ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP : A SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP PARADIGM ABSTRACT Leadership has been an object studied by many scholars for centuries‚ and brings a lot of theories forth in term of leadership. Leadership is a multidisciplinary field concerned with both ethics and morality. Davis‚ K. (1967) defined Leadership asthe ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically. It is the human factor which binds a group together and motivates it toward goals. Management activities such as planning
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Commentary on Transcendentalism Throughout Moby-Dick --Because one did survive the wreck. -Herman Melville‚ 1851- It is quite possible that nothing runs deeper through the veins of Herman Melville than his disdain for anything transcendental. Melville’s belittling of the entire transcendentalist movement is far from sparsely demonstrated throughout the pages of Moby-Dick‚ in which he strategically points out the intrinsic existence of evil‚ the asperity of nature and the wrath of the almighty
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Puritanism is a branch of the Church of England that primarily settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1620s with the mission of reforming the Anglican Church. Socially‚ the Puritans differed from the Anglicans’ orthodox beliefs of alcohol consumption and paganrelated practices; religiously‚ the Puritans called for change in the structure and abolishment of certain traditions in the Anglican Church; ideologically‚ the Puritans demonstrated their unique way of thinking with their idea of their
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------------------------------------------------- Why are Human Beings Religious? ------------------------------------------------- “If there were no God‚ it would have been necessary to invent him.” - Voltaire Human beings are religious because we know about death. No sooner had man learned to walk on two legs than he had fallen to his knees with the knowledge that he would one day die. It is widely acknowledged by anthropologists and theologians alike that the difference between man
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manages to create many metaphors within his novel The Scarlet Letter. The rose bush outside the prison door‚ the black man‚ and the scaffold are three metaphors. Perhaps the most important metaphor would be the scaffold‚ which plays a great role throughout the entire story. The three scaffold scenes which Hawthorne incorporated into The Scarlet Letter contain a great deal of significance and importance the plot. Each scene brings a different aspect of the main characters‚ the crowd or more minor
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Matt Pearson Professor Ancell Humanities 201 5 August 2013 Scholasticism in Religious Architecture "Sacred architecture is not‚ a ’free’ art‚ developed from ’feelings’ and ’sentiment’‚ but it is an art strictly tied by and developed from the laws of geometry" (Schneider). This is a governing principle behind the architecture and stained-glass images in Chartres Cathedral: the building wasn’t just built without a plan or the art didn’t just happen‚ it is a systematic creation using geometry
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Edcelyn M. 11280190 MADEPOL ‘Development’ is a concept which is contested both theoretically and politically‚ and is inherently both complex and ambiguous. (Sumner and Tribe‚ 2008) The Development of Development The issue on how to achieve development had gained a huge arena of talk on the development field but it is not alone in the limelight‚ even the concept of ‘development’ had gained many significant issues and changes‚ as well. Defining ‘development’ from the beginning is a debate
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Women ’s Role Throughout History Throughout history times have changed‚ this can also be said of women. As periods changed so did the demands and opportunities. Women were able to adapt to these new changes remarkably well‚ and so they were able to shape and influence these periods‚ as well as benefit from them. Life for the American woman in the 19th century was full of conflicts and struggles. Women suffered from a lot of discrimination‚ and were not allowed to vote‚ attend universities‚ speak
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New England Colonies were established by people who were exile because of their religious beliefs‚ Most were known as separist. Most wanted to escapes and break free from the Anglican Church which was also known as the Church of England. They wanted the freedom to worship God in their own way. Yet‚ they however did not want to extend the freedom to everyone. Those who wanted to “purify” the Church of England were known as the puritans. They believe the Church of England was too similar to the Catholics
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The promotion of Violence Throughout Religions Islam‚ Judaism‚ and Christianity each have unique historical backgrounds of war that can be seen as promoting violence. Also‚ each religion has followers that can take defending their faith to extremes. Both the Bible and the Qur’an have scripture verses that by some can be considered violent towards others. The word Jihad‚ is used to describe how one should defend their religion against unbelievers which again‚ can be used by extremists to do
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