English 101 Sec. 54 Christine Cranford Project 3 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown’s fictional novel‚ The Da Vinci Code‚ is one of the most popular books in recent history. In fact it’s over forty million copies sold worldwide is second only to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series (Koyzis 1). Along with its astounding popularity‚ the novel also has aroused a great deal of controversy within the religious community. Most of the hysteria is centralized over the plot of the story which claims that
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In the classic novel 1984‚ author George Orwell writes of a future country called Oceania in which there is nothing that the government doesn’t control. By limiting the country’s historical knowledge‚ manipulating their minds‚ and conditioning their bodies‚ Big Brother is able to undermine citizens and use them as puppets. Though American government isn’t as austere as the fictitious one in 1984‚ there are definite parallels between Orwell’s writings and today’s society. In 1984‚ The Party is in
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The East-West Schism The Filioque‚ or addition of the clause “and from the son” to the Nicene Creed‚ in the west brought the two halves of Christendom into conflict. Two issues were at stake- theology and authority. Was it theologically sound to state that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son as the west came to believe? If so‚ by whose authority could the Nicene Creed be altered? http://joshhatala.wordpress.com/history/the-great-schism-of-1054-an-historiographic-view-by-josh-hatala/
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Theseus‚ however ill-tempered he might have behaved toward her. Second‚ it speaks ill of Phaedra’s impulsivity and lack of moral fortitude. Third‚ it drags Hippolytus into a lust-driven imbroglio when he has already committed himself to a life of celibacy. The Enlightenment value of reason pits a challenge to emotional and impulsive actions‚ claiming that the latter tend to be based on distortions and loose sense impressions. The fact that Phaedra’s life gets into ever
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resilient in accepting the ways of Islam. All soldiers must be converted into Islam and taught the proper code of the elite before service. Religious conversion was mandatory and all soldiers were subject to strict rules‚ including celibacy. In the late 16th century the celibacy rule and other restrictions were relaxed‚ and by the early 18th century the original method of recruitment was abandoned. Whenever the Turks invade foreign lands and capture their people an imperial scribe follows immediately
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Martin’s lecture on Genesis he explains that when he was a boy‚ marriage was considered so infamous because of impious and impure celibacy that he thought he could not think about married life without sin; for all were convinced that if anyone wished to live a life holy and acceptable to God‚ he must never become a spouse but must live a celibate and take the vow of celibacy . He defied that by getting married to Katharina Von Bora a nun and in marrying each other both broke their spiritual vows. This
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Ayoub Laissouf Sufism Introduction Beside the exterior cannon law (sharia) exists the interior way (tariqa) of mysticism which is a religious movement within Shii and Sunni Islam. Whereas the Islamic law offers the exoteric path of rights and duties to organize the life of the community and individual‚ Sufism provides a spiritual discipline or an esoteric way which is a method that the Sufi follows to know God and find the true knowledge. As the other mystical movements
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“The Myth of Atalanta” What is the price of love and happiness? Atalanta is a beautiful woman who was nursed by a she-bear during her earliest years. Then she was raised by a couple of hunters‚ including Artemis‚ the goddess of the hunt. As a result‚ Atalanta grew up in the wilderness to be a very skilled hunter. Atalanta was destined to be alone and celibate‚ until Milanion a young man that hated women fell in love with her. He began the chase even though others had lost their lives doing so
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Spirit of place is indefinable as it can vary from one view to another. It is created through the passage of time as one lives in a specific place‚ town‚ or city for a long time‚ while experiencing the place. It takes time to know a place as it is made up of experiences such as one’s daily routine over the years. The nature of the place cannot be explained as the feel of the place is registered in one’s memory. Yi-Fu Tuan observed that an individual’s experience to a specific place is closely related
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Allah has no sons. Allah is not associated with trinity. Allah does not kill to save. No mediation is required between Allah and man. Islam organizes human nature‚ but does not go against it. There is not a class of clergy in Islam; nor is there celibacy. Islam is complete way of human life. Category : Religion Views :
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