/ DK Encyclopedia: Society & Beliefs Cite DK Encyclopedia: Society & Beliefs RELIGIONHOLY RIVER ARE THERE MANY RELIGIONS? WHO DOES NOT HAVE FAITHHOW DO WE LEARN A RELIGION? DO RELIGIONS HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS? WHY DO PEOPLE BECOME RELIGIOUS? GODCREATIONFIND OUT MOREANCIENT RELIGIONSWHO WAS RA? WHO WORSHIPED A FEATHERED SNAKE? ARE THE OLD GODS STILL WITH US? AFTERLIFEFIND OUT MORELOCAL RELIGIONSWHY ARE SOME PLACES SACRED? WHO WORSHIPS ANCESTORS? WHAT IS A FETISH FOR? RITUALSFIND OUT MORESHINTOWHEN DID SHINTO BEGIN? WHAT MARKS A SACRED PLACE? FIND OUT MOREZOROASTRIANISMWHAT MAKES A PARSI? HOW DO PARSIS WORSHIP? FIND OUT MORECONFUCIANISMDO PEOPLE WORSHIP CONFUCIUS? WHAT ARE THE FIVE CLASSICS? FIND OUT MOREDAOISMWHO FOUNDED DAOISM? WHAT IS QI? FIND OUT MOREHINDUISMWHAT IS BRAHMAN? DO HINDU GODS LIVE IN STATUES? REINCARNATIONFIND OUT MOREJUDAISMHOW MANY TYPES OF JUDAISM ARE THERE? HOW DO YOUNG BOYS COME OF AGE? TORAHHOLY DAYSFIND OUT MORECHRISTIANITYWHY IS JESUS CALLED KING OF THE JEWS? WHAT DOES THE CROSS MEAN? RESURRECTIONBIBLEFIND OUT MOREBUDDHISMWHAT IS MEDITATION FOR? DO BUDDHISTS HAVE SACRED BUILDINGS? KARMAFIND OUT MOREISLAMWHERE DO MUSLIMS WORSHIP? WHY DO MUSLIMS PRAY TOWARD MECCA? HAJJQUR’ANFIND OUT MORESIKHISMWHERE IS THE CENTER OF SIKHISM? HOW DO SIKHS WORSHIP? GURUFIND OUT MOREPHILOSOPHYWHO WERE THE FIRST PHILOSOPHERS? IS PHILOSOPHY LIKE RELIGION? WHAT IS LOGIC? WHY DOES TRUTH MATTER? WHAT IS FREE WILL? WHAT IS ETHICS? THE STATUE OF LIBERTY FIND OUT MORESOCIETIESWHAT DO SOCIETIES HAVE IN COMMON? HOW ARE SOCIETIES ORGANIZED? DO SOCIETIES EVOLVE? SOCIAL SCIENCESFIND OUT MORECULTUREDO ALL MEMBERS OF A SOCIETY SHARE ONE CULTURE? IS THERE A GLOBAL CULTURE? DO CULTURES CHANGE? HOW DO WE LEARN A CULTURE? TRADITIONLANGUAGESUBCULTUREFIND OUT MOREMEDIAWHO PAYS FOR THE MEDIA? WHAT EFFECTS DO MASS MEDIA HAVE? IS THE INTERNET DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MEDIA? PRESSBROADCASTADVERTISINGFIND OUT MOREFAMILIESWHAT IS A NUCLEAR FAMILY? WHAT ARE EXTENDED FAMILIES? ARE ALL FAMILIES BASED ON MARRIAGE? PARENTINGFIND OUT MORECIVIL SOCIETYWHAT IS VOLUNTEERING? WHY DO PEOPLE FORM SOCIETIES AND CLUBS? FIND OUT MOREECONOMYWHAT IS SUPPLY AND DEMAND? WHAT IS THE MARKET? WHAT TYPES OF ECONOMIES ARE THERE? WHAT IS NOT PART OF THE ECONOMY? PRODUCTIONCONSUMERSFIND OUT MORESOCIAL EQUALITYWHY ARE SOME SOCIETIES DIVIDED? WHAT ARE THE CASTE AND CLASS SYSTEMS? CAN SOCIAL DIVISIONS CHANGE? HOW CAN PEOPLE BE TREATED EQUALLY? EDUCATIONAL GOALS GENDERWEALTHRACEFIND OUT MOREPOLITICSWHY DO PEOPLE CARE ABOUT POLITICS? CAN POLITICS CHANGE SOCIETY? DOES EVERYONE HAVE A SAY? DEMOCRACYCIVIL RIGHTSPARTYFIND OUT MORETHE STATEWHO WORKS FOR THE STATE? WHY ARE STATES FORMED? HOW DOES A STATE PAY FOR ITS SERVICES? TAXWELFARECENTRAL BANKFIND OUT MORETHE LAWWHO MAKES THE LAW IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY? CAN POLITICIANS MAKE ANY LAW THEY WISH? HOW IS CRIMINAL LAW DIFFERENT FROM CIVIL LAW? WHY DO PEOPLE OBEY THE LAW? DO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE DIFFERENT LAWS? POLICECOURTFIND OUT MORENATIONSWHAT ARE NATIONS FOR? HOW DO NATIONS FORM? HOW DO NATIONS DEAL WITH OTHER NATIONS? BORDERSFIND OUT MOREWARDO WARS HAVE RULES? HOW DO WARS END? TERRORISMFIND OUT MORENEW WORLD ORDERWHAT IS THE NEW BALANCE OF POWER? IS THE NEW ORDER STABLE? WHAT TRENDS WILL AFFECT THE NEW ORDER? GLOBALIZATIONINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYSECURITYFIND OUT MOREGLOBAL PROTESTHOW DO GLOBAL PROTESTERS GET ORGANIZED? WHAT CAN PROTESTERS ACHIEVE? WHAT ARE THE PROTESTS AGAINST? DEBTENVIRONMENTFIND OUT MOREHUMAN RIGHTSDOES EVERYONE AGREE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS? WHAT IS SOVEREIGNTY? CAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BE PUNISHED? HUMANITARIANISMFIND OUT MORECopyright © 2007 Dorling Kindersley DK Society & Beliefs: Religions DK People & Places: Antarctica ✖
RELIGIONHOLY RIVER ARE THERE MANY RELIGIONS? WHO DOES NOT HAVE FAITHHOW DO WE LEARN A RELIGION? DO RELIGIONS HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS? WHY DO PEOPLE BECOME RELIGIOUS? GODCREATIONFIND OUT MOREANCIENT RELIGIONSWHO WAS RA? WHO WORSHIPED A FEATHERED SNAKE? ARE THE OLD GODS STILL WITH US? AFTERLIFEFIND OUT MORELOCAL RELIGIONSWHY ARE SOME PLACES SACRED? WHO WORSHIPS ANCESTORS? WHAT IS A FETISH FOR? RITUALSFIND OUT MORESHINTOWHEN DID SHINTO BEGIN? WHAT MARKS A SACRED PLACE? FIND OUT MOREZOROASTRIANISMWHAT MAKES A PARSI? HOW DO PARSIS WORSHIP? FIND OUT MORECONFUCIANISMDO PEOPLE WORSHIP CONFUCIUS? WHAT ARE THE FIVE CLASSICS? FIND OUT MOREDAOISMWHO FOUNDED DAOISM? WHAT IS QI? FIND OUT MOREHINDUISMWHAT IS BRAHMAN? DO HINDU GODS LIVE IN STATUES? REINCARNATIONFIND OUT MOREJUDAISMHOW MANY TYPES OF JUDAISM ARE THERE? HOW DO YOUNG BOYS COME OF AGE? TORAHHOLY DAYSFIND OUT MORECHRISTIANITYWHY IS JESUS CALLED KING OF THE JEWS? WHAT DOES THE CROSS MEAN? RESURRECTIONBIBLEFIND OUT MOREBUDDHISMWHAT IS MEDITATION FOR? DO BUDDHISTS HAVE SACRED BUILDINGS? KARMAFIND OUT MOREISLAMWHERE DO MUSLIMS WORSHIP? WHY DO MUSLIMS PRAY TOWARD MECCA? HAJJQUR’ANFIND OUT MORESIKHISMWHERE IS THE CENTER OF SIKHISM? HOW DO SIKHS WORSHIP? GURUFIND OUT MOREPHILOSOPHYWHO WERE THE FIRST PHILOSOPHERS? IS PHILOSOPHY LIKE RELIGION? WHAT IS LOGIC? WHY DOES TRUTH MATTER? WHAT IS FREE WILL? WHAT IS ETHICS? THE STATUE OF LIBERTY FIND OUT MORESOCIETIESWHAT DO SOCIETIES HAVE IN COMMON? HOW ARE SOCIETIES ORGANIZED? DO SOCIETIES EVOLVE? SOCIAL SCIENCESFIND OUT MORECULTUREDO ALL MEMBERS OF A SOCIETY SHARE ONE CULTURE? IS THERE A GLOBAL CULTURE? DO CULTURES CHANGE? HOW DO WE LEARN A CULTURE? TRADITIONLANGUAGESUBCULTUREFIND OUT MOREMEDIAWHO PAYS FOR THE MEDIA? WHAT EFFECTS DO MASS MEDIA HAVE? IS THE INTERNET DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MEDIA? PRESSBROADCASTADVERTISINGFIND OUT MOREFAMILIESWHAT IS A NUCLEAR FAMILY? WHAT ARE EXTENDED FAMILIES? ARE ALL FAMILIES BASED ON MARRIAGE? PARENTINGFIND OUT MORECIVIL SOCIETYWHAT IS VOLUNTEERING? WHY DO PEOPLE FORM SOCIETIES AND CLUBS? FIND OUT MOREECONOMYWHAT IS SUPPLY AND DEMAND? WHAT IS THE MARKET? WHAT TYPES OF ECONOMIES ARE THERE? WHAT IS NOT PART OF THE ECONOMY? PRODUCTIONCONSUMERSFIND OUT MORESOCIAL EQUALITYWHY ARE SOME SOCIETIES DIVIDED? WHAT ARE THE CASTE AND CLASS SYSTEMS? CAN SOCIAL DIVISIONS CHANGE? HOW CAN PEOPLE BE TREATED EQUALLY? EDUCATIONAL GOALS GENDERWEALTHRACEFIND OUT MOREPOLITICSWHY DO PEOPLE CARE ABOUT POLITICS? CAN POLITICS CHANGE SOCIETY? DOES EVERYONE HAVE A SAY? DEMOCRACYCIVIL RIGHTSPARTYFIND OUT MORETHE STATEWHO WORKS FOR THE STATE? WHY ARE STATES FORMED? HOW DOES A STATE PAY FOR ITS SERVICES? TAXWELFARECENTRAL BANKFIND OUT MORETHE LAWWHO MAKES THE LAW IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY? CAN POLITICIANS MAKE ANY LAW THEY WISH? HOW IS CRIMINAL LAW DIFFERENT FROM CIVIL LAW? WHY DO PEOPLE OBEY THE LAW? DO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE DIFFERENT LAWS? POLICECOURTFIND OUT MORENATIONSWHAT ARE NATIONS FOR? HOW DO NATIONS FORM? HOW DO NATIONS DEAL WITH OTHER NATIONS? BORDERSFIND OUT MOREWARDO WARS HAVE RULES? HOW DO WARS END? TERRORISMFIND OUT MORENEW WORLD ORDERWHAT IS THE NEW BALANCE OF POWER? IS THE NEW ORDER STABLE? WHAT TRENDS WILL AFFECT THE NEW ORDER? GLOBALIZATIONINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYSECURITYFIND OUT MOREGLOBAL PROTESTHOW DO GLOBAL PROTESTERS GET ORGANIZED? WHAT CAN PROTESTERS ACHIEVE? WHAT ARE THE PROTESTS AGAINST? DEBTENVIRONMENTFIND OUT MOREHUMAN RIGHTSDOES EVERYONE AGREE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS? WHAT IS SOVEREIGNTY? CAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BE PUNISHED? HUMANITARIANISMFIND OUT MORECopyright © 2007 Dorling Kindersley DK Society & Beliefs: Religions DK People & Places: Antarctica
