Book Of Acts Essays (Examples)

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Evaluating The Ideology Of The IRA

Pages: 9 (2717 words) Sources: 15 Document Type:Essay Document #:29993032

… 1970s when fears of British infiltration caused the IRA to become a secret organization with a cell structure. The IRA published its Green book, which laid out the rules of being an IRA volunteer. Meanwhile, on the political front was Sinn Fein, which negotiated behind the scenes ……

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Bamford, B. (2005). The Role and Effectiveness of Intelligence in Northern Ireland. Intelligence and National Security, 20(4), 581-607.

Branch, S., Shallcross, L., Barker, M., Ramsay, S., & Murray, J. P. (2018). Theoretical Frameworks That Have Explained Workplace Bullying: Retracing Contributions Across the Decades. Concepts, Approaches and Methods, 1-44.

Coogan, T. P. (2002). The IRA. New York: Palgrave.

Hilton, J. L., & Von Hippel, W. (1996). Stereotypes. Annual review of psychology, 47(1), 237-271.

IRA Green Book. (1977). Accessed 14 Dec 2015 from  https://tensmiths.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/15914572-ira-green-book-volumes-1-and-2.pdf 

Lumen. (2019). Theoretical perspectives on deviance. Retrieved from  https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sociology/chapter/theoretical-perspectives-on-deviance/ 

Maloney, E. (2010). Voices from the Grave: Two Men’s War in Ireland. NY: Faber, Faber.

McLeod, S. (2008) Social Identity Theory. Simply Psychology. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html

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Terrorist Group IRA

Pages: 8 (2476 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:71228383

… review was to identify the main themes relating to this subject and to situate them without the context of ideology, nationalism and environment. book, scholarly articles, and primary sources were accessed using Google Scholar and keyword searches related to IRA, counter-terrorism, and the intersection of the identified ……

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References

Bamford, B. (2005). The Role and Effectiveness of Intelligence in Northern Ireland. Intelligence and National Security, 20(4), 581-607.

Bell, J. B. (2008). The Secret Army: The IRA. London: Transaction Publishers.

IRA Green Book. (1977). Accessed 14 Dec 2015 from  https://tensmiths.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/15914572-ira-green-book-volumes-1-and-2.pdf 

Maloney, E. (2010). Voices from the Grave: Two Men’s War in Ireland. NY: Faber, Faber.

O’Brien, B. (1999). The Long War: The IRA and Sinn Fein. NY: Syracuse University Press.

Rooney, N. (2007). Violent nationalism in catholic communities: The Provisional IRA and ETA. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 7(3), 64-77.

Shanahan, Timothy. (2008). The Provisional IRA and the Morality of Terrorism. UK: Edinburgh University Press.

Taylor, P. (2001). Brits. UK: Bloomsbury Publishing.

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Coronavirus And The Courts

Pages: 8 (2481 words) Sources: 4 Document Type:Term Paper Document #:21023640

… by stating it up front. Conscious of my own thoughts and feelings on this matter, it is now time to look at the acts of the case. This we can do by highlighting them as succinctly as possible.
acts of the Case
1. The Yaz Act of 2020 was passed by Congress mandating every American to receive the flu vaccine.
2. If ……

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Allen v. Harrison (2016).  https://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/supreme-court/2016/111877.html 

Baker, Sinead. “The architect of Sweden's controversially lax coronavirus response says he thinks it's working, and that the capital city is already benefiting from herd immunity.” Business Insider, 2020.  https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-sweden-defends-plan-not-to-lock-down-immunity-2020-4 

C&A Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown, N.Y., 511 U.S. 383 (1994).  https://www.oyez.org/cases/1993/92-1402 

District of Columbia v. Heller (2008). Retrieved from  https://www.oyez.org/cases/2007/07-290 

Fox 2. “Alleged fraudulent COVID-19 treatments spark FBI raid of Shelby Twp medical spa.” Fox 2, 2020.  https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/alleged-fraudulent-covid-19-treatments-spark-fbi-raid-of-shelby-twp-medical-spa 

Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905).  https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/ 

Roe v. Wade (1973).  https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18 

Zucht v. King (1922).  https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/260/174/

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Impact Of Agency Theory

Pages: 8 (2453 words) Sources: 7 Document Type:Essay Document #:36993165

… many ways as the firm has certain factors and ways of performance, it gives room for agency theory to impact its decision. It acts the profitability, return on investment, operating expense, shareholder value and other financial performance through influencing the key decision making that goes around these … of the bank, threatening the position of the bank.
Firstly, the decision involving risk has a conflict of interest where the agency theory acts it. The managers have the tendency to not maximize shareholder value and other decisions as both have different interest. Secondly, the decision making … shareholder value and other decisions as both have different interest. Secondly, the decision making of new frameworks and eradicating the agency costs again acts the profitability and return of investment. Not just this, it also acts the ownership as in some cases, the ownership is diluted when there the employees are given the……

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References

Demsetz, R. S. (1997). Agency Problems and Risk Taking at Banks.

Heath, J. (n.d.). Uses and Abuses of Agency Theory. Business Ethics Quarterly.

Kuypers, A. (2011). How is dealt with the agency problem and what is the role of the board of directors in it?

Lumen. (n.d.). Agency and Conflicts of Interests. Lumen. Retrieved from  https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-finance/chapter/agency-and-conflicts-of-interest/ 

Murray, I. (2016, September ). Wells Fargo and the Principle Agent Problem. Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Palia, D. (2007). “Agency Theory in Banking: An Empirical Analysis of Moral Hazard and the Agency Costs of Equity. Banks and Banks System.

Pennsylvania, W. U. (2017, August 08). Wells Fargo: What It Will Take to Clean Up the Mess. Wharton University of Pensylvannia.

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Is The God Of The Old Testament The Same As The God Of The New Testament

Pages: 14 (4244 words) Sources: 10 Document Type:Essay Document #:72449258

… demonstration of God’s lack of love.[footnoteRef:8] [6: Paul Copan, Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker book, 2011), 160.] [7: William Lane Craig “#16 Slaughter of the Canaanites,” Reasonable Faith with William Lane Craig (blog), August 6, 2007, https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/slaughter-of-the-canaanites.] [8: Baah-Odoom, Dinah, ……

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Bibliography

Adams, Marilyn McCord and Robert Merrihew Adams. The Problem of Evil. Oxford University Press, 1990.

Baker, David L. Two Testaments, One Bible: The Theological Relationship between the Old and New Testaments. InterVarsity Press, 2010.

Baah-Odoom, Dinah, and FrimpongWiafe. "The Importance Of The Old Testament To The Christian Spirituality." The International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention, Vol. 3.7, 2016

Copan, Paul. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2011.

Craig, William Lane. “#16 Slaughter of the Canaanites,” Reasonable Faith with William

Lane Craig (blog), August 6, 2007,  https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/slaughter-of-the-canaanites .

Kaiser, Walter C. The Messiah in the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zandorvan, 1995.

Kitchen, Kenneth. On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003.

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Analyzing The Speeches Of Angela Y Davis

Pages: 7 (2294 words) Sources: 4 Document Type:Essay Document #:45885685

… will be used to help shed light on these themes. [1: Angela Y. Davis, The Meaning of Freedom (San Francisco, CA: City Light book, 2012), 196.]
The Rise of the Prison-Industrial Complex according to Davis
Angela Davis describes the rise of the prison-industrial complex as being “accompanied … would never have been considered criminal in the first place. [2: Angela Y. Davis, The Meaning of Freedom (San Francisco, CA: City Light book, 2012), 38.]
This notion is supported by Alan Eladio Gomez, who describes the inmates’ treatment at Marion Federal Penitentiary in 1972 as another … calmly is thus the first step to finding utilitarian solutions. [14: Angela Y. Davis, The Meaning of Freedom (San Francisco, CA: City Light book, 2012), 29.]
Conclusion
Angela Davis takes a hard, pragmatic look at American society and finds that what is problematic about it is the ……

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Davis, Angela. The Meaning of Freedom. San Francisco, CA: City Light Books, 2012.

Gomez, Alan. “Resisting Living Death at Marion Federal Penitentiary, 1972,” Radical History Review 96 (2006): 58–86.

Prashad, Vijay. “Second-Hand Dreams,” Social Analysis 49: 2 (Summer 2005): 191-198.

Sudbury, Julia. “A World Without Prisons: Resisting Militarism, Globalized Punishment, and Empire,” Social Justice 31.2 (2004): 9-28.

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What Is Biblical Theology

Pages: 9 (2826 words) Sources: 9 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:47731493

… its principle of establishment: that is, the former is historical and not logical. It commences with understanding the Scripture's historical dimension: that the book of Genesis and the book of Leviticus are different; or, in general, the Old and New Testaments are different. Biblical Theology attempts at understanding the message in the … provide information pertaining to a particular passage's meaning, the way it fits into the overall text's structure, and its link to previous scriptural book.
The vision of Christ described by John in Revelation 1:9–20 very closely resembles that described by Daniel in the book of Daniel 10. The latter was overawed by wonderful images from heaven that showed him the future's 'history' in the book of Daniel 11 and 12. Thus, the future is revealed in the book of Daniel 11 and 12 after the vision depicted in the book of Daniel 10. The structure is……

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Ellis, E. E. (1993). Jesus’ use of the Old Testament and the genesis of New Testament theology. Bulletin for Biblical Research, 3, 59-75.

Frei, H. W. (1974). The eclipse of biblical narrative: A study in eighteenth and nineteenth century hermeneutics. Yale University Press.

Hafemann, S., & House, P. (Eds.). (2007). Central themes in biblical theology: Mapping unity in diversity. Baker Academic.

Hamilton Jr, J. M. (2006). God\\\\\\'s Indwelling Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Old & New Testaments (Vol. 1). B&H Publishing Group.

Hamilton Jr, J. M. (2010). Biblical Theology and Preaching. Text-Driven Preaching: God’s Word at the Heart of Every Sermon, 193-218.

Hodgson, P. C. (2005). Hegel and Christian theology: A reading of the lectures on the philosophy of religion. Oxford University Press on Demand.

Murray, M. J., & Rea, M. (2002). Philosophy and Christian theology. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Sailhamer, J. H. (2010). The meaning of the Pentateuch: Revelation, composition and interpretation. InterVarsity Press.

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The First Epistle Of John

Pages: 14 (4271 words) Sources: 10 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:39027303

… Lies. Satan is Death, and Christ is Life. That is the ultimate message John delivers in his closing.
Context
Historical-Cultural Context of the book
Tradition holds that John is the author of this epistle, though authorship is contested by some scholars.[footnoteRef:2] The style of the epistle is ……

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1 John 5:13-21

Akin, Daniel L. 1, 2, 3 John (NAC). Nashville: Broadman& Holman, 2001.

Balz, Horst and Gerhard Schneider, eds. Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, 3 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990-93.

Derickson, Gary W. 1, 2 and 3 John (EEC). Bellingham, WA: Lexham and Logos Bible Software, 2014.

Duvall, J. Scott, and J. Daniel Hays. Grasping God\\\\\\'s Word: A hands-on approach to reading, interpreting, and applying the Bible. Zondervan Academic, 2012.

Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible (Palo Alto: Mayfield, 1985) \\\\\\"1 John,\\\\\\" p. 355–356

Parker, D. C. An Introduction to the New Testament Manuscripts and Their Texts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance: New American Standard Bible. Updated ed. La Habra: Lockman Foundation, 1995.  http://www.biblestudytools.com/concordances/strongs-exhaustive-concordance/

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Impact Of Culture On Domestic Violence

Pages: 12 (3547 words) Sources: 21 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:31105337

… up signals to them that treating people in an inhumane way is acceptable, then those individuals are likely to engage in domestic violence acts as they feel or believe that it is an acceptable mode of behavior, sanctioned by the culture in which they live. The culture … black men (Schmidt, 2019).
The research of Breger (2017), Cramer, Choi and Ross (2017) and Klingspohn (2018) describes the ways in which culture acts domestic violence. Culture determines the extent to which one has a developed network of support that one can turn to for aid in ……

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Adorno, T. & Horkheimer, M. (2007). The culture industry: Enlightenment as mass deception. Stardom and celebrity: A reader, 34, 2007.

Bandura, A. (2018). Toward a psychology of human agency: Pathways and reflections.  Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(2), 130-136.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617699280 

Breger, M. L. (2017). Reforming by re-norming: How the legal system has the potential to change a toxic culture of domestic violence. J. Legis., 44, 170.

Cashmore, E. (2006). The Black culture industry. Routledge.

Coleman, L. (1974). Carl Van Vechten Presents the New Negro. Studies in the Literary Imagination, 7(2), 85.

Cramer, E. P., Choi, Y. J., & Ross, A. I. (2017). Race, Culture, and Abuse of Persons with Disabilities. In Religion, Disability, and Interpersonal Violence (pp. 89-110). Champaign, IL: Springer.

Davis, A. (2012). The Meaning of Freedom. San Francisco, CA: City Light Books.

Decker, J. L. (1993). The state of rap: Time and place in hip hop nationalism. Social Text, (34), 53-84.

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