For one to be able to understand the Arian controversy‚ and discuss the clashing of theological‚ social‚ and what political factors contributed‚ one must first understand what the Arian controversy was. Due to early church writers such as Justin‚ Clement of Alexandria‚ and Origen‚ the church had developed certain theological perspectives on what the nature of God resembled (Gonzalez‚ The Story of Christianity 182). In addition to the nature of God‚ whether the Logos or the Word‚ was created or was
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The philosophy of language is both fascinating and difficult. One reason for this is that hardly any issue in this area is uncontroversial. Controversy begins with some foundational and methodological questions. Consider‚ for example‚ this very basic question: What are the tasks of the philosophy of language? One obvious task is: the study of linguistic meanings. But this immediately raises two questions. First‚ what are these ‘‘meanings’’? Linguistic expressions have the function of communicating
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Christians throughout the empire‚ but with its rise came controversy. Once an established as a legal practice‚ it became imperative to create concrete Christian beliefs. Because Christians were spread out around the large Roman Empire‚ followers at different locations practiced a variety of rituals. As long as all worshipers shared the same beliefs‚ the diversity did not prove to be a problem. In the early fourth century though‚ controversy erupted in the city of Alexandria when a Christian priest
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Introduction Physicians are always finding ways to better treat their patients. A well-known controversy in today’s society is the use of medical marijuana. Already 28 states of 50 have allowed its citizens to use medical marijuana when prescribed by a physician. However‚ it is still a controlled substance and a level 1 illegal drug. “In June 2011‚ the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) denied a petition to reschedule marijuana and reiterated that there was no scientific or medical evidence to
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know existed or just fell out of touch with. On the other hand social media has been known to spread hate‚ and this is where I believe most of the controversy about social media comes from. On the very radical side social media has been used to recruit gang and isis members‚ but even though this happens‚ it is not very common at all. Another controversy about social media is cyber bullying. I do not believe in cyber bullying‚ because if you are getting made fun or harassed on social media‚ you can
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In order to answer the broad question‚ the term ‘possibility’ will be analysed in the context of the characters of the texts and in the ‘possibility’ for their personal growth and opportunity for change‚ be it spiritual‚ physical or emotional. The essay will focus thematically on four chosen texts: James Joyce’s The Sisters and Langston Hughes’ poems I‚ too‚ New Yorkers and Harlem. Firstly this essay will analyse how the city of Dublin represented in The Sisters is shown‚ through Joyce’s literary
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that had its capital located at the Ruins of Yin near the Yellow River‚ or present day Anyang in China. North China Plain was also the former location of the first dynasty known as the Xia and of the Zhou Dynasty‚ succeeding the Shang. There’s a controversy relating to its chronology‚ which varies from 1600 to 1046 BCE according to the Bamboo Annals and Records of the Grand Historian texts (1). They had a complex political structure through social hierarchy with the king being the priority‚ followed
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One of the most scandalous events in history that pops into my head is the Galileo affair. Back in 1610 the Catholic world strongly believed that the earth was the center of the universe and did not move. The controversy began when Galileo started his telescopic studies and published a book called The Starry Messenger. This book stated new observations on Venus and Jupiter that proved how Venus had sun spots from it revolving the sun and moons were orbiting Jupiter. The belief that all planets orbit
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considered as a gelling force to keep the communities united. Urdu was the official language of the sub-continent and was spoken and used by both‚ Hindus and Muslims. All groups had contributed towards the development of the language. The Urdu-Hindi controversy started with the fall of the Mughal Empire. This is because the Hindus felt that Urdu was a language of the invaders as many Turkish‚ Arabic and Persian words had been added to it. Therefore‚ the Hindus demanded a separate language which could rightly
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Controversies of Abortion For centuries‚ abortion has been one of the most controversial and debated topics. Abortion is generally seen as very black-and-white; people tend to have very strong opinions on the matter. Neutrality is rare due to the nature of the issue. Either to allow abortion or not. Currently‚ many countries worldwide have either straight-up banned it‚ or allowed it. There aren’t many neutral countries (I.e. allowing certain cases of abortion). On one end of the spectrum‚ you
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