Circumcision

Music and dance in Madagascar is more impromptu and it is not uncommon to see someone express themselves emotionally through song and dance, or for a group of villagers to get together and play. As this is more of a jam scenario there is more concern among the musicians about keeping rhythm than exploring linear chord progressions or melodic patterns (Koskoff). Finally, modern Malagasy music does incorporate the traditional instruments and techniques listed above. But a band composed of modern…

Female Genital Mutilation is a serious topic that affects women worldwide; specifically in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. ”FGM is a practice in which women partially or totally removing the external genitalia...for nonmedical reasons,” stated by World Health Organization. By women getting circumcised it deprives them of their freedom. Through reading my paper you will be able to learn the reasoning for FGM, who is affected, and the risk factors. Female Genital Mutilation is not safe nor fair…

cultures. One of those habits is initiation which I’ll be discussing throughout my assignment. INITIATION It’s a school in the mountains, a cultural practice that marks the transformation of young boys and girls to adulthood. Boys initiation involves circumcision. After noticing that a time for a prince or princess to go to initiation school has arrived, an initiation leader notifies the royal family and asks for a wood on fire from the royal house. The wood must arrive at the place of…

Discussion Forum Unit 2 What do you think "good" is? List some examples of goodness? Before embarking on this controversial descriptive word “good”, let me first of all look the meaning from dictionaries with respect to morality and ethics. the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute. Meridian Wester Dictionary: “virtuous, right, commendable”- ex. A good person Oxford Dictionary: “Possessing or displaying…

An Immigrant Women’s Experience in a County Hospital Shikha Ahuja Drexel University S.D. is a 38 year old immigrant female who was admitted to a community memorial hospital when she was nine months pregnant. S.D. went to the hospital clinic for a prenatal checkup on October 7, 2014. The nurse took her vital signs and all her vitals were normal except for the blood pressure. She had an abnormally high blood pressure reading. The physician admitted her as a precautionary measure. She…

The next encounter Abraham had with God was in Genesis 15, in which God placed significant emphasis on the seed and the land. As Abraham had no son, he at first thought that his trusty servant, Eliezer, should become his son by adoption, and his heir. But God informed Abraham that his servant should not be his son and heir, but that he is going to have a son of his own flesh and blood and by faith Abraham believed God and it was counted unto righteousness (15:6). The author of the text, Moses,…

H. Lecture 8 – 2 Corinthians Word Count: 525 1. Itemize four main principles of giving that Paul enunciates in 2 Cor. 8:1-15? The principles that Paul enunciates are for giving are: (1) it should be sacrificial. Paul contrasts them to the Macedonian church—which gave even in extreme poverty, (2) Christians should surrender even themselves as a gift to God, (3) giving should be done with sincerity and gladness, and (4) giving ought to be proportionate to ones blessings. Those with excess…

In Ousmane Sembène’s 2004 film Moolaadé, the community faces challenges regarding certain beliefs on the roles women have in the world. The people of Burkina Faso have always lived by certain traditions and when someone tries to contest a tradition, it brings conflict, anger, and death to the community. The film shows the roles woman play in an African lifestyle. It also shows how a community adapts to change and the struggles of going through change. Moolaadé shows how one individuals everyday…

Jewish-Roman revolts occurred throughout the long period of Roman occupation across the Eastern Mediterranean, which included parts of modern Southeast Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. However, arguably the most contentious period between Romans and their Jewish subjects occurred during the first and second centuries CE and settled significantly shortly after the end of the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 CE. Scholarly arguments of the causes of the Jewish-Roman revolts are as abundant as the many…

notes that both reasons were possible, and gave strong arguments on both sides in favor of the practices at the time. Calvin's Commentary provides the most commentary and information. Many scholars believe Zipporah was enraged due to her son's circumcision, so they left to go live with her father. Although Calvin's Commentary notes other…