CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The use of plants for remedies has long been in existence and is among the most attractive sources for developing drugs (Bukantis et al.‚ 1980). Any part of plant can be considered as herbs including leaves roots‚ flower‚ seeds‚ resins‚ leaf sheath‚ bark‚ inner bark (cambium)‚ berries and sometimes the pericarp or other portion (Holetz et al.‚ 2002). Most primates depend heavily on the leaves‚ fruits‚ and flowers of tropical plants to meet their nutritional
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Accepting that the Bible is the original constructor of gender and that the word “man” has been since the beginning of time a word to describe one with male genitalia‚ leads no one to question the story of our very creation. However‚ Christine Delphy noted that” the concept of sex roles was critically developed from the 1940s to the 1960s” (59) and that “the concept of gender derived directly from it” (60). So‚ if the Bible predates the development of gender roles‚ is it
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watchers‚ and my classmates. The discourse community that I am going to discuss in this paper is the one that gets me motivated and eager to take part every Tuesday; it is the women’s bible club at my church. Our Bible club consists of twenty-five women and we meet every Tuesday to discuss different areas and topics of the Bible. We have certain unofficial rules that members of the group respect. These rules include the following: 1. Cell phones
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“The Poisonwood Bible” is mostly based on 1960s Congo‚ although the story continues until after that. The author‚ Barbara Kingslover‚ draws on the independence and political conflict in the Congo when telling the story of the Prices‚ a missionary family‚ during their time there. The Congo declared independence from Belgium in 1960 and elected a prime minister‚ Patrice Lumumba‚ who was placed under house arrest and murdered only months after becoming prime minister. Joseph-Désiré Mobutu replaced him
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3/22/11 Week 7 Paper Many people think that the Bible and the Koran are complete opposites‚ but in actuality they share a collection of similarities regarding events and stories. Although some details may differ‚ people can still tell they’re affiliated. A good representation is Mary in both books. The stories of Mary in the Bible and Mary in the Koran have their differences‚ but to a degree remain similar. Mary is mentioned throughout the Bible in many different chapters‚ but in the Koran‚ Mary
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the face of the earth.” Preceding this statement is the story of Joseph‚ who too is favored. The Oxford Bible Commentary‚ written by John Muddiman and John Barton‚ notes the importance of the patriarchs of the Jewish faith as being chosen by God‚ and Joseph is no exception. Barton and Muddiman state‚ “…Joseph‚ Jacob’s eleventh son‚ is chosen to be the saviour of his family…” (The Oxford Bible Commentary). Although he is nowhere near being the firstborn son‚ who was given the birthright and would
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church. However‚ studying the Bible was not something I had ever done. I was the person that would take their Bible to church but would never open it any other day of the week. About three years ago‚ I was worrying about something and one of my friends said‚ “Sometimes we worry only because we don’t believe everything that is in the Bible.” At first I became very offensive and told her she needed to clarify. She asked me‚ “Do you believe that the same God that is in the Bible is the same God of today
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The Jefferson Bible: A Reconciliation of Jefferson & Christianity As a work of theological literature‚ Thomas Jefferson’s The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth‚ or otherwise popularly known as the Jefferson Bible‚ has historically either been considered a philosophical masterpiece or shrugged off as irreverent blasphemy. From a fundamentalist point-of-view‚ Jefferson had desecrated the world’s most glorified and holy text‚ butchering doctrines by which countless people live with his illicit
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Cultures from around the world open us up to a new way of living that can provide us with ways to improve our lives as well as those around us. Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible was published in 1998‚ and vast majority of the book takes place in the Belgian Congo‚ close to the Kwilu River. It is a novel that shows how going from a thriving developed country to a third world country can drastically affect any family. The Price family moved to the Congo from Georgia in 1959 after Nathan‚ the
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PWB Essay 6 February 2013 Rachel as America Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Poisonwood Bible is a bildungsroman of a family that is moved to Africa by their evangelistic father. Kingsolver uses the characterization of the family to discuss western colonization and its negative side effects. Kingsolver uses Rachel’s character to critique the American culture through her language‚ materialistic nature‚ and refusal to accept the Congo. Kingsolver uses Rachel’s language to describe American culture
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