There are five shared commitments of Christians throughout the world and history of Christianity:
1) The person of Jesus called the Christ has ultimate significance;
2) all use the same sacred writings;
3) all use bread and wine and water in a special way;
4) each group thinks of itself as having some community with other Christians;
5) each group sees itself, in some way, as standing in continuity with ancient Israel.

In the wake of the civil war, compared to the south the north had sustained very little destruction. had to create a new labor system. had more economic challenges. had to repair damaged property.

Afull irb committee meeting is convened and one agenda item is a new research proposal to evaluate how mothers interact with their learning-disabled child. the inclusion criteria require the children to be a minimum of five years of age. the protocol requires the mother of the child to look at the child without any expression and not to talk to the child for three minutes. the committee determined that the mother's required task may upset the child. the irb approved the study with appropriate language in the parental permission form regarding the possibility that children might become upset. after the start of the study, the principal investigator reports to the irb that, as expected, one of the children became upset. the incident was handled according to the protocol and the child is fine. what should the irb do with regard to this report?

Among the many crucial themes related to politics, a central idea of politics includes the existence of