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    Artwork featuring religious themes is extremely beautiful and meaningful. When religion is portrayed through art there is rich symbolism and iconography. Because religious art is so important I decided to use such works in my exhibit‚ each piece is a wonderful representation of religions in art. All the artwork I chose had to fit the theme of world religion in art‚ so I found art that displayed world religions. I found a myriad of different artworks from different religions. For example‚ the statue

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    Bahamian Oral Tradition

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    Bahamian oral tradition through folk music and storytelling What determines a true Bahamian? Our oral tradition by way of folk music and storytelling helps us to find our identity; it helps us create a link with the next generation in an attempt to keep our native culture alive. Moreover‚ oral tradition is more than history‚ because it creates bonds with the past. Oral tradition is simple‚ but‚ it is very rich because of the information it contains. Its roots lie in the oral traditions of the Bahamian

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    Humanities and Tradition Stephen A. Brooks HUM/100 November 28‚ 2012 Jennifer Green Humanity is a science in itself: a study of humans adapting and learning toward their lives. In humanity‚ art shown many forms. Among these forms are music‚ drawings‚ dancing‚ and culture. Music has dated back to prehistoric times when it was just making sounds with immediate available objects such as sticks and rocks. This changed through the Egyptian period‚ to mediaeval times‚ to the 19th century‚ and to

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    Say Yes

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    The Effects of Symbols On "Say Yes" The author of the short story "Say Yes‚" Tobias Wolff‚ uses a number of symbols to express his different views on racism throughout the story. Wolff uses this literary device to express a message to his readers. Symbols‚ something representing something else by association resemblance or convention‚ are used efficiently in this short story. Wolff uses colors to symbolize a hatred for an alternative race in this short story. The husband more than once

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    Alexie’s piece titled “This Is What It Means to Say

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    They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings by Russel Durst Awesome They Say / I Say shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves‚ the most important of which involves summarizing what others have said (they say) to set up one’s own argument (I say). In addition to explaining the basic moves‚ this book provides writing templates that show students explicitly how to make these moves in their own writing. Now available in two versions‚ with and

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    Invention and Tradition

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    independent works. Three ways of story engagement: telling‚ showing‚ and interactivity. Adaptations also dominate their own media. The most heavily awarded films are adaptations. Hutcheon suggests that the pleasure of adaptation from the perspective of the consumer comes from a simple repetition of a beloved story with variation. To borrow Michael Alexander’s term‚ adaptations are palimpsestuous works‚ works that are haunted by their adapted texts. Hutcheon wishes to avoid resorting

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    INVENTED TRADITION IN MALAYSIA There were various technologies that have been use in order to construct the nation-state. One of the most important things there must be in building a modern-nation state is a national culture which consists of history‚ heritage and tradition. For example‚ tradition is one of the branches of national culture that can describe or presents a nation-state identity. This is because each people have their own tradition practiced whether it is inherited from their ancestor

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    religious feedom

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    For years religion has been an integral custom of all people throughout time‚ and across the world. Nearly every civilization known to man practiced some sort of religion. Mankind has always wondered about the purpose‚ nature‚ creation and morality of the universe. This may be simply explained by human curiosity and the need to understand the complex and unexplainable. Most interestingly‚ as time went on these theories evolved and people from different parts mingled and further built upon new ideas

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    Shirley C. Guthrie clearly explains the doctrine of special revelation in his book “Christian Doctrine” . Guthrie states that “Christians may differ in their answer to the question how and whether we can find God” but all Christians agree that we “know that God exist because he found us” (54). “God has revealed God’s most innermost self by speaking and acting in the world in a special way.”(54). This special revelation occurs in three distingue ways. God also revealed Himself in the person of Jesus

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