...Religion, cultural and fundamental system of beliefs and practices often agreed upon by a community of people. These systems are pursued routinely and faithfully by humans to strengthen their relationship with their deities. Humans have demonstrated a natural inclination towards faith and worship of anything they consider superior, as following rituals and traditions gives them the true sense of order and structure they require in their life. Faith supposedly helps earn goodness and everlasting life, and is used to appease and get favours from the being’s superior. Indigenous and Ancient Religions have shaped the way individuals view the religious world today. Indigenous, the word itself refers to anything that is native to a geographical...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Indigenous Culture Web Site Review Template |Question |Response | |Web site 1 URL: | | | |http://www.nativeplanet.org/indigenous/pech/pechreligion.htm | | | | |Name of Indigenous | | |culture/religion presented in |Pech culture | |Web site | | |Consider the examples of roles| | |and observances held sacred by|None of the roles and observances are being kept alive today. The church has banned them and deemed | |these people. Is this practice|them witchcraft. These people can not follow their old faith without persecution. | |being kept alive? | ...
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...Anthony Flores MAS 10A 12:00pm Professor Covarrubias, Professor Gamboa 10/15/14 SECTION ONE: Indigenous Mesoamerica b. To what extent has the history of Mesoamerica been taught from a Eurocentric perspective? What theories, ideas, and/or terminology are problematic when trying to assert an Indigenous perspective? (For example: Bering Strait, Malintzin, Cuauhtemoc, Human Sacrifice...there are many more examples!) In the United States the history of Mesoamerica has always been included in textbooks and lectures around the nation. The parts of the history that are included, however, are what is often put into question. While writing any piece or publishing any book there will always be a set bias. There is only so much you can include and many times what is chosen not to be included speaks more volumes then what is included. In secondary education one is taught the history of the Americas in a Eurocentric perspective. Many of the ugly truths are hidden and many of the people we were made to believe were American heroes would largely be construed as villains to many if all the facts were presented. This has a lot to do with why its is not universally presented in such a manner, as many of the facts and ideas paint the roots of the countries foundation as villainous and the indigenous perspective is very intricate to explain. While the barriers of the ideas and terminology may be present it is still inexplicable how the history of Mesoamerica is still taught in...
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...Response • Recognize ways in which organized religion influences people’s lives. • Define common terms related to the study of religion. Week Two: Indigenous Sacred Ways • Describe the importance of relationships to indigenous religions. • Identify examples of roles and observances held sacred by indigenous peoples. Week Three: Hinduism • Describe the Hindu philosophical systems and forms of worship. • Explain the origins of Hinduism. Week Four: Buddhism • Explain the origins of Buddhism. • Describe Buddhism’s theological foundations and spiritual practices. Week Five: Daoism, Confucianism, and Judaism • Compare and contrast the theological foundations and spiritual practices of Daoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. • Explain the origins of Judaism. • Describe Judaism’s theological foundations and spiritual practices. Week Six: Christianity and Islam • Explain the origins of Christianity. • Explain the origins of Islam. Week Seven: Monotheistic Religions • Compare and contrast the theological foundations and spiritual practices of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Week Eight: New Religious Movements & Religion in the 21st Century • Compare and contrast new religious movements with well established religions. • Estimate the impact of religious pluralism and the interfaith movement on the future of organized religion. Week Nine: Making Connections • Communicate with people of different religions about their beliefs and practices. Course...
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... | | |HUM/130 Version 6 | | |Religions of the World | Copyright © 2009, 2007, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course studies the major religions of the world. Topical areas include Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Indigenous Cultures, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism. Students will be objectively studying the origins and major figures and comparing and contrasting each of the major religions. During this course each student will visit a religious site and interview a person of an unfamiliar faith. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view...
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...Indigenous Cultures of Indonesia Today Erlangga Rajendra Geography 1500 Dr. Moshe Rapaport Indigenous Cultures of Indonesia Today The Republic of Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous nation, with a population of 203 million people living on around a thousand permanently occupied islands. The population is constituted by some 200-300 ethnic groups each speaking their own language and dialects. The Indonesian national culture is multicultural and is anchored on the older societies and interethnic relations. The national culture was developed by those who fought the Dutch colonialists in the 21st century. During this period, there were cultural stresses that the colonialists like the Dutch, the Portuguese and others brought to the indigenous people. The national culture is built having its, historical roots, institutions, values, beliefs and customs that were shared by many of the indigenous people. It is still being improved in the 21st century making it undergo certain stresses. This paper seeks to analyze to what extent corporate interest can be held responsible for the disappearance of native cultures (Countries and Their Cultures , 2012). The extent to which corporate interest can be held responsible is a dilemma that needs to assess the risks and benefits to a community. The basic principle of universality, equality and non-discrimination entitles the indigenous people to full range of rights that constitute the international law. Office of the High Commissioner...
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...Beginning in the 1450,’s Latin America and the Caribbean regions were booming. With the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, such as Hernan Cortes, the European and Spanish religions have been forced upon the Latin America people. Many changes arose like, starting with the Roman Catholic and then gradually moving onto Christianity. With these new religions many of the indigenous people got rid of practices such as human sacrifice. Their focus of religion also changed from polytheistic to monotheistic. But some practices and beliefs did remain stagnant from 1450 until present day. Many Latin Americans are very serious about their religion because it plays a huge role in their lives. Another aspect of daily religion that stayed the same was a constant...
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...College of Humanities HUM/130 Version 5 Religions of the World | Copyright © 2009, 2007, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course studies the major religions of the world. Topical areas include Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Indigenous Cultures, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism. Students will be objectively studying the origins and major figures and comparing and contrasting each of the major religions. During this course each student will visit a religious site and interview a person of an unfamiliar faith. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Note: All assignments (not discussions) must be submitted along with a Certificate of Originality (COO). The COO is in the Course Materials and is an Attachment to the COO post in the Main section. Course Materials Fisher, M. P. (2005). Living religions (6th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice-Hall...
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...Migration, Immigration, and Emigration, and Their Effects on Religion, Women, and Minorities in the Developing World Migration, Immigration, and Emigration, and Their Effects on Religion, Women, and Minorities in the Developing World Migration/Immigration Issues Bolivia has a population of 10 million regular citizens and approximately 1.6 million emigrants. Migration is an important issue in this country, and there are currently efforts underway to establish a law of migration that will serve as a basis for the implementation of a policy to meet the needs of foreigners in Bolivia. In addition, because of the huge socioeconomic gap between the rich and the poor, migrants are highly vulnerable to human trafficking and labour exploitation (IOM, 2011, para. 1). About half of Bolivia citizens have migrated inside or outside to other countries; however, Bolivia also receives many immigrants from Brazil, Paraguay, Eastern Europe, and Japan. Some Bolivians migrate to other properties only wanting to return home; however, many stay permanently. Spainish immigrants have the largest portion living in Bolivia. In the earlier days, it was easy to migrate to Spain with not having a visa; however, today it is not as easy to immigrate. The issues for Bolivia migration are that people are worried about increased crime, increased pollution, congestion, and loss of traditional cultural practices and values. Let us take a look at the issues people are worried about. The crime rate...
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...Common Practices in Religion Definition of Religion Religion is often defined as a group of people who get together and practice a set of beliefs. Religion is a common belief in one God. The origin of the word religion means to bind or connect, or review, and re-examine. The focus point of religion is that the majority of humans believe in a higher power. Such power is the fuel that moves humans to join or not join a religion. Overall, religion is a system of beliefs and values that provides its followers with transcendent beliefs. Religion is meant to be unbiased; however, this often depends on the follower’s extreme or complacent belief system (Molloy, 2010). Most religions begin at a local level and eventually grow to a world standing. The local level religious growth often embraces its people, places, local cultures, and common beliefs. Religious growth often comes as a result of world event manifestations. Such events cause doubt, fear, and encourage humans to join a group that will offer advice on how to simplify their lives as they deal with their daily problems. What people often do not realize is that humans, not God, created religions. If religious beliefs get out of control, these can lead to prejudices, biases, hatred, and even murder such as what has been taking place near Israel for the past four decades (Molloy, 2010). Practices Across World Religions There are common practices and experiences across various world religions. The subjective approach believes...
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...Axia College Material Appendix D Indigenous Culture Web Site Review Template Question | Response | Web site 1 URL: | http://www.religioustolerance.org/buddhism.htm | Name of Indigenous culture/religion presented in Web site | This website discussed Buddhism. | Consider the examples of roles and observances held sacred by these people. Is this practice being kept alive? | This religion is very much alive by their cultural traditions. It is the 4th largest religion in the world. The prayers and festivals still occur today as a form of keeping the religion alive. | Has the culture/religion evolved over time? | Yes! It has changed into different sects depending on locality. | If the culture/religion still lives, how has Western culture changed it? | Western culture has changed it, via trying to create one form of Buddhism. | Who authored this site? Do you think the content of the site is authentic? | B.A. Robinson. I do think this site is authentic because it uses historical quotes and citations. | Name one interesting fact you learned from this Web site. | Buddhism does not endorse the existence of the soul. Many and most major world religions, however do believe in the existence of the soul. | Question | Response | Web site 2 URL: | http://www.gnosticmedia.com/ | Name of indigenous culture/religion presented in Web site. | Agnostic | Consider the examples of roles and observances held sacred by these people. Is this practice being kept...
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...Common Practices in Religion Saniyyah Johnson REL/133 January 11, 2016 Gerald Grudzen Common Practices in Religion There are a lot of common practices in various religions some of the common practices are praying, or reading a holy book. When you look at the definition of religion. It states the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. A particular system of faith and worship. A pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance. This definition is not accurate according to (A brief overview of religion blog by Anjail Rogers Saturday September 27, 2014). For many years attempts to define religion have continuously been made; however as the world continues to change so does the meaning because it could very well be possible that “a definition may apply to religions of the past, but may not be suitable for a religion of the future” (Molloy, 2013 p.6). There are many different definitions for religion, however the most basic definition states that religion is “a system of thought, feeling, and action that is shared by a group and that gives the members and object of devotion; a code of behavior by which individuals may judge the personal and social consequences of their actions; and a frame of reference by which individuals may relate to their group and their universe” ("Religion," 2013). Traditional dictionary definitions of religion reference “worships of a God or gods, prayer, ritual, and a moral code” (Molloy...
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...Phil 33 Apocalypto Movie Paper In the movie Apocalypto there were many different cultures and lifestyles that tribes of the past have had many similarties to, even in todays culture I can see many of the same references from apocalypto and indigenous tribes of history. In my essays I will be answereing the following questions in philosophical. 1- In film I seen that the mayan culture surfaced in the people of the indigenous tribes. 3 yes indeed the power of the love of jaguar paw’s culture and something unseen in the nature of where his religion played a vital role that seemed to provide strength to endure in the way that would drive his soul to fight on the true spirit of his people. For example in the beginning you see jaguar paw and his lifestyle his family and his faith whether it was the hunt or the villige comedy of the brothers problem with childbearing you see a sense of connectivity and love that a closenit group of loved ones have. At their last night before the villige was attacked they sat together and listend to the elder or shaman as similar to the Naskapi and their reliationship with the animals that they hunted and respected, they listened to the shaman talk about a story about the man and his sorrows and sadness and problems and how the animals of their culture helpled in solving the sorrows and sadness of man but instead ending their own lives after the man had devoured everything in his path as if it were...
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...Saints) is an Afro-Caribbean religion based on Yoruba beliefs and traditions, with some Roman Catholic elements added. The religion is also known as La Regla Lucumi and the Rule of Osha.Santeria is a syncretic religion that grew out of the slave trade in Cuba. Origin: Santería is a system of beliefs that merges aspects of Yoruba mythology, which were brought to the New World by Yoruba slaves, with Christianity and Indigenous American traditions.[2] The slaves carried with them various religious customs, including a trance and divination system for communicating with their ancestors and deities, animal sacrifice, and sacred drumming and dance.[3][4] Upon its arrival in the Americas, this religious tradition evolved into what we now recognize as Santería. The colonial period from the standpoint of African slaves may be defined as a time of perseverance. Their world quickly changed. Tribal kings and their families, politicians, business and community leaders all were enslaved and taken to a foreign region of the world. Religious leaders, their relatives and their followers were now slaves. Colonial laws criminalized their religion. They were forced to become baptized and worship a god their ancestors had not known who was surrounded by a pantheon of saints. The early concerns during this period seem to have necessitated a need for individual survival under harsh plantation conditions. A sense of hope was sustaining the internal essence of what today is called Santería, a misnomer...
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...the human mind can make sense of the world around it. Some unique way of seeing the world could be lost. 2. What areas do Gregory and David choose when they are looking for languages to research? Areas most in need and areas with history of colonization. India, Bolivia, and Siberia are some examples. 3. Who typically stops speaking the indigenous language, and why do you think that is? Often children, because they integrate into a more popular language. They do this for an economic advantage. 4. What has been the role of boarding schools on the use of indigenous languages? Provide some examples. Mitigated disaster. Kalinga Institute in India has 60 indigenous minority groups are educated in English and taught Hindu religion, which puts pressure on their individuality. 5. What is the conflict between education for indigenous groups and preservation of language? Is there a way to resolve this conflict to the benefit of the indigenous groups? Many different indigenous groups are brought together and educated in a common language like English. They should continue to practice their indigenous tongue when they are young so they have high elasticity and will retain their culture. 6. Since many tribal people are not Hindu, where do they fit within the Hindu paradigm of the world? They are below the caste system. 7. What is elicitation? Process of sharing the language and how you get a comprehensive description of the language...
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