Symphonie Fantastique is a symphony composed in 1830 by Hector Berlioz. The composition speaks of the struggles that an artist endures when the love he extends towards a fair lady is not reciprocated. After the young lad realizes that he will never be able to obtain the object of his affection, he chooses to commit suicide by taking opium. However,...
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Some of the oldest philosophical ideas can be traced back to Asia, thousands of years ago. Lifestyle and how you are supposed to fit in society are key parts to these philosophies. Asia is home to one of the largest and oldest cultures on Earth, so there is no surprise that their beliefs are the ones we look back at...
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Introduction How a person lives, acts, reacts, and views the world is considered to be their worldview. Every person has their own lenses they see the world through and as Christians, we live by seeing the world through biblical lenses. I personally choose to view the world with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, and forgiveness as God has done for...
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India is a country in South Asia, which is rich for its culture and spirituality. This country is in the second position with the most population in the world. The density of India makes a lot of diversity that arises in society, especially Indian culture. The existing culture is strongly influenced by the existence of religion. Nevertheless, that could happen...
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To give a basic introduction from childhood we have many factors that affect us in ways. We are born with only two innate fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds, this are the natural ones which are closer such as our childhood. Whether we are orphans or not, abused or spoiled these are changes that can...
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The word ‘gospel’ is a translation of the Greek word ‘euangelion’ which means good news. (Webster, 1991)[footnoteRef:1] There are four Gospel accounts in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The first three Gospels are sometimes called the ‘synoptic' (same view) Gospels. This is because they each cover teachings and miracles by Jesus that are also covered in other...
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Abstract According to the Vedas, all material fundamentals are inculcated with the modes of nature or gunas- sattava, rajas, and tamas. Understanding the guna mode of an individual is the key to behavioral analysis. Different individuals may have different intensities of sattava, rajas and tamas gunas. As defined by Lord Krishna in 14th chapter of Bhagwat Geeta Sattva is the...
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Introduction The belief in afterlife spans across many cultures, with most of them agreeing that death is not the end of human life instead there is life after death. While many cultures present an array of beliefs on the afterlife topic, the Jewish beliefs on the same outlines a perfect cosmology which provides an in-depth explanation worth looking at. Afterlife...
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Religion played an important role in history, and it has powerful and effective influence on various spheres of life, as it happened before common era. An example of how this can be done should be the introduction of Confucianism into the quality of state ideology, which strengthened the national identity of Chinese civilization. Comparing the influence of Confucianism and Hinduism...
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If there is one group of people who tend to face extreme discrimination and social subjugation in the United States of America, it is undoubtedly religious minority groups. Muslim American Women in particular, stand out amongst the rest. The degree of orientalism that Muslim women continue to face in America has increased tenfold following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,...
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Everyone has a worldview, weather they realize it or not. The news of Jesus Christ is more than facts to be believed; it is also a life to be lived, a life of righteousness “24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,” Romans 3:24 (ESV). There are six key worldviews...
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Abstract For years, I have been fascinated in scientology. I never really did any advanced research into them, and just considered them “crazy”. I feel like this is a good opportunity to objectively view the perspective of scientology and dissect its main framework of beliefs. After writing this, I noted that there are a few things that I still consider...
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It is safe to safe that a majority of people would not complain if it were possible for the world’s population to coexist in complete harmony and tranquility. However, at this point in time that is just not possible, and it has not been possible for quite some time. Throughout history there has been a trend where one group of...
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Abstract This study looks at Julie Otsuka’s renowned novel, The Buddha in the Attic (2011), in the light of its representation of the mental and psychological colonization of Japanese emigrants in America. It draws upon Homi K. Bhabha’s notions of “unhomeliness”, “ambivalence” and “mimicry”. A close scrutinizing of the novel reveals Otsuka’s grave concern ̶ as a Japanese-American herself ̶...
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Judaism was the first of the Abrahamic religions to be practiced, with Jewish history dating back thousands of years ago. Throughout history, there have been events that have affected the long-term effects of the tradition. In 70 CE, the Romans attacked and destroyed the second temple. This attack lead to numerous Jews dying, and many were sold into slavery. In...
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In his later years, people forged to him as if they were to come to a divine creature asking what he was. They foster questions-like “are you a god, an angel or a saint?” But the Buddha answered “I am awake.” (Smith and Novak, 2004). A man who woke up from dreaming and shook off the daze from the dreamlike...
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The Central Significance of the Altar The altar symbolized Christ. An altar is a table or structure used for offering sacrifice. For Catholics, it is the place for the central sacrifice where the Eucharistic enacted. The altar is central to the liturgical celebration and should be the cynosure of all eyes during Eucharistic celebrations. The altar too should clearly take...
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In both novels, the author’s present the way in which society’s expectations of men and women can be detrimental to a person if these expectations are not defied. Both Kureishi and Woolf explore how women are oppressed by society, and how opposing this oppression is crucial in order to progress as a society. Both novels are also concerned with the...
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Hollywood and Bollywood both are included amongst the well-renowned cinema industries around the world. They are socially influential and impactful industries and is increasing with passage of time. The respective research will have a comparative analysis of Muslim negative image portrayed in Hollwood and Bollywood industries. Moreover the Islamic representation will also be analyzed especially after the 9/11 incident, how...
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Introduction Feminism today is a cause that several males and females are trying to champion. This is because they believe that the cause is indeed a noble one. Therefore, they fight for equal right for females, respect for females and above all, a pedestal with equal chances for females, just like the male. On this note, feminists have developed for...
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Introduction What is the Protestant Reformation? The Protestant Reformation, also known as the Protestantism, is commitment to the custom of the Christian ideology which is normally considered as Protestantism instead of Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy. In tradition the Protestant Reformation involves all churches that are external from the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Church traditions. The name, Protestantism, originated when people...
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In this essay, we will ask what types of authority that figures such as Donald Trump and Pope Francis have according to Max Weber. Weber states in his writings that there are three types of authority: legal authority, traditional authority, and charismatic authority. With these definitions in mind, we argue that Trump carries legal authority, while the Pope exercises charismatic...
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Introduction The depiction of women in Shinto can be found as early as Kojiki, Japan’s e oldest chronicle, where female deities appeared in the creation mythology and their status compared with male counterparts began to showing signs. When Izanagi and Izanami, the divine couple who was responsible for creating the islands of Japan, descended from the heaven bridge to the...
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Introduction The etymology of the word ‘Religion’ states that the root of the word is ‘religio’ i.e obligation/ bond/ reverence for the bond between humans and the gods. In today’s world, it is defined as the belief and worship of a superhuman controlling power in rudimentary terms. Religion is essentially a cultural system of various elements of behaviours, practices, morals,...
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Sin is an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine or natural law. With this being said, in the novel Child Of God by Cormac McCarthy, Lester Ballard can not seem to escape sin. Lester Ballard is described to look very rough and almost crazy. The novel calls him “A child of God much like yourself perhaps” (McCarthy,...
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One of the many popular beliefs that respected literature has revolved around for centuries is the belief that we all have good and bad within us, and that Individuals are born to be anything they’d like to be depending on their circumstances in life. In William Golding’s Lord of The Flies, a vast group of boys marooned on an island...
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As time went by, and the world moved on from the Classical Age into the Roman Age, fewer Christians understood Greek, and so the Church had to find a way to cater for its audience. The solution was for the Bible to be translated into Latin. St Jerome, known as the father of translation, was the one to translate the...
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At the heart of Paradise Lost lies Milton’s attempt to wrestle between two key ideals of the poem: the all-powerful Eternal Father and the notion of Free Will. In setting out to ‘justify the ways of God to men’ (I. 26) whilst maintaining his own anti-deterministic beliefs, Milton must ensure neither is compromised throughout his epic poem. Whilst the form...
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Judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion of Abrahamic faiths. The devotees of Judaism are called Jews. The terms of Judaism and Jew where inferred from the word ‘Judah’ which was the name of the fourth of the twelve sons of Jacob. Jews are also called Hebrews and Israelite. They are called Hebrews because they are descendants of Abraham who was...
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Envy the most relatable of the seven deadly sins consumes so many of us on a day to day basis, but what exactly is envy? Envy has many different versions of the definition but the most commonly used is, wanting something that someone else has because you feel like they aren’t worthy enough for it. Envy can be defined in...
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