The Originals

Original sin comes from the first sin, which was the punishment for disobedience, when Adam and Eve were put into temptation and ate the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. Sin is believed to bring us further apart from God. Original sin is a part of the human condition and the human tendency towards evil. For Augustine, original sin is an attempt to explain the corruption of our good, being that humans…

The heresy of Pelagianism received it 's name from a man named Pelagius. Pelagius was a well known monk and theologian who also gained recognition from his work as an educator in Rome. Despite residing in Rome, Pelagius was of British decent. The heresy of Pelgianism is a heresy that deals with human nature. Pelagius taught that humans could fulfill the commands and wishes of God by exercising the freedom of human will that is not in contact with the grace of God. This statement essentially…

Original Gangstas is a film that shows the formation of gangs in Gary, Indiana through either social disorgianazation theory or underclass theory. The films centers primarily around black subculture and gangs. A key theme of the film is that the community must use the same violence as gangs do, if they want to get of the gangs. Original Gangstas was directed by Larry Cohen (1996) and is a Blaxploitation film, a type of film genre that cast black actors in low budget films that would target a…

a comfortable living. Although Rawls believes that not taking the natural lottery into consideration would be ideal, his remark on rationality of the original position takes into consideration that such a system can never be implemented in a society where people can work to get to a better social situation. This is why those in the deem the “original position (to be) purely hypothetical” because the initial principles cannot be tested (Rawls 104). The reasoning behind these initial principles is…

This will not guarantee that justice would be achieved for the less fortunate, the original position states that everyone must come to a collective agreement to make sure that the “least well-off” will inherit equal shares of everything. I believe this is impossible because people will not agree for many reasons. The “veil of ignorance”…

Furthermore, Rawls describes his project as “intuitionist,” as intuitively balancing equality and distribution. Synthesized, I think the kind of objective distance Rawls requires from his arbiters in the original position is what could ultimate help to cultivate empathy and foster connection in social and political engagement. And empathic connection is the first movement toward human flourishing I propose as a method for social engagement, which I shall…

In the novel Sula, by Toni Morrison, the main character, Sula Peace, has a birthmark over her eye that each character she meets interprets differently. The way these characters see Sula’s birthmark highlights their individual relationships with her, as well as some of their own character traits. Jude Greene, the husband of Nel, who is one of Sula’s childhood friends, sees her birthmark as a copperhead snake the first time he meets Sula. Jude’s perception of Sula’s birthmark as a copperhead…

Grace is the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings. There are four theologians I would like to discuss that share their own understandings of grace. These theologians include Augustine, Aquinas, Luther and Rahner. There are many similarities and differences among the theologians I have listed. First of all, Augustine was born in 354 A.D. in Africa and did not originally start out as a Christian. He eventually converted to…

“The theory of Justice” has become one of the most notable works by the American philosopher John Rawls. The popularity of Rawls works in western political philosophy is enormous. It was even said that either everyone read the “Theory of Justice” or they pretended that they have read it. Rawls book was created in 1971. It gained immediate recognition and fame. It can even be said that his book became the philosophy of justice. Most importantly is that Rawls managed to combine and interpret the…

My Nguyen THEO 202-C01 Theological Essay Statement of Topic Human was created by God at the beginning of time in his image (Genesis 1). Hence, it was natural for man to be good, and morally right. Nevertheless, because Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, humans are corrupted by sins. Hence, they were banished from heaven and had to live in a fallen world, as their offspring have continue to do so. Even though man was born inherently good because they are model after the virtuous God, they are…