The dissolution of the social fabric, equality among the human races, place of women in the present society and the political, social and economic conflicts that face our present world. Among the teachings discussed include; the concepts of justice, equality, community, the universe, freedom, brotherhood and the place of women in the society. ...
The physicist, David Bohm, asks: Is there not a kind of "hubris" that seems rather often to penetrate the very fabric of scientific thought, and capture the mind of scientists, whenever any particular scientific theory has been successful for some period of time? ... This would not only deflate any supposed exclusivistic epistemic superiority, but enable science to be science and not a barely disguised, a priori metaphysical ideology such as when Steven Weinberg says in the First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of a Universe that human life is a "farcical outcome of a chain of acc...
When Christopher Columbus sailed in 1492 he connected two worlds so vastly different that they might as well have been from far ends of the universe. ... Their ceremonies were connected with, as Ruth Underhill notes, "the very fabric of life. ...
From the time of her birth in Japan, a women, will have a much different religious experience than one of her counterparts from another society. This is partly due to the rigid and strict society in which she lives, but also due to the rich and generous blend of religious traditions that make one entirely unique experience. Japan is a country without a truly native religion. The people of Japan are all members of several different traditions and each person may be more religious in one area at different times in there life. The blend is mainly made up of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucius, Taoist...
