In order to make an argument contrary to the beliefs of many Americans‚ Karen Armstrong uses her biography Muhammad to portray Islam as a religion that was created simply to seek social change in a problematic time period. One central theme of the book is that at the time when Islam was created‚ it was helpful‚ almost necessary to the people of 7th century Arabia‚ as their lives were undergoing a period of rapid change. In fact‚ one could even take away from Muhammad that the message of Islam could
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Since the creation of religion‚ there has always been a debate to whether or not religion is the main cause of conflicts throughout history. In Karen Armstrong’s book “Fields of Blood”‚ she argues that people use religion as an excuse for the cause of wars and ignore all other aspects. Karen Armstrong is correct. Throughout history‚ there were many wars and conflicts that weren’t caused by religion yet many leaders used the blame of religion to their advantage to conceal their true intentions. Wars
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Armstrong‚ Karen. Islam. New York: Random House‚ Inc.‚ 2000. Islam is the world’s fastest growing faith. It all began in 610 C.E. when the Prophet Muhammad received revelations of the Quran in Mecca. Islam’s reputation of promoting a strict and controlling government‚ female oppression‚ civil war‚ and terrorism is not completely correct. Islam is a rich and complex religion that is often misunderstood in the modern world. There have been many obstacles that have been faced. Islam wouldn’t exist
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Karen Armstrong‚ billed on the jacket as "one of the world’s foremost scholars on religious affairs‚" comments on everything from the Christian Crusades‚ the formation of the state of Israel in 1948‚ the taking of hostages by Ayatollah Khomeini and his issuance of a fatwah on author Salman Rushdie‚ and Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam to the Taliban in her book Islam: A Short History. It is important to note that the book was published prior to the destruction that occurred in the United States
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Myranda Ramirez Prof. Matthew Antonio February 12‚ 2014 Comp 150 Annotated Bibliography Assignment Holland‚ Karen. "What We Can Learn from Sitcom Relationships." Marriage Counseling Denver. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. This conversational article written by Karen Holland is one that gives an opinion based piece that describes the relationships of a specific T.V. sitcom and how we can learn from that sitcom as well as others. The specific sitcom specified is titled Modern Family‚ I which the
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Two women‚ Karen Bell and Patricia M. Samford‚ studied the religious practices of the enslaved in the eighteenth century during the height of the transatlantic slave trade. Bell focuses on the enslaved Africans who arrived in Georgia‚ while Samford looks at those who came to Virginia‚ specifically to Williamsburg and the surrounding plantations. The transatlantic slave trade stole men and women away from their families‚ communities‚ and way of life. It forced them through a brutal passage across
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Karen Sternheimer‚ whose work focuses on youth and popular culture‚ teaches in the sociology department at the University of Southern California and is the author of Do Video Games Kill‚ and Will Wright‚ whose created more than a dozen games and is the author of the article Dream Machines‚ both favor video games; however‚ Sternheimer addresses some concerns about violent video games. Although some video games are violent‚ people should know some games are also educational and beneficial because they
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to the best of their abilities. Even though people try to gear their life in this way‚ it doesn’t mean that becoming a better person is easy. Individuals don’t know where to start in bettering themselves and what bettering themselves means to them. Karen Armstrong’s essay “Homo Religiosus‚” discusses the highly prominent role of religion and its underlying arts and disciplines. Armstrong discusses the different religions of the ancient past and the characteristics that encompass them. She looks at
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God A History of God: The 4‚000 Year Quest of Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam tells the story of‚ as the title might suggest‚ how the idea of God was created and how it has been altered by religious groups and people throughout history. The author‚ Karen Armstrong‚ does this by starting with the first Jews and their belief in pagan gods‚ and going as far as questioning wether God has a place in modern society at all. Mrs. Armstrong was a part of a devout Roman Catholic family‚ but often she found that
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The buck poem in Witness by Karen Hesse is about a buck who repeatedly gets stuck in the ice. Merlin Van Tornhout finds a buck trapped between the ice on a river that dogs chased it into. The buck had tried crossing but fell between the ice and got stuck. Constable Johnson comes and together‚ Merlin and him pull the huge buck out. Unfortunately‚ the cold buck gets scared and jumps right back into the hole it was just pulled out of. Merlin and Constable Johnson take it out‚ and this time the buck
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