RELIGION AND COMMUNITIES

The Rastafarian movement is not a very well known concept amongst many people outside of Jamaica and mostly black communities. Here are the basics of what makes the Rastafarian religion so special.

An overview of the 20th Century Protestant Reformations in Scotland

The following summarizes women's increased role in social reform on Galveston Island during the Progressive Era.

The most interesting things may be what will have no proven or truthful explanation. Such issues could include the sightings of Bigfoot, the possibility of a Martian civilization, ancient human life, to the just plain supernatural.

What is religion? And how does it affect the society we live in? Religion, although an individual choice, influences masses in huge numbers, in a number of ways...

Find out how differences in culture and religion may play huge roles in determining how much of a giver a particular person is. Find out what culture and what religions are the best givers.

The latest spring event and festival so to speak is a protest for human rights in Syria in front of the White House, Washington, DC. Will human rights, freedom of speech & religion, and democracy come to Syria soon? Protests ask and talk with the media.

Using one specific illustration for each subject, current controversies relating to freedom of the press to protect sources of information, the separation of church and state, and gun control are discussed.

Believe it or not, religion and faith combined create one of the most profitable businesses in the world.

Curious about religion and the digital age? This article discusses some pros and cons of virtual religion and builds a case on why virtual religion is here to stay.

A common belief is that Wicca and Paganism is a survival of an underground religion that has existed before Christianity and other Abrahamic religions. This is not case historically, however.

Although the Maronites and Armenians has a bloody history, but they still exist with their culture, religion and identity today. They are the brave freedom fighters.

Proposition 8 is this years great debate. Some much controversy lurks this proposition. People question the validity of the new statute and religion's involvement. Faith plays a large factor in Californian's passing this law.

Jerusalem's Wailing Wall goes back centuries and is steeped in history and religion. Bethlehem's dividing wall goes back years and has been compared to the wall in Berlin, Germany.

This essay examines how Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor's colonial American poetry overcame restrictive barriers to creativity and allowed for greater poetic self-confidence demonstrated in Walt Whitman's work.

This piece summarizes the chapters of Klitzman's book Being Positive: The Lives of Men and Women with HIV and provides additional insight into the issues of each chapter.

The creative tension between science and religion is a good thing because it generates communication. However, scientists should speak from the laboratory, not the bully pulpit.

Both the Taliban and the amish live in a time-warp, but are a fascinating study in contrast. While one practises extreme terror and intolerance in the name of religion, the other has used religion to build an enchanting culture of harmony non-violence.

A look at tensions between religious and political themes in the Christian Commonwealth.

Every faith has inspired a deeply rooted visual tradition and a sense of shared community. They each create an ambiance that they feel is most appropriate for their different types of worship. Though each tradition uses a different setting to...