Anabaptist

Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz shook the world with his early 18th century essay entitled Monadology. This essay revolves around one key philosophical concept; if the deity is truly perfect, then the universe that the deity created is a reflection of its perfection. In conclusion, whatever happens is for the better in the plan of the deity. This philosophical concept is still widely accepted today, especially among religious groups. Despite being part of the Enlightenment, Voltaire attacks the…

Scotland, Puritans in England and American colonies, and Dutch Reformed in the Netherlands. So in the sixteenth century, Lutherans and Calvinists were the biggest groups. Other protestant groups that were not under the Calvinist model were the Anabaptists and Anglicans. In fact, even today, the biggest Christians in U.S. are Evangelicals . In contrast, there was less division within the Catholic Church because when the Catholics broke from the Eastern Churches, they were one group. There was a…

In A Mercy, Morrison highlights the psychological experience of slavery and the damage inflicted on the relationship between mother and daughter. Florens misreads the arrangement of her sale to slavery as abandonment by her mother. The consequence of her separation from her mother leaves her with a flawed interpretation of that betrayal, distorting her capacity to read the meanings of other’s messages. Florens’s finds refugee in her delusions, taking comfort in the illusion of a family gained on…

Ephrata’s foundation lies on a theology drawn from many different sources, constructed in a complex way, and defying easy explanation or understanding. Even in Conrad Beissel’s day, the thinking and motivation behind the distinctive lifestyle of Ephrata was a matter of speculation and rumor for supporters and detractors alike. Member Michael Wohlfahrt told Benjamin Franklin the community was still learning when Franklin proposed Ephrata publish a creed to silence suspicious critics. “From time…

Trouble in Paradise Well maybe not heaven on earth the island nations of the British isles offer a unique climate with rolling green pastures, misty mountain crags, breathtaking castles, and cool summer breezes. There is something about Ireland that makes people just want to come back, but however like any place it has not been with out its share of wars and troubles. Ireland has a unique problem that has been around for hundreds of years. A question remains in the minds of many of those…

The Age of Enlightenment was a time where major breakthroughs in the Scientific Revolution had led to a more intellectual endeavor on a public scale in society where, most notably in Western Europe, many individuals are in the pursuit of new knowledge obtained by the use of deductive reasoning as well as new scientific discoveries. A group of these free thinking intellectuals in France were titled the philosphes, people who applied reason to the study of areas of learning such as science,…

aspects of the various sixteenth-century Reformation movements affected women the most? Cite relevant ideas, practices, leaders, and/or situations. It was during 1517 that Roman Catholicism came to exist, which was out of Catholicism. Besides the Anabaptists, four other Christian communities also came to exist, namely Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Reformed…

children, resulting in hospitalizations and deaths every year (IAC, 2016). The Amish are a growing population who live a traditional, rural way of life, that is seemingly detached from modern health care. The Amish are known as a group of Anabaptists who emigrated from Europe to the United States in the 1700s, to escape religious persecution by both Protestants and Catholics. Members of the Amish are religious, hard-working persons who believe “worldliness” would inhibit them from…

The Mennonite community of East Village has separated themselves from the outside world to keep their traditions and beliefs strict for its members and keep outsiders from interfering. Miriam Toews presents Nomi Nickel as the narrator to view the community of East Village from the perspective of an insider who recognizes issues and examines them. Toews’s writing, specifically from Nomi’s point of view, allows the audience to examine the culture from the insider’s standpoint. Their views and…

The Message behind Candide In the story Candide, written by Voltaire, there are several lessons that are meant to be learned. Voltaire’s satirical approach entices the reader to want to continue reading the story, find out what happens next, and really try to read between the lines for the deeper meaning. He makes a major point with his statement, “Cultivate your garden.” Those three powerful words combine together in response to the apathy or lack of concern created by philosophical optimism…