Every now and then, people switch on their TVs and are greeted with news of religious violence: the Moslems fighting the Hindus in India and Indian-controlled Kashmir; the Christians and Moslems battling it out in Indonesia, the Philippines, Spain, the Sudan and Nigeria; the repression of the Buddhists, Falun Gong and other religious groups in communist China - to mention a few. ... It is important to note that some of these conflicts have risen out of countries that used to be under dictators, or were communist. ...

• Word Count: 1545
• Approx Pages: 6

"In Tibet, communist China invaded in the 1950's right after World War II had ended. ... Other groups were persecuted on political and behavioral grounds, among them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, gypsies, and homosexuals. ...

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

"Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" is the life story of the vivacious, spunky Marjane Satrapi as she experiences the struggles and conflict between Iran's political society and the displeasure of its people in the 1980's. Marjane position in this eternal struggle is both a curse as well a blessi...

• Word Count: 1625
• Approx Pages: 7

Competing religious traditions would not have been able to agree on language to describe human rights from a common existence under 'God', and communist delegations would have outright vetoed such a reference. ...

• Word Count: 1758
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

"The danger is not that religion has become the content of television shows but that television shows may become the content of religion!" ~ Neil Postman. Media is considered to be a window to the world, as well as an...

• Word Count: 1806
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

Comparing and contrasting Marx" belief on religion as a social opium, along with Emile Durkheim and Max Weber's understanding and account of religion within society. How do we account for religion - its origin, its development, and even its persistence in modern society? This is a question, whi...

• Word Count: 2462
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They were no political ads, just speeches on the radio which everyone ignored, he got most of his news from the older people at work who would talk about it in a secretive manner, and anyone speaking against the government was considered a communist. ...

• Word Count: 1884
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School