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    World Religious Traditions 1

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    REL/133 NOTES CHAPTER 1 agnosticism: “Not know” (Greek); a position asserting that the existence of God cannot be proven. animism: From the Latin anima‚ meaning “spirit‚” “soul‚” “life force”; a worldview common among oral religions (religions with no written scriptures) that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. atheism: “Not God” (Greek); a position asserting that there is no God or gods. deconstruction: A technique‚ pioneered by Jacques Derrida

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    How realistic is the realist tradition? By Dan Andrei Dumitru Realism as a tradition of thought in political theory has been a perennial approach and it can be traced back for more than two millennia. However‚ as Donnelly (2000‚ p1) remarks‚ “the link between realism and international theory is especially strong in the twentieth century”‚ being a dominant theory before and after the second World War and then declining after the end of the Cold War. Furthermore‚ as he points out‚ realism

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    long been a part of numerous societies’ individuality and identity. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth century‚ the Greeks of the Ottoman Empire fought against the Turks for their freedom and autonomy. The Greek’s movement against Ottoman rule attracted various groups of people who developed distinct views of them and their well being. While many supported the Greeks and their liberating fight for emancipation‚ there were those who opposed them and their betrayal against the higher authority

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    Roman and Greek Cultures

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    Unit 1 – Introduction to humanities – Greek and Roman Culture AIU Online – HUMA214 June 19‚ 2013 Abstract This is an informative and comparative essay that will analyze two cultures: Greece and Rome. It will describe the similarities and differences in both cultures in terms of art‚ government‚ history‚ social class‚ etc. INTRODUCTION There are many ways that Greek and Roman cultures can be alike; depending on the early part or later part. Also there are many ways they can be very different;

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    The Origin and the navigational techniques used by islanders to travel over large Open Ocean has given question to academic writers‚ on how the islanders are able to travel and settle in this remote part of the earth. Pacific Islanders used traditional navigational knowledge to travel against storms and current on Pacific Ocean over past centauries‚ by using canoes. This essay will discuss the two theory of migration with archaeological evidence of origin‚ the traditional techniques of navigation

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    Greek Life Benefits

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    findings focus on one aspect of Greek Life‚ whereas in her article‚ Jackie Burrell‚ outlines the many benefits of Greek Life that are often overshadowed by the negative focus on binge drinking. Wechsler et al. claims that the correlation

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    Excursus: What is “good” according to the Roman Catholic Tradition? (Ref. Gula‚ Richard. 1989. Faith Informed By Reason) The nature of the concept good is the full realization of any beings’ potential‚ or to achieve perfection. The innate tendency within the human person to seek perfection is the ontological basis for the fundamental moral obligation – to realize one’s potential‚ or to be all I can be. Actions are moral when it arise from this innate tendency and contribute to the full

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    pertaining to the "three ’life crises ’ of birth‚ puberty‚ and death"‚ spirits‚ visions‚ the medicine people and communal ceremony. Greek religion encompasses the collection of beliefs and rituals practiced in ancient Greece in the form of both popular public religion and cult practices. These different groups varied enough for it to be possible to speak of Greek religions or "cults" in the plural‚ though most of them shared similarities. Africa encompasses a wide variety of traditional beliefs

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    word "tradition" as something stultifying and old‚ having no meaning for or application to us personally; something usually being forced upon us by someone who smells funny and is only seen on holidays. What all of this means is that we can no longer simply follow the examples of old. It is up to us to create new family traditions. Celebrating is not hard. We all know about celebrating and have some ways of doing it. The only challenge is to find new ways. Why do we need to celebrate tradition? It

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    Benefits Of Greek Life

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    Greek Life is Beneficial for College” Fraternities or “Greek Life” can be traced back to the east coast when the original 13 colonies were established. “The first fraternity‚ “Phi Beta Kappa‚” was founded at the College of William and Mary‚ December 5‚ 1776; it’s the second oldest college in America (Web. Alford.).” Since fraternities were initiated‚ all fraternities were secret societies. The members of the societies were protected by an oath of secrecy‚ a badge or key‚ mottos in Greek‚ an

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