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    THE INSIDER/OUTSIDE DEBATE IN RELIGION One of the major debate in religious studies is the believers/observers or insiders/outsiders position. The debate is about how the individual position themselves in the study. Often the discussion is put into term of “emic” and “etic”. The outsider’s approach is to produce a completely informative description or productions of sound‚ behavior‚ beliefs. This is the emic or phonemic approach. The insider’s approach is the observer being involved in the activities

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    The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln‚ the Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois‚ and the incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas‚ the Democratic Party candidate. At the time‚ U.S. senators were elected by state legislatures‚ in turn Lincoln and Douglas were trying for their respective parties to win control of the Illinois legislature. The debates previewed the issues that Lincoln would face in the aftermath of his victory in the 1860 presidential

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    Violence in the Media 1 Is Violence in the Media Controversial? Jacqueline Lusk XBCOM/275 Business Communications and Critical Thinking May 10‚ 2014 Jeffrey Harris Violence in the Media 2 Do you have a particular song or movie that you just really love. If you do‚ have you ever considered the kind of music you listen to or the movies you watch influence the decisions you make about almost everything. This may be really obvious‚ but

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    This essay is about the Abortion debates. I choose to write about this because of my personal views. The Abortion debate is one of the biggest debates in the United States. Many topics come up in the Abortion debates from both sides. I have 6 Points from both sides of the issue. The first point I would like to talk about is when is the fetus considered to be a human life? Pro-life thinks that life begins at conception‚ so abortion is akin to murder as it is to the act of taking a human life. Now

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    Nature vs Nurture is one of many debate methods that we have used. These debates are one of the longest debates in history. Nature vs nurtures can be discussed with personality‚ intelligence‚ and homosexuality‚ also can go with life problems today and how they could be used in the future. Nature means that you use your genetic features like hair color‚ eye color‚ and nose shape‚ or anything genetically to determine how you debate over an argument. Nurture which is most commonly defined as an environment

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    It is probably the most discussed and controversial topic in psychology‚ the “nature versus nurture” debate. It is a debate whether human behavior‚ attitude‚ and personalities is the result of biological/genetic factors (nature) or is it life experiences and what we learn/reflect from them (nurture). It is impossible to know for sure if it is nature or if it is nurture affects a person’s behavior more maybe it is a mix of both that decides or suggests an individual’s behavior. There also a possibility

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    The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were a series of discussions held between former house member and Democratic candidate for Senate Stephen A. Douglas‚ and former state legislature and Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln. From the summer to the fall months of 1858‚ the two held a variety of debates throughout a multitude of counties and towns in Illinois‚ arguing their perspectives on issues‚ mainly the allowance and toleration of slavery‚ and both the moral and constitutional implications of it. Previous

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    many philosophical and theological debates were held. These debates could be held anywhere‚ even on the streets. The debates helped keep knowledge of Greek heritage about. Debates kept knowledge of what was accepted and believed‚ as well as deciding what was feasible in the eyes of the public. Debating was a sign of respect to Byzantine predecessors and heirs. They were a tradition‚ of sorts. The goal of this document is to teach you how to hold a Macedonian debate‚ as well as teaching you a bit about

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    “Which Came First?”: The Importance of the Pre-Clovis vs. Clovis Culture Debate The main questions I hope to answer in this paper are why the Pre-Clovis and Clovis cultures matter‚ and how does one existing before the other affect today’s indigenous population‚ as well as the environment? By looking at the debate that was unearthed when pre-Clovis artifacts were first found‚ and by researching the reasons scientists have for believing either of the two theories‚ I am going to resolve the issue

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    America‚ the debate over whether personal liberties or the welfare of the public takes precedent continues to rage on. This debate has taken form in many debates‚ from the Massachusetts smallpox outbreak in 1901‚ which sparked argument over whether the state should force people to be vaccinated against the disease to protect the welfare of the public‚ or if the personal liberty of Massachusetts residents was more important. This debate has emerged again recently as the nation debates what to do with

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