Discussion 2: “Jihad and Peace.” The words Islam and Muslim are from the same Aramaic/Semetic root‚ and the words Salām‚ Shalom‚ and Salem are all translated as “peace‚” “peace that comes from submission to God‚” “whole‚” “complete‚” “intact.” Explain why “submission” is the major theme of Islam‚ keeping in mind this history of the words’ meanings. The religion is called Islam because it offers peace and requires complete submission to the will of God. According to the Qur’an‚ there is only
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that think they are always better than each other. In a Separate Peace‚ John Knowles demonstrates how the boys achieve a Separate Peace through the winter carnival yet their prizes and setting are tinged with warlike images. John Knowles uses setting to prove that there is the war -like images in the winter carnival. Gene said that “The Saturday was battleship gray.” The term battleship is
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Frederick Douglas said “without a struggle‚ there can be no progress.” Frederick Douglas stated these words halfway through his famous “West India Emancipation” speech. He spoke of the progress that is born when struggle is overcome. Douglas believed that hardships must be present for success to occur. Struggles make people better because it teaches them how to do something the right way. It may be hard to overcome a struggle at first‚ but in the end it will be better than when you started. To start
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World War II was a war spanning from 1939-1945 in which the Canadian army fought battles worldwide and contributed greatly to the allied victory in the war. Many Canadians fighting in the war were part of a gruelling Italian campaign. The army first landed on the Italian island of Sicily‚ where they then made their way deeper into Italy‚ fighting battles in Ortona‚ Cassino and Rome. Secondly‚ some soldiers who were part of the Canadian army went to Hong Kong to fight the Japanese. The Canadians were
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to find at first‚ but once you find the kairos then you will understand the book and its meaning more easily. Examples of kairos can be found in these three books: A Separate Peace‚ The Chosen‚ and American Cicero. Each of these books have kairos hidden in them‚ but it might not be easy to find. The book A Separate Peace by John Knowles focuses on two best friends Gene‚ and Phineas‚ attending a military academy. Gene is an extremely intelligent student who strives to become the Valedictorian
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Mahatma Gandhi used the term “Satyagraha” to refer to a kind of active but absolutely non-violent resistance to oppression. In his words: “Truth (satya) implies love‚ and firmness (agraha) engenders and therefore serves as a synonym for force. I thus began to call the Indian movement Satyagraha‚ that is to say‚ the Force which is born of Truth and Love or non-violence‚ and gave up the use of the phrase “passive resistance”‚ in connection with it‚ so much so that even in English writing we often
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Innocence versus Maturity A Separate Peace by John Knowles concerns itself about a young adult named Gene who decides to visit his old school Devon years after the war and recollects his memories of his friend‚ Phineas. Most of the story is a flashback about the hardships Gene and Phineas had to face growing up in high school during a war. During this flashback‚ Gene grows through the phase where he must let go of his childhood and mature to adulthood. Throughout the book‚ Phineas symbolizes childhood
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Religion‚ Peace and Justice What attitudes are there to war? Key idea: Most Christians believe that war should be avoided. But many also believe that there are times when a Christian may have to go to war. This is because they believe that the result of not going to war will be much worse. Holy War Key idea: Christians would fight in the name of God by going on Crusades (Holy War) Christians did not retaliate when persecuted‚ they did not join the army. Not all Christians followed the teachings
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Romanticism is a faith in imagination or fantasy rather than faith in reason. In John Knowles’s novel A Separate Peace‚ romanticism is portrayed through the recurring idea of fantasy and unreality. The theme is displayed through the emphasis on melancholy and sadness when Gene’s happiness is vanishing‚ Gene’s intuition and reliance on natural feelings when he bounces the branch and causes Finny’s accident‚ and through Finny’s reliance on his imagination and emotion rather than formal rules. First
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Teaching without joy and learning without hope by Gandhi: I would like to begin my sharing with this paragraph that I read from the book of Dr. Jesus Palma‚ on Curriculum Development System: “The teacher performs two very important functions in the educative process. One function is that of “character formation” which is caused out through modelling‚ counselling and the application of behaviour management or discipline. The second function of the teacher is that of “instruction” which consists
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