Religion Essays

Compare and contrast the ways in which ‘The Crucible’ and Equus’ follow when religious faith turns into religious mania. How far does the two text attempt to present a more positive attitude to a life lived in faith? The plays ‘Equus’ and ‘The Crucible’ both explore the positive aspects of …

            I have learned personal significance in so many ways. Allow me to share my experiences:             I am an only child and even though we are not rich, my parents loved me: they provided me with all the basic needs; consistently kept me away from harm; worked very hard …

The most common Chinese food I enjoy most making and devouring is the dumpling. A dumpling’s texture is smooth and soft just like a baby’s skin. As I slice a dumpling, I can see its mouth-watering juice coming out from the filling and I can smell its meaty aroma twelve …

Durkheim’s theories on ritual are an integral part of his work on religion, outlined in his book ‘The Elementary Forms of Religious Life’. Rites are defined by Durkheim as ‘determined modes of action’ (Durkheim, 1915, pg. 36). They are ceremonies that are active expressions of particular beliefs or aspects of …

According to the classic statement of Karl Marx, “Religion is the sign of oppressed creature, the heart of the heartless world … the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people.” According to an essay written by Charles H. Long, he had an experience of the …

Religion has been a big topic thought out history. The Protestant Reformation took place when a young monk named Martin Luther was questioning the beliefs of the Catholic Church, and stated a new church. This resulted to argument from both sides. After Muhammad’s death, different sects in religion were made, …

One of the most significant writers of the romantic period in American literature was Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne wrote stories that opposed the ideas of Transcendentalism. Since he had ancestors of Puritan belief, Hawthorne wrote many stories about Puritan New England: his most famous story is The Scarlet Letter. In Hawthorne’s …

Introduction: The twenty first century individual, his mental faculties evolved by the influence of the modern materialistic civilization, has one’s own view of life. These views, the end-products of mind-level intellectualism, are bound to be different and conflict-generating. Taoism gives one the way of life. The legendary Taoist Sages are …

INTRODUCTION Throughout the ages, religion of any region represents a broad based scripture of do-s and don’ts for its society, the content of which is made after lot of research on the experience of living. Thus the instructions in the texts of religion culminate into the practice, which in turn …

  This paper seeks to highlight the rituals of some of the important institutions like marriage, child rearing, sin, war, death, and afterlife in Taoism. The paper will explain how Taoist follows certain beliefs, which are both mystical and spiritual in nature. The paper will conclude with a brief analysis …