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Veda
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......Hinduism and the most ancient religious texts in an Indo-European...sacrifice that constituted their religion. The Vedic hymns were probably...assimilated various native religious ideas. The end of the...struggle. Influenced by popular religion, it included spells and incantations...give ......
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Buddhism
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...Buddhism (bŏŏd´Ĭzəm), religion and philosophy founded...s previous physical and mental actions (see karma...along with the dharma, or religious teaching, and the Buddha...Buddha was in a state of religious and cultural ferment. Sects...varying philosophical views and religious practices. Some ......
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Scientology, Church of
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......Scientology, philosophical religion founded by L(afayette) Ron...Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (1950) first set...to overcoming physical and mental stress. The church believes...The church's status as a religion was, however, ultimately...charge the church and some ......
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Jung, Carl Gustav
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......widely influential in such fields as religious studies and literary criticism.Jungian...forgotten content of an individual's mental and material life) and the archetypes...and appear as themes in mythology and religion) of a collective unconscious (those acts and mental patterns shared by members ......
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Council of Europe
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......punishment; the protection of minorities, immigrants, suspects, prisoners, and the mentally ill; and the infringement of rights of speech, the press, religion, privacy, and sexuality. Member countries have been censured and risk expulsion......
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social welfare
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......following: the care of destitute adults; the treatment of the mentally ill; the rehabilitation of criminals; the care of destitute...those holding full citizenship. It was early connected with religion, as among the Hebrews and, from them, among the Christians......
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social work
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......assisted. The person in need of case work may be physically, mentally, or socially handicapped. Among those regarded as socially...to relieve the effects of poverty, to bring the comforts of religion to the poor, to promote temperance and encourage thrift......
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soul
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......objects, and the universe as a whole. Religion and philosophy have long been concerned...conceived as controlling both motor and mental processes; death, the cessation of these...nonexistent. One of the widespread concepts in religion is that of immortality, which almost......
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Augustine, Saint
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......up as a Christian, but he gave up his religion when he went to school at Carthage. There...Milan. After two years of great doubt and mental disquietude, Augustine suddenly decided...important for the light they throw on this religion. Against Donatism St. Augustine directed......
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euthanasia
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......debate has arisen in the United States among physicians, religious leaders, lawyers, and the general public over the question...legalization of the living will, a statement written by a mentally alert patient that can be used to express a wish to forgo......