The New Colossus

Relational Holiness in Wynkoop Almost immediately following John Wesley’s death his essential teaching, Christian perfection, was being redefined by his contemporaries in more strictly western theological conceptions than Wesley had ever intended. As has already been seen, Wesley was more profoundly impacted by the teaching of the Eastern Orthodox Fathers than those of the Western Church. Nearly 200 years after Wesley, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop sought to reclaim the core of his conception of…

The rain was none stop and we had to stay inside the house for most of the time. The wind started to blow extremely hard and the rain began to fall even harder. The wind blew so hard, it almost seemed as if it would have blown me away. We watched the news and listened to the broadcaster say, “Hurricane Katrina is now in a category two going into three and evacuation needs to be an immediate consideration”. The next morning when I opened my front door, water was a little above my…

Abstract Inarguably one of the most debated and controversial philosophies in the world is religion and the very existence of God. People have died and been killed in the name of and for religion since the very beginning of time. Theists normally argue that leading a virtuous and ethically enriched life is not possible without guidance provided by God through religion and the framework of values that determine right from wrong. This framework is interpreted and propagated through various godly…

JcPenney: A Narrative Essay on Life’s Most Embarrassing Moments The waiting room at JcPenney filled up with sunshine and magic. Everything was now lit up in a new spectacular way. The bench in front of me gave off a spectacular light that made the world seem beautiful. Everything that seemed magical to a six-year-old me still has the same effect to this day. When I was six years old, I hated the idea of shopping. The very thought of looking at clothes and other appliances for over an hour did…

“‘For God’s sake, where is God?’... ‘Where He is? This is where - hanging from this gallows’…” Although these words once came from Elie Wiesel’s mouth, they matched up with what many, many Jews around the world were asking. Where could God possibly be during the time the Jews needed them most. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, readers are introduced to the process that Jews went through that caused Elie to lose his faith, for a long time, if not forever. The theme of Night, therefore, is the…

The Mormon religion is very different from Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and many more. Although Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism, and Eastern Orthodoxy have their differences, they have one very important fact in common; they are part of the Christian faith. Mormons, however, are not, due to some of their beliefs. Although it is not explicitly said, Jon Krakauer's, Under the Banner of Heaven, demonstrates how Mormonism is not a part of the Christian faith by explaining the…

The documentary, The Devil’s Playground, directed by Lucy Walker illustrates the lifestyle of the Amish culture. This film particularly focuses on a Rite of Passage known as Rumspringa. Rumspringa occurs when an adolescent turn sixteen years old and the adolescent then has an opportunity to experience the outside world before deciding rather or not to officially join the Amish church. By using Turner’s concepts of liminality, communitas, rituals of status elevation and status of reversal, one…

Shoemaker, H. Stephen wrote an article entitles, “ Cults and Religions Have Important Differences.” In this article, he attempted to iterate key dissimiliarities between widely established religions, and the smaller manifestations of religious belief, to which we designate the term cults. He often insinuates that Christianity is a model religion that has never exhibited any cult like traits, and that the lines between these followings could be easily defined by terms as simple as the leadership,…

Eviction tends to turn into a vicious cycle where the evictee cannot escape. They use more than half of their income to pay rent, get evicted for any number of reasons, and then are forced to move with no money for new rent. With no money for new rent, they cannot pay and are again evicted- never able to escape the cycle. Some may ask why tenants do not just save their money, but as Demond learned, “Saving and stability become wishes, and some days children go hungry because the…

Contradiction Through Implications “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you” (Genesis 22). As a result of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to God, Isaac is saved by an angel. This unexpected intervention leaves Artists and readers questioning Abraham's feelings in the moment. The Sacrifice of Isaac by Philippe de Champaigne and The Sacrifice of Isaac by Orazio Riminaldi both display a…