/REL 203 AAmanda LeythamThe Pizza Effect and World ReligionsIn today's world, it is incredibly difficult to preserve anything without allowing outside influences and modernization take effect. Culture and religion are not exempt from the impact of the modern world. According to the course, the pizza effect is described as a phenomenon in which part of a religion or culture is adopted somewhere other than where it originated and then reestablished in the original culture or religion. The name for this effect comes from Italian migrants who brought their flatbread, their pizza, with them to America. After it became a huge hit with Americans, their family members back in Italy re-adapted this new version of pizza with tomatoes, cheese and other miscellaneous items. toppings (Knott, 78). There are several examples of the pizza effect occurring in Indian religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism. The first example concerns Mohandas Gandhi and the epic Bhagavad-Gita. When Gandhi went to London to study law, he always wanted to be around people who shared some of his feelings....