Imposing narrow rules of what it means "to be Christian‚" the fringe movements of the fundamentalist right have limited the debate in and progression of religion. In practice‚ the black and white standards conceived by the extremist agenda have extinguished unity in addressing issues important to the progression of American society. As illustrated
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risk on health problems such as coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction. If they do not know the truth‚ they will not angry‚ and hence avoiding the potential risk on health problems. On the other hands‚ since patient’s parents are the fundamentalist Christians‚ they can seek help like financial subsidies from church for their daughter’s funeral as the church do not know the diagnosis of their daughter. Therefore‚ do not tell the truth can avoid potential risk on health problems of patient’s
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the idea of rituals of greater significance as it generally binds people together which for Durkheim is always a positive thing. On the other hand‚ Durkheim does not offer a real explanation on why some deviate from such society’s e.g. Islamic fundamentalists such as the Taliban.
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The Muslim Brotherhood “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Quran is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” This is the motto of the world’s largest‚ oldest‚ and most influential Islamist organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood‚ or al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun. They are an organization that operates under an umbrella of secrecy with an agenda to remove westernization of Muslim culture and establish Shari’ah law and Sunni Islamic governments
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Medici Legacy: Renaissance Ideals and Scientific Revolution The Medici legacy brought a reform of new ideas by allowing great minds to express and contemplate the universe. The Renaissance allowed the Medici to fully grant a new form of thinking that led to effects that have split the church and science defining a new era of human worth. The Medici wealth and taste in art endorsed the ideas that many thought moved away from the Vatican Church orthodox way of thought and caused such controversy for
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It is accurate that the Twenties was a decade of friction and conflict between the values of urban and rural America. Traditional‚ rural Americans were conservative‚ and as a result feared change advocated by the new urban Americans who brought forth new attitudes and ideas. Both clashed on the lines of immigration‚ politics‚ religion‚ and women’s rights. In an analysis of the 1920s‚ William‚ E. Leuchtenburg wrote the Perils of Prosperity and in it stated that there were different two Americas at
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decided to fight to gain equality‚ although is not easy by any means. One of the reasons that gender equality is such a complicated issue in the Middle East is that some applications of fundamentalist Islamic law include limited rights and even violence toward women. ISIS/ ISIL is currently the most prominent fundamentalist group in the Middle East‚ but other groups also have influence in the region and in nearby nations. In Afghanistan and Pakistan‚ the Taliban has been a significant political force for
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day‚ my dreams and aspirations have been shaped in an odd manner in a conflict of values. I grew up in Iran in a traditional Persian family that was also influenced by western values. We were living in the middle of an Islamic Republic with a fundamentalist Islamic ideology that conflicted with my family values. “Our Family values are fundamental principles‚ they solidify the foundation for a strong‚ tight-knit family‚” my uncle always says‚ to remind us the importance of the family values. My family’s
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even further with his people. The coalition of forces against the Shah consisted of the traditionalists and the modernists‚ but these categories brake off into many diverse groups who all had their own motivation to dethrone the Shah. The Islamic fundamentalist‚ Ayatollah Khomeini‚ was seen as the figurehead of this movement. Khomeini’s followers shaped the movement within Iran while Khomeini was in exile‚ spreading the beliefs of Islamic fundamentalism‚ which evidently acts as the binding notion that
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as a role model and having children by an acceptable husband‚ she apparently abdicated in the struggles of sexuality‚ rebellion‚ and identification‚ leaving these conflicts unresolved. Her conscious recollection of her parents’ are of a rigid‚ fundamentalist father and a critical mother and these may had affected her as a child‚ a wife‚ and a mother also. Ruth was socially isolated and that her lack of relationship outside the family was enforced by her parents‚ at least in terms of dating. Her
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