Early Religious Wars “In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.” - (Quote from former President Richard M. Nixon) The timeline below depicts the major wars of Religion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that will be covered in this paper. The French Wars of Religion: 1562-1598 The “St. Bartholomew Massacre” was the
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CHALLENGES OF MICROFINANCE BANKING IN NIGERIA-1 Nigerians‚ like many other Africans are generally known as their brother’s keepers in view of the extended family system. But when truly analyzed‚ there is a possibility that this may not be so? Perhaps a hypothetical deep may reveal that not up to 10% of Nigerians would invest in ventures or people that would yield them nothing in return and here I mean‚ “Returns in the short run or in the immediate”. The returns may be financial‚ emotional‚ spiritual
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in December 2005. It was described as THE COMMUNAL VIOLENCE (PREVENTION‚ CONTROL AND REHABILITATION OF VICTIMS) BILL‚ 2005. Official declaration described this bill as‚"A bill to empower the Sate Governments and the Central Government to take measures to provide for the prevention and control of communal violence which threatens the secular fabric‚ unity‚ integrity and internal security of the nation and rehabilitation of victims of such violence and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto
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Social Science Vol. 1 No. 15 [Special Issue – October 2011] ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF CHURCH PROLIFERATION: THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD AS A CASE STUDY IBIYINKA OLUSOLA ADESANYA‚ PhD DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION UNIVERSITY OF ADO-EKITI ADO-EKITI‚ EKITI STATE NIGERIA Abstract The environmental effects of proliferation of churches continued to be a major concern to all and particularly those in the mainstream of environmental protection. So disturbing has it become that
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Development and Social Welfare Programmes in Nigeria****** National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Historical Background The National Youth Service Corps is a scheme set up by the Nigerian government to involve the country ’s graduate – youth‚ in the development of the country. It is an organization that was established to ensure improved ties among the Nigerian people through her beloved youth‚ following the unfortunate event of the Civil War (July 1967 – 15 January 1970). General Yakubu Gowon’s administration
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Hindu Religious Traditions Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the Hindu religion. The paper will describe what the Hindu religious traditions consist of. It will describe what sacred elements characterize the Hindu religious traditions and their significance and meaning. Hindu Religion Hinduism is the described as the world’s oldest organized religion and is the world’s third largest religion. Hinduism consists of "thousands of different religious groups that have evolved
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Media Violence In An Electronic Society In Scharrer’s article “The behavioral‚ affective‚ and cognitive implications of media violence: Complex relationships between young people and texts” she explores the correlation between media violence and rising rates of violent acts. She makes the claim that media violence desensitizes younger children to either fear or recreate the violent acts they see in media. This correlation between violent images and violent acts is undeniable and clearly supported
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Wittgenstein on Religious Belief INTRODUCTION Religious belief and practices are human universals. There are no atheist communities and‚ as far as we know‚ there never have been. Even within the most secular societies on Earth‚ the countries of Western Europe‚ many people are religious to at least some extent‚ holding certain supernatural beliefs (such as life after death) or engaging in certain religious practices (such as prayer). And in the rest of the world- in Asia‚ Africa‚ and the Americas
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government or other opponents of abortion the right to make a woman bare a child that would not be wanted. Women need to understand that this choice they make (whether or not they want a child) is their own personal choice no one else can put their religious or moral values on someone who does not agree with them. Opponents of abortion believe that a woman is carrying a human life at the point of conception. Therefore abortion is viewed as killing a gift from god. Some opponents are more extreme than
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CASTE AND CENSUS: IMPLICATIONS TO SOCIETY Dr. Afonso Botelho Associate Professor‚ Department of Sociology Rosary College of Commerce and Arts‚ Navelim – Goa ____________________________________________________________________ Abstract: The proposal to reintroduce caste as a category in the 2011 census sparked off considerable discussion among sociologists‚ anthropologists and others. This paper attempts to analyze the pros and cons of the idea to reintroduce the variable of caste‚ a distinctive
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