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    mainly on the sins of pride‚ gluttony and greed‚ the characters we find in The Canterbury Tales‚ particularly “The Pardoner ’s Tale‚” are so overwhelmed by their earthly desires and ambitions that they fail to see the effects of their sinful actions‚ therefore depriving themselves of salvation. For example‚ gluttony is defined as the desire over-indulgence of food and drink. The pardoner says that gluttony is the sin that has corrupted the world. The first form of gluttony is drunkenness. Drunkenness

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    Explain the argument from religious experience for the existence of God.”30 marks Expect different forms of the argument from religious experience‚ e.g. inductive argument‚ direct awareness‚ cumulative argument. Also expect reference to Swinburne’s principle of credulity and principle of testimony. Maximum Level 2 if summary of types of religious experience with no reference to argument for God. ------------------------------------------------- Level 7 for one fully developed argument‚ or two

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    Liberation

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    Ashley McKenzie POLS 101 3/7/14 Liberation: Framework and Perspectives The perspectives‚ beliefs and ambitions of minorities and activists groups have made strong political impacts since the 1960’s in the United States. The civil rights movement during this period inspired people of different ages and race that had felt singled-out to push forth their voice as well as their opinions and ultimately to produce change. Their main purpose was not to create violence‚ but to instead live in a better

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    The Departure From Black Liberation Theology. Womanist theologians do not completely depart from the major views seen in black liberation theology. In fact‚ it is impossible to understand the role of Christ for the black female without examining black liberation theology and The Black Church. Womanist theology both expands and challenges methodologies used in black liberation theology. Black liberation theology arose out of the Black Power Movement. Black liberation theology’s goal is to expand the

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    Women’s Liberation Movement in India. What relevance do the complaints and demands of the Women’s Liberation Move­ments have in India. Certainly ours is a patriarchal society in which male supermacy is a fact of life accepted by both sexes from earliest childhood. Yet the lost of Indian women has not always been subservient. In the pre -Aryan days women enjoyed far more freedom than today’s young girls. The society was matriarchal and they owned property. The Aryans‚ even after coming to India

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    In Pedagogy of the Oppressed‚ Paulo Freire touches upon two different forms of education: the banking concept and problem-posing. In doing so‚ he unearths a concept that is deeper than education itself. He states‚ "Indeed‚ the interests of the oppressors lie in ‘changing the consciousness of the oppressed‚ not the situation which oppresses them ’; for the more the oppressed can be led to adapt to that situation‚ the more they can be easily dominated" (Freire 4). This statement can be applied to

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    Earthly Riches In Macbeth

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    vicious person trying to gain earthly riches. Particularly‚ as I look at the character traits of Macbeth and the internal struggle he had between immorality and earthly riches; I couldn’t help but to compare his situation to any of us today. We as Christian have many internal battles; whether they are between our earthly possessions and Christ or our own immorality and earthly riches. We can all relate to Macbeth in some way. As I read the play‚ I learned that earthly riches is not worth my soul

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    Garden of Earthly Delights

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    ! ! ! ! Art History 70B! MW 6:30-7:45! ! Essay #1 – Description of a Work of Art! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I have chosen Hieronymus Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights (open). It is a triptych with each wing measuring in at 7’2 ½” by 3’2” and the center piece is 7’2 ½” by 6’4 3/4”. It was painted with oil on wood panel. Bosch painted it starting 1505 and finished it 1515. The painting can be found at Mueseo del Prado‚ Madrid. ! ! The left wing of the triptych

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    disillusioned. We watch Anger’s film and stare into Bosch’s painting and see an invented world. However‚ for Bosch there is no invention‚ and for Anger‚ it is all invention. The world of Bosch is nearly inconceivable to the man from modernity‚ but we look into The Garden of Earthly Delights‚ and we try to see Kenneth Anger‚ and if we simply ignore observations that don’t fit‚ the two seem to be a reiteration of the other and then just a reiteration of the Bible and the story of creation‚ the story of

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