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- 541: Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Theme of Nature In His Works
- ... this lecture on a Sunday evening in July resulted in Emerson’s being banned from speaking at Harvard for the next thirty years. What was considered an attack on the Unitarian establishment, and formal historical Christianity as well, was an oration that filled the needed gap within the students; a gap never filled by the faculty at the Harvard Divinity School.3 Often referred to as New England Transcendentalism, this philosophy ...
- 542: Religion,physics And A Social
- ... first place to set this kind of change in motion is the religious realm. If people were to embrace the reflectiveness of some eastern traditions it would be greatly beneficial even within a Christian context. Christianity as a whole is flawed by two thousand years of patriarchy; dogma and sexual repression making it one of the poorest choices for this sort of change. In any case if history is any indication ...
- 543: Capital Punishment: Injustice of Society
- ... Cases.” Boston University Law Review 75 (1995): 768-69. Cavanagh, Suzanne, and David Teasley. “Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview.” CRS Report For Congress 95-505GOV (1995): 4. Frame, Randy. “A Matter Of Life and Death.” Christianity Today 14 Aug. 1995: 50 Grisham, John. The Chamber. New York: Island Books, 1994. Stewart, David O. “Dealing with Death.” American Bar Association Journal 80.11 (1994): 50 Tabak, Ronald J. “Report: Ineffective Assistance of ...
- 544: Liberalism
- ... The political core is made up of a person’s right to participate in the government, associated with a representative democracy. The ideas expressed in the moral core have been around since the times before Christianity. The main beliefs in these times were that each person should be protected, respected, and able to seek fulfillment in their lives. The Stoics and Epicureans put an individuals personal life the highest priority, above ...
- 545: Knights and Chivalry
- Knights and Chivalry Chivalry was a system of ethical ideals developed among the knights of medieval Europe. Arising out of the feudalism of the period, it combined military virtues with those of Christianity, as epitomized by he Arthurian legend in England and the chansons de geste of medieval France. The word chivalry is derived from the French chevalier, meaning horseman or knight. Chivalry was the code of conduct ...
- 546: Christmas, Retailers, and the Santa Claus Conspiracy
- ... that have lost their meaning to commercialization. Forget the memory of Jesus Christ, now's the time to pay homage to the almighty buck. Nowadays when someone thinks of Christmas or Easter the idea of Christianity is one of the last to come into their mind (although I don't think it could have been made much easier -- "Christ"ianity, "Christ"mas -- what kind of minds are we dealing with?). It ...
- 547: Chivalry
- ... hand. Another knight, or King would confirm these actions in the ceremony. This tap, called the "accolade" from the French word "col", meaning neck, was followed by the words, "I dub you knight." (Gies) When Christianity became more closely linked with knighthood, religious ceremonies became part of the knighting process. Before a squire was knighted he confessed with many nights of prayer. The night before knighting, a squire underwent a strict ...
- 548: Essay On "Things Fall Apart"
- ... government that led to the demise of the Ibo way of life. Clearly this strengthened the credibility of the new white men and their religion. Futhermore, a major blow was dealt to the Ibo religion. Christianity provided an answer to the questions' people had about their spirituality: the Ibo religion began to appear to be false by default. The new religion's validity and acceptance, coupled with the void created by ...
- 549: Santeria
- ... Santeria Religion you'll notice that Santeria does not have any specific leader and the parishioners usually do not live with one another. A perfect example of a cult is the Branch Davidian Sect of Christianity started by David Koresh. Santeria is not a cult. Rather, it is a religion like any other. Many people often forget that it was a ritual practice in most religions to sacrifice animals to God ...
- 550: Correctly Political: A Look into the Dynamics of Political Correctness
- ... Universities, nontraditionalist views are influencing class scheduling. Some schools have instituted “alternative” courses: Dartmouth offers “The Invention of Heterosexuality and How to Have Promiscuity in an Epidemic.” At Brown one could find a course called “Christianity, Violence, and Victimization.” Even Yale has PC courses: “Gender and the Politics of Resistance: Feminism, Capitalism, and the Third World.” (Leo 18)
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