Circumcision

cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the presentation? The presentation based on El Saadawi 's book Woman at Point Zero reveals the painful process of female circumcision and the important role this procedure plays in Egyptian culture. There are four different types of female circumcision. In the four different types the clitoris and the labia are removed partially or totally. However in other cases the labia are sewn together, narrowing the vagina and the last…

Sexual trauma and early exposure to sexual activity is another argument in the quest to determine the roots to homosexuality. There are so many young girls today that start out with sexual activity at an early age; some as early as ten years old. Over time these young ladies are exposed to sexual activity such as oral sex, group sex, and same-sex gratification. They have allowed themselves to be misused by men, for lack of guidance, and find that blaming the men for their broken hearts is an…

Constantine and his Role in the Rise of Christianity Constantine reflected on previous emperors seeing that worshiping multiple Gods was just an artful deception. He wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps as a Christian, so he prayed to God to reveal to him who he truly was. He saw a chi-rho of light in the heavens bearing the inscription, “By this symbol you will conquer.” While he was sleeping the night before the Battle of Milvian, the Christ of God appeared to him with the same sign;…

The Gospel of Luke is one of the four Gospels accepted as part of the canon of Scripture. This Gospel is the Gospel that focuses most on social justice and God’s mercy. His Gospel is also the only Gospel that contains the annunciation. Though Luke didn’t witness Jesus’s miracles personally he did sound research and his Gospel is just as accurate as the others. Luke wrote two books in the Bible, The Gospel of Luke and The Acts of the Apostles. He, himself was only present in The Acts of…

Introduction/ Thesis We are all raised with a specific set of beliefs and values. Each person’s worldview progresses throughout time as they experience new life events and interact with the world around them. It can give purpose and meaning to our lives. A biblical worldview is believing that our existence is to love and serve God. As Christians, we believe that God has created us in his image and we must live our lives according to his words. Chapters 1-8 of Romans are an excellent source in…

I. Anthropology Subfields In its most basic definition, anthropology is the study of humans combining a biological and cultural perspective (MindEdge 1.05). Due to the complexity of humankind, anthropology can be broken down into four sub-fields; cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological/physical anthropology. Cultural anthropology is the study of how humans lived, and how their culture was handed down from generation to generation. Cultural anthropologists…

personal savior. Even though, they converted to Christianity but they were very conservative for the laws of Moses or Torah. This verse (v.5) speaks about the believing Pharisees who belonged to the party of Pharisees. They argue for the need of circumcision and the necessity of keeping the law as Carter and others explained the Pharisees position in the following ways “the Pharisees requirements of the Gentiles disciples for church membership it is needful to circumcise them and to charge them…

Myths and Other Stories: The creation story consisted of seven days. On the first day, God created light. He separated the light from the dark by calling the day by light and the darkness he called night. On the second day God created the firmament which he called heaven. There were lower waters and upper waters, below and above the firmament. God created dry land on the third day and he called it ‘Earth’ and he called the waters ‘Seas’. He separated the dry land from the water and he also…

above, to celebrate different seasonal things such as the first rain of the season or the first harvest of crops. They are also worn during hunting and warfare to bless the warriors and many other different events. These masks are also worn during circumcision ceremonies. Lastly they are worn to exercise social and political control throughout the community with practices of evil magic and witchcraft by members of the Bwadi Bwa Kifwebe society. In conclusion the kifwebe mask is a very unique…

Discuss the stories of Abraham and the Exodus. What origins do they signify? What are the social functions of these texts? Abram, later to be renamed by God Abraham, originated from Ur, which was considered to be a cultured and ancient city. Minimalist scholars believe this to be the origins of the Israelites were Canaanites. As we learn later on in the book of Joshua the Israelites were lead by Joshua on a conquest in Canaan. The reason for minimalists believing Canaan origins is due to…