MULTICULTURAL PHILOSOPHY

ASSIGNMENT #1: CLEMENTINE HOMILIES, BASICS OF ISLAM

Instructions: In response to each of the five questions given in this sheet, give a clear, well-structured answer. While you should study the material from the books and the lectures in order to give the best answer you can, each answer that you hand in must be the result of your own work, reflection, and understanding.

Please review this sheet carefully several times and make sure to ask me questions about it by email if there is anything you don’t understand.

Format for Each Answer:

Maximum 1 page, typed, double-spaced.

Required font size: 12.

Use only Times New Roman font.

Use standard margins (1.0-1.25”).

Use a separate sheet for each separate answer.

Key Theme of Assignment 1:The point of this assignment is to give you a chance to prove that you understand this material.

So you must first have an understanding of the relevant topics, and then you must demonstrate that understanding by imagining that in each answer, you are explaining the material to someone new to the study of Islam and new to the topic of the question.

Strategy for Working on These Questions:

For each question, it is recommended that you follow these steps.

• Make sure you understand the question as it is stated to the best of your ability, and make notes on any ideas that you have in response to the question.
• Determine what aspects of your lecture notes are most relevant to answering the question.
• Study carefully the parts of your lecture notes that you identified in the second step above, until you are sure you understand them.
• Think about how to apply your understanding to the specific question in front of you.
• Make notes about how to explain your answer to a beginner who is new to this specific topic.
• Write a draft of your answer within the space limits already mentioned.
• Revise and check your draft to improve it until you are confident that it satisfies that requirements laid out in the relevant section.
• Make sure that your grammar, punctuation, and spelling are all correct, and that each answer as well as the assignment as a whole satisfies the format requirements laid out above.

Warning: If you merely try to loosely copy some passage from someone else while changing names and details, you will not only risk getting charged with dishonesty, but you will most likely get very few points.

WRITING QUESTIONS:

• In the Clementine Homilies, the apostle Peter claims that Scripture contains certain false passages. Explain, clearly and briefly, in your own words, what makes such passages false, and what the wisdom or benefit behind the inclusion of such passages might be (according to Peter in the Homilies).
• Explain clearly and briefly, in your own words, the key characteristics of the True Prophet in the Clementine Homilies; what tests could we use to decide whether or not someone was in fact the True Prophet?
• Explain clearly and briefly, in your own words, the key events of the Meccan phase of the Prophet’s mission.
• Explain clearly and briefly, in your own words, the key events of the Madinan phase of the Prophet’s mission.
• Explain clearly and briefly, in your own words, some of the reasons why the Prophet of Islam was believed by his early followers to be an authentic messenger from God.

How Your Assignment Will Be Graded

(1) In this assignment, and every assignment in this course, it is your job to prove to me that you understand the material. I will assume that you do not understand what you are talking about until I see clear proof, on the paper in front of me, that you do.

This is very important: you do not get the benefit of the doubt for this or any other assignment.

(2) Any pages in excess of the one-page limit for each answer will be ignored, and only the first page will be graded.

(3) Every answer can receive a maximum of 10 points.

(4) For any answer you hand in, I will deduct one point for each sufficiently bad violation of one of the following requirements.

Requirements for Answers:

(a) Make sure that your understanding of the topics you are required to explain is correct. If you show an inaccurate understanding, you will lose points.

(b) Make sure that every sentence you write is true, justifiable, and clear.

(c) Make sure that you are writing for a beginning level student who is new to the material, and write so that such a student can understand what is going on. (Professor Mirza is not your audience here, so do not write to explain things to him). Lack of clarity will lead to losing points.

(d) Make each answer sufficiently clear and detailed that any reasonable and informed person can see that it correctly answers the question.

(e) If you have any doubts about whether or not you have put in enough detail, be on the safe side and put in more detail, while still keeping your answer within the space limits already set.

(f)There is no minimum length, but if your answer is less than a page in length, it most likely does not have enough detail in it.

(g) Use standard, neutral English in your answer (not slang).

(h) Keep your answers focused and concise: do not waste any words, do not write introductions, do not put in anything more than what you need to get your point across.

(h) Each answer should be understandable independently of every other answer.

(i) Use a new paragraph for each new idea.

(j) Use proper spelling throughout each answer.

(k) Use proper punctuation throughout each answer.

(l) Use proper grammar throughout each answer.

• Consider the following quote by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who believed that thought without language was impossible: “The limits of my language are the limits of my life.” For more information on Wittgenstein and his analysis on the primacy of language, watch the video “Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 – 1951) The Limits of Language”, located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgW_PFl-Xs4. Next, examine whether or not it is possible to think without using language. If you believe it is possible, describe the primary ways in which a person might enact so-called “languageless” thinking. If you believe it is not possible, describe what you foresee as major problems with languageless thinking.

ADVOCACY

Nursing has a rich history of advocacy beginning with Florence Nightingale. Nightingale often advocated for better hospital conditions, especially with regard to sanitation, hygiene, hospital management, and planning. In the latter half of her life, she campaigned for health reform and policies to improve quality of care. Her efforts stand as an exemplar for nurses advocating for better standards, health care reform, and policy.

This rich tradition continues. Consider the following quote from Isabel Maitland Stewart on the role of nurses as leaders and advocates:

It is evident . . . that leadership in nursing . . . is of supreme importance at this time. Nursing has faced many critical situations in its long history, but probably none more critical than the situation it is now in, and none in which the possibilities, both of serious loss and of substantial advance, are greater. What the outcome will be depends in large measure on the kind of leadership the nursing profession can give in planning for the future and in solving stubborn and perplexing problems . . . if past experience is any criterion, little constructive action will be taken without intelligent and courageous leadership.

This quote was made over 50 years ago as Stewart assessed the field of nursing following World War II. Reflect on the field of nursing from the time of Florence Nightingale to Isabel Stewart, to current circumstances. How have things progressed? How have they remained the same?

Last week, you examined the far-reaching implications of creating policy; however, without sufficient advocacy, proposed policy is often not successfully implemented. This week, you will evaluate how nurses can prepare themselves to fulfill the role of health advocate in furthering policies that improve the quality of and access to health care. You will also begin to develop a health advocacy campaign.

Reference:

Stewart, I.M. (1953). The education of nurses. New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, as quoted in White Paper on the Role of the Clinical Nurse Leader (2007), American Associations of Colleges of Nursing. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/white-papers/cnl

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Analyze attributes of effective advocacy for patient and population health
• Assess personal advocacy attributes
• Evaluate the role of nurse as advocate

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Carpenter, M., Sanders, Wm. (2008). Strategic Management: A Dynamic Perspective. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall.

You will create a marketing plan for a
hypothetical product-based company. Each assignment focuses on a different
section of the overall marketing plan. For Assignment 1, you will compile
information on the company’s background information, an environmental analysis,
your company’s short and long-term goals, and a SWOT analysis.

For information on Website analytics,
visit Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/analytics/why/.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions
needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in
which you:

1. Write an
   introduction to your company. Describe your company, its location, and the
   product it makes or the service it provides.
2. Develop an
   environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political,
   legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.
3. Determine the
   primary and secondary target markets for your company. Next, analyze the
   primary and secondary target markets that you identified for your company.
   Be sure to cover the 4Ps, 5Cs and STP.
4. Decide the
   main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short
   term) and the mains goals that you would like to achieve within the next
   five (5) years (long term). Determine the most appropriate ways to measure
   both short- and long-term goals. Note: Consider the following metrics:
   tracking downloads of Website content, Website visitors, increases in
   market share, customer value, new product adoption rates, retention, rate
   of growth compared to competition and the market, margin, and customer
   engagement.
5. Develop both
   a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product. Each analysis should
   examine four (4) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for
   your company.
6. Use at least
   four (4) academic resources as quantitative marketing research to
   determine the feasibility of your product / service. These resources
   should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. Note:
   Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these
formatting requirements:

• Be typed,
  double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins
  on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific
  format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a
  cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the
  professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the
  reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.