This article was downloaded by: [175.110.12.122] On: 09 November 2012‚ At: 08:19 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 37-41 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK Critical Studies on Terrorism Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rter20 What ’s so ‘religious’ about ‘religious terrorism’? Jeroen Gunning & Richard Jackson a a
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war and revolution‚ faith and religion‚ which is an essential key to national survival‚ may help the nation stay peace for a long time or enable people to stand up in the face of tyranny. It could accelerate the process of revolution but also increase the casualties of people. In her comic “Persepolis I and II”‚ Marjane Satrapi uses her personal experience illustrates that most of the Iranian people who lived in that time period seems have not a stable faith and religion to support them trust the truth
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science‚ philosophy‚ society‚ and politics. These revolutions were to get rid of the medieval world-view and to “enlighten” society to become modern. Though the Enlightenment can be seen as an age against religion in general‚ it is more against features of religion‚ such as superstition‚ enthusiasm‚ fanaticism and supernaturalism. Most Enlightenment thinkers do not argue the existence of God (although some are atheists) but they are against the traditional views of religion that reject science and
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exceedingly prominent part of modern day society‚ and can be seen almost everywhere one goes. Material culture can be categorised in four ways: ‘artefacts‚ landscapes‚ architecture‚ and art’; our attachment to each category interacting and influencing the others. As we have developed as human beings‚ our dependence on objects has steadily increased‚ both physically and psychologically. This reliance on the material world has expanded to all areas of life and society‚ including religion. Religious figures‚
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includes various diverse subfields such as aesthetics‚ epistemology‚ ethics‚ logic‚ and metaphysics. Various philosophical traditions use different methods and include different topics in their study. Some‚ for example‚ include politics‚ physics‚ or religion. The fundamental method of philosophy involves the systematic use of critical reasoning to evaluate arguments in defence of assertions of belief or opinion. The term philosophy comes from the Greek word "Φιλοσοφία"
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completely accurate‚ it is mostly biased or one sided‚ just like religion. With this being said one of the main factors in government that causes so much conflict and collision is religion. This is because religion is a worldwide phenomenon that can lead to both conflict and peace‚ depending on the way one looks upon it. Although in some cases religion may cause strife between countries‚ the reality of it is that without religion correlating with state affairs at all‚ the government would simply
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New Means to an Old End: Early Modern Maps in the Service of An Anti-Ottoman Crusade‚ written by James P. Krokar and Gloriana Rules the Waves: Or‚ the Advantage of Being Excommunicated (and a Woman) written by Lisa Jardine. They both show different images of the Europeans in this time frame. The reasons for the contrast between the images discussed in these two articles are a combination of religious and political goals: in each case what we see is that while religion initially
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Main Religions in the Philippines [1] History + distrbution Roman Catholic 80.9%‚ Muslim 5%‚ Evangelical 2.8%‚ Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%‚ Aglipayan 2%‚ other Christian 4.5%‚ other 1.8%‚ unspecified 0.6%‚ none 0.1% (2000 census) The Philippines is a predominantly Christian nation on account of 300 years of Spanish rule. It is estimated that 81% of the population is Roman Catholic. In the south on the large island of Mindanao‚ many are adherents of Islam. Filipino Muslims make up about five
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In our modern society we are all “victims” of globalization. The drastic changes introduced into our society have sparked a new generation of new traditions and customs. In Kwame Anthony Appiah’s article “The Case for Contamination” he states how globalization is becoming a rapid out come of our ever so fast growing population. We are beginning to integrate international ideals into our own and as a result‚ diversity and tolerance to new norms are becoming more evident. In Appiah’s article we can
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the view that science has replaced religion as the main ideological influence in society today? (33 marks) It will be important to assess the view that science has replaced religion as the main ideological influences in society today. The enlightenment project could be seen as the start of the debate between religion and science as the main ideological influence in society today. As moments in the 16th century had lead to the first real questions of religion being asked. As the contribution of
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