Explain the topic religious debates and fear of print
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Religious debates cover a vast range of topics, mostly related to religion. Some main topics include the role of religion in modern life and arguments between Believers and Sceptics.
People of the world follow several religions and all these religions have different ideologies and practices. When they are discussed in an open and mature way, it leads to the removal of misunderstandings and suspicion.
Fear of print is fear of the media, by an individual or an organisation. Of news, that might be published on print, causing loss of reputation, litigation etc.
i) Print was used to criticise existing practices. Through
print, people could be persuaded to think differently.
(ii) Even those who disagreed with established authorities
could now print and circulate their ideas. It shaped new ideas and debates and
new ideas emerged from clashes.
(iii) The religious reformer Martin Luther wrote ninety five
theses criticising many of the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic
Church. He challenged the Church to debate his ideas.
(iv) Muslims used print to check conversions. (v) Hindus
used print to encourage people to read the religious texts in vernacular.
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(i) Charlotte Bronte dealt with women who broke established
norms of society before adjusting to them. Such stories allowed women readers
to sympathise with rebellious actions.
(ii) In Charlotte
Bronte's Jane Eyre, Published in 1874, young Jane is shown as independent and
assertive. While girls of her time were expected to be quiet and well behaved,
Jane at the age of ten protests against the hypocrisy of her elders with
startling bluntness.
(iii) She tells her Aunt who is always unkind to her :
'People think you are a good women, but you are bad... You are deceitful! I
will never call you aunt as long as live.'
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