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    the shared responsibility of their parents. Although the Bible and the Quran have not given a precise definition of marriage‚ they have commented on matters concerning marriage in reference to certain religious characters and situations. In Genesis 2:18-12 for instance‚ in referring to the solitary life of Adam; God said‚ “It is not good that a man should be alone‚

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    EA300A CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Introduction/P.254 Northern Lights is the first novel of Pullman’s trilogy‚ His Dark Materials. It tells the story of 12-year-old of Lyra Belacqua and her epic journey north to find her missing friend Roger and her imprisoned father‚ Lord Asriel. Enjoyed by adults and children alike‚ it is sometimes classified as a crossover novel‚ although its mixture of fantasy and realism‚ since and theology‚ and its use of intertexts defies easy categorization.

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    are attracted to Hindi films partly because of their attraction to depictions of modern lifestyles. Dern argues that films help men handle their ambivalence about modernity by rooting their sense of Indianness in women ’s acceptance of traditional food habits‚ clothing‚ and gender subordination. [2]  Happy New Year

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    Sociology emerged from enlightenment thought‚ shortly after the French Revolution‚ as a positivist science of society. Its genesis owed to various key movements in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of knowledge. Social analysis in a broader sense‚ however‚ has origins in the common stock of philosophy and necessarily pre-dates the field. Modern academic sociology arose as a reaction to modernity‚ capitalism‚ urbanization‚ rationalization‚ and secularization‚ bearing a particularly strong interest in the

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    Canaan where he received God’s promise to him.It was through Abraham’s son Isaac‚ that God renewed his promise with Abraham. In Genesis 22‚ God tests Abraham’s covenant with him by asking him to sacrifice Isaac in order for him to show his obedience towards God’s call. As Abraham prepares to offer up his son‚ an angel intervenes and stops the act from happening. In Genesis 22:15-18‚ the Angel responds to Abraham’s obedience by renewing his promised land. He would be as numerous as the stars of the

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    Introduction Among many environmentalists religious belief is often viewed‚ at best‚ as irrelevant in addressing environmental issues or‚ at worst - particularly in the case of Christianity - as a leading culprit in creating the global environmental crisis. No religion‚ either Eastern or Western‚ primitive or modern‚ has ever prevented environmental degradation‚ and in some instances religions have aided and abetted the destruction of ecosystems. This disdain for religion reflects ’the largely

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    Religions‚ 2nd ed.‚ Cambridge University Press‚ Cambridge‚ pp.10-28. Woods‚ T. E. 2004a‚ ‘Sociology and the study of man’ in Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era‚ Columbia University Press‚ West Sussex‚ p.51-84. Woods‚ T. E. 2004b‚ ‘Assimilation and resistance: Catholics and progressive education’ in Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era‚ Columbia University Press‚ West Sussex‚ p.86-118. Wright‚ B. & Rawls‚ A. W. 2006‚ ‘Speaking

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    “...believers cannot recognize at the same time the value of life and the right to death‚ the value of family and validity of same-sex relations‚ the protection of child ’s rights and the deliberate destruction of human embryos for medical purposes.” (Metropolitan Kirill of the Moscow Patriarchate) Discuss. Metropolitan Kirill of the Moscow Patriarchate argues irrefutably for the beliefs of the Church and thus‚ members or believers of the Church in the right to human life‚ the value of family

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    the term “modernity”. Titled ‘Modernity- yesterday‚ today and tomorrow’‚ the excerpt presents examples of modernity and defines the term by the author explaining ways the term is achieved. In the respective article the author‚ describes the term modern as “to find ourselves in an environment that promise us adventure‚ power‚ joy‚ growth‚ transformation of ourselves and the world-“. The term ‘Modernity’ is where the author groups this experience under. The understanding of modernity is that is

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    Paragraphs: 1. Intro 2. What is modern? Academic views and what people in cities of the global south perceive as being modern(Bangkok example) 3. What is the global south- which cities belong to this category 4. Technological progress as a form of modernity using positive examples from India (Bangalore) and less positive views from Lagos 5. Employment structure e.g the informal sector often viewed as not modern. Robinsons view of cape town 6. Education- literacy rates Islamabad 7. Linking from

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