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    Anthropology as a Western Discipline Ambrose Bierce‚ the esteemed American satirist of the early 1900’s‚ defined in his Devil’s Dictionary the word “Aboriginies” as “n. Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize” (1). The overtly “western” view aptly captured by Bierce in his description exemplifies the field of anthropology and the methods it employed for quite some time—starting from the period of Antiquity until

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    Interpretations in Contemporary India “Clad in a tank top or a cool t-shirt teamed with rugged pants having knee-cuts ‚ unkempt hair‚ sporting a tattoo‚ pierced nose and ears‚ a sling bag and an iPad or a blackberry in hand”- if this is how you carry yourself then‚ according to today’s Indian youth brigade‚ you are a FASHIONABLE guy or girl. You are “the talk of the town”‚ a heartthrob‚ the most sought after. Welcome to the neo-age where fashion in India is equivalent to western attire and scanty

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    Yorùbá Religion

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    The Yorùbá religion encompasses religious beliefs and rituals of the Yoruba people. These practices were being utilized before the Yoruba community faced Islam‚ Christianity and other faith; it originated from Africa and into the New World. This influenced several Afro-American religions such as Lucumí in Cuba‚ Umbanda and Candomblé in Brazil; in addition to the uproot that took place of the homeland religions. Similar to many other religions that have some form of beliefs and practices‚ Yorùbá religious

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    RELIGION SYLLABUS – YEAR 12 – CHRISTIANITY SIGNIFICANT PERSON‚ BIOETHICS‚ POST 1945‚ ABORIGINAL‚ ISLAM SIGNIFICANT PERSON‚ HOW THE HAJJ EXPRESSES BELIEFS OF ISLAM ‚ SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HAJJ FOR BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND MUSLIM COMMUNITY‚ significance of baptism ‚ significance for the individual‚ community significance ‚ MARTIN LUTHER ‚ RABIA- SIGNIFICANT PERSON- ISLAM |CHRISTIANITY |MARTIN LUTHER

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    Tajuana Davis Public Speaking May 23‚ 2012 AMERICAN VALUE SYSTEMS I. Theoretic Values of Contemporary America “Americans respect the scientific method and things labeled scientific” I disagree with this comment for reasoning that most Americans tend to stick with what they were taught. From the time you are born you are being taught a certain way depending on religion‚ tradition or whatever the method of learning your parents have chosen to teach by. For example‚ most Americans feel like

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    INT1010 Contemporary World One Event #1: The Korean War 1950 On June 25th 1950‚ communist North Korea proceeded to invade western- supported South Korea to unite Korea by force. Significance to contemporary history: Event #2: Malayan Independence 1957 What happened? Significance to contemporary history: Malayan Independence reinforced the ending of colonialism in South East Asia. Also‚ it signified the ability and right to self-rule for previously colonized states. Following

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    The Spread of Religions

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    Short Writing Assignment # 2 Topic: The Spread of Religions 11/20/2011 Question 1: How did Buddhism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam spread across the world‚ and why are they practiced so far from their origins? Answer 1: Buddhism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam spread across the world by use of four common practices. Missionaries spread the faith to new areas. These missionaries adapted their message to the existing culture of the area and adopted elements of existing religious traditions. Pilgrimage

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    “The Myth of the Happy Yeoman lives on in Contemporary Sustainability Discourse” Discourses‚ using spoken or written language in a social context‚ are more than narratives of human existence. A contemporary feminist author and professor‚ Chris Weedon‚ paraphrases French philosopher‚ Michel Foucault in the following passage: (discourses are) “ways of constituting knowledge‚ together with the social practices‚ forms of subjectivity and power relations which inhere in such knowledges and relations

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    Literary Masterpieces in Contemporary Society April Clark‚ Kristi Garcia‚ Deatrice Dale‚ & Darlene Powell ENG/106 December 3‚ 2012 Daphne Matthews Literary Masterpieces in Contemporary Society Literary masterpieces are known to withstand the test of time. The passing of years‚ government movements‚ and the changing of ideas as the world grows older literary masterpieces still strive on. Literary masterpieces come in all forms; semantics‚ poetry (literary form)‚ Short stories‚ and

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    Western Indians

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    Hi‚ my name is Juliet Thompson. I am 27 and a single mother. I have 2 children and their names are Jane and Ethan‚ Jane is 12 years old and my son is 16‚ turning 17 in 2 weeks. My childrens father ‚ Jason‚ had died due to cancer 5 years ago. My son and I both have jobs. I work as a bartender at our towns bar. My son helps with farming and ranching. My daughter ‚ Jane‚ helps clean around the house. Ethan and Jane both go to the towns school. Ethan‚ in 11th grade and Jane‚ in 8th. My son had just went

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