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    your minds on things above‚ not on earthly things. For you died‚ and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. . Put to death‚ therefore‚ whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality‚ impurity‚ lust‚ evil desires and greed‚ which is idolatry. You used to walk in these ways‚ in the life you once lived.  But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger‚ rage‚ malice‚ slander‚ and filthy language from your lips.   Do not lie to each other‚ since you have taken off

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    From Reading 1.1 and Looking Closely at Plate 3.1.9‚ what do these sources tell us about fifteenth – and sixteenth- century cross-cultural encounters? This assignment will discuss the nature of a cross-cultural encounter in the 15th and 16th centuries between the Portuguese traders and the people of Benin‚ leading to Portuguese figures depicted in Benin art and furthermore our understanding of cross-cultural encounters in general The plaque under consideration (plate 3.9.1) is of three forward facing

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    Essay Plan To what extent was tradition in English Christianity restored in the 19th century? Introduction What is considered tradition and what is considered dissent Changes during the reformation Churches and Christianity after reformation Anglicans / Methodists/ Roman Catholics Main body - Dissent from tradition Industrial revolution - Population migrate to cities Lack of churches in cities Modern skylines – chimneys not spires Community centre move away

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    were‚ therefore‚ pastoralists who were constantly on the move in search of grass and water for their herds and flocks. Judging by the evidence furnished by the pre‑Islamic poets‚ polemical passages in the Qur ’an and the later Islamic literature‚ idolatry based on polytheism prevailed throughout ancient Arabia. The deities of heathen Arabia were represented by idols‚ sacred stones‚ and other objects of worship. At the period in which we are dealing‚ the Arabs sacrificed camels‚ sheep and goats.

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    I was born and baptized a Christian‚ and have gone to Christian schools my whole life‚ but have never truly believed in God and what the Church preaches. I have not been devout in my faith because of so many other things that go on in my life that I think to affect me more and would be a better use of my time. The Church community seems to want to force me into believing in God‚ and what God wants me to do with my life. Craig is grown up with his faith being forced into his daily life and people

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    The Beatles INTRODUCTION The Beatles were British most admired and popular music aggrupation of the 1960s and one of the most influential in the history of modern music. This rock group practiced the hegemony in the decade of the 60’s with a wise and sophisticated mixture of styles that would take the rock music to all the public and preluded later genres. With the youth of the 60’s whose manifestations were the hippie movement phenomena and the product of consumption in a decade filled with fashions

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    Charnel Coleman Professor Doll Humanities 27 June 2013 Martin Luther’s Grievances Martin Luther believed in making the word of God available to the common man. For centuries the bible was out of reach for most Christians. The only copies that existed were in Latin‚ which most people could not read or understand. Instead it was left to the clergy‚ who was educated in the Latin language to meet their own explanations. This was the first time anyone tried to make the words of the Bible available

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    The tasteless society of America‚ never looking beyond the outer shell of its’ citizens. This is the life that Willa Cather decided to write about in "The Sculptor’s Funeral". Cather does a magnificent job of showing how society will look down on the necessary but minor things in life‚ or Harvey Merrik. It must take personal insight to show the true meaning of every person. She show’s how beauty and art actually have a place in the business world. Willa demonstrates how great people overcome great

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    Vegetal pattern is used very often in Islamic art‚ because people do not portray images of human. The reason that human portrayals cannot be found as many as vegetal patterns is that Muslims feared to depict the human form‚ since they thought it is idolatry‚ which is forbidden in the Qur’an. Actually‚ Qur’an doesn’t contain any rule about forbidding the images of human‚ but a stern warning against the worship of idols. Eventually‚ this warning against worship of idols led to a doctrine forbidding

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    Discussion of the way the play represents women’s rights to express themselves freely. Since Helens husband death‚ she has lived alone and transformed her home into a work art by creating a myriad of cement wise men‚ camels‚ owls‚ mermaids and other figures around the house‚ and decorating the inside with dozens of candles  and mirrors. She has created her own Mecca of beauty and freedom amid the harsh church-going Afrikaners and voiceless coloreds of this desolate region of South Africa. Through

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