in the forefront of a national discussion about increasing multiculturalism and acceptance of Latino Americans. We have come to
realize that not all illegal immigrants are criminals here to do us harm. Some are people who have been here many years, raised families and
contributed to our society. During my childhood, I had friends that were Korean and Latino descent, and I am grateful to have experience with those
diverse cultures. In this class and in a previous teaching class, I worked with and got to know students of different ethnicities. We learned in class
about legislation that would provide English learners with more support while they are assimilating and learning English (Buenrostro,2017). This can
only benefit everyone as we raise the level of proficiency for the newest students. We Americans may have different cultures and traditions, but we all
have value that can add to our society. I hope to continue my ethnic studies to further my understanding of other cultures. With the power of knowledge,
we can break down barriers and stereotypes.
As a teenager and college student, I have to admit that I felt somewhat suspicious of people with a different lifestyles than myself. I think I felt
threatened by people who identified themselves as gay or transgender. I was probably just afraid of difference that was unknown to me at the time. As
I got older I came to realize that whatever people do in the privacy in

Religion And Its Impact On Society
Even before there were millions of copies of bibles in circulation religion has been a part of society that has always been there. But is this idea of
rules and regulations enforced by a belief system really helpful to society? In a world without religion would there be less wars, hatred, and
discrimination? With so many people involved or affiliated with religion it is important to explore deeper into the negative impact that religion has on
society and try to make the world a better place with information that will help all. At a personal level religion fulfills the role of accounting for a
lack of knowledge and offering hope in the face of difficulties while also offering a sense of belonging. To identify with areligious ideology, and call it
the only truth and way, leads to the tremendously negative consequences of hatred, racism, and all kinds of violence. These consequences of a world
in disarray due to religion far outweigh the small personal fulfillments. As Steven Weinberg, an American physicist and Nobel laureate states, "With or
without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes
religion." Although religion claims to lead people towards truth, light, and happiness, in reality it actually leads them in the opposite direction.
The most popular argument against religion in society is the fact that religion leads to war and violence which then in turn results in poverty,

Religion Affects Daily Life
How does Religion Affect Daily Lives?
" The purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticise others."– Dalai Lama. Religion is not something people blindly follow for the hope of
reaching heaven. At one point or another in life, every person encounters the moment where they make the decision of being an active religious person,
a religious person but don't attend church, or don't believe in a superior power. Whether a person chooses option one, two, or three, each choice
brings consequences and a different life with that choice. People live a different kind of life, with different goals to reach, and what kind of life a
person may want to live. Religion has a profound effect on people's daily lives, and the areas it affects are work life, family life, and the standards a
person holds.
Work Life
It happens to everyone, people are at work (or school) and have a project due on Monday, but they see the clock ticking closer and closer to 5pm,
and have that urge to slip out a few mins early so they can get ahead of schedule on ordering the wings and pizza and getting good movie tickets. The
consequence of doing this is the person having to choose whether to finish the project on Saturday, Sunday, or if the person really wants to push it,
Monday morning. So what option are you going to take?
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Full time committed religious people know the regular weekend schedule. Saturday is the day to sleep in, cook some good breakfast, and take the kids

Politics And Religion By Gerard Hauser
Politics and religion have long been entangled in the United States. The United States has struggled with the question of how to maintain an
appropriate combination of religion and politics in the public sphere for a long time. Gerard Hauser argues that public spheres are "discursive spaces
where society deliberates about normative standards and even develops new frameworks for expressing and evaluating social reality". Religion is part of
the public sphere and has an influence in American political life in affairs such as leadership, legislation and voter partisanship. Religious rhetoric plays
an important role in defining the boundaries of the political community and in setting the tone for political discourse. American democracy owes its
birth to the influence of a specific form of Christianity: English Puritanism. The Pilgrims, laid the essential groundwork for America's experiment in
self–government. Religion was in fact the primary reason for the northern settler's immigration to the New World. These settlers known as Pilgrims
because their "journey had a religious purpose". They sought to build Puritan communities, to live in America "in their manner and pray to God in
freedom". "The Pilgrims came to establish religious communities, but their beliefs called for such communities to be instituted and administered by the
consent of the governed." (Holloway, Carson) As time went by, they began to constitute and frame laws, ordinances, acts and constitutions. Our

Ice Breaker
Ice Breaker (10–15 minutes) Materials needed – quarter sheet of paper and pen/pencil for each member Instructions – 1. Give each person a piece of
paper and tell them to write down a question they'd ask of someone they don't know well. 2. Have them wad the paper up and then start a paper fight.
Each should throw paper at the others and keep throwing until you say stop (2 minutes) 3. Instruct everyone to get a paper ball and open it. 4. Go
around the circle asking them to say their first name and then answer the question on their paper ball. Transition (3–5 minutes) SAY: Before we get
started, I want to review the group covenant to make sure we all understand why we're here. Read the covenant. Scripture Reading (3 minutes)... Show
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2:1–11 (Sermon passage came from 5–11, but 1–4 apply to small groups) Discussion (10–15 minutes) 2. Reading between the lines, what was wrong
with the church at Philippi? 3. What does it mean to "consider others better than yourselves"? 4. What do you think it was like for Jesus to give up his
position with God to become human? 5. Do you think he struggled to humbly die on the cross? Why/why not? 6. When we understand Jesus' sacrifice
and live honoring it, who is glorified? Application (15–20 minutes) 1. Jesus chose to humbly give up his deity and comfort to live as a human and die
on the cross for our sins. How does humility differ from being a doormat? 2. How does society define success? 3. Based on this passage, what
should be our definition of worldly success? 4. When have you experienced humble love from someone else? How did that affect you? 5. What
can we as a group (or BCC as a church) do to be more humble like Jesus? How would that affect the world around us? Closing Prayer (5 minutes) As
you close in prayer, ask your group specifically for prayer requests related to this lesson.** Remind them that all other prayer requests can be taken by
your prayer communicator to be shared by email later

Understanding Religious Identity and the Causes of...
Saira Yamin: Understanding Religious Identity and the Causes of Religious Violence
Peace Prints: South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, Vol. 1, No. 1: Spring 2008
Understanding Religious Identity and the Causes of Religious Violence Saira Yamin
Abstract The paper examines various scholarly works that explore the causes of religious violence. It addresses questions such as: what elements of
religion contribute to violence and protracted conflict; how does religious identity motivate groups engaged in aggressive behavior; other than threat to
and preservation of religious identity, what might be significant underlying causes of the conflict; and, what parallels could be drawn with ethnic
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India. One attempt to estimate the loss of Hindu and Muslim lives at the time of partition places it at two million.3 Most recently, the Global War on
Terror (GWOT), spurred by the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and perceived by various quarters as a wider Islamist threat, has been observed as the the most
blatant manifestation of the clash of civilizations.
Figure 1 "The Clash of Civilizations" as per Huntington's thesis (1996) Greater line thickness represents greater conflict in the civilizational relationship
Huntington's theory has generated immense debate in the developments since 9/11 with the launch of the GWOT, and others incidents that have
signalled an escalation of tensions between Islam and the West. Events that point towards the salience of a clash of civilization of sorts, include the
recently released Dutch film "Fitna" featuring verses from the Quran out of their context, as evidence of Islam's hostility towards other religions. A
Dutch newspaper's cartoon caricatures of Prophet Muhammad in 2006 which had offended Muslims around the world, and
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Robert D. Crane, "Postwar Ethnic Cultural Conflicts: Some Quantitative and

The Four Views On Salvation Readers
SUMMARY OF THE BOOK In the four views on salvation readers are presented by major advocates of the following views: pluralist by John Hick,
inclusivist by Clark Pinnock, particularist by Alister McGrath, and evidentialist by R. Douglas Geivett and W. Gary Phillips. The primary contention
of the book is about if Jesus is the only Savior? And if that is true, then what happens with those who profess faith and salvation outside of Jesus Christ.
The Four Views of Salvation are a single volume that introduced the reader to the "basic positions within evangelicalism" The editors stated that the
term pluralism favors many religions with "salvific" norms, inclusivism relates to salvation in every cultural norm, and exclusivism and the
restrictivism have a prejudicial connotation and prevent true dialogue and argument. Therefore they proposed the term particularism be used instead;
however, all four contributors to the book used the term of their personal preference or the term that they felt best advanced their viewpoint. The
primary questions are: Where is salvation found? What happens to sincere people of other faiths? What about those who never hear the gospel? The idea
for the book "arose out of the 1992 Wheaton Theology Conference" that brought evangelicals together to discuss the challenges of pluralism and
inclusivism." Religious pluralism is the greatest challenge facing Christianity in our culture, Dennis L. Okholm and Timothy R. Phillips assembled the
writings of five

The Establishment Clause Analysis
While the first amendment endows several paramount freedoms, it can, at times, be onerous to understand. Both the Free Exercise Clause and the
Establishment Clause is imperative to our freedom, the Supreme Court has historically argued various ways regarding these two clauses. Our founders,
such as Thomas Jefferson, saw the importance of creating a separation between church and state. As such, no national religion was to be declared, and
still has not been. As such, there are varying approaches to establishment. By examining the historical decisions regarding these clauses, I have found
that while it is crucial to separate the church and state, these two entities can still, in some capacities, intermingle. In this specific context of the
Missouri Scrap Tire Grant Program, it is acceptable for Trinity Lutheran Church, and more specifically, their Learning Center, to receive financial
support in order to renovate their playground for safety reasons. There have been a multitude of debates regarding the various approaches to
establishment. For instance, a strict separation approach declares that the state can indirectly support a religion establishment, but can have no direct
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Jaffree was presented to the Court. In this particular case, an Alabama statute allowed one minute of meditation or silent prayer at the beginning of each
school day. Justice Stevens presented the majority opinion, holding that this statute was also unconstitutional. Using the Lemon Test, it was established
that this particular statute had no secular purpose. The dissent, presented by Justice Rehnquist, concluded that this was a mistaken interpretation of
constitutional history and that the Establishment Clause does not require the government to be strictly neutral between religion and nonreligion. Upon
evaluating the dissent, it can be seen that in some instances, it may be permissible to have some overlap between the government and

Pre-K Creativity Thesis Statement
Title: Pre–K Creativity Description: Pre–K Creativity is a weekly program that will mix a traditional preschool story time with an art project. This
program will be targeted to preschool aged children and their caretakers. Objectives: To provide a literary program to preschool aged children. The
children will have the opportunity to interact with other children their own age. The program will create on experience were the caregiver and the
child can create a work of art together. Program Outline: Week One: Paint Opener: "Put your hands up high" opening song from Jbrary. Jbrary. (2014,
May 10). Put Your Hands Up High: Storytime Song. Retrieved October 31, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUBjey7_GMA Books:
Rosenstock, Barb, and GrandPreМЃ Mary. The noisy paint box: the colors and sounds of Kandinsky's abstract art. Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. This book
tells the story of artist Vasya Kandisnsky. Through illustrations and a simple story this book tells how Kandinsky went from a very formal Russian
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(2005). I Ain't Gonna paint no more! New York, NY: Harcourt, Inc. This book is about a little boy who paints were taken away after painting the
walls. He then sneaks his paints out of the hiding place and paints himself. Magnet Board: Carle, E. (2013). The artist who painted a blue horse.
London: Puffin Books. Create a magnet board by drawing the animals in the story. Using the props tell the story of the artist who painted animals any
color he chose.

Tax Dollars Should Fund Religious Schools Essay
Tax Dollars Should Fund Religious Schools
The issue of whether or not to use tax dollars to provide private schools with vouchers has been controversial for many years now. Many people feel
that it is our governments obligation to provide private institutions with the proper funds, while others believe that if private schools inherit our tax
dollars then it is violation of our constitution as it promotes a particular religion. I think it is our government's responsibility to provide each and every
school with tax dollars, regardless of its orientation. Many reasons, especially popularity and success rates provide substantial evidence that private
schools should be funded by government vouchers.
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In addition there is no evidence supporting that it is unconstitutional to involve the state with religion or that anyone was coerced into practicing
religion. The Supreme Court ruled in Everson vs. Board of Education that the taxes that would be spent would be for a public purpose; that being
educating children. That is the purpose of our government to provide education to our children. In the Supreme Court case Mitchell vs. Helms the court
ruled that taxpayers' money can be used to provide certain materials for religious schools. So obviously it is not unconstitutional to fund private
schools if they already decided to give materials to these schools. Therefore there is no evidence supporting the fact that the publics taxes should not go
to private schools.
Our job as a community and a society is to provide children with education. It should not matter what school these students choose to attend, we should
still provide them with the opportunity to learn. As stated in USA Today, 47% of school
–age students would use private schools if they had the right
resources. Students should be able to decide where they want to get their education. The more a student likes their environment, the more apt they are
to learning. We should not deprive them of learning in any form. By not funding these schools we are in fact then depriving the students. According to
the Wall Street Journal, voucher students are more likely to stay in school, learn more,

Prayer And Prayer On Healing
Prayer healing
According to Bower, many Americans believes in intercessory prayer, however the effect of it is based on the patient believe which has been proof by
anthropological studies. The author explain by using some studies on prayer on healing believe in some societies in some countries. According to the
author a study conducted in Cuna community in Panama and Malay village in Malaysia have a particular believe in prayer healing as a means of a song
sing by Mun, or recite a story by Bomoh (Laderman,1983) in the form of prayer respectful, for a woman in labors in times of difficulty. These
communities believe that this storytelling causes the intervention of God to make give birth. However, the author pointed it that Lederman, from his
studies argue that this psychological healing known as "placebo effects." Biologically, the cervical dilation because of the response to endorphins in
brain that reduces pain and anxiety leading to proper helping in easy labor, due to the believe the women have in storytelling, but God healing. The
author pointed out that most people in United States during the year 2000s, were interested in voodoo. They visited the grave of Marie Lavean
(voodoo queen) for help. In Navajo religion in prayer, recitation called Blessingway is done, as they believe it make the power that inhale and protect
Holy people come to their aid. The author further explain that studied by Davis Winston in 1980 a new religion in Soka Gakkai, known as Mahikari
(true

Bedroom Observation Paper
I gathered information from Terrence G by interacting and by asking series of questions. In addition, I asked his mother Nicole G questions that
Terrance did not know the answer to. The interview took place in the living room of their home Saturday afternoon. I spent an hour observing the
participant. Terrance is a 15 year old, American Black male. He is 5'9 ft tall in height, thin built, shadow facial hair above his lip. Also, he speaks
with a deep voice due to the changes that adolescence occur at that age. His hair was neatly trimmed and he was casually dressed in sweats and t–shirt.
During the observation, I noticed how well spoken and articulate he answered my questions. He gave eye to eye contact when answering questions.
He was confident but only gave short answers. He kept looking at the clock because he was ready to play his PlayStation. Terrence G. comes from a
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However, when he was four years old, Terrance had trouble expressing himself to others. He would often act out by engaging into a fight with other
children; ultimately, he received speech therapy for a year. His mother reported that he did not have anymore trouble since. In fact, a couple of years
later, he was accepted into gifted and talented school; now he is in high school taking AP Honors classes. Terrence acknowledges, "It was difficult,
and a lot of homework in the beginning, but now I am used to it". Terrance GPA is currently 3.5. His goal is to bring his geometry grade up to an A
from a C plus. Terrance is athletic, he enjoys playing basketball. He hopes to go professional one day. He played in the community league in his
neighborhood. He did not make tryouts in school but states, "I will try again next time". He ran track his last year in junior high. He does not know
if he will try out for track again. T. G. second goal choice is a lawyer and his third, a

Religious Affiliation Helps Individuals With Constructing...
Religious affiliation helps individuals with constructing moral ideologies. An individual's religiosity is often associated with their political viewpoints.
Church attendance can effect individuals' political beliefs.
During 1970 to 2012, the percentage of the populace attending church weekly has decrease from 38% to 21%, and never attending church increased
dramatically from 12% to 43%. This trend displays the decreasing number of people who are attending church services in the United States.
Furthermore, the number of people with no religious affiliation has increased from 1% in 1960 to 13% in 1996. Although the percent of individuals
who identify as Christian is high with 49% Protestant and 22% Catholic, religious beliefs have overall decreased. The people who are religious say
their religion plays an important part of their life. 67% believe that their religion is an important factor in their life (ANES 2015). The data shows that
although the number of religiosity in the United States has lowered, religion still plays a large part of American life.
Their religious convictions lead those to vote in particular patterns. According to the table below, Catholics are 37% Republican/lean Republican and
69% Democrat/ lean Democrat. Evangelical Protestant are 56% Republican/lean Republican and 28% Democrat/lean Democrat. Compared with
historically African American Protestants are only 10% Republican/lean Republican and 80% Democrat/lean Democrat (Religious Landscape

The World Is The Best
As time elapses, ideas, thoughts, and view of the world tend to modify. I assume that the literature that is present from hundred years ago until now,
displays a shift of religion to nature. Religion used to be the basis for most of the things, but as new ideas approached, nature began to replace it. Not
implying that nature completely replaced religion, but it became a new way to understand the world. I believe there is always going to be a debate on
which way to understand the world is the best. Religious people would argue that the bible is the guide for lives and the way to control the world, but
on the other hand, science also tries to explain this idea. William Bradford, from 1590 to 1657, on his writing "Of Plymouth Plantation," ... Show more
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How would it pleased God to see a person die in a desperate manner even if they had sin? God gives us life and would pardon our sins if we seek for
him. However, I believe the puritans, including Bradford, felt that there was no option of forgiveness. According to what I have read in Bradford's
story, I would say that religion could make someone selfish. I am not against religion, but this is what I conclude based on this literature. I feel
this way because it seems that they just think for themselves. They believe they are perfect and that anyone else is evil. I feel that being a religious
person, should not make them feel superior like the puritans did. I believe that in God's eye we are all the same, but the puritans saw the Native
Americans as savages and not pure. An example of this is in the "first encounter" the puritans had with the so called savages. "Thus it pleased God
to vanquish their enemies...and by his special providence so to dispose that not any of them were either hurt or hit..." (79) In my point of view, here
is a clear example of how they are being selfish. They are just worried about them not being hurt, but what about the savages? I feel that religion
means caring for everyone, but here I see the opposite of that. Again, how God would be pleased by an

Essay on Elsie and Her Mother in Oranges Are Not the Only...
Elsie and Her Mother in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
In a story of a young girl coming of age and finding her sexuality in a very religious community, it is key to have a female figure that plays a key
role for the character. A mother should play the key role but what happens when this role is confused with a very spiritual role? Where will a young
girl turn to when her life goes against the rules society has set for her?
Jeanette has lived a sheltered life with no influence on her except for the church. Her mother is a strict Christian with a deep resentment for things and
people not within her fold. Being brought up in a society where going against the norm is a sin. A society that shakes its head at acts of individualism
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These differences between these two women are what make Jeanette a rounded person, if not a confused one at first. Jeanette gained a sense a self
with her mother. She knew she was to work with the Lord and teach his words to others. Her goal in life was to go and be a missionary, to teach others
how to believe in God. Combined with this imbedded sense of self is the confidence Elsie gave her. Elsie not only understood
the word of the Lord and came from within the society Jeanette grew up in, she had a sense of the world around her, that the world didn?t start and
stop with the preaching of the Lord. Elsie gave Jeanette a feeling of fellowship, a deep friendship that was based on true feelings, not the Lord.
In one part of the book Elsie helps Jeanette with the transition of home schooling, which was based on biblical texts, to public schooling. Elsie gave
Jeanette a way of incorporating her biblical background into a public school setting, even if it did shock and raise eyebrows. The older woman gave
Jeanette a much–needed avenue to express herself. At this time her mother is not too upset with the friendship. She likes the reaction Jeanette is
getting from her religious art works and other biblical oddities that seem out of place in public school. Elsie is still seen as a fellow follower, a
follower of Jeanette?s mother.
The relationship between Elsie and her mother gets strained after Jeanette is

Spirituality And Spirituality : How Personality And...
Death is something that will eventually happen to everyone. Some people are more comfortable with the idea of dying than others. Why is this? Are
some people just innately more fearful of dying than others or is there something else that impacts this fear? There is mixed evidence that religiosity
and spirituality have an association with the level of anxiety that people feel about the prospect of dying. There is also evidence that people with
certain personality traits are more likely to be religious than others. There is lots of evidence from empirical research that has focused on religiosity
/spirituality and how it relates to death anxiety. There has also been much research conducted as to how personality is related to religiosity and
spirituality.
Much of the research that has been conducted on personality and religion has used the Five Factor Model (FFM) personality scale as a measure of
personality. One such study that was conducted at San Diego State University by Chad Barrett and Scott Roesch (2009) looked at religious orientation
and FFM personality traits. They operationally defined religious orientation (RO) as, " how people experience religion" and consisting of Intrinsic,
Extrinsic, and Quest orientations (Barrett & Roesch, 2009, p. 195). Individuals described by intrinsic religiousness view their religion as the
framework for their lives, and they try to consistently live the religion they believe. Extrinsically–oriented individuals are generally concerned

What Is The Dialogue Between The Misfit And The Grandmother
In Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" characters like the Grandmother and also The Misfit facilitate to point out problems on each a
personal and whole society level. O'Connor crafts two characters that just about become symbols for the larger problems they have; their personal
issues will be applied to a bigger scale. The dialogue between the Misfit and the Grandmother in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" tries to tackle deep
queries of ethics and what a "good man" truly is, and also the concept of rights or justice among others.
O'Connor's characterization of the grandmother serves to form conflicting ideas of what a "good man" is. The grandmother talks plenty concerning the
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This is not unwarranted, as she merely tries to get out of the situation alive, nevertheless it calls into question her character and also the strength of her
convictions. It conjointly makes the readers themselves question their own morals; what would they be doing during a similar state of affairs? The
reader will feel sympathy for the Grandmother during this dangerous situation, nevertheless it 's her actions because what she says progresses and that
causes the reader to pause and actually question the character of the Grandmother. The Misfit's accomplices take her family, as they 're taken into the
woods and shot dead. Throughout this point, the Grandmother appears to solely be centered on preservation, along with her solely recognition of
something awry being after two isolated yells of "Bailey Boy!" O'Connor is showing the character of not just the Grandmother, however what she
perceives to be the common trend in 1950's culture.The concept of family unity and selflessness, even by people who propagate the concept, is
forgotten once the individual is vulnerable.
Whereas O'Connor will have hints of existential philosophy with reference to the individual, she is ultimately influenced deeply by her Catholic
upbringing. This ends up in the Grandmother being a highly religious character, perpetually asking the Misfit if he prays. Whereas on the surface it
might seem obvious the grandmother is a more religious person than the Misfit , but in

Spiritual Condition Evaluation
SPIRITUAL CONDITION EVALUATION PAPER
By (Student Name)
Institutional Affiliation
Date
Spiritual Condition Evaluation Paper
Topic: Spiritual Condition Evaluation Paper
Pages: 4 pages
SOurces: 3
Citation: APA
Deadline: 4 hrs
Instructions:
A Spiritual Condition Evaluation paper will be required of you. (Note: Write about yourself. However, If you would rather not write about yourself,
you may select a living famous person to evaluate with the instructor's prior approval. Remember in the final analysis, whether writing about yourself
or someone else, only God knows a person's heart completely so try to be both humble and gentle). This document will run from 900–1,500 words. You
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Spiritual condition evaluation

Throughout the life of my person of interest, knowledge of the existence of a creator has had a crippling effect in his struggle to reconcile his
perception of life and the great desire for divine approval and acceptance. This is a result of the common belief that moral and spiritual development is
attained through the shedding of dogmatic belief structures, resulting in the elimination of God towards the attainment of self–realization.
Strangely, although the secular aspect is quite vividly seen in his way of life, the religious references and biblical allusions cannot be ignored.
Despite the lack of cultivation and learning in the morals and ethics of Christianity, he is able to form his own code of behavior based on example
and the behavior he views from others. It should be noted that his instinctive sense of morality comes without knowledge of God or a creator and
while this may seem to be an atheistic or at least secular way of thinking about how morality is "inborn" it is impossible to ignore the way the Bible and
religious learning influence even this aspect of his life.
It would seem that he views other people as closer to God, not simply because of his own isolation, but because he witnesses their apparent ability to
function in a world of God. This is seen on his act of acquiring a sense of morality through observation of behaviors of others
It is evident

Hospitality: The Madonna Of 115th Street
Hospitality is defined as the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Hospitality is something that can be
seen everywhere, regardless of geographical location, religion, etc. This initially sparked my interest because hospitality is something does not require
anything special to do. Everywhere a person goes, hospitality can be seen in some way, shape, or form.
The Madonna of 115th Street is an amazing example of hospitality throughout history. The excerpt details the days and nights of the Festa. On July
16th, the great bell in the campanile of the church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel announces that the festa had begun. This fetsa unites several Italian
communities from those in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California. Preparation for this festival can take weeks at a time, houses are
cleaned from head to toe in anticipation of housing relatives visiting from other states. For the next few weeks the community gathers together in the
streets and celebrates greatly from sunrise to sunset. Music, dancing, fires, festivals, everything is prominent in the streets as the Italian community
seeks to express itself. The festa is a time to come together and create a sense of community.Religious foundations, sharing of food, parades, all of this
signifies what it is to be a part of the Festa. Hospitality is creating a warm and welcome environment to those around you. Everything about the Festa
signifies these qualities.
For

Tartuffe, Religion Essay
The context surrounding the period in which Tartuffe was written in, the 17th Century is remembered as being a time of extreme power for the French
Monarchy. King Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu transformed France's feudal monarchy to an absolute monarchy. What must also be noted about this
time is the fact that the Catholic Church and Politicians had a great deal of power over authors and playwrights. In this time of social and religious
persecution, MoliГЁre created Tartuffe , a comedy dealing with hypocrisy and to a great extent, religion and how religion can be used in a negative
way, to mask sin. The play is known to be offensive towards the Catholic Church and religion in general. When it was first performed in 1664, it was
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He is at the beginning of the play seen as a God like figure, particularly to Orgon and Madame Pernelle, by this he is strong and inspirational,
however, when he does realises he has been found out for being in the wrong, his persona changes to guilty and even vulnerable. This is shown in Act
III scene 6 when Damis accuses Tartuffe of trying to seduce Elmire, Tartuffe uses reverse psychology to win Orgon over by confessing the all things
awful, to an extent in which Orgon begins to sympathise with him. It is clearly shown that Tartuffe goes to the absolute extreme when he apologises to
Orgon;
Oui mon frГЁre, je suis un mГ©chant, un coupable,
Un malheureux pГ©cheur tout pleine iniquitГ©,
Les plus grand scГ©lГ©rat qui jamais ait Г©tГ©;
Chaque instant de ma vie est change de souillures;
Elle n'est qu'un amas de crimes et d'ordures;
Et je vois que le ciel, pour ma punition,
Me veut mortifier en cette occasion. The language used is extremely depressing, almost showing that it is out of character for Tartuffe to do such a
thing, he just feels that he should confess as he is under Orgon's roof and shouldn't make his son out to be a liar. This is what Orgon believes, and
although the audience knows differently, Damis is still asked to leave Orgon's house, showing Orgon, a very religious man, being completely
hypocritical, as he is undermining his family. Orgon

Religion and the Workplace
Statement of the Problem
Religion is becoming an important issue when it comes to diversity in organizations. Employers are either accommodating the increase in this diversity
by creating groups within the organization or they realize it is there and are not troubled by it, but are not creating these resource groups. As the
diversity of religion grows complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission grow as well. What is behind the complaints and what is the
EEOC doing to help religion?
Background of the Study Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints about religious discrimination are rising faster than any other
discrimination claim. Human Resources believe that this religious conflict is not a workplace issue, but an employee issue. "The most obvious
opponents of the faith–at–work movement are agnostics, people who question the existence of a higher being, and atheists, who do not believe in any
God." (Canas & Sondak, 2014, p. 205) Bobbie Kirkhart (President of the Atheist International Alliance) states religious diversity should not be the
same as race, gender, and ethnic diversity. She believes that religious groups should not be given the same status as those listed. Not just atheists and
those who question the existence of a higher being disagree with religion in the workplace, but the cause of the rise of discrimination claims could be
of religious bias from the traditional American faiths. (Day, 2005)
While most of the religious organizations

Religion And Its Effect On Society
Religion plays a large role in today's society, it's used to comfort us in our greatest times of need as well as explain seemingly unknowable
questions, such as what is the meaning of life, why are we here, what happens when we die, why do we suffer but now as in the past religion can be a
harmful factor in our society. It has been the cause of wars, witch hunts, and proliferated superstition. Today there are such laws that allow a parent to
deny their child adequate medical care even if it's to treat a potentially life threatening illness. In other cases religion is cited as a reason to deny
someone access to birth control. In school's modern science is at times having to contend with creationism which seems to be a reinterpreting of
modern science and is in complete opposition with established facts. Other times such things as sex education is taught inaccurately which then
leaders to things such as high rates of teen pregnancies and STD's spreading. In other countries these actions are at times more extreme such as
when we hear about suicide bombings, honor killing, and the like. In this paper I will discuss a few of these topics that I find to be pertinent, yet
the topics are many. I will discuss the harms that such actions can cause to us as a society both socially and physically due to such harmful laws, I
will also discuss the social reasons as to why such actions are performed in the first place and why they may be found to be socially acceptable. Lastly
I will speak

Religious Oppression And Religious Persecution
Religious oppression, persecution... The noun is related to persecute which comes from Latin persecute meaning "followed with hostility" persecution
means hassling or singling out a person, or group, because of race, religion, or sexual orientation, gender, or social status to persecute.
Religious persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations or
lack thereof.
When I picked my topic, I chose to pick religious oppression because I feel being raised Jewish but always believing in Jesus I was always kind of told
by my rabbis not to talk about Jesus. I feel that I've been oppressed in many ways. I feel that on my Jewish heritage side my ancestors were ... Show
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Even if Christ had not died the way he did there was no higher honor than the nature of his death and it would've always been held in the highest of
esteem for Christ.
If you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed but praise God that you bear the name first Peter 4:16.
Many people might ask why did Christians and people that believed so highly in God and Jesus go through so many sacrifices and such suffering so
to give you a little bit of history Rome had accepted the deities from the Italian tribes the Asian minor in these provinces there were great territorial
gods such as Saturn and North Africa and Jehovah among the Jews these were accepted as legal religion.
Even if people felt that some of the acts that these religious tribes did odd or unreligious it was still considered tradition. There was local gods and
local goddesses that were worshiped by people in the Greco– Roman world and they were named and known as the Roman deities. Despite all of this
going on in the second century there was a Roman governor named Bithynia who lived on the Black Sea and he had no problem when it came to
executing people who claimed to be a Christian the name alone was a death warrant.
Another fact about Christianity is that we have endured hostility for over 300 years. A lot of people believe that persecution started with the Roman
authorities but in the New Testament's it tells about the problems between the Christians and the

Gender As A Person 's Identity
Gender is imprinted in a person's identity. A person's identity is closely connected to the social institutions he or she includes himself in. These social
institutions have influence over the lives of individuals in various aspects. One social institution an individual imparts oneself in is religion. Religious
institutions use scriptures as the primary basis for life such as the Holy Bible for the Catholics and the Quran for the Muslims. Of the data given, some
Christians and Muslim non–heterosexuals experience social exclusion because of some spiritual texts (Yip, 2005). According to a survey by Pew
Research Center 's Social & Demographic Trends done in 2013 on the religious affiliations, 48% of the LGBT Americans did not have one. The
executive director of the Gay Christian Network, Justin Lee said, "[the study] reflects a lot of my own experience in the LGBT community. Many
LGBT people have felt a lack of understanding and love from religious groups–Christians in particular–and, as a result, they often walk away from their
childhood faith and may even become very hostile to religion." That statement is just one of the many sentiments non–heterosexuals experience in
today's contemporary society. The following paragraphs will discuss how Christian and Muslims non–heterosexuals critique the traditional hermeneutics
and the credibility of institutional interpretive authority of Judeo–Christian Scriptures and Islam's Holy Book – the Quran. There are two approaches
namely, the

Eulogy For Father
If I was given the opportunity to sit down and have a discussion with any one person, living or deceased, I would speak with my loving husband,
Todd Stevens. On May 24, 2006 my husband of twelve years and the father to our six beautiful children was killed by a drunk driver while driving
home from work that evening. I would talk to Todd first about our children and how proud he would be of all of them. Noah would be the first
child I mentioned, as he was the baby and only six days old when Todd was killed. I would tell him how sweet Noah is and what a kind, loving soul
he has. Also, that he is placed in the gifted and talented classes at school. I would talk next about Nathan and how he is so independent and wants
to be older then he really. About our daughter Emily and how she made the honors list at college and just finished her first year there. I would tell
him about Joshua and that he's in his first year as an electrical apprentice an about Daniel and how he works as a conductor at Norfolk Southern just
like him. I would tell him about Michael and that he is in apprenticeship program as well for plumber and pipefitters and about how hard he works....
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I would tell him about how Noah wishes he got to know him and feels the loss of not having a father around. About how Nathan still cries when
someone mentions his name and how he wants me tell him everything about him that I can. I would tell him about how Emily use to play at his
gravesite in hopes that he was playing too and how she used to put his big jacket on and dance around pretending she was dancing with him. That
Josh is still so torn apart about his death that he won't visit his gravesite and that Daniel falls in and out of emotions all the time and is still trying to
please him to this day. That Michael still deals with a lot of anger from his death but will still be the first one to try and make you

The Integral Role of Religion Illustrated in Gabriel...
Religion plays an integral role in The Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia. It is generally considered by most readers that the initial
chapters don't consist of the religious and spiritual makeup of the townspeople but in fact, religion is subliminally present even earlier, within the title
of the novel itself. The word "Death" is integrally and inextricably linked with religious matter. After all, birth and the inevitably of death are the two
most important and debatable points in religion.
Religion is meant to be a solid force, helping society to bond better and progress in a civilized manner. For the same purpose, religion, with its laws
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First, Marquez underlines, "Both were exhausted from the barbarous work of death..." (49). Marquez exemplifies the way in which some aspects of
religion are ignored and some have great emphasis put on them. When Roman finds out that his new bride is not a virgin, he returns her. She is
beaten savagely, and her brothers are called from the brothel to come defend the family's honor. The hypocrisy of family is revealed as they consider
honor to be a part of the religion and instead of religiously and peacefully solve the manner, the brothers murder Santiago Nasar. The family believes
that upholding the honor is righteous, and in doing so the sin of murdering Nasar is downplayed. Furthermore, when the brothers put down their knives
in front of the priest, instead of giving them advice or condemning them, the priest "recalled the surrender as an act of dignity" (49). This is in total
conflict with Catholicism as it is amongst the Ten Commandments that "Thou shall not kill" and thus it illustrates that even the priest of the town has
lost the knowledge of the true religion. Marquez cements the corruption of religion as even father Amador protected the brothers and not only him but
"the lawyer stood by the thesis of homicide in legitimate defense of honor, which was upheld by the court in good faith" (48). Marquez continues to
demonstrate that the society was lenient on the brothers due to tradition and thus it illustrates that religion was only a minor

Personal Narrative: My Religious Affiliation
When I was thirteen, my family packed up and moved from our small New Jersey town to Austin. I was dreading the move, worried that Austin was
going to be a horrible desert with cowboys, as everyone I went to school with expected it to be as well. Obviously, I was pleasantly surprised at the
overall lack of deserts and almost completely nonexistent population of cowboys, but I was even more surprised at the open–minded environment in
which I was living. I didn't expect a city in Texas to be as liberal as it was nor did I expect the people to be as generally tolerant of other religions.
For once in my life, my religious affiliation wasn't one of the first things questioned when I was making acquaintances. If I wanted to tell someone
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There are millions of people who have dealt with similar issues such as coming to terms with their religious beliefs. For me, it wasn't as difficult as it
must have been for others, an example being my parents, to grow up not feeling particularly connected to any religion. While they raised me with the
option of choosing or not choosing a religion, my parents were not raised with that liberty. It must be difficult to not share similar ideologies as
those close to you so deeply believe in, this being a sentiment that addresses multiple topics, not just religion (Pearce, 2007). I realize how lucky I am
to have been given the option and opportunity to make my own decisions about such a majorly detailed subject. I was given absolute freedom to go
whatever direction I chose. Though I never felt attached to any religion I've looked into, I greatly appreciated the chance my parents gave me to
formulate my own

The Spiritual Revolution in America
"I'm spiritual but not religious." In today's society, it is a trendy phrase that many people often use to describe their belief that they do not need to be
affiliated with an organized religion in order to live a faithful and fulfilling life. As life becomes more frenzied and chaotic, people assert that they do
not have the time to engage in organized religious activity and turn to a different alternative, one that can be less limiting and narrow minded. While
spirituality means something different to everyone, at its core, spirituality provides our lives with context. It arrises from the connection one has with
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And we provide them with a variety of options: Protestants, Catholic and a number of other choices. The group that we call religiously unaffiliated
consists of those who identify themselves as atheists, along with those who describe themselves as agnostics. And then the single largest part of the
religiously unaffiliated are people who say their religion is just nothing in particular" (NPR). Smith also mentions how many of the people who say
their religion is "just nothing in particular" are of a younger generation. Even pop music singer Pink says, "I love Native American spirituality and
paganism, and I've studied Buddhism. I think organized religion is one of the top problems of the world actually, so no, I'd say I steer clear of
religion and go straight towards spirituality" (BBC). The rise of this type of spirituality has been driven by a sense that religion is out of keeping with
modern values. People associate religious organizations with constraining doctrines that do not allow one to think for themselves. Others also view
religion as narrow–minded and prejudicial, stifling the growth of the human spirit. Or worse, some people contend that religion is the worst of all
evils, responsible for all the wars and conflicts around the world (the persecution of Jews, endless wars of religion, religious intolerance that leads to
terrorism...). Lastly, it would also be valid to say that

Religious Expression In Public Schools
For many years, schools have struggled to decide on whether to give students the freedom of religious expression at school. This difficult topic is
especially prevalent in many public schools today. Most public schools comply with the separation of church and state by instating rules against any
kind of religious expression, essentially mandating conformity among students in terms of religious expression. Some schools, however, have decided
to place no restrictions on religious expression. This serves to promote individual freedom among students. Even if it may seem that schools strongly
differ when it comes to religious expression, schools do have something in common pertaining to this issue. They all believe that the unique decision
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After all, it is the school's job to educate our future generation so they are equipped for a world containing a multitude of religious aspects– even if
doing so in an indirect manner. Providing students the freedom to practice whichever religion they choose restricts feelings of pressure to withhold
their religious expression; something they would have to withhold in the name of conformity at some public schools. As students become inevitably
educated about religion through religious expression around them, they steadily become less intolerant of other religions besides their own. The
students become accepting of the reality that we live in where many different religious beliefs exist among people in all areas of life. This effect
closely mirrors the attitude that these students will have towards religion in the real world. Not only does exposure to religious expression benefit
the students and the school, but it furthermore benefits the world as a whole by moving the future generation away from religious intolerance. This
creates a world where people can be comfortable and sure in their religion due to the lack of intolerance directed towards them. Currently, however,
religiously motivated hate crimes are on the rise. In 2004, about 10 percent of all hate crimes were religiously motivatedв€’ compared to 28 percent
today (Jackson 1). This is an example of religious intolerance in today's world which can be remedied by educating the future generation about religion
through allowing religious expression at school. The religious tolerance that is subsequently developed among these students is what this world so
desperately

Religion : Religion As A Culture
Religion as a Culture in America
Religion in America has helped change and design the American landscape into a unique cultural experience. Early colonists came to America to avoid
religious persecution. Many European countries had official religions. Those that wished to practice a religion other than the official religion were
persecuted. The New World offered a place of religious freedom for people such as the Pilgrims. Our founding fathers included an amendment to the
constitution that separated church and state. The First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
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Among developed countries, the U.S. is one of the most religious in terms of its demographics. According to a 2002 study by the Pew Global Attitudes
Project, the U.S. was the only developed nation in the survey where a majority of citizens reported that religion played a "very important" role in their
lives, an opinion similar to that found in Latin America. Although participation in organized religion has been diminishing, the public life and popular
culture of the United States incorporates many Christian ideals specifically about redemption, salvation, conscience, and morality. Examples are popular
culture obsessions with confession and forgiveness, which extends from reality television to twelve–step meetings. Americans expect public figures to
confess and have public penitence for any sins, or moral wrongdoings they may have caused. Christmas Day, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, is
widely celebrated and a federal holiday, though a fair amount of its current cultural importance is due to secular reasons. European colonization has
led to some other Christian holidays such as Easter, Lent and St. Patrick's Day to be observed, though with varying degrees of religious fidelity.
Mardis Gras (Fat Tuesday) celebrations are a practice of "fattening up" prior to observing Lent six weeks before Easter. There are other religious
observances practiced in America which can attribute to the U.S. being labelled "a nation with the soul of a church" (Chesterton

How Parent's Religious Affiliation Affects the Way
Parenting methods have been affected by numerous factors over the years. Parenting is something that is obviously successful or in the worst case, has
failed miserably! We found that the parents' religious affiliation affects the way they raise their children. "The particular theologies theory posits that
different religious affiliations put varying efforts into emphasizing family–formation strategies" (Pearce 2002: 325). Religious affiliations, inspired
parents to be fervent on implanting strong morals, maintaining close relational ties within their family, and encourage positive community involvement
with their particular religious affiliation.
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Furthermore, discipline doesn't always have to be punishing a child; sometimes it is simply instructing and guiding them as to what choices to make,
so that they don't have to be disciplined when they find themselves at a crossroad and they end up on a road that isn't very beneficial. "If parents focus
on making their children knowledgeable on the `space between places' in social relations–not on individuals or families or particular institutions, but on
the space where these important social bodies intersect, they will help their children avoid bad decisions (Schweigert 1999: 170)." Conservative
Protestant parenting literature suggests that training children in the virtues of obedience is the first step toward their worldly success and eternal
salvation, while neglect of this gradual obedience training may ultimately result in the burden of failed parenting, and it also will have detrimental
affects on the children. One issue that could be researched further is how "the global values of obedience and autonomy may hold divergent meanings
for different segments of the

The Painted Bird Analysis
The Painted Bird, written by Jerzy Kosinski, follows the perspective of a young boy throughout World War II. To keep him protected and to
decrease the threat of being taken by Nazi soldiers, his parents send him to another village under the care of an elderly woman. After his foster
mother dies, the six year old boy is forced to travel from village to village in search of food and shelter. Along the way he finds temporary homes,
with some hosts kinder than others, and is met by brutal peasants suspicious of his dark hair and eyes. Being tortured, and facing harsh brutality, the
young boy loses his innocence and becomes insecure of his appearance. This book helped me further understand how badly people were treated,
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As the book unfolds over many years of the narrator's childhood, several of his strengths and weaknesses are revealed. One of his many strengths is
that he is extremely strong and remains hopeful in difficult situations. Also, after working for many peasant villagers in return for food, the narrator
learns many skills that are helpful to his survival. The text states, "I was frightened to find myself entirely alone. But I remembered the two things,
which according to Olga were necessary for survival without human help. The first was a knowledge of plants and animals...The other was
possession of fire..." The young boy, being less than 10 years old, is able to remain hopeful in a frightening situation, and is able to recall important
information about survival. Although the narrator seems like a very kind and knowledgable boy, he does have a few weaknesses, as every human
does. One of his weaknesses is that near the end of the novel, the young boy ditches his faith in God and his prayers, and turns to his anger and
revenge from the way he has been treated in the past. The boy (who remains unnamed throughout the book) says, "How many times had I dreamed of
the time when I would be strong enough to return, set their settlements on fire, poison their children and cattle, lure them into deadly
swamps...eventually my hatred and appetite for evil would grow like a noxious weed..." This shows how the narrator's hopeful attitude

Analyzing an Advertisement for a Book of the Christian Faith
Analyzing an Advertisement for a Book of the Christian Faith
In our society today large numbers of people practice some sort of religion. Realizing how many people inhabit the world today it's not hard to believe
that there are literally thousands of religions out there. Making a choice as to what religion you fit into can be a daunting task. Even if you already
practice a set religion sometimes its hard to know if you are putting your faith in the right hands so to speak. People get into a religion and they think
that their beliefs are right and everyone else's are wrong or twisted. Also people want the religion they are practicing to be the preferred religion of the
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This sets the scene, letting you know that you are probably looking at an American city. All around this building are other buildings almost as tall as
the center one if it weren't for the tower sitting on top of it. The other buildings all seem to be apartment buildings squeezed quite close together,
giving the impression that this is a rather large city. You can see the top of a street light from the point where it starts to bend in the lower right corner.
All around this picture there are people floating in the air around the city block. Most of them are floating in the sky above the buildings but some
are at the level of the building roofs and even lower. There are some people all the way down at the bottom of the picture around the height of the
streetlight. A few of the people in the picture are looking toward the sky as if to ask a question but most of them are going about their daily
business. There is a wide variety of people depicted in the picture. Most of the people are businessmen and women that are dressed in suits, some
are holding umbrellas and some are not, others are talking on a cell phone or reading a paper. Dispersed among these businessmen there are some
construction personnel wearing hardhats, a teenager on a skateboard, a few students holding books or a backpack, a few characters that could be
described as punks, and a women holding a baby. You could say that the author of this ad wanted to include people from

Religion And The American Colonies
It is a fairly well known fact that the colonization of the New World in general, and more specifically, what would become eventually become the
United States of America, was heavily based upon commercial endeavors. However, it was also heavily influenced by the desire of people to
possess and preserve religious independence. Placing the potential for commercial success aside and focusing on the religious aspects of colonization,
the proliferation of various religions over the course of colonial history is quite extensive and, by proxy, its' influence upon developing colonial
societies was far–reaching. Because of the historical significance of many different religions throughout the colonies, it would also suggest that
religious diversity was likely equally impactful in eliciting change. All of this leads this author to speculate about how much influence religion had upon
colonial upheaval over time and whether or not the ensuing dissent was a major factor in the lead up to The French and Indian War and eventual
revolution of the American colonies. To uncover the significance and role religion played in the American colonies, a number of different articles were
reviewed, each representing different perspectives, points of view, and empirical evidence about religion in colonial America.
Religion throughout Colonial America
To begin with, religious worship in Colonial America was as diverse as the various colonies themselves; different geographical landscapes and a

The Sovereignty And Goodness Of God
As time passes, the expectations that society has on women has changed. Many of these expectations had to be met for the woman to be 'complete'
with her role in society. In Rowlandson's time, her expectations were to be a housewife, a mother, and a religious follower. Rowlandson's, "The
sovereignty and Goodness of God" demonstrates the role she had when she was in the colonies and how that role changed as she became captive by
the Natives. From her writings, one can infer her place at home and how that changed as she became captive. It begins with her omission of the
soldier's failure to protect them from the Natives. While she writes about the horrendous death some soldiers receive, she does not mention much
about their courage to protect the colonist. This can only be inferred as she begins her writing with the attack. Although, she does not say what she
expected of the soldiers, her whole family stayed inside their home expecting to be saved and for the attack to come to an end. She as well as the
other women within the household were to take care of the children and the home. It is only when the fire over her head forces her to escape outside,
only to get shot and taken captive. This is demonstrated later on her writings in the fifth remove, "English army after them to this river, and saw the
smoke of their wigwams, and yet this river puts a stop to them. God did not give them courage or activity to go after us" (294). Therefore, showing the
incapability of the soldiers

A New Paradigm On The Open Market System Essay
Introduction
In this paper, we will analyze a new paradigm that is emerging recently around the religious institutions, the whole crux of which lies in the fact that the
organized religion thrives in the open market system. The paper is further divided into six sections: literature, theory, hypothesis, method, findings of
the study, and the discussion.
Theory and Hypothesis
The sociology of the religion has been seen to be undergoing a period of change, or a paradigm shift. Are the American kids growing up to have a
different religious inclination than the kids a generation or two ago? Religious inclination can include acknowledgement of belonging to a certain
religion, performing religious practices, attending the religious ceremonies and services, spirituality, religious donations and charities, and approving
of religious organizations (Pargament, 1997). Although the religious affiliation for all is an important factor to be considered, the affiliation among
the adolescents particularly takes away a significant share of importance. Religious affiliation among kids is believed to bring about a number of
positive outcomes including better physical health, less drug abuse, better social conditioning and functioning, and fewer risk related behaviors. The
kids who are more religiously inclined are also believed to have less signs of anxiety and depression and display a strong character (Markstorm, 1999).
However, if not handled properly, religion can also drive in the feelings

Building Up The Fizz In Soda
Building Up The Fizz In Soda
Problem Statement
What is the effect of pressure on carbonation in soda?
Hypothesis
It is hypothesized that if you use big ice cubes then, more fizz will form.
Abstract
The problem was do ice cubes effect the pressure on carbonation in soda?
It was hypothesized that if you use bigger ice cubes, then more fizz will form in the soda.
The procedures followed was to rinse five ice cubes in cold water and put them all together so they are close and touching, more so that they could
freeze into a clump. I had to do the same with a group of 4, 3, and 2 ice cubes. And put aside a single ice cube on a fifth plate. Then fill the glass 3–1/4
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My hypothesis was rejected, in this experiment I found that the soda had more fizz without ice than it did with ice. But as I continued my experiment
I noticed the soda without ice fizzed more. I also noticed that the bigger the cube the longer it took for the soda to die down, and the smaller the ice
cube the quicker the fizz in the

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