Students at the Yaba College of Technology this morning shut down the institution to protest a vicious attack on one of the students by an unnamed assailant identified simply as a member of a cult group. The stabbing attack took place last night. learnt that the college’s students began their protests around 10 p.m. on Wednesday.The whole campus erupted with students spilling out to take over every area of the campus in condemnation of the attack‚” one of the students told our correspondent. He
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can we learn from this article? Primarily this article delves into detail about certain court cases involving high tolerance sects‚ referred to as “cults” and ex-members attempting to sue said cult for various different reasons. The most detailed cases described by the author are of cases in which the plaintiff is accusing the so-called cult of brainwashing the person into joining; seen in cases such as George v. ISKCON (International Society of Krishna Conciousness) as well as Molko and Leal
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For centuries‚ scholars from different fields attempt to interpret and establish their theories concerning the relationship between the Mystery cults of Late Antiquity and early Christianity. Several scholars appear to unelaborate illustrate the differences and the similarities of those two religious paths‚ while others adhere to either the one or the other side of the coin. One should keep in mind‚ though‚ that all those written theories stand chances of being flawed‚ no matter how influential
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Hixson‚ Walter‚ "’Red Storm Rising’: Tom Clancy Novels and the Cult of National Security‚" Diplomatic History 17 (Fall 1993): 599-61 . Exit BlackBoard. If possible‚ avoid using a military‚ government‚ or employer’s computer or email address. 2. Instead‚ use Internet Explorer or Firefox to go to http://www.ctcd.edu[->0] and click the "Library" link on the far‚ left-hand side. 3. Click the tab "Find databases‚ articles‚ e-books. . . . ." and then‚ the "off-campus" link. 4. Follow the log-on
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Soviet Union The Perceived Thawing of the Cult of Personality Nikita Khrushchev attacked Joseph Stalin at the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU in his secret speech. His goals behind the presentation of the speech were self-serving in nature. Khrushchev wanted to consolidate power while at the same time distance himself from Stalin. His lack of political forethought created a specific set of problems for the Communist Party and the Soviet Union. Khrushchev’s program of de-Stalinization had a negative
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It can be argued that cults and sects are only fringe organisations that are inevitably short lived and of little influence in contemporary society‚ however some may have views to contrast this idea. A sect is an organization‚ which usually breaks off from an established religion‚ which finds itself in disagreement with beliefs and values of wider society and refuses to tolerate the beliefs of others. Although the desire to be a member is voluntary‚ as oppose to being born into‚ like religion‚ sects
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perfection. Through interpretive sociology‚ Hesse-Biber highlights the various ways in which American families‚ schools‚ popular culture‚ and the health and fitness industry all contribute to this "cult of thinness‚" undermining young women’s self-confidence as they emphasize the notions that thinness is beauty and that a woman’s body is more important than her
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advertising the women’s body and exposing it in an inappropriate way and that by using thin and sexy hot female bodies to attract people and get their attention to buy their product. The word created a vision of sexiness and beauty relating them to thinness so most models in magazines‚ commercials are thin and beautiful and that makes women all over the world feel bad about their bodies and start looking for ways to lose weight and look sexy. The commercial of rebel fleur by Rihanna is meant to
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is tabooed for the people in each gender is well-known and followed by most” (Lorber 732). Lorber states that the boundary lines are set by religion and culture‚ telling the members of society what is “permitted” Religion and culture controls its “cult” by the media expressing what is valued among the masses. Biber states how young children have the idea of what is needed to be desired trained into them from a young age
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develop from this fear. Anorexics are very ill or near death. Often they will develop strange eating habits such as refusing to eat in front of other people. The disorder is thought to be most common among and people involved in activities where thinness is very important‚ such as dancing‚ theater‚ and modelling. Bulimia is similar to anorexia. However the main difference is that sufferers binge on crisps and chocolate etc‚ and then make themselves sick to get rid of the calories. The main question
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