religious fertility
1Religious stratification — is the division of a society into hierarchical layers on the premise of religious beliefs, affiliation, or faith practices. According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore in their article Some Principles of Stratification , “The reason why… …
2Fertility rite — Fertility rites are religious rituals that reenact, either actually or symbolically, sexual acts and/or reproductive processes. As with the sacrifices of humans which many scholars think Fact|date=February 2007 that ancient peoples made to ensure …
3Religious views on birth control — Religious adherents vary widely in their views on birth control. This can be true even between different branches of one faith, as in the case of Judaism. Some religious believers find that their own opinions of the use of birth control to differ …
4religious symbolism and iconography — Introduction respectively, the basic and often complex artistic forms and gestures used as a kind of key to convey religious concepts and the visual, auditory, and kinetic representations of religious ideas and events. Symbolism and… …
5Religious of the Virgin Mary — The Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary is a community of vowed religious women of pontifical right founded in Manila, Philippines in 1684 by Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo a Filipina. The post nominal initials of a member of the… …
6Religious festival — A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar. This means that, because ancient calendars were not… …
7fertility cult — 1. a religious cult devoted to the enhancement of the fertility of persons, plants, or animals, by means of rituals often associated with a particular deity. 2. the body of members of such a cult. [1930 35] * * * …
8fertility cult — noun a religious system of some agricultural societies in which seasonal rites are performed to ensure good harvests and the well being of the community …
9Obando Fertility Rites — Main article: Obando, Bulacan The Obando Fertility Rites[1] is a Filipino dance ritual. Every year during the month of May, to the tune of musical instruments made out of bamboo materials, the men, women and children of Obando, Bulacan,… …
10Sub-replacement fertility — is a total fertility rate (TFR) that (if sustained) leads to each new generation being less populous than the previous one in a given area. In developed countries sub replacement fertility is any rate below approximately 2.1 children born per… …
