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Womanist theology and African-American women's spiritual resistance

Religion has been a strong part of the black culture since the beginning of time. Upon migration to the United States, religion and the church was a source of survival, especially for black women.

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Theological differences between the Mutazilis and Asharis

Examine the main theological points of the Mutazilis and Asharis. Where do they agree and disagree? Since the times of the Muhammad, Islam has been facing a rift between the Mutazilis and the Asharis.

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Perfectionism and suicide in Janis Mirikitani's poem

A suicide note -- real or imagined -- is always painful to read. One wants to reach back in time and tell the speaker that nothing is bad enough to take this ultimate action; your problems are temporary; things will get better.

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Frederick Douglass's use of Christian principles in the "Appendix"

Appealing to a white Christian audience, many early African-American writers used religious ideology to convince their audiences of the inhumanity and injustice of slavery.

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Kabbalah's origins, history, and modern practice

Religion [...] Kabbalah and its origins, symbolism, and practice. Kabbalah has its origins in the Jewish faith, but today, it welcomes people of all faiths and cultures to study its principles.

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Sternberg's triangular theory of love and male-female differences

Sternberg proposed a Triangular Theory of Love (Sternberg, 1986), in which each point of the triangle shape represented an important element or ingredient for love. The three elements that he included were intimacy, passion and commitment.

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Gendering medicine: feminine and masculine practices among doctors and nurses

How have typically masculine and feminine medical practices changed because of the increase of female doctors and male nurses?

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Insurance bad faith and legal ethics in John Grisham's Rainmaker

Rainmaker is a 1997 film from the book of the same title by John Grisham. It stars Matt Damon and Danny DiVito, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

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Commercialization strategies for biotechnology innovators and pharmaceutical partnerships

This article by Joshua and Scott Focuses on the commercialization aspect of biotechnology and stresses how important it is for innovators in the new and fast developing field of biotechnology to effectively forge collaboration with existing pharmaceutical market leaders in order to successfully…

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Kurt Anderson's perspectives on time travel and identity

Kurt Anderson investigates different perspectives on the concept of time travel. While opening with the necessary discussion of time travel in the context of science fiction and fantasy the discussion quickly evolves to include more widely accessible concept of time travel not specifically as…

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