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    different in men and women? What is moral virtue‚ what is nonmoral virtue‚ and how are the two related? Does society encourage women to cultivate empowering or disempowering feminine psychological traits? What makes a feminine psychological trait either empowering (positive) or disempowering (negative)? Gilligan’s answers to these questions are provocative ones. In her first major book‚ In a Different Voice‚ Gilligan claimed that on the aver-age‚ and for a variety of cultural reasons‚ women tend to espouse

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    Assessment Task: Novel study Chocolat Stage 1 English Words: 693 The Role of Religion The Story of Chocolat begins on Shrove Tuesday where Harris describes the journey of a young traveller‚ Vianne and her daughter Anouk; they are brought to the town of lansquenet by “the wind.” (pg. 16) The story is planned very much during lent and communicates ideas of religion throughout the story. Religion plays a major role in Harris’ book Chocolat. The town of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes is situated to

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    Transportation and Trade Pre-History to 1500 CE World Civilizations 1 February 25‚ 2013 Transportation and Trade From the prehistoric time period to 1500 C.E. there have been many technological advances in the way of transportation and the way that different cultures have used their advances. In this‚ the student will attempt to convey to the reader ways that certain world culture areas evolved in the way of transportation to become more successful in transporting their goods for trade.

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    Religions Role in Dracula

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    The theme of religion plays a very important role on Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”. The novel portrays Anti-Christian values and beliefs through one of its main characters‚ Count Dracula. This character is also characterized as being the “anti Christ” throughout the entire novel. The author uses many beliefs from the Christian religion to show us different types of Anti-Christian values‚ superstitions beliefs of protection towards evil‚ and to compare the powers between good and evil and/or God and

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    Hinduism – the major Indian religion‚ originating from the Aryans who settled after 1500 B.C.‚ and with a belief in reincarnation and many gods Monasticism – practice of living the life of a monk Caliph – the spiritual leader of the Muslims‚ a successor of Muhammad Christianity – the religion based on the teachings of Jesus and the Bible First Triumvirate – the first group of people holding power in ancient Rome: Julius Caesar‚ Pompey‚ and Crassus Buddhism – the Asian religion founded about 500 B.C

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    most of these problems are viewed in different perspective throughout different religions‚ cultures‚ and societies. From all religions the catholic religion was picked‚ to research their view and thoughts on abortion. Abortion is a big issue on Earth as mothers decide not to give birth to the creature inside them‚ in other words the mother decides the death of the creature. The Catholic view in abortion is as common as many other religions‚ but it also has its major differences. As abortion raised

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    Throughout history‚ numerous belief systems have come about and have greatly affected the region where they are practiced. Many have sacred texts they must follow along with the basic teachings. Two of the belief systems include Christianity and Hinduism. Christianity developed out of Judaism in the 1st century A.D. and Palestine was its origin. It is founded on the life‚ teachings‚ death‚ and resurrection of Jesus Christ‚ and those who follow him are called "Christians." Until the later part

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    The term “religiosity” was used by social scientists in order to indicate the extent‚ commitment‚ devotion and faithfulness of a person’s participation and practice of his or her religion (Gay and Lynxwiler‚ 2013). According to Ayenibiowo and Ayeni (2013)‚ religiosity‚ in its narrowest sense‚ deals more with how religious an individual is and less with how religious an individual in terms of ritual‚ symbols and doctrines. On the other hand‚ religiosity‚ in its broadest sense‚ is a multifaceted construct

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    The Role of Food in Religion We as a people eat every day‚ several times throughout the day because it is something we need to do in order to survive. What many people do not realize is that food has a hand in shaping who you are as individuals. The more obvious‚ like religion also has a great deal in shaping us as individuals and when you put the two together you will be surprised with the outcome. Food and religion have a play in community‚ tradition‚ and issues of purity and cleanliness. I

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    International Review of Business and Social Sciences www.irbss.org Vol. 1‚ No. 9‚ Aug 2012 [68-76] ISSN: 2226-4124 FACTORS AFFECTING BUYING BEHAVIOR OF FEMALES FOR PURCHASE OF COSMETICS (A Study of Universities Female Students from Peshawar Pakistan) SHAHZAD KHAN PhD Scholar International Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan Shahzadkhan.lecturer@gmail.com FARYAL NOOR MS Scholar City University of Science I-T Peshawar Pakistan city.uni67@yahoo.com Abstract The main aim of this research

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