Essays on Religion Page 48

            The Italian Renaissance produced some of the greatest artist and they in turn produced great masterpieces.  The Assumption of the Virgin by Titian, an alter piece located in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, a Basilica in Venice, Italy is a perfect example of a masterpiece from the period. Titian’s Assumption of the Virgin –…

It is an incredible account of the religious rights and culture of the Oglala Soiux. The God of the Soiux is Wakan Tanka and they believe that it is a three in one similar to what we would believe to be the God head. They believe that he is in all that is good and…

Loving God and Other Sins As Friedrich Nietzsche, the revolutionary existentialist, once said, “The Christian resolve to find the world evil and ugly has made the world evil and ugly.” William H. Faulkner’s Light in August, a novel in which the various protagonists struggle with Christianity, soils their relationships with the people around them and…

Jotirao Govindrao Phule was born in the Satara district of Maharashtra in a family belonging to the Mali (Fulmali) caste, which was perceived as an inferior caste by certain sections of society. His father, Govindrao, was a vegetable vendor. Originally, Jotirao’s family, known as Gorhays, came from Katgun, a village in Taluka-Khatav, District-Satara. His grandfather,…

India is a country in South Asia and it sometimes referred to as the Republic of India. This country houses a culture group known as Indians. Understanding Indian culture is important and crucial due to the vast amounts of immigrants in the United States. After interviewing a man from India, I have a better understanding…

The first movie we viewed in Sociology with Professor Erbes is “The New Eve”. The New Eve is a video study about finding our beginning, and saying where we as a people came from as far as where we first began. After viewing this video it has made it even harder to believe what one…

The Movie “ The Boondocks Saints” is nothing short of a guilty pleasure. With its profane nature and crude sense of dull humor, the brilliant film is an example of the style over substance at its finest. This two member Irish Catholic gangster movie is enraged and full of action, that will sure grab anyone’s…

William Blake was a romantic 1st generation poet who was born on November 28th 1757, into a lower class family. Blake discovered his skill for the arts at a young age as him enthusiasm to paint inspired his work. He was sent to a drawing school at an early age. The education Blake received was…

Out of all the pre-Confucian philosophersLaoerao was the greatest. No one really knows ifLaozi-Tao even existed. There is more than one way ofspelling his name. ANother form of it is Laortze. It wasalso found to be Lao Tzu. Despite all these different names for him, his real one is said to be Li. The nameLaortze…

Indigenous people are described as “descendants of the original inhabitants of lands now controlled by political systems in which they have little influence” (Fisher, 38). Despite the liberation of thoughts and cultural diversity, many indigenous people still maintain a sacred way of life that is distinctively unique from all other religion. These enduring ways of…