For one to be able to understand the Arian controversy‚ and discuss the clashing of theological‚ social‚ and what political factors contributed‚ one must first understand what the Arian controversy was. Due to early church writers such as Justin‚ Clement of Alexandria‚ and Origen‚ the church had developed certain theological perspectives on what the nature of God resembled (Gonzalez‚ The Story of Christianity 182). In addition to the nature of God‚ whether the Logos or the Word‚ was created or was
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One of the most scandalous events in history that pops into my head is the Galileo affair. Back in 1610 the Catholic world strongly believed that the earth was the center of the universe and did not move. The controversy began when Galileo started his telescopic studies and published a book called The Starry Messenger. This book stated new observations on Venus and Jupiter that proved how Venus had sun spots from it revolving the sun and moons were orbiting Jupiter. The belief that all planets orbit
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April 21‚ 2013 Venus de Willendorf VS The Barbie Doll Who are they today? Venus de Willendorf and Barbie are two very different representations of women and their beauty. Both are man-made and inspirational‚ both from two very different times. Venus by the homosapiens millions of years ago and Barbie a mere fifty years ago by a woman and mother looking for a doll her daughter could play and grow with. In looking at Venus de Willendorf and the Barbie doll‚ they seem to be related in a way and yet
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The Surrogate Motherhood Controversy Rachel Williams POSC 450.001 Senior Seminar October 24‚ 2009 The Surrogate Motherhood Controversy Summary The surrogate motherhood controversy has been an ongoing battle for many years with two different sides giving their viewpoints. This has created much of a battle over recent years. Surrogate motherhood controversy has stirred up many critics and authors viewpoints to justify whether surrogacy should be practiced at all and if it should be legalized
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For long‚ the minimum wage controversy has been a topic of debate to whether it produces positive or negative effects on society. To begin with‚ the need for a country to have a minimum wage law was stressed by the international labour organization in 1928. Twenty years later‚ Australia and New Zealand passed the act and we have been using the term “minimum wage law” ever since. At this point more than 90% of all countries have some kind of minimum wage legislation. Supporters of the minimum wage
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World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fired Hulk Hogan after the world-famous wrestler was caught in a racist controversy. An audio recording of Hulk Hogan using racist slurs eight years ago emerged recently and WWE ended its contract with the iconic wrestler shortly after. Hogan did not defend his language‚ but apologized for his “unacceptable” behavior‚ according to BBC News. In the recently released tape‚ Hogan is heard using racist expressions and the n-word in reference to his daughter Brooke’s
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vary in their answers to this questions‚ which in turn sparked the idea for the Enola Gay exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. In 1995‚ the curators and staff attempted to raise the academic standards of the museum by incorporating controversy into the museum experience. It juxtaposed the creation and restoration process of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress air-carrier that transported the atomic bomb against an unforgiving narrative of the aircrafts role in securing the victory over the
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considered as a gelling force to keep the communities united. Urdu was the official language of the sub-continent and was spoken and used by both‚ Hindus and Muslims. All groups had contributed towards the development of the language. The Urdu-Hindi controversy started with the fall of the Mughal Empire. This is because the Hindus felt that Urdu was a language of the invaders as many Turkish‚ Arabic and Persian words had been added to it. Therefore‚ the Hindus demanded a separate language which could rightly
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The Controversy over Caster Semenya The article titled “Caster Semenya An the IOC’s Olympics Gender Bender” by Jesse Ellison reviews the controversy over Caster Semenya‚ the now 21-year-old intersexed athlete‚ and whether or not she should be allowed to compete as a female in international competition. After winning gold at the World Athletic Championship in Berlin‚ Semenya was put through various testing‚ until finally cleared as a woman. The belief was that she had an unfair advantage‚ due
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Discuss O’Neill’s pledge to ‘build bridges between the two communities within our community’; paying particular attention to the controversy that arose around the siting of a new university in Northern Ireland (NI) When O’Neil assumed power of Stormont on the resignation of Brookeborough he pledged to build bridges between the two communities in NI. This was a ray of hope to the Nationalist community who had long felt discriminated against. However it was met with some derision from his fellow unionists
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