1. Evolution of Dietary Culture 1.1. Hunting and Gathering 1.2. The Era of Agricultural Food Production 1.3. The Middle Ages—Agriculture and Dietary Habits 1.4. The Industrial Revolution and Dietary Habits 2. Food and Religion 2.1. Western Religions 2.1.1. Christianity 2.1.2. Islam 2.1.3 Judaism 2.2. Eastern Religions 2.2.1 Buddhism 2.2.2. Hinduism 3. Food Habits in Different Regions 3.1. Asian...

a meaningful nitary notion of Hinduism from the Indian phenomena, unless it is done by exclusion..." (Frits Staal [1989], Ritual Without Meaning, p. 397). Orientalism and the Modem Myth of "Hinduism" 165 The work of integrating a vast collection of myths, beliefs, rituals, and laws into a coherent religion, and of shaping an amorphous heritage into a rational faith known now as "Hinduism" were ...

This article outlines the development of IVF in Sri Lanka from the first successful births in the late 1990s and over the subsequent 15 years. It is based on anthropological fieldwork carried out at various points during this period. The piece focuses on the challenges entailed in achieving regulation of the new reproductive technologies against a backdrop of: (i) a bitter civil war; (ii) a com...

This article builds on earlier research, which concludes that societies cannot sustain themselves without cultures of optimism. These cultures are reproduced by a complex of ‘optimism promoters’, all of which can be seen to be engaged in a kind of unstated or ‘implicit’ cultural policy, with the production of optimism as one of its goals. The institution of religion is part of this complex. Its...

The central question of this paper is what kind view Dōgen had about Mazu. At first glance, may seem completely irrelevant to the theme issue. In fact, however, Dōgen’s points a subtle relationship between Buddhism and Hinduism in an interesting way. seems regard Mazu as ambiguous figure, standing on borderline Hinduism. However, intention was save keep him side Buddhism. So how can be saved? T...

Umbilical cord blood is a valuable source of haematopoietic stem cells. There is little information about whether religious affiliations have any bearing on attitudes to and decisions about its collection, donation and storage. The authors provided information about umbilical cord blood banking to expert commentators from six major world religions (Catholicism, Anglicanism, Islam, Judaism, Hind...

when constantine announced christianity as the official religion of the roman empire in 14th century, a great deal of attention has been attracted to the relationship between religion and state and much literature has appeared so far. the literature has not much been directly refered to social scientists, being based on a christian interpretation of religious societies and a western concept of ...

The phenomenon of intolerance and conflict with religious nuances is currently commonly found in the lives Indonesian people. Even though temples describe life Archipelago harmony between adherents religions, one which Jawi Temple. This research aims to dig deeper into Shiva religion (Hindu) Buddhism A qualitative descriptive approach an used a constructionist strategy that describes detail abo...