Contemporary worship

you could completely ignore him and it would go right along with Transcendentalism - as a main key is following your intuition. Emerson’s works have influenced many great minded individuals, but especially his proégé Henry David Thoreau and his contemporary Walt Whitman. These two men went on to becoming huge players in the continuation of transcendentalism in literature. A lot of Emerson’s writings are considered major documents of the 19th-century American literature, religion and…

Narration is an important part of any novel, because it solidifies the relationship between the storyteller and the reader, and is the novel’s basis of time and events. The narrator of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is Ishmael, whose process of storytelling is very detailed and intricate. The character of Ishmael extracts from an extensive amount of material and often goes on rants as he discourses his telling from the actual events of the story. Ishmael forms many relationships with the other…

a physician’s assistant” (Triffin). Other options directly connect the career with the possibility of romance rather than true passion and ambition as in the case of the option of becoming a video game designer: “Want to make every dude you meet worship the ground you walk on?”…

belief systems is their perception of human nature. According to Confucius, humans are born with naturally good intentions, but they can only be truly good through the learning of humaneness, rightness, ritual, and wisdom (Lecture 9/4). Mencius, a contemporary of Confucius, created a story to explain the natural goodness of humans (Lecture 9/9). He explains that if a child were to fall into a well, a human beings initial reaction would be to save the child (Lecture 9/9). Essentially, Mencius…

Confucian values and habits; Confucianism is deeply embedded into Chinese culture, and straying from it only causes conflicts. However, the problem with the traditional version of Confucianism is that it is a bit outdated; Confucian examinations for contemporary China need to be revived and…

gender, social status …, these distinctions carry on a high rate of dominance and authority, giving the control to the people in charge so they can socially supervise the other categories according to the disciplines they force. He suggested that “contemporary society deserves the name of disciplinary society” disciplines comes from the distribution of power thus by othering people you will be the one holding the control. Panopticism is very present in Maycomb County; everyone must act according…

This Essay will examine Machiavelli’s stand on the role of morality in politics, if it is useful for the common good, and the purpose of the state and morality itself. In order to provide a clear and linear argument, this essay will be divided in three sections. In the first paragraph, I will provide a brief historical background on morality, and the importance that it had in society with Christian principles as base for a correct and good state, cultural context and few prior political thinkers…

In a 1992 symposium on sex work and women’s roles in society called Prostitution: From Academia to Activism, Andrea Dworkin delivered a powerful speech entitled Prostitution and Male Supremacy wherein she defined prostitution as being “the use of a woman’s body for sex by a man, he pays money, he does what he wants” (Dworkin 1992). In fact, although its formal definition refers to any person working in sex for money, the word prostitute is still directly linked to women and girls unless stated…

To speak of God is fraught with complexity. To capture with mere language and words the divine mystery that creates and permeates the universe seems almost absurd. Yet Christian faith calls us to respond to the God who has come near and revealed Godself in human flesh. Reformed theologian Carl E. Braaten writes that, “As soon as the first philosophers searched for the logos, the meaning, of their native rituals and myths, they reflected on the problem of speaking of God in human terms. If we…

with his mind (mental telepathy). In Christianity, true Christians are prohibited from controlling others because they are supposed to follow the belief and teachings of Jesus Christ by loving everyone as their brother/sister and as an equals to worship our one and only GOD. According to Duran, “The folk legends and traditions Van Helsing draws upon suggest that the most effective weapons in fighting supernatural evil are symbols of unearthly good. In Dracula, all of the dead are granted the…