This religion first originates in Asian countries but now we frequently see temples around in this free America. This is due to the high Asian immigration rate during the 1930's. 1 One might think that there is no connection between sociology and religion; moreover, sociology interferes with religion since sociology is the system study of human society (as stated in the first chapter of the text book) and that what it explore is "real" and "scientific". ...

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As well known, the American Civil War (1861-1865) was fought for the slavery, those slaveholders in southern states chose to war because of the profits. In Yugoslavia, serious relationship between Serbians and Croatians resulted in ethnic cleaning in the late 1990's; same as the western, Genghis Khan, the Mongol conqueror of China, who annexed central Asia, Iran, and southern Russia (1206-1227) to fulfill his desires. ... As the result of drugs using, the American Supreme Court decided a massive expansion of drug testing in schools is allowed. ...

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The misinterpretation of race has shattered the American society and for all that it stands. We should correct America's immoral actions and assumptions that separate God's children in hope of reforming the United States toward true equality. The United States is supposed to be a nation of equal beings, yet the government, companies, and organizations in America use race in questionnaires and forms. For example, admissions forms asked to check one of the boxes containing the following: African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, ...

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1 One Dream: Many Cultures What is an American? ... Americans do not all have to live in "America," but American's do share one thing in common; the personification of freedom. In Peter Ferrara's journal article, What is an American, he states his definition of an American. ... An American may also be African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan (Ferrara, par 3). ... In conclusion, American's are not just people who live in American or have an individual skin color. ...

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Growing up I never really looked at religion as a huge thing. My family isn't very religious, and we just never really talked about it. I don't really know what I would call myself, but for the most part I don't know what to believe and honestly don't really believe in anything at all when it comes...

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One thing that I think was very clever by Finke and Stark was that they brought up the immigration laws that kept out most Asians therefore Eastern religious teachers. ... What Finke and Stark say in this section that clarifies their argument, I think is that it took only a relatively a small number of American converts to Hinduism to generate some Hindu-based cult movements ; which if you think about it, it is not an explosion it is a normal thing to do when something new like that comes into to an area. ...

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One thing that I think was very clever by Finke and Stark was that they brought up the immigration laws that kept out most Asians therefore Eastern religious teachers. ... What Finke and Stark say in this section that clarifies their argument, I think is that it took only a relatively a small number of American converts to Hinduism to generate some Hindu-based cult movements ; which if you think about it, it is not an explosion it is a normal thing to do when something new like that comes into to an area. ...

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