indigenous people of the land. However‚ conflict between the native Africans and the missionaries who brought Christianity to the continent led African Christians to break away from missionary churches and establish their own churches. Over the past century‚ there has been a multiplicity of African Christian movements‚ some of which differ vastly. However‚ despite these differences‚ scholars call these churches African Independent Churches (A.I.C.) owing to their autonomy and independence from mission
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Nation-State A state is a territorial political community for which there is an independent organized Government. A nation state is a state whose primary loyalty is to a cultural self-identity‚ which we call a nation or nationality‚ and is now the predominant form of state organization. Nation states possess sovereignty and legitimacy. The significance of the nation state is that‚ once consolidated around a particular nationality‚ it is a stable form of state organization. Event history analysis
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Can a state survive without nationalism? This paper will respond to the argument that a state cannot survive without nationalism. For the purpose of this essay‚ two elements of nationalism are used. The first element states that nationalism maintains the similarity of culture as the basic social bond in the members of the nation1. The second element states that the state has legitimate rights to sovereign rule of a nation. The factors that result from the three elements of nationalism that contributes
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between two major Semitic groups: the Arabs‚ and the Hebrews. From the late 19th century‚ and throughout the 20th century it has been the focal point of Arab nationalism and Jewish Zionism. Today‚ it has become the Jewish state of Israel with occupied Palestinian Territories called the West Bank‚ which lies on the West side of the Jordan River‚ and the Gaza Strip‚ which borders Israel and Egypt. But‚ should the Palestinians deserve a state of their own? This essay will investigate the Palestinian side of
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The Destruction of African Nation States due to the Western World The western world hindered Africa’s potential to be an economic superpower. The destruction of African nation states illustrates an ongoing struggle and sheds light to many of the major crisis the continent is encountering. Africa’s economic dependency on the global north is a direct result of the western world’s influence throughout the continent. The lack of great productivity on this continent has victimized millions and led
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SHOULD SCOTLAND BE AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY? Prior to 1707 the island of Great Britain housed two separate kingdoms‚ the kingdom of England and that of Scotland‚ although both had been under the rule of the same monarch since 1603‚ they were separate with individual parliaments. However with the acts of union- which proposed the joining of the two kingdoms – passed and both were amalgamated forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain‚ the act also brought them together under the parliament of Great
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United States of America has known to be the most peaceful‚ independent‚ and industrialize country. In order for America’s to improve society’s living‚ technology and invention were created to make every day American’s lives easier and proficient. Although America was economic booming in the 1920s‚ men and women had changed in economic and social life‚ yet America’s true characteristics were found. As we have seen in recent programs‚ the administrations of President Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge
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Miseries of the African Communities in a post-independent socio-political state The African communities‚ over different time and space‚ were not able to cope up with the Europeanised socio-political norms and laws‚ after gaining their independence from their ‘white’ rulers. The European colonisers had successfully converted the African ‘barbaric tribes’ into so-called ‘civilised communities’ by enforcing their ‘superior’ culture‚ religion‚ language and aesthetics with the help of the
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What is a Nation? The concept of a nation refers to a socially constructed and politically organized grouping of a people‚ or ethnic group‚ within a self-governing physical boundary. Historically‚ the concept of a nation in its modern understanding has been distorted to further it from its original definition. Evidence of such distortion exists in our present society‚ and has continued through common conflation of definitions between a nation and other similar social groupings. This essay will attempt
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Debate: Should Scotland become an independent nation? From Debatepedia Jump to: navigation‚ search |Background and context | |Following the election of the New Labour government into power in the UK in 1997‚ referendum on the devolution of power in both| |Scotland and Wales were held‚ resulting in victories for the ‘Yes’ camps. This resulted in the formation of the Scottish | |Parliament
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