Possible Thematic Topic Ideas NOTES: **These are NOT thesis statements. They are thematic topic ideas. **You must NARROW THESE IDEAS DOWN into a specific statement in order for it to become a thesis statement. 1. Specific/certain circumstances, past and/or present, provide a significant basis for explaining a person’s attitudes and/or actions (e.g. family life; childhood; sexual experiences; love experiences; etc.). 2. Human beings, even when they are trapped or imprisoned, tend to assert their individuality
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interested in learning about religions other than my own. Throughout my life I was raised to follow the Christian faith. Everything that pertained to my life revolved around my faith. Although I do not regret being born and raised in a Christian home, some occasions have risen where I felt a sense of being “forced” into the religion. This caused myself to ultimately grow a disconnection from my faith. Coming to Seattle University with a sense of disconnection from my religion in actuality provided me
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is going on at Shaila’s house. There are women preparing tea in her kitchen in an “Indian Way”. A reporter has come to interview her about the disaster. She desires to scream amidst of all the confusion at her house. The themes of the story are religion, gender role and cultural traditions. There are people at Shaila’s house, mostly Hindus, believe that the bomb was
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discuss official business, and were attended by many people, including those of different organizations. Two women who are a part of the freedom from religion foundation, opposed these legislative prayers, and this created the Town of Greece v. Galloway case. The Establishment Clause is at the heart of this case, and it is battling a controversial topic, that has had a
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the past, there have been numerous incidents where extremist Korean Protestants have damaged statues of the Buddha or Buddhist temples. Such incidents pose serious risks to society as these examples of destruction do not only disregard a certain religion, but are also highly violent in nature. Many high-profile cases have been reported: Arson of the Daejeokgwangjeon of Geumsansa Temple in 1986; the destruction of a stone pagoda and lantern of Okcheonam Temple in Hongeun-dong in 1989; the damaging
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later on, he proposes to the woman of his dream. But there is one problem: She has a different religion and upbringing. What can he do? He love her so much, but there are obvious problems. People of different faiths getting married is so common these days that most do not even see it as a problem. A common issues from these type of marriages come upon is how to raise children in regards to religion. Sometimes the differences are simply too large, and the couple ended getting separation or divorced
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Fischer states that religion is an “unquestioned basic fact of life” (Fisher, M. P. (1943). Living religions: Eight edition / Mary Pat Fisher) Fisher takes the reader through the process of how religion came to be and spread through the Western Culture. One learns of the path to believing for each religion and the questions one has to ask oneself in order to become fully consumed in belief to this aspect of their life. The journey of finding the full understanding of religion will never be obtained
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Between 1901 and 1902 William James delivered a series of lectures at the University of Edinburgh on the topic of natural theology. These lectures would be later edited and combined by Harvard University in a book titled, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature. He was primarily interested religion and how it can be experienced through direct experiences. As previously mentioned with religious sentiment, James believed that religious emotions were roots in human emotions. Therefore
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2012 Illiterate America Stephen Prothero, the author of “A Nation of Religious Illiterates” is a Professor of Religion at Boston University. He received his Bachelors’ Degree from Yale College in American Studies and received his Masters and PhD in the Study of Religion from Harvard University. As a historian on American religions he has written six books since 1996 (Wikipedia contributors,"Stephen Prothero”). He is also a regular contributor to CNN’s Belief Blog. In
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college degree. It was screwed in my head at school, so it became an important value to me to get a college degree. History politics are other important examples of how school is a major political influence. History and politics are a very debatable topics in a school environment. Everyone does not all agree on the same thing, and some people have no idea what is really going on. Also, some people in school try not to engage in such debates. For those people who are actually engaged and know what they
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