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Bill McKibben, Ben Bagdikian, and Michael Parenti Critiquing the Contemporary Media

how much they are influenced by "everyday" media without really knowing it. Within the realm of entertainment programs such as "fa...

Personal Freedom and Religion

personal liberation through approaching everything in life as it relates to what Allah wants, not what the individual wants. There...

Durang's Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All and Moliere's Tartuffe Compared

is so powerful to witness how Moliere never overtly describes the religious hypocrisy at hand, but instead shows the fervor with w...

Arabian Nights Women and the Women of Contemporary America

However, after a while they carried me into a neat bathroom leading out of the hall, and as I sat there, behold, in came three sla...

Christianity and Judaism and the Rites of Circumcision and Burial

signify the "blood of the covenant" (Geffen, 1993, p. 28). It is a time-honored ceremony that is concluded when a family member (...

Alexander Hamilton's Views on Contemporary Government

of the so-called Federalist Papers, I was also one of the original signers of the Constitution and played an important role in its...

Religious Influences in the Music of Charles Ives

reworked" into passages that frequently sound "hymnic" (Tawa 67-68). As pointed out by Robert Bellah, Christianity, and the Jude...

The People of 21st Century Japan

years ago. Economic integration almost precludes political confrontation" (Bovet 30). No country is immune from the crippling ef...

An Examination of Eastward to Tartary by Robert D. Kaplan

is difficult to imagine from the confines of our own democratic country. And yet, clearly these are truths the world...

History Of Religious Orders and Monasticism

(Marshall, nd). The basic principles of monasticism are found in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Jainism and the Sufi br...

Contemporary Grandparents

other day, keeping in close contact with them. In addition, she is active in the lives of cousins, a sibling, and aunts and uncles...

Cuban Culture

(University of Texas, 2002). Music and dances are lively but food is not particularly spicy (University of Texas, 2002). Many Cub...

Analyzing Behind the Mask of Chivalry by Nancy Maclean

is the profile of the "typical" Klan member. He wasnt a beer-drinking loser unable to hold a job and who beats his wife for fun. ...

Philosophical Comparison of Benjamin Franklin and Henry David Thoreau

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

Contemporary Studies of Formative Sexual Experiences

motivations in Nordic society. The differences in the studies are often based on the differences on the social norms and structure...

Animism Religion

that a spiritual reality exists. "The concepts that humans possess souls and that souls have life apart from human bodies befor...

Life and Concepts of Karl Marx

that created a chasm between the haves and the "have nots." With people working for the government, and each getting an equal stip...

Contemporary Machiavellianism

and "advisors" were, in many ways, far more powerful than the aristocrat holding office. Machiavelli himself was such a creature ...

Contemporary Society and African Americans' Roles

are unable to advance and thus are thrown into a never ending cycle of self depreciation. Yes, true, the United States Just...

Fundamental Extremists in Judaism

the Hebron area; threats to shoot soldiers" (Brownfeld, 1999). In further understanding some of the foundations of their argum...

Contemporary Applications of the Deliberative Nursing Theory of Jean Orlando

therefore, not only an extensive history but it can be contended to be just as applicable in todays nursing practice as it was whe...

Ferdinand de Saussure and His Contemporary Linguistics Contributions

But as a structuralist, de Saussure was most interested in how words acted as separate units which constructed the whole of langua...

Homosexuality and World Religions

represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...

Differences and Similarities Between Catholicism and Buddhism

Although there are definite directions provided in the Bible as to the follies of splitting into separate religions and sects, mod...

Cosmopolitan Contemporary Culture

are becoming smaller due to globalization and the fact that people are becoming more aware of other cultures throughout the world....

Contemporary Small Firms and Networks' Role

Initially, Hoovers made much of its basic information free for anyone, requiring subscription only for more detailed information. ...

Religion and Identity

Being raised in the Christian faith there are certain principles which one takes for granted, the student might wish to expound up...

Kierkegaard on Human Nature

or that their lives are even close to resembling those of the first disciples?" (as qtd. in Galli, 2002, p.62). He poses a good qu...

In Search of Jesus

Jesus was found in the Temple teaching Priests and Scribes about the law (Scott, 2000). At age 30, Jesus began His ministry. He g...

Contemporary Cultural Production and Studying Celebrities

impressionable period, and what children hear or read during this critical period can determine the value system which dominates t...