The Importance of Poson Poya [pic]Festival celebrated in Sri Lanka on the full moon of June. The Poson Poya‚ which is specially noteworthy to the Sri Lankan Buddhists as the day on which Emperor Asoka’s son‚ the arahant Mahinda‚ officially introduced Buddhism to the island in the 3rd century B.C. In addition to the normal ritualistic observances undertaken on a poya day‚ on Poson day devotees flock to Anuradhapura‚ the ancient capital city of the country‚ for it was there that arahant Mahinda converted
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My Religious Background I am catholic. I was raised by catholic parents who were raised by catholic parents. Even all of my great grandparents except for one couple were catholic‚ and beyond that I have no idea. My Grandpa was the only one who was not raised catholic‚ but converted soon after he married my Grandmother and is buried in a catholic cemetery. I have always agreed with everything that The Catholic Church has taught me‚ but I feel like that may be because I have never known any other
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text. A reader-response critic might also explore the impact of a particular text on his or her own ideas or values. For example‚ one might reflect on how a particular character seems admirable or unlikable and why. One might reflect on how one’s religious‚ culture‚ or social values affect readings. It also overlaps with gender criticism in exploring how men and women may read the same text with different assumptions. Sociological criticism: Like historical criticism‚ sociological criticism examines
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Article-- Morsi: Don’t expect Egypt to live by America’s rules Web Address:- http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/23/morsi-dont-expect-egypt-to-live-by-america-rules/ As this article published in Sepetember23‚ 2012‚ Egypt President‚ Islamist Mohammed Morsi during his first visit to United State said that they will not follow American’s rule in their decision making as his predecessor Hosni Mubarak done. This was the response of Morsi after a wave of violence erupted across the Muslim world over
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The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History Edited by John Parker and Richard Reid Oxford University Press 536pp £95 Colonialism was predicated on the negation of African history or‚ as one of the two editors of this volume‚ John Parker‚ wrote in his African History: A Very Short Introduction (2007): a ‘general European perception [...] that Africa‚ especially Sub-Saharan Africa‚ had no history to speak of’. The emergence of sub-Saharan African history in both western and African universities
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5 Article Summaries Uniqua Lyttle MKG 366-02 November 26‚ 2013 Crossover Dreams: Consumer Responses to Ethnic- Oriented Products In this article the author evaluates an investigation on the understanding of ethnic product crossover. That is when the product has a target market however; another group of individuals purchase the product. For example‚ 60% of hip-hop and rap traditionally black music is purchased primarily by white youths. This article compares
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Religion 100‚ Paper #1‚ Who I have become today We may all be different people‚ but we each have a religion we belong to which describes who we are and who we will become. My name is Maritza Lopez-Portillo and I will be telling you my personal experience and what brought me to where I am now due to my religion. Throughout my life I have always been a Catholic‚ but never took much meaning of it into my life‚ till I was in my junior year of high school. Growing up I was always a Catholic and I
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The Three Theological Virtues The three theological virtues are faith‚ hope and charity (or love). They are gifts of grace from God‚ and the object of the virtues- what the practice of the virtue aims at- is God himself. The Four Cardinal Virtues The cardinal virtues are the four primary moral virtues. The English word cardinal comes from the Latin word cardo‚ which means "hinge." All other virtues hinge upon these four virtues. Unlike the theological virtues‚ which are gifts of God through
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ARTICLE 1 EXTENDED COURSE FOR POOR TRAINEES. The article is discussing about poor trainees or in the other means‚ a teacher who does not have skills in teaching students‚ must take extend courses to improve their teaching skills. Deputy of Prime Minister‚ Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that if trainees fail to make the grade after four years of training of the institutes or the people who fail to achieve the minimum qualifying standard in teaching of the English language‚ will have their course
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Question 2: Explain the origin of Judaism and Christianity. Both early Christians and early Rabbinic Jews were significantly influenced by Hellenistic religion and Hellenistic philosophy. The ancient roots of Judaism lie in the Bronze Age polytheistic ancient Semitic religions‚ specifically Canaanite religion‚ a syncretisation with elements of Babylonian religion and of the worship of Yahweh reflected in the early prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible. Certain circles within the exiled
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