Aluk or Aluk To Dolo a sect of Agama Hindu Dharma as a part of religion in Indonesia, within the Toraja society and the people of Tana Toraja, embrace religious rituals such as the funeral ceremony where a sacred cockfight is an integral part of the religious ceremony and considered sacred within that spiritual realm.

By the 1990s, when tourism peaked, Toraja society had changed significantly, from an agrarian model — in which social life and customs were outgrowths of the Aluk To Dolo — to a largely Christian society.

Several native tribal beliefs such as Sundanese Sunda Wiwitan, Torajan Aluk To Dolo, and Batak Malim — although different than Indian influenced Balinese Hinduism — might sought affiliations with Hinduism in order to survive, while in the same time also tried preserving their distinction to mainstream Indonesian Hinduism dominated by Balinese.

God Almighty in the Torajanese culture of Central Sulawesi is known as " Puang Matua " in Aluk to dolo belief.

The Manusela follows the syncretic faith of Naurus, which might have come from the Aluk ' To Dolo faith.

The second and full application of the machine caused the Requiem, killing all life in Il Aluk, the capital city, and shattering Azalin's essence across Darkon.

During his absence, Il Aluk became an undead Necropolis, ruled by Death, and his Kargat lieutenants ran amok.

Mortal agents loyal to Azalin helped to foil usurpation attempts by a rebel Kargat leader ( Tavelia ) and also by the new ruler of Il Aluk, Death.

Similarly, the Tana Toraja of Sulawesi have identified their animistic religion as Hindu.

In the early seventies, the Toraja people of Sulawesi were the first to realize this opportunity by seeking shelter for their indigenous ancestor religion under the broad umbrella of ' Hinduism ', followed by the Karo Batak of Sumatra in 1977 ( Bakker 1995 ).

The long road that had taken liberals in this country into the social religion of democracy, into a worship of man, led logically to the Marxist dream of a classless society under a Socialist State.

These basic ideas concerning the nature of religion were, Adams believed, some of the major keys to the understanding of history and the movement of society.

In addition to the functions of religion within man, there have always been the outer social functions for the community and society.

The Ainu were a society of hunter-gatherers, who lived mainly by hunting and fishing, and the people followed a religion based on phenomena of nature.

The opening statement of principles contained in the preamble of the party's constitution stated that " The SDP exists to create and defend an open, classless and more equal society which rejects prejudices based upon sex, race, colour or religion ".

Remnants of the old society were abolished and religion, particularly Buddhism and Catholicism, was suppressed.

Peter Berger writes that " It seems plausible that folly and fools, like religion and magic, meet some deeply rooted needs in human society ".

Citizenship as a concept is generally hard to isolate intellectually and compare with related political notions, since it relates to many other aspects of society such as the family, military service, the individual, freedom, religion, ideas of right and wrong, ethnicity, and patterns for how a person should behave in society.

Economic analysis may be applied throughout society, as in business, finance, health care, and government, but also to such diverse subjects as crime, education, the family, law, politics, religion, social institutions, war, and science.

Erewhon satirizes various aspects of Victorian society, including criminal punishment, religion and anthropocentrism.

This includes the freedom to change a religion or belief, and to manifest a religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance, subject to certain restrictions that are " in accordance with law " and " necessary in a democratic society "

* Sociological classifications of religious movements, Ecclesia ( sociology of religion ), in the typology of religion, a religion less pervasive in a society than a church but more so than a sect

Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals which were an integral part of ancient Egyptian society.

In order for religion to progress and society to flourish, people must take the initiative and attempt to guide each other towards the right and away from the wrong.

However, society at large does not treat fandom with the same weight as organized religion.

With these cities, ties of religion began to replace ties of kinship as the basis for society.

The 1984 Lateran Treaty revision abolished the Roman Catholic Church as the official state religion, while recognizing the role it plays in Italian society.

Stalin followed the position adopted by Lenin that religion was an opiate that needed to be removed in order to construct the ideal communist society.

Neusner ’ s efforts have produced conferences and books on, among other topics, the problem of difference in religion, religion and society, religion and material culture, religion and economics, religion and altruism, and religion and tolerance.

The great ultimate ends of religion have served as magnificent beacon lights that lured people toward them with an almost irresistible force, mobilizing energies and inducing sacrifices ; ;

In times of calamity, people often turn to religion, and Camus examines this response in the novel.

" The Covered Hall ") This abode is somewhat like Hades from Ancient Greek religion: there, something not unlike the Asphodel Meadows can be found, and people who have neither excelled in that which is good nor excelled in that which is bad can expect to go there after they die and be reunited with their loved ones.

The Ainu were becoming increasingly marginalized on their own land — over a period of only 36 years, the Ainu went from being a relatively isolated group of people to having their land, language, religion and customs assimilated into those of the Japanese.

The resolution recognised the Ainu people as " an indigenous people with a distinct language, religion and culture ", and rescinded the law passed in 1899.

The counterpart of Ares among the Roman gods is Mars, who as a father of the Roman people held a more important and dignified place in ancient Roman religion for his agricultural and tutelary functions.

The Minḥat Ḳenaot is instructive reading for the historian because it throws much light upon the deeper problems which agitated Judaism, the question of the relation of religion to the philosophy of the age, which neither the zeal of the fanatic nor the bold attitude of the liberal-minded could solve in any fixed dogmatic form or by any anathema, as the independent spirit of the congregations refused to accord to the rabbis the power possessed by the Church of dictating to the people what they should believe or respect.

Although people of all creeds enjoyed tolerance and freedom of religion under his rule, he repelled the Fatimids, partly by supporting their enemies in Ifriqiya, and partly by claiming the title Caliph ( ruler of the Islamic world ) for himself.

In the Bahá ' í Faith, religious history is seen to have unfolded through a series of divine messengers, each of whom established a religion that was suited to the needs of the time and the capacity of the people.

Cornish people were still strongly attached to the Catholic religion and again a Cornish army was formed in Bodmin which marched across the border to lay siege to Exeter in Devon.

Esoteric Christianity is a term which refers to an ensemble of spiritual currents which regard Christianity as a mystery religion, and profess the existence and possession of certain esoteric doctrines or practices, hidden from the public but accessible only to a narrow circle of " enlightened ", " initiated ", or highly educated people.

Buddhism became the predominant religion for common people.

They opposed the theory that sovereignty derived from the people, the authority of parliament and freedom of religion.

They regard anti-Judaism as a disagreement of religiously sincere people with the tenets of Judaism, while regarding antisemitism as an emotional bias or hatred not specifically targeting the religion of Judaism.

Roughly stated: are conflicts caused by who people are, whether that be defined in terms of ethnicity, religion or other social affiliation, or do conflicts begin because it is in the economic best interests of individuals and groups to start them?

All of these people of Tuareg castes are of the same race, religion and culture.

These were people of the same race, same religion and same culture as their neighbors yet were considered morally impure by birth, repulsive and shunned, just like the Burakumin caste of Japan and Osu caste of Nigeria.

The honourable and dishonourable people were from the same race, religion and culture.

Cyril new religion wasn ’ t about proving the existence of God or proving the divinity of Christ but rather instilling a faith in people.

Some Christians who view the Jewish people as close to God seek to understand and incorporate elements of Jewish understanding or perspective into their beliefs as a means to respect their " parent " religion of Judaism, or to more fully seek out and return to their Christian roots.

Roosevelt mentioned four fundamental freedoms, which ought to be enjoyed by people " everywhere in the world "; these included the freedom of speech and religion, as well as freedom from want and fear.

In Polish tradition, people combine religion and family closeness at Christmas.