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A controversy is an Opinion or opinions over which parties are actively arguing. Controversies can range from private disputes between two to large scale disagreements. Present-day areas of controversy include Religion , Politics , War , Property , Social Class , Taxes , and most recently in Sports . Controversy in matters of Theology has traditionally been particularly heated, giving rise to '' Odium Theologicum ''. IN LAW In Jurisprudence , a controversy differs from a Case . While the latter includes all suits, Criminal as well as Civil , a conterversy is a purely civil proceeding. For example, the Constitution Of The United States states that "the judicial Power shall extend to ... Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party" ( Article 3, Section 2 ). The meaning to be attached to the word ''Controversy'' in the constitution is that given above. IN PROPAGANDA The term is not always used in a purely descriptive way. The use of the word tends itself to create controversy where none may have authentically existed, acting as a Self-fulfilling Prophecy . Propagandists , therefore, may employ it as a "tar-brush," Pejorative ly, and thus create a perceived atmosphere of controversy, discrediting the subject: ::"Beatrix Potter's creation, Peter Rabbit..." ::vs. ::"Beatrix Potter's controversial creation, Peter Rabbit..." Thus ''controversy'' may itself be judged controversial. IN ADVERTISING On the other hand, ''controversy'' is also used in Advertising to try to draw attention to a product or idea by labeling it as controversial, even if the idea has become widely accepted to a given segment of the population. This strategy has been known to be especially successful in promoting Books and Film s. IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY Many of the early Christian writers, among them Irenaeus , Athanasius , and Jerome , were famed as "controversialists"; they wrote works against perceived Heresy or heretical individuals, works whose titles begin "Adversus..." such as Irenaeus' ''Adversus haeresis.'' The Christian writers inherited from the classical Rhetor s the conviction that controversial confrontations, even over trivial matters, were a demonstration of intellectual superiority. INTERNAL LINK EXTERNAL LINK
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