Belief Literature Reviews Samples That Help You Write Better, Faster & with Gusto

Our senses provide us with raw data from the external world. The raw data that is fed by the sensory organs to our brain is devoid of form and meaning. It is our faculty of perception that attaches meaning to that data and allows us to process it. Without perception we will only have neurons firing in our brain and we will be clueless as to what we see, hear, taste and feel. We will see a random structure in front of us with the help of our senses and it is our perception that tells us that this Continue reading...

Introduction: Culture refers to every thing about people, the way they live, view things and communicate. Culture is an integration of human thoughts, communication, actions, customs, belief and values. It shapes the individuals experience, perception, decisions and the way they relate to others. Canada was declared a multicultural society in 1971. Multicultural Act was passed in 1988, with the aim to preserve and enhance multiculturalism in the country. It describes multiculturalism as the fundamental characteristic of our Canada.
Islam is a monotheistic religion, which originated in Arabian countries and later spread to rest of the world. The followers of Continue reading...

Pedodontics has witnessed dramatic changes in practices and attitudes in recent decades. Abushal and Adenubi (2000) found that the use of behavior management techniques, such as telling, showing, and doing, as well as positive reinforcement and voice control, were highly utilized by dentists in Saudi Arabia, thus, Feigal (2001) explained that there is an increasing need among would-be dentist to get quality medical education, acquire excellent communication skills, and show competency in cross-cultural competence and behavior management approaches for a child-friendly pedodontic practice.
Aside from having the knowledge and compassion in doing their job is also a key factor Continue reading...

“The Star” is a science-fiction story written by the English author, Arthur Clarke. The short story features an unnamed Jesuit priest who is the chief astrophysicist of an outer space expedition. Clarke’s sci-fi short story intends to discuss human nature and to present the challenge that every man experiences- conflict between his faith and science. The author attains this purpose by using vivid imagery, symbolism and elaborate characterization.
Characterization plays a major role in shaping the theme of Clarke’s sci-fi story. The author uses a Jesuit priest as the protagonist to convey his point that even the Continue reading...

INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW: "NURSING CARE CONSIDERATION FOR ISLAMIC WOMEN IN CANADA."

Introduction
Religion has serious implications for health care. Religion is part of the culture which gives an individual an identity. Currently, there is a need for nurses to provide culturally-sensitive care. In order to provide culturally competent care, it is important for the nurses to understand certain religious/cultural beliefs and practices held by a particular group of patients. By doing so, the nurse will be able to provide optimal care to patients from different cultural groups.
One of the most sensitive groups of patients when giving care is Muslims and especially Muslim women. Islam is a religion with strict Continue reading...

Sura Review

Literature Review
The world’s largest religions, Christianity and Islam share a common history in many fronts. As such, most fundamental beliefs in both Christianity and Islam are not only related but also founded on the same principles. The doctrines of Christianity are mostly found in the Christian holy book, the Bible. To Muslims, the Qur’an is the ultimate source of spiritual guidance. To the adherents of these two religions, the Bible and the Qur’an are revered. The Qur’an is mainly comprised of the hadith which, in essence, is an account of the life and traditions Continue reading...

People develop their own individual beliefs which reflects the different factors that a person grew up knowing and interacting with. As such, belief becomes something that is individual and unique to everyone as each and every person is exposed to different things while growing up. This helps in developing a person’s character. However, when the said beliefs are veering towards prejudism, they create an inequality in the society. This was proven in a study by Brandt, which looked into gender inequality between men and women. According to the study, the idea of having beliefs, especially those which are Continue reading...

The Decline in the Twenty-First Century Christian Church: Strengthening the Mission, Operation, and Commitment of the Local Church’s Spiritual Formation

INTRODUCTION

Within the context of modernity in the twenty-first century, change is unequivocally necessary due to increasing competition from Eastern religions and other non-traditional religious sects combined with the nascent forces of modernism and postmodernism that have slowly squeezed out Christianity. Understanding what state Christian ministry and evangelism are in will facilitate the reformulation of and a new design for an evangelistic ministry within local contexts using support from secondary literature, scriptural evidence, and survey analyses. The influence of Continue reading...

Literature Review

Tomlison (2007) believes that the manner in which students, transitioning from higher education to the labor market construct, manage, and even begin to manage their employability. He asserts that naturally, students have various expectations, attitudes and orientations regarding their future careers. He mentions graduate employability as a factor located centrally in the dynamic relationship between higher education institutions and the labor market. Today, there is a knowledge-driven economy that is obsessed with individuals with competitive knowledge, skills, as well as creative potential. These qualities are required for the increasingly challenging global economy. Tomlison (2007) notes that the majority of Continue reading...

Over the past generations, offering education to students with special needs had always been complex. Those who had learning disabilities were usually segregated from the mainstream, not just in education but also in social and economic activities. These youngsters were usually the ones who suffer, mainly as an effect of their sensory impairments or their physical disabilities, which went against their acquisition of new knowledge. Since then, it was believed that “human bodies must conform to a certain standard or norm” (Wang, 2009, p.154). This was carried on until in 1997, Jenkinson proposed that special students should be educated Continue reading...

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This story begins with the main character, Goodman Brown, kissing his wife goodbye and leaving her despite her protestations. At this point, Brown shows his faith in better things by asking his wife to pray for him. Brown has an evil purpose in his trip. He travels through the woods, feeling the fear of the evil around him. He runs into a man with a walking who had obviously been seeking him. The strange man offers Brown his walking stick, and brown refuse, citing his own Christian background. This is the climax of the story; the evil man tells Continue reading...

Introduction

Different authors have over the years used their literary works to depict some of the contemporary issues facing the society. In fact, most of the themes in many fictional literary works mirror the major issues that affect the immediate society. The authors usually go to great lengths to pass messages about these issues, particularly on the effect that they have on the society members. Short stories are a particular brand of literature that have since time immemorial been used to portray some of the prevalent themes in the society. Examples of common themes explored include isolation, marital problems, alcoholism, Continue reading...

Advertising is a form of mass communication that deals with promoting a product, services or perhaps a person to the public. For many decades, companies have taken a great advantage of the mainstream media such as the print, television and the internet to promote their goods the masses. Since its invention, the television became one of the most powerful mediums of communication. It has the ability to affect, influence, and change a person’s opinion through the advertisements, which in return uses prominent personalities, humorous taglines, and funny cartoons. However, there is an on-going debate amongst the experts regarding Continue reading...

Introduction

The issue of trust is Australian media has a lot of variation, although most Australians trust their media. The biggest role for which Australians trust their media is holding the government to account. 60% of the Australians believe that the media plays its role of holding the government to account in an effective manner (Keane, 2013a). However, many Australians also lack trust in the media, and one of the reasons for distrusting the media is the emergence of commercialization in the media. Commercialization involves the media publishing information that lacks truth for the sake of gaining popularity. Keane (2013 Continue reading...

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Sustainable wine tourism in Thailand is presently somewhat constrained and the real vineyards that generate wine for the objective of wine tourism are PB Valley Winery and Resort, and Siam Winery which is currently in the development phase. A lucrative vicinity of jungle forests and sanctuary for wildlife is composed of PB Valley Winery and Resort at Khao Yai, and it is one of the reputed vicinities for manufacturing wine grapes and preferably located in the wine leeway of Thailand. Conventionally, grapes that are utilized for manufacturing wine exist from thirty one and forty nine equivalents in the southern Continue reading...

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This paper is dedicated to reviewing publications addressing the impact of family structure transitions, especially, parental divorce, on academic grades of young children and adolescents. The body of literature, explored in this paper, analyses the underlying mechanisms causing negative impact on child and adolescent wellbeing and school grades and future career prospects, suggests various intervention and therapy methods for children of divorce aimed at developing strong support systems for these children. Also, this paper summarized the findings of different studies about the potential benefits the children of divorce may have from various types of interventions, aimed at preventing internalizing Continue reading...

Personality Characteristics Associated with BDSM Orientations

BDSM is a sexual practice whose characteristics include physical restriction, suppression, exchange of power, administration of pain, and practicing games involving exchange of sexual roles. The acronym BDSM can be broken down into several components that include bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadism masochism (Herbert and Weaver, 2014). Use of psychological and physical restraints practices falls under the bondage and discipline components. The domination and submission components involve control and exchange of power. Moreover, sadism and masochism encompass taking pleasure in pain or humiliation of others. BDSM practitioners may identify with one or more of these components Continue reading...

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Hospital-acquired infections have always been a major impediment to high-quality health care especially in regards to fast patient recovery. These infections occur when the patient is exposed to bacteria and viruses possibly acquired from another patient in the same hospital. Most of the hospital-acquired infections are however preventable. Some simple strategies can be introduced in these health settings, and these can have a significant impact in terms of reducing the number of infections that are transmitted to patients around the hospital. It is from this aspect that this paper draws its premise. This paper aims to look at one Continue reading...

Salem Witch Trials: A Legal Review

Introduction
The paranormal beliefs remained prevalent since the prehistoric times, and they have been used to succumb people to slavery because those who were perceived to have such supernatural powers became the center of political strength in the society. People who were weak in political and financial terms responded to the promises of those saints and halfhearted workers for the humanity. The pledges remained unmet and unfulfilled in most of the cases, and therefore, some of the unsatisfied customers took the matter to the court. The court wanted and demanded proof in order to implicate the accused. However, the Continue reading...

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Exegesis of Matthew 6.9-13

So you should pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven those who are in debt to us. And do not put us to the test, but save us from the evil one. (The Jerusalem Bible, NT 23-24)
I. Literary Criticism
Context: The passage constitutes a portion of the long evangelical discourse of Jesus that began in Chapter 5 wherein he Continue reading...