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The Missionary Position
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice is a book by Christopher Hitchens about Mother Teresa's life and work. From the controversial title (a double entendre of a sex position and the missionary work of a celibate nun), the book criticizes Teresa as a political opportunist,...
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Government
A government is the body within a community, political entity or organization which has the authority to make and enforce rules, laws, and regulations..
Typically, the term "government" refers to a civil government or sovereign state which can be...
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most...
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- India and the Awakening East ,
- A Son of the Circus ,
- Beyond the Veil - Indian Women in the Raj ,
- Everybody Loves A Good Drought
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behavior within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic and religious...
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Religion
A religion is a system of human thought which usually includes a set of narratives, symbols, beliefs and practices that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power, deity or deities, or ultimate truth....
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- The God Delusion ,
- Quantum Theology ,
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People ,
- Foundations of Christianity
International relations
International relations (IR) or International studies (IS) represents the study of foreign affairs and global issues among states within the international system, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), non...
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- The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations ,
- Diplomacy ,
- The Anarchical Society ,
- Renaissance diplomacy
Evangelism
Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity, where the scriptures often describe "evangelism" as "spreading...
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Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity.
Worldwide, Christians are divided, often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions....
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Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (pronounced [aɡˈnɛs ˈɡɔndʒe bɔjaˈdʒiu]), was an Albanian Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950...
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Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a...
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Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning subjects such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
There are at least two senses in which the term philosophy is used. In the more formal sense,...
