Therefore, the questions that need examining here are the following: How do different religions view beheading? Under what circumstance and context are beheadings sanctioned and undertaken? How do religions or a particular religion validate this undertaking from an ethical or moral framework?While ...
It should be acknowledged that the different Creolized religions have different Catholic influences depending on the country from which the Catholic colonizers originated. There was, for example, a difference between French and Spanish Catholicism. 18. A discussion of data collection will be held for ...
"It is this subtle dimension of understanding that marks the southwestern Indian peoples from other religions and separates tribal peoples from the world's religions. Somewhere in the planetary history religious expression changed from participation in the sound, color and rhythm of nature to the abst...
and Igbo people are no exception. While it is true that humans may once have been sacrificed in some parts of Igboland, it is not the case today. Let us also bear in mind that even foreign religions cannot boast of clean hands in their past either, as their own history almost literally...
Qualitative research usually involves a variety of different methodologies and methods. Commonly used methodologies in qualitative health research include grounded theory and ethnography, which is supposed to inform key aspects of study methods, including participant selection and approaches to data collectio...
The term sacred has been used from a wide variety of perspectives and given varying descriptive and evaluativeconnotationsby scholars seeking to interpret the materials provided by anthropology and the history of religions. In these different interpretations, however, common characteristics were recognized ...
The two religions, Buddhism and Taoism, continued to maintain a competitive and/or mutually influential interactive relationship in the Tang Dynasty. Even the relationship between monks and Taoists was often characterized by various situations of either close admiration or struggle and dislike. Ming C...
“sacred”; thus, the paper looks at research on modern theology and the sacred to examine the term in the context of birth as a contemporary rite of passage. Giving examples of how material culture has been important in several traditional birth rituals from different cultures, the paper then...
Other religions have provided members of low-ranked castes with a further hope for escaping socialhierarchiesassociated with Hindu practice.Sikhismhas traditionally rejected caste, a position clearly emphasized in thegurdwaras, where access tosacred scripture, theAdi Granth, is granted without regard to ...
He was appointed the archivist of the royal court of the Zhou Dynasty, which gave him access to many different spiritual and philosophical works. Over time, Laozi gained a reputation as a very wise scholar. It is said that Confucius sought his counsel when he was a young man. Over time...