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    Religion: Jihad and Peace

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    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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    A Separate Peace Themes

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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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    essentially answer one question‚ what is justice? This question serves as a basis into the dialogues encountered in the literary work. Plato aims to answer this philosophical question through an analysis developed by Socrates; a Greek philosopher‚ prestigiously acclaimed‚ due to his analysis of such subjective thoughts. Justice can be classified in three subdivisions which include retributive justice‚ procedural justice‚ and social justice. Retributive justice can be best explained along the principle

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    Kairos In A Separate Peace

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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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    A Separate Peace Themes

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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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    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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    of a punitive nature‚ and there may be an opportunity to save this offender from the experience of the correctional system. The concept of restorative justice is not clearly defined; often referred to as a ‘movement‚’ and presented as an option to the mainstream of criminal justice. Rather than harsh punishment to the offender‚ restorative justice will attempt to establish a connection between the victim and the offenders (Sharpe‚ 1998). RJ attempts to repair the harm the offender caused the victim(s)

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    Peace Like a River

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    Glenn Miller Dr. Warren English 101 October‚ 10‚ 2012 In Leif Enger’s Peace Like a River the reader is introduced to many characters who portray numerous similarities which contribute to the noticeable differences between Jape Waltzer and Jeremiah Land. The foil between the two major characters is uncanny and gives a clear representation of Good and Evil. Jape Waltzer‚ a strange man whom lives separated from society in the mountains poses a very imminent threat to those around him

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    Chapter 10 Review Quest

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    1. What global changes prompted the Monroe Doctrine? What were its key provisions? How does it show America’s growing international presence? -The Monroe Doctrine was created on December 2nd‚ 1823 which proclaimed European powers would no longer interfere or colonize with affairs within the Americas. It limited the power for the European culture. Also‚ the United States decided to stay neutral with the Europeans and their colonies. The three main concepts consisted of separate spheres of influence

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    Exam 1 Quest and Answers

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    Acccounting 248:51 Spring 2014 Midterm Exam April 7‚ 2014 Instructor: Dan Cunningham Email: dan@dancunningham.org Phone/Text: 518.431.9796 Instructions: Please record your answers on the answer page provided. Your answers must be submitted on or before 11:59PM on April 12. Please upload your answer sheet to the appropriate file on ANGEL. 1. The City of Newport issued $1‚500‚000 of general obligation refunding bonds at a 2% premium. Bond issuance costs of $15‚000 were incurred. The

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