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    “To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.”- Saint Teresa of Ávila. Teresa was a crucial member of society during the age of exploration‚ she wrote many literary masterpieces along with doing many religious and giving actions. She was always a very religious person and continued to be until death. Teresa of Ávila was a woman of god‚ she never put anything before him‚ she was always loyal to her prayer‚ and was a concentrated priest. In 1562 Teresa opened the first

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    Teresa de Capeda y Ahumada‚ typically known as St. Teresa of Ávila‚ once played an important role as a Spanish nun in the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century. Teresa was born into a rough life on March 28‚1515‚ but was able to make the best out of the worst times to succeed in her Church. She was able to create many literary works through the church and would promote her Roman Catholicism throughout Spain and the rest of Europe. Without St. Teresa‚ less Europeans would have converted to

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    Australia’s National Living Treasure “My dream is to eradicate obstetric fistula from Ethiopia. I will not achieve this in my lifetime but you might in yours.”- Dr Catherine Hamlin- Dr Catherine Hamlin‚ born on the 24 January 1924‚ is a heroic doctor who has dedicated her life to overcoming fistula in Ethiopia and restoring terrified women to their peaceful lives. As an Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist she has helped over more than 34‚000 women in Ethiopia. She has already had a large

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    Northcentral University Assignment Cover Sheet Felix Rogombe SKS5000-8 Comprehensive Strategic Knowledge Studies 5 Paper–Business Economics Dr. Jaime Klein Date: February 12‚ 2012 To: ABC Complete Kitchens‚ Inc. From: Felix Rogombe Attn.: ABC Complete Kitchens‚ Inc. President and CEO RE: Economic factors that may influence the plant’s operations and legal considerations. On a macroeconomic level‚ according to a United Nations’ study‚ “The recovery of the global economy continues

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    David Livingstone is a Scottish missionary and physician. He spent most of his life exploring Africa. He helped Europeans learn a lot about the continent of Africa. Livingstone was born in Scotland. His parents were really religious so David followed his dad’s footsteps. David is a really hard working person‚ the reason why he would want to go to Africa was because he knew that there weren’t a lot of Christians there; he also knew that not many people there knew about Christ. At age ten he began

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    Some people wonder about the influence missionaries had on culture‚ Missionaries had a positive impact on culture. They were able to teach the children because they had higher education. They also traveled to many different places to teach their religion. They were able to have a higher education from the church. The missionaries we’re able to influence peasants because they were educated. The state would give money for the religious activities. Many missionaries would dedicate their lives to the church

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    Both primary documents‚ ‘The Letters and Journals of Samuel Marsden’ and ‘Christian Missionaries Oppose Removal‚ 1830’ help describe how race was viewed in early nineteenth century New Zealand and USA. From these documents readers are given a clearer understanding on how the great chain of being theory effected views on race as well as gathering inisght into the white lensed view of missionaries and the reasons behind why civilisation of natives was deemed so important in both New Zealand and USA

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    “You can give without loving‚ but you cannot love without giving” Amy Carmichael. Missionaries have given much good to this world. In the country of India there have been many advances made in the social‚ medical‚ educational‚ and most importantly‚ the spread of the gospel. The purpose of this paper is to examine these effects‚ and the missionaries behind them to see what the grace of God can do in a country. The first place we are going to investigate is India’s medical field. In order to do this

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    David Livingstone’s “ Missionary Travels in South Africa” tells the story of David Livingstone’s stay of sixteen year in southern Africa. David Livingstone was a Missionary from Scotland sent to spread the Catholic faith by the London Missionary Society in 1840. The book covers the sixteen years of travel the Livingstone made in southern Africa. Livingstone’s travels took him from Northern Angola across the continent to Tanzania and parts of Mozambique. However‚ the part of book that I studied

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    were colonizing Africa with the intentions of setting up Christian missionaries. While their intentions were genuine‚ their presence was devastating to the Ibo culture. Achebe did not like how the Europeans and the Igbo people interacted with each other. The European missionaries viewed their religion as superior to the Igbo religion because there was never an effort made by them to understand the Ibo religion. The missionaries’ goal was to come to Nigeria and take control of the Igbo society. In

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