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Scholarly debates on the historical Jesus in Stephen Davis's Encountering Jesus

How can so many people look into a portrait of a man, written by 4 different scholar and commoners who portray the man in very similar fashion, and come away with such diametrically opposing viewpoints that the man is rendered almost meaningless?

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Women's constitutional right to abortion under Roe v. Wade

Abortion, or the elective termination of pregnancy likely predates recorded human history, being practiced within virtually every society throughout the world.(6)

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Gender and race disparities in death penalty application across U.S. states

An Analysis of the Historical Effect of Gender and Race on the Application of the Death Penalty in the United States While the debate over capital punishment continues to rage in the United States, questions of why the death penalty is viewed as ethical by some, while others would view it as…

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Genetic and environmental explanations for racial IQ score differences

Most studies carried out in the United States to measure intelligence (IQ) indicate a significant gap in the IQ test scores of Blacks and Whites.

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Adult education and workplace learning in human resources development

The literature which describes and analyzes the important aspects of adult education - within the Human Resources Development genre - is vitally important in relating to today's employees who seek - and deserve - learning opportunities within their workplace environment.

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Gender, sexuality, and imperialism in Briggs's Reproducing Empire

The theme of gender and sexuality is related to social power. In Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico, Briggs shows how race, class, gender, and power are interrelated and interconnected.

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Pasolini's poetic concepts in Fellini's Satyricon

Pier Paolo Pasolini was considered by most to be a prominent auteur after Antonioni and Fellini.

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The death penalty evaluated through Kantian ethics and utilitarianism

All indications are that capital offenses are on the rise and the response to this phenomenon has been a cry to impose capital punishment as retribution.

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Preventing school violence through education, mental health, and gun policy

Goldstein suggests that without violating students' privacy rights, instructors / teachers nationwide need to be far more alert to weirdness, aggressiveness, "creepiness," Nazi-related hatefulness, "Fierce racism" and homophobia.

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Paul's letters to early Christian communities and their theological messages

Apostles chronicles the events that transpired after Jesus' death and resurrection. It describes the creation of the ministry of the apostles to spread the word of Jesus to the gentiles as well as the Jews and introduces the 'character' of the Apostle Paul in the history of Christianity.

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