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    the reading assignment American Women’s History A‚ Short Introduction by Susan Ware finds that during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the was “no simple or linear status” for Indian and European counterparts” (Ware 6). Some aspects of women’s status changed‚ and some declined. but invariably over a span of time. However‚ by 1750 a new progressive colonial culture developed defining the difference between European men and women’s value and enforcement of gender roles. Women were important

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    Religion in the Philippines Main Religions in the Philippines Roman Catholic 80.9%‚ Muslim 5%‚ Evangelical 2.8%‚ Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%‚ Aglipayan 2%‚ other Christian 4.5%‚ other 1.8%‚ unspecified 0.6%‚ none 0.1% (2000 census) The Philippines is a predominantly Christian nation on account of 300 years of Spanish rule. It is estimated that 81% of the population is Roman Catholic. In the south on the large island of Mindanao‚ many are adherents of Islam. Filipino Muslims make up about five

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    Chapter 13An American Renaissance: Religion‚ Romanticism‚ and Reform Rational religion 1. The concept of mission in the American character 2. The development of deism 1. Roots in rationalism and Calvinism 2. Nature of the beliefs 3. The development of Unitarianism 3. Nature of the beliefs 4. Role of William Ellery Channing 5. Creation of American Unitarian Association 4. The development of Universalism 6. Role of John Murray

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    In the beginning of the 1600s‚ the culture of the English colonies negatively reflected one of the largest forced migration that would significantly affect the society and history for centuries. During the early 1600s‚ European servants would work along the side of African servants. However by the end of the century‚ workers would be separated by skin color and millions of Africans would be taken away from their homeland and experience a nightmare of inhumanity‚ and this was known as the Terrible

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    He is growing a resentment for God but is keeping this feeling to himself. Lying in cots with the other prisoners‚ men are discussing their religion and love for God as they trust him to save him. “As for me‚ I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence‚ but I doubted his absolute justice” (45). He—like Job—still remained faithful but was suffering immensely and

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    throughout the colonial period‚ the colonies were a land of rapid growth and change. The British policy of salutary neglect influenced the development of colonial society. This will be shown through developments in colonial legislative assemblies‚ commerce‚ and religion. Britain’s lack of involvement in the colonies due to various events led the colonies towards developing self-governments. The colonies’ independent streak involving self-government began to show itself early on in colonial history with

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    Philippine Literature

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    ------------------------------------------------- A Brief History of Philippine Literature in English I.                    Pre-Colonial Period -          Consisted of early Filipino literature passed down orally; oral pieces have a communal authorship – it was difficult to trace the original author of the piece since oral literature did not focus on ownership or copyright‚ rather on the act of storytelling itself; -          Many oral pieces became lost in the wave of the new literary

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    Post-colonial Theory What it is: • the study of interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized; • an examination of the impact of the European conquest‚ colonisation and domination of non-European lands‚ peoples‚ and cultures; • an analysis of the inherent ideas of European superiority over non-European peoples and cultures; • an analysis of the role of representation in installing and perpetuating such notions. From the point of view of colonised

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    their interrelationships with role stress‚ emotional exhaustion‚ job attitude‚ working smart‚ job performance‚ and turnover intentions. The moderating role of working smart on the relationship between work overload and interpersonal conflict is also investigated. A model is tested using responses of sales employees working for four large financial institutions in South America. Findings indicate that work overload and interpersonal conflict mediate the impact of role stress on emotional exhaustion

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    LESSON 2 COLONIAL ERA 1.0 Introduction In the name of Allah‚ Most Gracious‚ Most Merciful Do you know that Malaysia was once a colonized land? For Malaysian students‚ do you remember how long this country was colonized? Could you please tell your foreign colleagues? For your information‚ this country was colonized approximately 446 years (from 1511 until 1957). Then‚ before this country secures it independence‚ it had experienced the era of emergency after the Japenese left the country. Thus‚ in

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