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    science/rationality)‚ found minor growth in NAMs during Kendal Project. Holistic milieu Herberg Despite high attendance in US‚ argues secularisation occurs within religious organisations (i.e. source of ID/community – not authentic religion) Authentic religion Lyotard Postmodern society characterised by loss of confidence in grand explanations/theories or metanarratives (of science & religion) Metanarrative Maduro Neo-Marxist: religion can be

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    Innes‚ Christopher‚ `Modernism in drama`‚ in The Cambridge Companion to Modernism‚ ed. by Michael Levenson‚ 2nd edn (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 2011)‚ pp. Michael Levenson‚ 2nd edn (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 2011)‚ pp. 1-8 Lyotard‚ Jean-Francois‚ The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Saint Paul: University of Minnesota Press‚ 1984) Nightingale‚ Benedict‚ An Introduction to Fifty Modern Plays (London: Pan Books‚ 1982) Taylor-Batty‚ Mark and Juliette Taylor-Batty

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    Zipper Graphic Design for Advertising‚ Visual Culture & Theory What is Modernism? Historically Modernism describes that period between 1900 and 1950 when Artists‚ Architects‚ Designers and Writers radically re-assessed the direction of their disciplines. Spurred on by radical thinkers like Marx‚ Sartre‚ Freud‚ and Jung; inspired by the possibilities of new economic processes and materials‚ Art‚ Architecture and Design set out to redefine the world in which we live. These arts flourished

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    individuals. With an increase of young professional men and women‚ more and more people are turning to NRMs as a means of self-improvement and also due to an increase in secularisation and losing faith in the metanarratives of old religious explanations (Lyotard‚ 1984). Consequently‚ the majority of members of these movements are young middle class members. Despite this‚ the view fails to recognise that measuring the membership of some of these movements can be difficult. It is also important to note that

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    Due to an unfortunate turn of events‚ I have to spend the night on a creepy‚ four-walled structure that can hardly be called a house‚ but will still serve as a good place to call home. A lot of planning has to be done for the upcoming activities of an organization I’m a part of‚ but at the same time the old folks at school just won’t stop giving us kids deadly homework. One in particular is supposed to be a criticism of an article written by one of the old folks. Something about hegemonic tendencies

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    standard mode of existence. Unlike the consensus sought by modernism‚ postmodernism accepts discensus‚ and even proclaims that one unified way of seeing things is impossible. <br> <br>Postmodernism undermines the modernist notion of what Jean-Francois Lyotard describes as meta-narratives‚ or over-arching‚ absolute stories that explain the nature of the world. One of the difficulties with meta-narratives is that they only present the world from one perspective‚ even when it may make sense from several different

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    Assess the View That‚ for Minority Ethnic Groups‚ the Practice of Religion and Membership of Religious Groups in Mainly a Form of Cultural Defence (33) An ethnic minority is a group of individuals whose nationality and cultural traditions differ from that of the majority population in a society. Compared to Britain’s main population‚ ethnic groups have been identified to be more religious. The use of religion of these ethnic minorities has been debated‚ with some sociologists arguing that it serves

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    Education provides a foundation for a child to base the rest of his or her life on. Without a solid education‚ it becomes impossible for an individual to provide for themselves and their family. Also‚ well-educated people can make decisions that benefit both their own interests and the interests of society as a whole. In this paper‚ the author will address the different opinions of philosophy about education. The nature of the student will then be addressed followed by the nature of knowledge and

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    Sociologists argue that science and ideology can both be belief systems. In the 18th century was the era of the enlightenment. People started to think and question was there more than just a God and that’s where science was introduced. People started to use rational ways of thinking to explain things that happened. Science has been used to develop different parts in society such as medicine and technology that we use in everyday life. But it has also caused problems such as pollution and global warming

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