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    that religion does consists of symbols and rituals that serve as moral foundations for human beings. Moreover, these rituals, practices, teachings and traditions of a certain religion shape one’s morals and code of ethics. At the same time, these religious traditions are reflected through the actions and ethics practiced by many in their daily lives. Overall, they serve as the basis of one’s sense of existence and belonging into society. Although, I relate to Geertz, I also understand as to…

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    Parents often use religion as a form of support when religiously coping and for other forms of guidance. Some research suggests that some parent often use some religious forms of coping for stresses such as having a special needs child or has chronic illness (Bridges). Some religious communities offer services such as reviewing a situation or conflict such as viewing disabled children as a gift from God and that those children were put on this earth for a purpose and isn't too much to handle at…

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    Martyrdom is a term that refers to the voluntary death of a person often for religious purposes or as the result of persecution. Martyrs often sacrificed their own lives for a particular cause rather than, in the case of Christians, betray their beliefs. In the Christian tradition, after their deaths many martyrs became saints. Saints are religious people who are recognized as being exceptionally holy by the Church. Yet saints and martyrs served other purposes other than just to honour the holy…

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    regard Believer’s Baptism, Authority of Scripture, Spiritual Conversion, and Evangelism as the “B.A.S.E.” or foundation of Baptist Identity. Believers’ Baptism The most apparent practice that separates Baptists from many denominations is our namesake baptism. While each denomination differs in the mode of baptism and requirements of the baptized most Baptists believe that baptism should be done through immersion of Christians who has made a confession of faith. From the beginning of Baptist…

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    The Confession mainly went over the 28 Articles of the Christian Faith. The thing that makes it significant is that it officially ended the religious struggle between the two groups and made the legal division of Christendom permanent within the Holy Roman Empire. The Peace established the principle which allowed German princes to select either Lutheranism or Catholicism within the domains they…

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    For example, the team a fan cheers for is similar to a person selecting their religious denomination. In religion, the people of a certain denomination believe that their beliefs are right and may disagree or go against another religion’s beliefs. This is like supporting a certain team and going against another in sports. Each religion has its own symbols and things…

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    Cults will help us to perceive how the overwhelming American religious society dismisses certain new religious developments in view of particulars parts of their teachings or enrollments the word. On account of these gatherings, we can perceive how the dominating religious groups in America can oppress different conventions in light of particular issues. Knowing this, we will perceive how such states of mind towards new religious developments impacted responses against the Branch Davidians amid…

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    instead were discriminated against their Catholic practices. The Protestant Reformation was a conflict for the Irish Catholics but led them to fight for their rights, causing the first amendment and other religious compromises to be made. The Protestant Reformation was a political, educational, and religious disruption that challenged the Catholics beliefs and practices. The…

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    people have but remain in isolation against religious communities. The United States in the past one-hundred-years as strayed away from a protestant culture to a secular one as the country is filled with various opinion and religious beliefs that would be discriminated against in state sanctioned public activities that adhere to christian beliefs and values. The secularist movement in the American government had caused shock and concern for the the religious christian communities in the country…

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    Briefly summarize Jung’s attitude toward religion. (B) What criticisms have been positioned against his approach to the psychology of religion? Jung’s attitude brings up several key points towards the topic of religion. He believes people have a religious instinct, to a higher force or being, like God. He does not, however, look into its meaning but its “therapeutic value” (464). Through this, Jung sees the mental process of individuation leads to the idea of God. This process of…

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