Effect Of Pizza Essay

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Amanda Leytham
The Pizza Effect and Global Religions
In the world today, it is incredibly difficult to preserve anything without letting outside influences and modernization to take effect. Culture and religion are not exempt from the impact the modern world has. According to the class lecture, the pizza effect is described as a phenomenon where part of a religion or culture is embraced somewhere other than where it originated and then re-established in the original culture or religion. The name of this effect comes from Italian migrants who brought their flat bread, pizza, to America with them, after it was a huge success with Americans their family members back in Italy readapted this new version of pizza with tomatoes, cheese, and other various toppings (Knott, 78). There are several examples of the pizza effect taking place within Indian religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism.
The first example has to do with Mohandas Gandhi and the epic, Bhagavad-Gita. When Gandhi traveled to London to study law, he still wanted to be around people who shared some of his...

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