THE MANY FACES OF FANATICISM Kalmer Marimaa Ph.D. Student in Social Science‚ Lecturer in Religious Studies and Sociology at the Tartu Theological Seminary‚ Estonia‚ kalmerm@yahoo.com ABSTRACT. The article presents fanaticism as a universal phenomenon that can manifest itself in almost every sphere of human activity. Although many expressions of fanaticism are negative and destructive‚ some can be almost neutral or even positive. The article describes the characteristics of the fanatic
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Humanities 125 Some would argue that Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is a book that pulls its ideas and beliefs about women and their place in society from the Bible. But based upon the novel‚ the Bible‚ and some writings by Christian writers‚ that is true‚ but highly skewed. Let’s begin by taking a look at how society is setup in The Handmaid’s Tale so we can have a clear understanding where the author is coming from. The whole premise is that women have lost all power‚ freedom‚ choice
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UNIT 4222-302 Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings (SHC 32) 1.1 My Duties and responsibilities as a senior support worker include: following policies and procedures‚ attending regular meetings in order to progress and in the interest of the service users within the Gofal services‚ personal care‚ recording temperatures‚ administering medication‚ promoting independence for service users and ensuring a healthy lifestyle‚ ensuring all domestic
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Explain Galileo’s attempt to make science and religion compatible‚ with particular reference to methods of justification. How successful is he? Use Kuhn’s notion of incommensurability to investigate Galileo’s attempt to reconcile the propositions of science and religion. There will always be a battle between religion and science‚ it is a truth universally acknowledged. Galileo attempted to make the two compatible by suggesting that the truth can only be sought out if the notion under consideration
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Fanaticism ’My son the fanatic’ Translated from Latin fanaticism means one-sidedness‚ which describe it very well. It is when a person is filled with an exaggerated interest and bias enthusiasm‚ often for a religious case. A fanatic will there fore not listen to other arguments than those‚ which already supports the assumed position. Nevertheless‚ fanaticism can actually be many things. It can be quite harmless such as if a person only can tolerate one kind of flower in his garden. This kind
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world rejecting religious sect‚ with members living a lifestyle in opposition to existing society. However‚ they have evolved over time into becoming the world accommodating denomination that they are today. Neibuhr puts forward his explanation of this and calls it ‘denomination or death.’ He believes that a Sect is a world rejecting organization that comes into existence because of a schism from an established church due to disagreements within either teachings or religious doctrine. He argues
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Mariannhill Monastery‚ located in the outskirts of Pinetown. The Monastery was founded by Trappist Monks (religious order of the Roman Catholic Church) in 1882‚ as a catholic mission. The Monastery not only boasts beautiful architectural design but also peaceful tea and vegetable gardens. The Mission centre within the monastery is used for many different workshops‚ conferences and retreats for schools‚ religious organisations and private companies to discuss social problems such as HIV/AIDS‚ drug abuse and
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why would they still go? Well‚ due to economic struggle‚ people were losing their jobs and money. When the opportunity to come to America arose‚ many of the struggling people saw it as a way to start over and make their fortune. Another reason was religious persecution. Both the catholic and protestant churches were fighting for power. When Britain was under catholic powers‚ the protestant people were persecuted‚ and fled to the new world in hopes of being able to worship in their own ways freely. Even
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Daniel Lee AP Euro Term Paper 1/9/17 Dinner at Voltaire’s The year was 1797. I was on my way to Ferney as I was lucky enough to be invited to Voltaire’s dinner party. I sat back in the carriage and my heart pounded as the clopping of the horse’s hooves got louder. My prolonged preparation of my special attire had me running late for the special occasion. I spoke to myself loudly‚ “I can’t be late to this important dinner” hoping the coachman would hear me and speed up. The coachman
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Interventions that Apply Scripture in Psychotherapy Summary In this paper I will review the article “Interventions that Apply Scripture in Psychotherapy.” (Garzon 2005). Overall counseling can be very tricky‚ especially when the client is religious. This will require the counselor to use multiple resources‚ such as the Bible‚ when coming up with a treatment plan. The word of God is superior when it comes to healing. “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged
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