America‚ home of the free and the brave. This we’ll known quote by Francis Scott Key‚ represents America as a whole and how we wish to perceive it. But unfortunately the world is at a time of great uncertainty with problems that have shaken the confidence of so many Americans. In Obama’s inaugural speech he said "for everywhere we look there is work to be done" and he is one hundred percent true and I believe if we work together we can fix our nations Out great land is facing many problems and
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fall for others to grow. The eradication of poverty is a continuous goal of many individuals‚ yet it unceasingly persists even in the most developed of countries. But is this a choice of the people in the society or the natural order of things? America is viewed as the “Land of Opportunity”‚ yet 13.2 percent of the population is in poverty‚ with 3.5 million people homeless. ( ) But it is never considered
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where we humans are able to criticize objectively without bringing in stereotypes or discrimination. So‚ for a stronger and more peaceful society‚ diversity should be encouraged. Diversity is a concept that is definitely not strange in America today. For America is a melting pot of people from all over the world. As a matter of fact‚ I happen to be an immigrant from Nigeria‚ who had the immense privilege of coming to live in this renowned
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The role of religion in shaping civilization From the beginning of human race or Homo sapiens‚ they were run by curiosity. Human were started to live together but didn’t know what was right or wrong‚ used to do things whatever wanted like killing each other‚ mass adultery with inter and intra species‚ eating whatever wanted. So there were many questions‚ curious Homo sapiens all over the world didn’t know the answers. After 10‚000 BC by the invention of agriculture human race started to live together
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Democracy is a political system in an organization or a state where all its members have an equal portion of power. After the three to four decades surrounding the war for independence in America‚ the birth of American democracy steadily began. Democracy in America was founded on the principle of active political involvement of the citizens. This involvement by citizens is acknowledged in voting and electing a leader who will represent them. Among the documents which provided a basis for the foundation
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The Iranian Revolution 1979‚ often referred as the Islamic Revolution gives an impression of a religious movement against a non-religious regime‚ especially for having a religion mentioned in its name‚ “Islam” in the “Islamic Revolution”. How correctly does this statement describe the Iranian Revolution? How do we define religious movement and non-religious regime? I would define “religious movement” as the movement or revolution by a religious group to defend their beliefs which were challenged
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“Civil Religion in America” This abstract reading written by Robert N. Bellah‚ introduces the idea of a “Civil Religion” and argues that‚ apart from the normal religious traditions our nation follows‚ there is an unrecognized “Civil Religion” that becomes evident during national crisis or during high public ceremony. According to Bellah‚ “there actually exists alongside of and rather clearly differentiated from the churches an elaborate and well-institutionalized civil religion in America.” Bellah
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Gender roles have caused strain over decades to not only females‚ but recently males as well. There are many attributes that humans have associated with each gender‚ causing a divide between sexes not only with each other‚ but also separating the two into almost completely different species. Due to this categorizing which is placed on gender‚ there can be a declining value of a person or even a higher hand given to the one gender which is seen as more powerful to society. The stereotypical labeling
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Bernard Hamilton. Religion in the Medieval West. Routledge‚ Chapman and Hall Inc.‚ 1986. 216 pp. The main ideals and values that Medieval people held widely came from their understanding of the Church and their place in the world. Hamilton takes a meticulous comb through several topics to help the reader understand how the formation of the early Medieval church was paramount to how the rest of the age played out. Without the basics set down by temporal authority there would have been no west to
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In today’s society there are issues concerning gender; this has been a problem for a long time. The play Trifles shows an example of this issue which proves that it has been going on for countless years. For many years now men see themselves as the powerhouse of the relationship. It has often been said that women are responsible for the jobs inside the house. Does it have to be this way? No‚ it is not a true statement to say that women are less of a human than men are but they often looked upon that
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