Spiritualism

The Impact of The Beatles The Beatles, arguably the world’s most popular rock band, played a massively influential role in regards to Hinduism in popular culture. Consisting of four members, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr, the English rock band from Liverpool brought many aspects of Hinduism to their music. The Beatles’ lead guitarist, George Harrison, was solely responsible in shaping the ways the West looked at the spiritual life of Hinduism. George Harrison was…

The Politics of Buddhist Revival Laurence Cox wrote an article that explores several aspects of U’ Dhammaloka’s Buddhism, and who he was as a Buddhist (Cox, 2010). Laurence Cox explores U’ Dhammaloka’s involvement in the Buddhist Tract Society (BTS), as a social movement organizer, and his participation in politics. (Cox, 2010). Also, the sacred Buddhist text that Dhammaloka could not interpret during his preaching tours. Summary Cox, (2010), in his article “The Politics of Buddhist Revival:…

Inclusion. An ideology that has taken time for historians to understand. A narrative of the World’s history has existed for centuries untouched only until recently. This narrative is recycled over time and told over and over again despite it often being false. Historians like Francis Jennings and Michael Witgen use their scholarship research to combat a false representation of Native Americans in history. Using historiography, these two authors, like many others, look to disprove what's been…

The idea of salvation inhabits an important part of American cultural history, especially in regards to America’s Puritan heritage. The foundation of Puritan culture was religion. The Puritan philosophies that stressed the choice between a life of sin or salvation. These ideas can be seen in early American literature such as that of Anne Bradstreet’s “The Author to her book” and Johnathan Edwards’s “ Sinners in the among others. American literature eventually evolved into a secular art. Later…

The later decades of the 18th Century gave way to many new ideas not before seen by the likes of society. It was a time full of literature, science, experimentation, and knowledge. It was within these disciplines that electricity shone, it was at the forefront of all major works, with electrical experimentation becoming the most strongly analysed, and written about theories along with, investigations into the states of life and death. One work that highlighted upon all of these uprising ideas…

in his poetry. We believe that full justice to Tagore as a poet of Nature is yet to be done. We also believe that scholars and researchers have been put on a false track because of his greatness as a mystic and as a philosopher, because of his spiritualism and Indianness, his philanthropist and altruism. There is hardly any thought, or feeling, or concept, emotion that does not come to life with vivid, suggestive and telling images drawn from Nature. In the companionship with nature that Tagore…

A Passage to India unfolded an attempt to understand the real India. The entry of Miss Adela Quested from England to India changes the atmosphere of both the novel and at the same time the relationship between India and Britain in reality. Racial politics deep rooted within prejudice amongthe British against the people of India. To the British people India is a country of weak, unreliable, dishonest, lustful country having feminine qualities. Through this novel we realize that the British people…

When prompted to describe a conservative member of the Baby Boomer generation, younger people from America often imagine a senior citizen with a distinct intolerance for the youth. America’s Baby Boomers are thought to view Millennials and the Generation Z as “entitled”, “lazy” and “self-centered”. Phrases like “back in my day…”, “today’s misguided youth…” and “the downfall of society…” get thrown around as well in such conversation. This general outlook seems to be applied to all of the world’s…

“A Perfect Day for Bananafish” and “Teddy”: Salinger’s Commentary on the American Society In J.D. Salinger’s Nine Stories, featuring “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” and “Teddy”, he skillfully illustrates the societal struggles of materialism and worldliness, and its destructive impact on people’s personal lives. Through his complex characters, Salinger depicts how the American lifestyle erodes the core values of family, as shown in his portrayal of marriage, and the neglect of children.…

Deuteronomy 9: 19-11: 32 Moses again emphasized the crucial importance of obedience. He reminded them of their infidelity to God in the desert when they made the golden calf and how they were about to perish. They were saved by the prayer of Moses, who in an intelligent and spiritual way appealed to the honor and glory of God. From here he gave them a new opportunity, and again taught them his law and constituted the family of Levi to be priests to intercede for them. Finally he began to…