Orthodoxy

with it, Korea also had to face the spread of catholicism within the land. They viewed this as the West slowly seeping in and taking control of the masses. In response to the widespread of the Catholic religion, there was a revival in confucian orthodoxy and the creation of a new religion, Tonghak, which would become widely popular among the the peasant class. Despite these initial negative reactions towards the west, there soon became some benefits to making contact with them. Some of the…

The two main causes of the fall of the Roman empire (suggested by Edward Gibbon) are the adoption of Christianity and the economic decline. Although there are many different theories of what could have happened (and it's undoubtedly more than one thing), these are two of the most important factors that led to Rome's decline. Religion was an issue that caused a lot of conflict in Rome. Most of it started when Israel became occupied by Romans. It had been conquered many times before, but was…

Huxley, depict how tight control over a people skews and diminishes their ideas of independence and free thought. To begin, the societies of the two novels are extensively controlled by their governments to the point where the people are forced into orthodoxy or are incapable of being anything but orthodox. In Orwell's 1984, citizens are expected to blindly follow Big Brother and the Party, who are considered the only reliable source of information. At the Ministry of Truth, information is…

Orthodoxy and Catholicism have a place in amongst over 35,000 Christian organizations (Jacobsen 7). I attended a mass at St. John 's Catholic Church and a service at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, and the similarities and differences that I observed were extremely intriguing. Both services recite similar prayers, like the Nicene Creed and Our Father, and they celebrate the Eucharist during mass. While the Orthodox Church is demographically Greek, the Catholic Church represents a…

The mid 1960s witnessed the growth and dissemination of revisionism as a major school of thought. While Orthodoxy was still the preeminent belief amongst most US citizens, distance from the event allowed inherited ideas to be challenged, and in turn, created social conditions in which revisionism could flourish. One of the largest active voices toward revisionism was political economist Gar Alperovitz. His condemnation of the Orthodox perception came to popularised observation in 1965 following…

ancient, with each forming over a thousand years ago to create order in disordered societies, and many of their central tenets, beliefs, and practices are reflections of this earlier time. However, when religions adapt from their “purest” form of orthodoxy to incorporate more modern principles like religious tolerance, gender equality, and acceptance of other lifestyles and practices, it is possible for them to exist peacefully and prosper within modern society. Islam, as it exists today, is…

interpreted the Tora and Halakhah and today who refuse to fully include women. Those who “lack the means” in Orthodox Judaism, would be the woman. Taking for example divorce, Greenberg says “the principal religious decision makers of contemporary Orthodoxy, are really saying is that they feel a need to preserve the original male prerogative…” This is significant because it shows how the “rulling class” uses power to maintain the status quo and keep women out of equal participation within Jewish…

The Renaissance-interval “rebirth” refers to a time in European history from the 1300s until 1600s, when academics began to take interest in the artwork, literature, architecture and science of ancient Rome and Greece. Humanists (scholars of the Renaissance) placed humans (hence the name) at all elemental centers of their cultures. Beginning in Italy and extended through the rest of Europe, the philosophies of the Renaissance-interval had a noteworthy footprint on many forms of cultures, known…

From the source, “America’s First Godfather,” Mike Dash talks about how the culture effected the mafia in Sicily. He first started talking about how Morello’s story was not known around the world yet. So, he explained how Morello set up crime in New York in the 1900’s. Mr. Morello was well operated before the mafia was even a big deal to screenwriters. Morello ended up getting imprisoned, then murdered. Mike Dash then goes on to talk about the culture of Sicily, where Morello had lived, had…

The modern scholars try to create categories and typologies to make sense of Irenaeus’s vision between the concept of Gnosticism and Christian diversity. Irenaeus’ argument is displayed by describing that the Gnostics began from a single original orthodoxy from which multiple heresies diverged. It was false gnosis that was diverse, rather than Christianity (2). Through a terse example of the Gospel of Judas, scholars grasp the concept of trying to understand the development of early Christianity…