Interracial Religion

Life. Mixed Families. Morals. People worldwide are debating and battle over the effects of crossbreeding. Crossbreeding is the science of altering DNA through the process of breeding two different animals. In order for these mutations to be possible the number of chromosomes each animal has must match. Some well known examples of this include the liger which is a cross between a lion and tiger, and the beefalo which is a mutation of a cow and a buffalo. Many people crossbreed for various reasons. However this practice has superb effects and also many disastrous effects. Do people do this for the animals or for humans. It is the main reason for debates. Does it help or hurt the animal. Is

Religion and ethnicity are two critical aspects of cultural diversity. Religion affects behavior in the organizational sector around the world still today, although most corporate establishment views this technique of integration as dangerous for the publicity of business affairs. Some companies welcome these affairs and do not place restrictions upon their employee’s for the belief of this method. These companies are allowing their employees to be flexible and reliable for their ethical choice as long as it does not interfere with their regular duties or standard operations procedures. Furthermore, these guidelines addressed by our former president, Bill Clinton, who stated that federal government employees have full rights toward religious expression as long as it does not interfere with the organizational efficiency or as the government perception of endorsing a particular religion. Nevertheless, under “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, organizations have a legal obligation to offer reasonable arrangements for employees to practice his or her religious beliefs as long as it does not pose a threat toward other employer’s or business officials (U.S Department of Justice, 2017).” Research has discovered that one out of five American workers denied employment, promotion, or recognition based on his or her ethnicity. For example, in reviewing the September the eleventh attack that killed several American, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported an

America is considered to be one of the most tolerant and diverse countries in the world compared to others. However, Americans as individuals, are highly intolerant of each other’s beliefs and racial background. We are all not as accepting of each other as we claim to be. Race and religion are amongst a plethora of examples on how diversity in America can be intolerable.

Mid-nineteenth century southern America, the writer asserts the churches in America are failing mankind by not being inclusive rather than exclusive and turning a blind-eye to the topic. Failing to live up to the core tenants of Christianity are things that erode the church and society alike. He also recalls his personal experiences with his grandfather, who was a minister, and his uncle. How his uncle had the job of being the caretaker of

This memoir reminds me about my culture in a sense. I would like to point out a difference between race and religion. Me, personally, I’m an Arab Muslim. In my religion, sex before marriage is forbidden, and those who do it are a huge disgrace because its haram (forbidden), and will result in a major punishment by god. Of course, in many religions, adultery is also forbidden, such as in Christianity, but sex before marriage is still highly common; at least in the west. Now, thinking about what happened to “No Name Woman,” I can relate to what could happen to a Muslim if one did what she did. Although the differences here I believe is religion. For example, If I was just Arab, and not Muslim, having sex before marriage wouldn’t be such a major

Yes, all religions carry out funeral ceremonies, but they carry them out in different ways, showing that there can’t be common ground.

Better. This is a quality that everyone seeks to achieve. Day to day life in society is geared to improving one’s life to the best of one’s abilities. Even though people gear their life in this way, it doesn’t mean that becoming a better person is any bit easy. Karen Armstrong’s essay “Homo Religiosus,” discusses the role of religion and its underlying arts and disciplines. Oliver Sacks’ essay “The Mind’s Eye” analyzes the lives of several blind individuals. Sacks' essay goes through how several individual continues to live his or her life despite being blind. The practices of blindness enact the arts and disciplines of religion because they allow an individual to become a better person.

In her article Berrey (2011) studied why diversity became the accepted norm. In the study Berrey examined data from the University of Michigan from 1965 through 2005. The data collected studied the “Opportunity Awards Program” that was started by the university. The program was intended to increase the diversity of the campus because at this time minority students made up less than .1% of the school’s demographic. To measure the success of the program school administrators used the number of enrolled minority students as the gage of diversity. In the late 1980s the school changed their approach from emphasizing disadvantage to emphasizing inclusion. Up through the early 2000s the university continued to make changes to the diversity program. By this point most of the emphasis was put on the marketable skills that were achieved from being a part of an interracial group, and less on

Within the past couple of weeks, I had the opportunity to engage in a religious minority event. I attended the Hillel Jewish Center here on Purdue’s campus. Hillel is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, and I found it very fascinating that I got to take part in this new learning experience. I am from a small town where everyone knows everyone, and there is very little diversity in race or ethnic groups. I was raised in a Christian family and I attended church every Sunday. I have never been around such diversity until I came to Purdue. Through my education classes, and the events that I have attended on campus my cultural knowledge has grown so much since I first started attending Purdue. I had very little knowledge of the

Religion shaped inter-cultural interaction throughout the world since man first practiced animism. By the thirteenth century, religion evolved into numerous faiths that conflicted with one another. Conflicts involved numerous issues such as, who is god, is the chosen god the most powerful god, how to worship god, how one religion converts people to their religion. The issues that segregate different cultures are endless when exploring religion. As differing religions gained strength, cultures formed around people of similar beliefs and ideas creating dominant religions. One dominant religion, the Catholic Church, challenged other dominant religions to convert to Christianity. Religion shaped inter-cultural interaction through power, segregation, and diplomacy.

opposition to same-sex marriage are proposed. Researchers have found several factors related to attitudes toward lesbians and gay men and SSM, including religion (Olsen, Cadge & Harrison, 2006). Leaders of organised religion that convey a negative message about homosexuality have long been at the forefront of the fight against the acceptance of SSM, with a vested interest in upholding religious values and preserving marriage for oppositesex couples (Brumbaugh et al., 2008). However, the significant of the influence of religiosity of attitudes towards same-sex marriage was challenged ANDERSSEN (2002). His study found that around 50 percent of the participants exhibited anti-gay bias, despite the majority of the sample exhibited low to no levels of religiosity (74.1%). The negativity towards same-sex marriage is found affected by the attitudes towards the influence of same-sex parenting. Stephanie Webb and Jill Chonody (2012) study indicates that participants who reported negative attitudes toward same-sex parenting were significantly more likely to hold negative attitudes toward same-sex marriage. Justin Healey (2013) claimed the opposition against same-sex marriage with the argument that high-risk lifestyles should not be given official endorsement. He stated that a male homosexual is 14 times more likely to have

In a multicultural world where language, traditions and culture differ from country to country there is one thing that may be deemed to be true and this is that religion is the centre point for most of them. So then what exactly is religion? And how can you define it? In this paper I will be analysing and considering the different definitions that have been proposed by Victoria S. Harrison in her article “The pragmatics of defining religion in a multi-cultural world” and what I consider to be the most applicable definition of religion to date, though there may not be one. Firstly before we can analyse a text we must first understand what the author or publisher of that particular text is trying to bring forward. In Harrison’s

A lot of the time when a child grows up he or she is taught the basic fundamentals of their parents religion. Even if the parents aren't very religious, there is some sort of knowledge the child grow up with about their religious identity. Some parents are super religious and they want their kids to be exactly like them too. As time changes so does religion and different advances in the world led people to become unaffiliated with a particular religion, especially in this day and age. You see more and more people not identify with anything, but there are still those who go through all of life searching for a deeper meaning and a spiritual connection. With a lot of people forgetting about God and with those searching deeply for their inner connection, it raises the question as to why some people adopt a religion and why some people lose their religion.

The term culture can be defined as “the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others” (Hofstede & Hofstede & Minkov, 2010). Every culture has their own social norms and traditions that they follow. According to Spencer-Oatey (2012) there are three fundamental levels within the concept of culture. The first level is ‘Observable artifacts’, which are the physical appearance such as dress code and their behavior (Schein 1990). The second level, which is ‘values’, is their beliefs and social standards. These lead to the third level ’basic underlying assumptions’. This is the way that people think and feel. (Spencer-Oatey, 2012)

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary (2004), the prefix “inter” means “between, among, together” or “involving two or more.” It also says that the word “faith” means “strong belief or trust in someone or something”, “belief in the existence of God”, or “a system of religious beliefs.” In the instance of the term “interfaith”, we can put the two definitions together and say that interfaith is involving two or more systems of religious beliefs, or an existence of God. The dictionary defines “marriage” as “the relationship that exists between a husband and wife.” So, putting the words “interfaith” and “marriage” together would ultimately mean that the man and wife have two different religious belief systems. Turner and West’s (2006) book, Perspectives on Family Communication, defines interfaith marriage as “unions that include at least two different religious identities.” That is the definition of interfaith marriage in its simplest form, but an interfaith marriage is far more complex than just its meaning. To me, and also many others across the globe, interfaith marriage is a relationship that needs special commitment and attention, and now, I will attempt to show you why.