What is a laity? In religious organizations‚ the laity consists of all members who are not a part of the clergy‚ whether they are or are not members of religious institutes‚ for example a nun or lay brother.[1] In Christian cultures‚ the term lay priest is sometimes used in the past to refer to a secular priest‚ a diocesan priest who is not a member of a religious institute. Terms such as lay priest‚ lay clergy and lay nun were also once used in Buddhist cultures to indicate ordained persons
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Senestraro‚ Intro Phil F2012 Jeffrie Murphy on “Forgiveness” 1. What is ‘forgiveness’ and when is it best to forgive? Jeffrie Murphy defines forgiveness as the “principled overcoming of feelings of resentment…directed towards a person who has done one a moral injury.” (JM) 2. JM distinguishes forgiving a person from excusing the act and from justifying the act. To (successfully) excuse an act is to show that the wrongdoer is not fully responsible for the wrongdoing: “He was tired.” “She
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dehumanizing language to describe immigrants in the British Press. It is based on Part 2 of the Literature & Language course. Despite the word “Migrant” was generally perceived as being the most neutral term without any negative implication‚ the way it was perceived had been altered due to the way the government officials particularly David Cameron and other controversial British writers such as Katie Hopkin‚ who had depicted migrants as threat that drain on resources. Although the way officials and
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What is Art? Art cannot be defined simply‚ there has been numerous definitions offered throughout the decades but it is if I may‚ impossible to pin point one that define art perfectly because it is so broad. If I had to define all that art is will probably exceed an essay‚ but a book will do just fine. Since we cannot cover all that art is in one essay‚ we will cover the main ideas about it. Paintings‚ photography‚ architecture‚ and sculptures‚ they are the basics of art‚ and then there are
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governments‚ agencies‚ and international community has led to a confusing and bleak understanding of the true nature of terrorism. Now I do not believe that my definition of terrorism will be any better in helping understand this matter but it does help define my personal view of terrorism‚ terrorists‚ and their tactics. My definition of terrorism is any deliberate‚ planed use of force or violence‚ or the threat of such actions‚ against innocent people‚ with the aim of inducing fear or intimidating some
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What is heritage? Introduction My attention in this essay is going to explain what is heritage. There was a survey done in 2010 in Australia‚ the question was asked to people whom responsible for this survey “what first come to mind when you think ‘heritage’”. The survey was the responses of two thousands of people‚ and the overwhelming majority of the answers are Old‚ Buildings and History. As a result‚ can we say that traditional view still dominate‚ in most of people’s thoughts‚ basically
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WHAT IS A WORLD VIEW A worldview is a person’s philosophy on life. Hindson and Caner define it as “the framework of beliefs by which a person views the world around him.”(The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics‚ Ed Hindson and Ergun Caner; Pg. 498). There are three primary categories of worldviews; theism‚ naturalism‚ and pantheism. Theism is the view or belief that one God exists. This God is usually the center of all things; everything begins and ends with this deity. Christianity falls under
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WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? We have heard stories about leaders who changed the course of history‚ leaders who have inspired the change we see in the world we live in today and leaders who are still remembered long after their death for the legacy they left behind. So what is leadership?This question can be asked to a group of leaders from various disciplines and their answers will not be the same. Leadership has been evolving over the time and they still share similar common themes. This essay discusses
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What is Theology? 25 September of 2013 What is Theology? A.W. Tozer said‚ “The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still” and Henry Ward Beecher spoke the following words‚ “Theology is a science of mind applied to God”. Inside every person there is a voice of a theologian. Human minds like A.W. Tozer and Henry Ward Beecher have contributed to the ideas of theology just like millions of others. As long as an individual believes something about God‚ then that person
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University Of Ibadan Faculty of Social Science Department of Economics Course of study: MBA Course Title: Marketing Research Course code: MBA 763 Assignment: Secondary Data Mat Number: 74168 Name: Abiona Timothy Olufemi What is Data Data is a collection of facts‚ such as numbers‚ words‚ measurements‚ observations or even just descriptions of things. 1.Information in raw or unorganized form (such as alphabets‚ numbers‚ or symbols) that refer to‚ or represent‚ conditions‚ ideas‚ or objects. Data
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