climate that prevails in the world today emphasises difference‚ disunity‚ and destruction rather than the qualities of unity and productive and constructive energy that are required to sustain human societies. These negative processes and forces have perpetuated our alienation from the basic material roots of our existence‚ the natural world of which we are a part. The use of the phrase unity in diversity and similar concepts is not a new phenomenon. Its roots reach back hundreds of years in non-western
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Enlightenment sparked new ideas that lead to important documents such as The Declaration of Independence‚ The Constitution‚ and The Bill of Rights. The Great Awakening swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. It was a turning point back to religion and away from secular worldly views. People such as Jonathan Edwards George Whitefield presented a new Fire and Brimstone style of preaching. the difference between Old Lights and New Lights becomes prominent; Old Lights were skeptical and did not
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Unity in diversity is a concept of "unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation" [2] that shifts focus from unity based on a mere tolerance of physical‚ cultural‚ linguistic‚ social‚ religious‚ political‚ ideological and/or psychological differences towards a more complex unity based on an understanding that difference enriches human interactions. The concept of unity in diversity was used "in non-Western cultures such as indigenous peoples in North America and Taoist societies in
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There are several religions and sects. These are reflected in their customs‚ rituals‚ dresses and festivals. Indian is the cradle of many cultures. In spite of the diversities‚ the people are united. Though several foreign invaders attacked India‚ none succeeded in destroying the basic Indian culture. One the contrary‚ it absorbed the good qualities of the new cultures and emerged as a richer culture after these invasions. Indian is a composite cultural society where world religions like Christianity
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rope of Islam. There is greater need of national unity in Pakistan because our powerful neighbour and enemy India has not yet reconciled to our independent existence. There are some other powers who cannot see an ideological state progressing close to their borders. The enemies of Pakistan have always been looking for some opportunity to weaken the national unity in the country and to disintegrate it. The vital need of the hour is to strengthen our unity as a nation. It can be achieved by projecting
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States are”. It wasn’t until after the war people started saying the “United States is”. Unity is what helped this country flourish into the superpower it is today. The United States of America is considered one of the greatest countries in the world. Our right to democracy‚ religion‚ speech‚ and much more‚ are the few reason why we are marked as a dominant country. However‚ within the last decade America’s unity has been on edge and is slowly dividing‚ due to constant issues within its borders. Americans
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Kevin Osman M. Ward Writing 140/ IR 100 December 7‚ 2007 Unity and Diversity: Finding the Proper Balance Unity and diversity are both qualities to be desired within society. Both‚ when balanced with one another‚ provide for the strongest form of society in which all are unified under some ideas‚ but differences are tolerated and accepted. One of the strongest factors of determining the present status of unity and diversity is the current state of affairs within a community. The current
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Unity and Coherence Today ‚ we learned two things witch we have to know before you write an essay. These are paragraph structure and Unity& Coherence. For the paragraph structure‚ we have to conclude a topic sentence‚ supporting sentence‚ and concluding sentence. Combination of those three becomes a paragraph. A good topic sentence should be state the main topic of the essay very clearly‚ and it tells reader about big idea. A good supporting sentence must be explain about the topic sentence
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Everyone of us must have heard the well known proverb "Unity is strength". No country which is run by internal dimensions and divisions can stand against enemies. Divisionand lack of unity always ends in disaster. In the same way differences among brothers ruin the family. Take the case of Ravana‚ The King of Lanka. He was fated to die when his brother left im and joined his enemy. Jealousy between Prithvi Raj and Jaichand gave an oppurtunity to Mohammad Ghori to conquer India. The quarrels among
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lifestyles‚ religions‚ habits‚ geography‚ climates‚ cultures might be different but still they unite us into an invisible frame‚ the frame of Indianism. Diversity is there in every aspect of India‚ a land that encloses 1‚222‚559 sq. meters of land and is home to more than one billion people. As such stats imply‚ there ought to be diversity‚ but this does not always imply that there are differences. Rather‚ India is a land where in spite of so much of diversity‚ there is still unity. Be it the joining
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