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In the article “The Church of Baseball, the Fetish of Coca-Cola, and the Potlatch of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, David Chidester discusses the similarities between religion and popular culture. Chidester demonstrates that through a particular set of lenses, popular culture can actually exist as religion by using three points of comparison such as the “church”, the “fetish” and “potlatch”. In Chidester’s article, for each of the three points of comparisons, he uses baseball, Coca-Cola and Rock ‘n’ Roll as…

Ghostology has a long and vivid history. Ghosts were first heard of in the sixteenth century until now. The word “ghost” originated from an ancient term, “gast”, in the evolved modern German language. As time went on, “ghost” became a significant for the disembodied spirit of a deceased person. The people of the ancient time where culturally brought with the understanding that the soul of a human's being survived bodily death and deserved a kind of sustenance in the afterlife based on the kind…

de Dinteville arrived in England for his second diplomatic venture. Whilst it yielded little, he was sent by the French king to protect relations with Henry VIII, who was in an uproar, planning to break away from the pope in Rome and the Catholic church. Dinteville had little to do in English court of Henry VIII other than wait for the pregnant Anne Boleyn to marry and become queen of England, which brought about the English Reformation in following year. In the spring of 1533, when spirits…

that people became literate enough to document music. However, most literate people of the time were clergy men and students of universities run by the church, so as a result, the vast majority of recorded music was religious. Therefore, any other forms of music that was comprised were not preserved unless they met the traditional standards of the church, which limited the amount of recorded music even further. 2. What were English forms of popular music that came to America? Answer-…

The adoption of the Christian religoin around the world changed the cultures and views of many people as it spread. The religious beliefs of the people of Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxans changed dramatically when Christianity was introduced. With christianity coming into play of the pre-christian germans and the Anglo-Saxans the daily lifestyles and even the gods were altered. This is shown with how the people in Beowulf story was influenced by Christianity.. Before the Christian religion was…

the Assumption falls on August 15. Our Lady of Lourdes Day is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Furthermore, on that day people go and see her near Lourdes, France. Alternatively, St. Peter & Paul Day is dedicated to two of the earliest leaders in the church. Additionally, music entertainment, fireworks, and fairs are just some of the ways they celebrate. The Feast of the Assumption is dedicated to the day Mary ascended into Heaven. Moreover, a statue of the Virgin Mary is carried through the…

government or or no single state tried to reunite the people who lived on the European continent. The Catholic Church soon tried to take over and help reunite the people. The Catholic Church was a big part of Europe. It was the only church in Europe during this time so it had a major role. Leaders, kings, and queens gained their power from their alliances and from the protection of the Catholic Church. Rural life in Europe was governed by a system of scholars called “feudalism”. In a feudal…

founder of many teachings within the Catholic church. Starting as the youngest son of a family within lower nobility, St. Thomas Aquinas will end his life as an ordained teacher of theology and will have developed ideas of God. Most of his philosophical ideas and teachings come from his search for the existence and true form of God. The teachings which he gave to the world have been an influence for the study of theology and the teachings of the Catholic church. St. Thomas Aquinas has had a…

"and she had little dogs she be feeding/With roasted foolish, or milk, or a fine white bread." (150- 151.) She had multiple dogs that she fed with fine food on the pilgrimage. The parson was the second religious character to break this vow "Both from church offerings and his property/He could in little find sufficiently." (499 – 500.) He was distraught with the fact he could not live lavishly with the church’s funds or his own. The monk was also breaking the vow of poverty by owning pets “ This…

The Thirty Years War’s war origins were largely due to religion, although political factors coincided as the war continued throughout the seventeenth century, and so the importance of religion within these wars shouldn’t be overstated as there were other factors interweaving alongside religion. The importance of religion in the Thirty Years War is emphasised through the evolution of new religious denominations appearing during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, causing friction in Europe.…