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    Convergence Culture‚ Jenkins uses The Matrix movie to define transmedia storytelling and calculate its rise in America media culture. Immediately Jenkins classifies The Matrix as a cult file‚ which plays an important role in making The Matrix a transmedia film. Jenkins cites the two important characteristics in defining a cult film. First‚ the film as to arrive to consumers as a fully fleshed out world so that consumers are able to quote episodes and lines to others and easily recognise the world those

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    that!a!fragmentary!inscription!there!imposed!a!tax!on!other! temples!and!districts!to!support!the!new!Aten!cult!! Talatat!blocks!and!sunken!incisions! Transfer+of+capital+to+Akhetaten:+political+and+religious+motives+ ! Akhetaten:!‘Horizon!of!the!Aten’.! No!previous!settlement‚!nor!previously!dedicated!to!any!god/s:!signified!total!focus! on!the!Aten!to!the!exclusion!of!all!other!gods/cults.! • Included!lavish!offerings!for!the!new!temples!to!the!Aten.! • Bounded!by!stelae!which!was!each!elaborately

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    didn’t begin until 1976‚ especially since around the same time movies like “Jaws” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” were dominating the box office. It later moved to midnight showings on Friday and Saturday nights which is where it quickly gained cult film

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    In Hanif Kureishi’s "My Son the Fanatic"‚ Parvez loses his relationship with his son to a religious cult‚ but is then faced with a bigger problem of alcoholism. It begins as a father-son-brother relationship but then ends as a stranger-to-stranger relationship. Parvez no longer knows who his son is and feels as if he has lost him‚ which begins to drive him mad and turn to whiskey as an escape. In the attempt to understand Ali’s‚ the son‚ new philosophy of life Parvez instead pushes Ali even farther

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    Durkheim’s account of the importance of rituals in modern society Durkheim’s theories on ritual are an integral part of his work on religion‚ outlined in his book ‘The Elementary Forms of Religious Life’. Rites are defined by Durkheim as ‘determined modes of action’ (Durkheim‚ 1915‚ pg. 36). They are ceremonies that are active expressions of particular beliefs or aspects of a religion. It is necessary to consider and assess the theories on religion before examining and assessing those on rites and

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    time of instability and disunity Scholars wrote about how they lived by the “Four Noble Truths” and how they accepted Buddhism even though it wasn’t talked about in the Confucian Classics. But when structure was restored Buddhism was described as a cult of barbarians and many believed it should be eradicated altogether. During the unstable period of 220 CE – 570 CE in China‚ Buddhism was widely accepted by all. The lower class accepted Buddhism because its “rules” suggested that if they live a good

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    Assess the sociological explanations for the increasing number of religions and spiritual organisations and movements in society today There are many different definitions and types of religious organisations including church‚ sects‚ denominations‚ cults and New Religious Movements. Since the 1960s the number of religious and spiritual organisations and movements in society have increased. Troeltsch defines church and sects as distinctly different organisations. He says churches are large universalistic

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    or the thought that women had power in the country’s politics in the sense that they raised the next generation‚ and the “cult of domesticity”‚ or the thought that women should be submissive‚ moral‚ and take care of their husbands and family. These beliefs greatly limited the power of the women in the 18th century. Due to these ideas‚ such as the “republican motherhood” and “cult of domesticity” during the time period from the American Revolution to the Civil War‚ women started to leave their old set

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    Throughout the history of medicine there has always been a need for shared commitment to ideals of moral‚ ethical and humane practice. The Hippocratic Oath‚ created by a compilation of works largely based on Hippocrates‚ has always stood as guidelines for the conduct of physicians. The Classical oath has and continues to serve well in preserving the sanctity of the medical profession while developing a basis for the respectful treatment of patients. However‚ this out-dated oath is not equipped to

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     when Shankaracharya revived the philosophy of Advaita or Vedanta. After Shankara‚ twelve Tamil Vaishnava saints collectively known as Alvars made the concept of bhakti more popular. The Alvars were followed by the Vaishnava acharyas who gave the Bhakti cult a metaphysical foundation. According to this school of thought

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