... civilization. His family was Catholic and fairly wealthy, and Jerome was well educated at home and in Rome, primarily in grammar and rhetoric. Although he describes his early life as one of idleness and lack of scholarly ambition, his increasing interest in ecclesiastical literature and scriptural studies was stimulated by his interaction with a close group of friends who lived in Aquileia ... ...

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... preachers such as Jonathan Edwards, in his notable sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", stating that "The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked. (5b2)", and George Whitfield, who caused even the skeptical Benjamin Franklin to empty his pockets into ... , law, and mathematics, while the Great Awakening evoked greater emotional feeling, and joining all classes together, indoctrinating that all were sinners in God's eyes, without a differentiation in class. Prizing feeling...

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... in scope and practice. Despite their rich histories, Asian religions are dynamic, often responding to the changing needs of their followers, in Asia and abroad. Today there are more than one thousand Chinese churches in the United States, most of them Protestant evangelical congregations, bringing together diasporic Chinese from diverse origins--Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asian countries. Despite ... and religious organizations played very important roles in helping immigrants from China, Japan, the Philippines, South Asia, and Korea adjust to life in the U.S. Reli...

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... reasons for the changing attitudes within governmental and political circles, both in England and Ireland, towards Irish Roman Catholics, and the role played by Catholics in that process was significant. One such reason for this, as discussed by Wall, (1), was the rise of the Catholic middle class throughout the eighteenth century. Wall, (1), holds the objective of providing an account of the ... , as argued by Whelan, (2), created an instability around the issue of land ownership. As Whelan, (2), outlines, land in Ireland was something of a political issue, rather than an agrarian or ec...

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... to promote the established church in Ireland. Consequently, religious reformation was central to the ideological framework of the Plantation scheme in Ireland. One of the criteria for the selection of undertakers and tenants was that they be conformable in Protestant religion. Each portion in the Plantation ... Scotland to take up positions in the established Protestant church. The result of this was the development in Ireland of two distinct communities, one Protestant and primarily of British origin and the other Catholic and principally Irish-born (Canny, Nature). The continued rise ...

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... : Person who journeys to a holy place' but also used religious symbols and artefacts to enhance and out forward the statement that the revolt was one of religious conflict. The differing opinions on the actual extent to which religious unrest played in the pilgrimage are extensive and many have a more balanced ... they would have to, and would walk miles to the nearest place of worship. The rebels maintained the statement that the revolt was a religious one and carried this statement through by continuous images of Christ and religious figures and symbols. There was a pilgrim's oath whic...

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... end grew grim. It is inconceivable that that world of the middle eighteenth century could have produced a Jesus of Nazareth, a Gautama, a Francis of Assisi, and an Ignatius of Loyola. If one may imagine an eighteenth century John Huss, it is impossible to imagine anyone with sufficient passion to burn him. Until the stirrings of conscience in Britain that developed into the ... duty of a patriot to prefer and promote the exclusive interest and glory of his native country; but a philosopher may be permitted to enlarge his views, and to consider Europe as one great republic, whose various...

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... is likely to be cast. This suggests therefore that although religion does play a role in American politics, in keeping with the first amendment one particular religion has not triumphed with the aim of excluding others, the extent of religions impact on the political process and decision making must ... votes in other areas are compelled to hide their strength of belief. This once again illustrates the perseverance of the first amendment, whether one religion has not been able to dominate or influence the political process sufficiently to control the political process. This view is furt...

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