religious aspects

Presents a brief profile of religiously-based warfare over the centuries including the Crusades, the Inquisition, Muslim Jihad, and modern terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda.

Essays from various sources provide a wide range of opinions on the discrimination of religious groups in America, discussing Christians in school, anti-Semitism on campus, religion in education, Islamic women and feminism, Muslims, homosexuality in the Episcopal Church, and Hare Krishnas.

Explains that throughout history people all over the world have used masks for religious purposes as well as for disguise, protection, and enjoyment.

Presents a history of rock and roll music, exploring its origins and relating its past to modern day rockers.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu shares the lessons he learned while serve as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, an organization formed to help South Africa move forward from despotism to democracy; and argues that true reconciliation cannot be achieved with acknowledging the atrocities committed in the past.

Explains how a scientific understanding of the universe can lead to a greater sense of spirituality, reverence, and continuity.

Traces five of the best known fairy tales from the brothers Grimm back to their sources in oral culture and early literature.

Describes the different foods prepared in various religious ceremonies by Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, and Sikhs.

Contains twenty essays that provide various perspectives on terrorism, discussing the basis of religious terror, state-sponsored terror, terrorism in the name of national liberation, terrorism and the United States, and the nature and causes of terrorism.