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• 195:8 Secular Totalitarianism
  ...t need [[God]]. But beware! this [[Atheism|godless philosophy]] of human [[society]] will lead only to unrest, animosity, unhappiness, war, and world-wide dis ...[[peace]] to [[mankind]]. Nothing can take the place of [[God]] in human [[society]]. But mark you well! do not be quick to [[surrender]] the [[beneficent]] g
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• Abolition
  ...Langston and John Mercer Langston, who helped found the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society. ...ia.org/wiki/Secession seceded] from the Union, which led to the American [[Civil War]]. In 1863, Lincoln issued the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipat
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• Marriage
  ...ded full birth-[[status]] [[rights]] common to [[normal]] members of his [[society]] or social stratum" Leach argued that no one definition of marriage applie ...tices]] are very [[diverse]] across [[cultures]], yet almost every known [[society]] has had some form of marriage between a [[man]] and a [[woman]]. In some
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• Degree
  :c : the civil condition or [[status]] of a [[person]] :b : a grade of membership attained in a [[ritual]]istic order or [[society]]
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• Equality
  ...eated as equals and have the same [[political]], [[economic]], social, and civil rights[2] or as a social philosophy advocating the removal of economic ineq ...largely egalitarian. It is considered by some to be the natural state of [[society]].[3][4][5]
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• Custom
  ...an be social norms are the [[behavior]]al expectations and cues within a [[society]] or [[group]]. This sociological term has been defined as "the rules that ...aw or right, esp. the established usage of a particular locality, trade, [[society]], or the like. In French history applied to the special usages of differen
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• 71:2 The Evolution of Representative Government
  71:2.2 [[Public]] [[opinion]], common opinion, has always delayed [[society]]; nevertheless, it is valuable, for, while retarding [[social]] [[evolutio 71:2.3 The [[measure]] of the advance of [[society]] is directly determined by the [[degree]] to which [[public]] [[opinion]]
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• Prejudice
  ...Apartheid is an example of legal discrimination, as are also various post-Civil war laws in the southern United States that legally disadvantaged negros wi ...on are correlated and may be found to varying degrees in individuals and [[society]] at large. Many forms of discrimination based upon prejudice are outwardly
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• 82:2 The Restrictive Taboos
  ...but indifferently leaves the consequential [[problems]] to be solved by [[society]], thus creating an ever-present and major [[problem]] for [[evolutionary]]
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• 55:5 The Acme of Material Development
  ...t]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industry] flourish, and [[society]] is a smoothly working [[mechanism]] of high [[material]], [[intellectual] ...s slowly rendering [[laws]] of [[human]] enactment obsolete. The extent of civil [[government]] and statutory regulation, in an [[intermediate]] [[state]] o
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• Strata
  :b : a socioeconomic level of [[society]] comprising persons of the same or similar [[status]] especially with rega When planning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering civil engineering] projects or other large constructions, the ''strata'' of the a
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• Society
  ...tzerland]], or to a broader cultural group, such as a [[Western society]]. Society can also refer to an organized group of people associated together for reli ...cial contract between members of the community. Implicit in the meaning of society is that its members share some mutual concern or interest, a common objecti
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• Oral history
  ...ccounts from various groups, including surviving witnesses of the American Civil War, [[Slavery]], and other major historical events. The [[Library of Con ...Association, and in 1969 British oral historians founded the Oral History Society. There are now numerous national organizations and an International Oral H
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• Patriarchy
  *2 : a [[society]] or [[institution]] organized according to the principles or [[practices]] ...mes]] of [[Christian]] dignitaries were in early days taken sometimes from civil life (episkopos, diakonos), sometimes borrowed from the Jews (presbyteros).
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• Serfdom
  ...est social class of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism feudal] [[society]]. Serfs were also defined as people in whose labour landowners held [[prop ...ipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan Bhutan] is described by Tashi Wangchuk, a Bhutanese civil servant, as abolishing serfdom officially by 1959, but Wangchuk believes le
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• Seekers
  ...mmunity]] able to evangelise in a pluralistic society governed by a purely civil [[state]]. Such a demand was in sharp contrast to the ambitions of the magi
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• 86:7 The Function of Primitive Religion
  86:7.2 [[Modern]] [[society]] is removing the [[business]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance 86:7.5 [[Industry]], [[war]], [[slavery]], and civil [[government]] arose in [[response]] to the [[social]] [[evolution]] of man
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• Enthusiasm
  ...ety bylaws stipulated that any person discussing religion or politics at a Society meeting was to be summarily ejected for being an "enthusiast."[citation nee
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• Pardon
  ...duals]] have [[demonstrated]] that they have [[fulfilled]] their debt to [[society]], or are otherwise deserving (in the opinion of the pardoning official) of ...is crime in order to allow him to testify against the murderer, or after a civil war a mass amnesty may be granted to absolve all participants of [[guilt]]
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• Betrothal
  ...ies is a serious matter and may be referred to as a breach of promise, a [[civil]] transgression subject in some instances to a fine or other [[penalty]] ...se, start a [[business]] or otherwise prove his readiness to enter adult [[society]].
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