Legalism

5) The agricultural techniques of today 's Maya farmers differ from the techniques used after the 9th century CE because today, farmers prepare their fields by cutting down small trees and brush and then burn the dead vegetation to fertilize their land. But after the 9th century CE, rigorous forms of agriculture were used, such as draining swamps and building elevated fields. 6) Elite Mayan women could be influential in Mayan religion and politics. Two women ruled the Maya kingdoms, so they…

The Canadian Multiculturalism Act of 1988 provides a legal foundation for removing the ”barriers" to marginalization, racism, bigotry, etc. that had finally evolved into an institutional legalism for the protection of individual rights and freedoms in the community. In this manner, the federal enforcement of multicultural rights defines a new era of Canadian institutionalism that realized Trudeau’s vision for Canada. The Canadian Multiculturalism…

This society’s religion evolved from a polytheist religion to Christianity over the course of more than a thousand years. The first polytheist god is Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. On the site of The Temple of Aphrodite that there is a 7C BCE wooden temple to this goddess, demonstrating the site’s only connection to Mesopotamia. Demonstrated in “Inana’s Descent to the Nether World”, the Mesopotamians believe that Ishtar ascended down to the underworld and her time there represented winter.…

Much can be gained by a study of the personal letters of a first-century missionary to one of his most trusted disciples. Paul wrote almost half of the New Testament, but only four of his letters are written to individuals. Of these four, I’ve chosen 1Timothy to further explore. Thirty years of labor for the gospel took its toll on Paul. His body bore the suffering of a servant of Jesus Christ. The intensity of his sufferings never changed the intensity of his love and concern for the churches…

A German social-democratic refugee Franz Neumann, produced a comprehensive look of Nazism in a new and holistic manner. It is well-thought and astute; it is remarkably adorned with multiple references and numerous quotes of political thinkers across the span; it encompasses copious amounts of analytical substance; and it has a language style that is irrefutably engrossing. However, the book shows a collection of inconsistencies. The majority of Neumann’s theories, in my opinion, unsupportable,…

Throughout the mid-1800’s, the time period that Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter, the Puritan society in the New England colony abided by strict codes of conduct, many of them strongly influenced by perceptions of gender roles. Here, men were perceived as authoritative figures, while women were highly condemned due to constant accusations of crimes such as witchcraft and adultery. Set in Boston during the late seventeenth century, Hawthorne’s romantic novel depicts the story of…

His life works are testimonies to mirror. Like Edwards, we too should stand bold for the truth at all costs even when it falls in conflict with man’s legalism and traditions. His drive to emphasize that the true Christian conversion would result in a person who would not only profess their faith in Christ but experience a life living in the glory of Him was not futile. Edwards was clearly a man of truth…

Throughout the sacred text of the bible, Jesus revealed many truths that resonate and apply to leadership practices of today. Many of those nuggets of truth were spoken in parabolic form. Jesus employed parables in situations when He wanted His listeners to open their minds to some new and abstract content” (Fønebø, 2011, p. 22). Jesus used parables in “everyday situations when He wanted to clarify something, give a response to questions or criticism, or when He was interrupted by incidents”…

Adolf von Harnack in What is Christianity? attempts to modernize and moralize the essence of Christianity by displaying his views on the gospel and the downfall of the Christendom. Although Harnack rightfully criticizes some injustices of the early church, does his influence of Enlightenment era philosophy lead him to make improper claims about the Gospel? Harnack’s teachings, being greatly impacted by Enlightenment philosophy, theorize the Gospel as an ethical creed, which has been corrupted…

Confucianism played a significant role in shaping the political and social structure of the traditional Chinese society of the imperial period of Chinese history. It is not easy to define Confucianism because there are noticeable differences and sometimes contradictions among the phases of Confucianism. Rather than to say Confucianism arose unexpectedly, it arose in response to the status quo of society. At different periods of time, Confucianism established relative order, unified the minds of…