Religious Traditions Essays (Examples)

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Symbolic Frame Of Organizational Analysis Walt Disney Company

Pages: 7 (2089 words) Sources: 7 Document Type:Case Study Document #:13456127

… model is in part based on the use of narratives taken from the folktales and legends of yore, encased in particular cultures or religious traditions. Just as storytelling traditionally functions as a means by which to impart identity construction and also norms, values, and ideals, the Walt Disney ……

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“About the Walt Disney Company,” (2020). Retrieved from:  https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/about/ 

Boguszewicz-Kreft, M., Kreft, J. & Zurek, P. (2019). Myth and storytelling: The case of the Walt Disney Company. Myth in Modern Media Management and Marketing. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9100-9.ch002

Bohas, A. (2014). Transnational firms and the knowledge structure: The case of the Walt Disney Company. Global Society 29(1): 23-41.

Bolman, L.G. & Deal, T.E. (2013). Reframing organizations. John Wiley & Sons.

Di Giovanni, E. (2014). Cultural otherness and global communication in Walt Disney films at the turn of the century. The Translator 9(2): 207-223.

Forbes, W. & Watson, R. (n.d.). Destructive corporate leadership and board loyalty bias. Retrieved from:  https://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/56372/2A_Forbes.pdf 

Wasko, J. (2001). Challenging Disney myths. Journal of Communication Inquiry 23(3): 237-257.

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Understanding The Impact Of Religion In The US

Pages: 1 (224 words) Document Type:Essay Document #:17992642

religious Trend and religious Sensitivity
It is surprising to note that religious trends in the US have been on the decline in the past couple of years. People are losing their faith and when children … adults in the US who identify as Atheists since they do not ascribe to a particular religion.
One must be sensitive to other religious beliefs and practices. Some people hold dearly to their religion and tradition and one should respect that. While some religions might seem odd ……

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The Differences In Religions And Their Burial Rituals

Pages: 10 (2909 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:18018467

...Religious traditions Introduction
The three dominant religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam all shares some common characteristics when it comes to burial rites, and yet each has their own cultural quirks and issues. Each religion has different sects as well. Christianity was dominated essentially by Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox for most of its history, but Protestant Christianity introduced myriad sects over the past five hundred years. Judaism has also seen various sectarian movements arise, but can generally be divided into Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Judaism. Islam has its sects as well, including Sunni and Shia. This paper will compare and contrast the general burial rituals of Roman Catholics, Jews and Muslims, highlighting sectarian differences when appropriate, while also relying on my own personal history with family and friends to shed more light on the subject from my own perspective.
Rituals at the Time of Death
In the Roman Catholic tradition, the……

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Brener, Anne. Mourning and Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner’s Path Through Grief to Healing. Jewish Lights/Turner Publishing, 2017.

Goldstein, Z. “The Jewish Burial.” https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/368092/jewish/The-Burial.htm

Goodman, Arnold M.  A Plain Pine Box: A Return to Simple Jewish Funerals and Eternal Traditions. Ktav Publishing House, 2003.

Reform Judaism.  https://www.funeralwise.com/customs/jewish/reform/ 

Sheikh, Aziz, and Abdul Rashid Gatrad, eds. Caring for Muslim patients. Radcliffe Publishing, 2008.

Siddiqui, Abdul Hamid. Sahih Muslim. Peace Vision, 2012.

Toner, Patrick. "Extreme Unction." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909.

Wilde, Melissa J. Vatican II: A sociological analysis of religious change. Princeton University Press, 2018.

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How Does Philosophy Relate To Biblical Studies

Pages: 9 (2773 words) Sources: 13 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:60991740

… the three doctrines have long been discussed and used in relation to philosophy over many decades ago (Amanze, 2012).
The debate on Christian traditions and the relationship between philosophy and Biblical theology continues to rage. An influential apologist and Christian theologian in the early times, known as … the theologian, philosophy has the tendency of corrupting biblical theology and coming up with beliefs neither grounded in the orthodox nor the early traditions of Christians. He often asked what Athens has to do with Jerusalem. Due to Athen’s role as Hellenistic philosophy center, it represented the ……

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Addinall, P. (1991). Philosophy and biblical interpretation: A study in nineteenth-century conflict. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Amanze, N. (2012). Biblical Studies, Theology, Religion and Philosophy: An Introduction for African Universities.

Carson, D. A. (2012). Christ and culture revisited. Grand Rapids, MI ; Cambridge: Eerdmans.

DeWeese, G. J. (2011). Doing Philosophy as a Christian. Westmont: InterVarsity Press.

Hamilton, J. M. (2010). God\\'s glory in salvation through judgment: A biblical theology. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway.

Hamilton, J. M. (2014). What is biblical theology?: A guide to the Bible\\'s story, symbolism, and patterns.

In Bartholomew, C. G. (2011). \\"Behind\\" the text: History and Biblical Interpretation.

Johnson, D. (2014). Biblical knowing: A scriptural epistemology of error. Havertown: James Clarke & Co.

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How Gregorian Chant Changed Sacred Music In The Middle Ages

Pages: 5 (1553 words) Sources: 5 Document Type:Essay Document #:92405285

… the musical talents of the Church (Grout).
Sts. Augustine, Benedict and Gregory all used some form of plainchant in their approaches to guiding religious services. Benedict was responsible for developing the rule of the Divine Office, in which plainchant figured predominantly. Pope Gregory was responsible for codifying ……

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Grout, Donald. A History of Western Music. New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1960.

Hiley, David. Western Plainchant: A Handbook. Clarendon Press, 1995.

Laux, J. Church History. IL: TAN, 1989.

Meconi, Honey. Hildegard of Bingen. University of Illinois Press, 2018.

Wilson, David. Music of the Middle Ages Schirmer Books, 1990.

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Biblical Mysteries

Pages: 8 (2451 words) Sources: 15 Document Type:Essay Document #:22562699

Introduction
Western scholars came up with the term mysticism to describe a special religious phenomenological concept. The term is general utilized today based on a very broad assumption that things found in every religion e.g. the rituals, ……

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Addington, J. E. (1969). The Hidden Mystery of the Bible. DeVorss & Company.

Ahn, E., & Kang, H. (2018). Introduction to systematic review and meta-analysis. Korean journal of anesthesiology, 71(2), 103.

Beale, G. K., & Gladd, B. L. (2014). Hidden but now revealed: A Biblical theology of mystery. InterVarsity Press.

Catholic Church. (1997). Catechism of the Catholic Church: Revised in accordance with the official Latin text.  Promulgated by Pope John Paul II (2nd edition). Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference.

Cook, D. J., Mulrow, C. D., & Haynes, R. B. (1997). Systematic reviews: synthesis of best evidence for clinical decisions. Annals of internal medicine, 126(5), 376-380.

Florovsky, G. (1972). Bible, church, tradition: an Eastern Orthodox view (Vol. 1). Nordland Publishing Company.

Jeffrey, G. R. (2013). Unveiling Mysteries of the Bible. WaterBrook.

Katz, S.T. (1978). Language, Epistemology, and Mysticism. New York, Oxford University Press.

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Domestic Terrorism And Extremist Groups

Pages: 13 (3981 words) Sources: 12 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:80039324

… & Hawdon, 2018; Mouras, 2015). The politicization of views has only intensified with the clash of two cultures in 2016—a blue collar, mostly religious, anti-Establishment culture on the Right vs. a liberal, inclusive, mostly progressive, politically correct culture on the Left. Since 2016 there has been no ……

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Barnett, B. A. (2015). 20 Years Later: A Look Back at the Unabomber Manifesto.  Perspectives on Terrorism, 9(6), 60-71.

Beinart, P. (2017). The rise of the violent left. Retrieved from  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/the-rise-of-the-violent-left/534192/ 

Chatfield, A. T., Reddick, C. G., & Brajawidagda, U. (2015, May). Tweeting propaganda, radicalization and recruitment: Islamic state supporters multi-sided twitter networks. In Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (pp. 239-249).

Costello, M., & Hawdon, J. (2018). Who are the online extremists among us? Sociodemographic characteristics, social networking, and online experiences of those who produce online hate materials. Violence and gender, 5(1), 55-60.

DeCook, J. R. (2018). Memes and symbolic violence:# proudboys and the use of memes for propaganda and the construction of collective identity. Learning, Media and Technology, 43(4), 485-504.

Freberg, K., Graham, K., McGaughey, K., & Freberg, L. A. (2011). Who are the social media influencers? A study of public perceptions of personality. Public Relations Review, 37(1), 90-92.

Hamm, M &Spaaj, R. (2015). Lone wolf terrorism in America: Using knowledge of radicalization pathways to forge prevention strategies. U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved from  https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/248691.pdf 

Klein, A. (2019). From Twitter to Charlottesville: Analyzing the Fighting Words Between the Alt-Right and Antifa. International Journal of Communication, 13, 22.

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Traditional Medicine Usage In African Nations

Pages: 12 (3615 words) Sources: 30 Document Type:Essay Document #:38085332

… in Africa of health care has come about as a result of investment, development, and political stability (Ratcliffe, 2013). The relationship among cultural traditions, laws of society, and the symbolic boundaries have served to create the structural meanings behind formal institutions; the expressive dimension, communicative properties and … phenomenon there (UN, 2017). Faith healers exist in African states because of the Pentecostal and Charismatic churches there as well as because of traditions among older tribes. Thus, to a small degree, the native religious tribal practices have some form of faith healing as well. It is one reason the Charismatic churches have caught on in states like … esteem and social status. Caring for the elderly is a natural and expected part of life and also has its roots in strong religious beliefs, securing the caregiver’s future, as when the elderly pass on, they would protect and prepare the caregiver’s……

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Afro-centric Alliance, A. (2001). Indigenisingorganizational change: Localisation in Tanzania and Malawi. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 16(1), 59-78.

Asiseh, F., Owusu, A., & Quaicoe, O. (2017). An analysis of family dynamics on high school adolescent risky behaviors in Ghana. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 26(5), 425-431.

Austin, G. (2010). African economic development and colonial legacies (Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 11-32). Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement.

Brager, G., Specht, H., Torczyner, J. L., &Torczyner, J. (1987). Community organizing. Columbia University Press.

Bratton, M., & Van de Walle, N. (1997). Democratic experiments in Africa: Regime transitions in comparative perspective. Cambridge university press.

Burnham, G. M., Pariyo, G., Galiwango, E., & Wabwire-Mangen, F. (2004). Discontinuation of cost sharing in Uganda. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 82, 187-195.

Dillard, C., Duncan, K. L., & Johnson, L. (2017). Black History Full Circle: Lessons from a Ghana Study Abroad in Education Program. Social Education, 81(1), 50-53.

Ehui, S. (2020). Protecting food security in Africa. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/05/14/protecting-food-security-in-africa-during-covid-19/

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The Influence Of International Jewry In The Founding Of Israel

Pages: 6 (1816 words) Sources: 5 Document Type:Essay Document #:97404308

1. Thinking as a historian, how would you answer the question, “are the Jews a religious group, a nation, or an ethnic minority?”
When thinking as an historian, one can easily say that the Jews are a religious group, a nation, and an ethnic minority—though the terms and conditions under which all of these categorical associations are valid or legitimate is ……

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JMW, XII. Jewish Identity Challenged and Redefined: #16

JMW, XI. The Shoah: #21-41

JMW, VIII. Sephardi & Middle Eastern Jewry #32-35

JMW, X. Zionism: #42-55

JMW, IX. American Jewry: #52

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Natural Law In Catholic Social Teaching

Pages: 11 (3338 words) Sources: 5 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:14149927

… for total equality and saw it as one…[break]…from Leo XIII to John Paul II has both disagreed and agreed with the natural law traditions of both the Old World and the modern era, which reflects a changing in Church teaching as well, particularly after the Second Vatican … assessing any of the major pitfalls and problems that a democratic society can bring to light. Too much incorporation of liberal principles, i.e., religious liberty, had clouded the Church’s perspective on natural law and how it should be applied in Catholic social teaching. John XXIII’s Gaudium et ……

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Barton, George Aaron. A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Ecclesiastes. Vol. 17. Scribner, 1908.

Hunt, Lynn. \\\\\\"Introduction: The Revolutionary Origins of Human Rights.\\\\\\" In The French Revolution and Human Rights: A Brief History with Documents, 2nd Edition, edited by Lynn Hunt, 1-31. Boston: Bedford, 2016 National Assembly. “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 26 August 1789.”

Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite. Accessed November 4, 2019. http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/exhibits/show/liberty--equality--fraternity/item/3216

Pope, Stephen J. “Natural Law in Catholic Social Teachings.”  https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/centers/boisi/pdf/f09/Pope_Natural_Law_In.pdf 

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching,”  http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/seven-themes-of-catholic-social-teaching.cfm 

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