... more profound crisis. One of the largest East African ethnic nationalities is the Kikuyu. From colonial times to the present the issue of male and female circumcision and the whole process of the reproduction of the Kikuyu society have been problematic. In recent times attention has been ... as the reacted by bowing to foreign pressure" (Haase, 1978, p. 137). But the issue is not a simple matter of rights. The British, from the beginning of colonial times, attacked the Kikuyu age-sets and generational succession through its military counter-insurrection policy. The protestant missionary p...

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... 's nurse and the Regent's own wife were Christians. Therefore, his brutal acts must be seen as a desperate attempt to preserve Korea's traditional culture and political independence. The 18th and 19th centuries in Asia were a time of aggressive Western imperialism. Korea tried, as China and Japan had done ... . By this time, Korea was being threatened by Japan on one hand and Russia on the other. Fortunately for the Koreans, the American, British and Canadian missionaries who brought Protestantism to Korea were neither pro-Japanese nor pro-Russian. Quite the opposite. By building schools ...

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... terrible mode of spirituality in which to partake; nevertheless, it does draw a need for examination of its possible imperfections. Needless to say, American Buddhist branches endure that do forego the misogyny and follow a similar path as laid out by Siddhatta Gautama. On the other hand, Christianity ... push the envelope and see what he could do for others no matter how uncomfortable it made ancient, Judaic, and yes, even Roman culture. Obviously, this then begs the question as to what was Jesus" kingdom and what it was all concerning. Such an inquiry is ... from its Asian cultural roo...

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... Euphrates Rivers in modern Iraq within the single millennium, from 3500 to 2334 B.C. Little after the Mesopotamian civilization had been established the Harappan culture, Indus Valley Civilization, was established in the northwestern India and Pakistan. What allowed the rapid growth of the civilization was the seasonal flooding that ... Africans welcomed the explorers and the explorers stepped on their welcome and in turn made slave out of them. Cotton and British "Free Trade" colonialism6 The British realized how important the Indian Textile was to the Southeast Asian trade because of ...

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... needed because of the modernization and industrialization of the rest ! of the world. Reconstruction Judaism is a 20th century movement, accepting all forms of Jewish practice, and regarding Judaism as a culture rather than a Religion or theological system. Today, Judaism has about 18 million followers. HINDUISM Hinduism is called Sanatana Dharma' in the Sanskrit, the original language of India. Sanatana' ... emerged from their hiding places, organized themselves, and established a warlike supremacy over a portion of the Punjab around Lahore. From this point in time, history is muddled b...

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... speaking the Christian God an example of backlash against the feminist movement? Twenty years have passed since the first inclusive approaches to faith and worship resources were published; most North American denominational hymnals or books of worship make some attempt at language revision. A significant body of material exists to merit reflection and critique as churches continue to inch their way toward ... cannot create meaning without some degree of association with human father-child relationships. Constant liturgical use of masculine language for God cannot help giving the impres...

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... . Karen O'Connor in her book "Gender and Women's Leadership: A Reference Handbook", Volume 1" (2010) examines the exclusion of women from the leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. O'Connor States, "the male-only leadership model of the Roman Catholic Church renders the notion of women leaders moot " (490). She asserts that the Roman Catholic Church is hierarchical and dualistic, involving a top-down ... , as members of marriage tribunals; as campus, hospice, and hospital ministers; the stark reality is that the ultimate decision -making- power on most fronts are still reserved to...

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... they had to give up all of their knowledge from before. Tennyson in dealing with his own grief gives a perspective of the worries in his culture on death. (Damrosch 1165-66) Robert Browning was an artistic genius that was self conscious and hidden before his popularity and confident and proud when ... by Darwin, even though the Origin of Species did not influence his poems, but the ideas that Darwin proves in his writing were within the culture at the time. Darwin simply proves all of the scientific findings of before and so Darwinian ideas are further reaching than his work and his li...

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... is. If there is not any explanation that completely envelops the actual meaning, then it is understandable that there is no one true universal religion. Religious beliefs may vary from culture to culture, but mostly all are based on the same principle: there is something far greater than us and we must worship it. Being that this is such a widespread principle one ... the Jewish people can be traced all the way back to Abraham, who is considered to be the father of Judaism. It is believed that Abraham circumcised himself, all male servants, and all male descendants by God's commandment ...

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... and both parents take part in authority over the children. Next in authority are the "Wards" which correspond to the churches in the Roman Catholic Religion, and are headed by a male Bishop, which is the equivalent to a pastor or priest. "Wards" are local congregations of the Mormon Church having auxiliary organizations (as Sunday schools and relief societies) and one or more ... quorums of each office of the Aaronic priesthood. Following are the "stakes," (a Mormon territorial jurisdiction comprising a group of wards), which correspond to Catholic dioceses, and are headed by a male pre...

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... religious followers who use these beliefs unconsciously when relating to the world around them. These underlying ideas tend to be imbedded in the culture of many westerners because these religious documents give humans the idea that they are above nature and that humans are the master of the ... the most economical manner feasible with little regard to the destruction left in their wake (Taylor- Online). Although the ideas underlying Western culture and religion promote development of industry, science and technology more than those in Eastern cultures; it does not entail that there is ...

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... himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything."" The Talmud states, "Cursed be the man who would breed swine."" Because in the Jewish culture the swine or pig was considered to be the lowest animal and was considered unclean for clean Jewish hands to touch or have anything to do with. The Mosaic law ... probably smell him a mile away; he runs to him and wraps his arms around him to kiss him. Blomberg also says to verse 20, "No older, self respecting, Middle Eastern, male, head of an estate would have disgraced himself by the undignified action of running ...

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... result of the exposure to different worldviews and the selective application of these worldviews to their own situation. Korean Christians dissatisfied both with the dominant fundamentalist ideology imported from the American missionaries and the dictatorships that followed "liberation," became very receptive to outside political and spiritual movements. Sang-bok Lee summarizes the foreign influences on Minjung Theology. ... distancing their concept of Minjung from the Marxist conception of proletariat. They claimed the proletariat were disadvantaged in terms of socioeconomics, while the...

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... with the love of Jesus Christ. This should be done with the willingness to meet people where they are and in their own culture. We should take it personal and move ourselves to action through the love inside that flows from us. From these thoughts and ... at the forefront of church ministries. God commands us to do good works toward others in our world. According to the North American Mission Board, Ministry Based Evangelism is building relational bridges through ministry over which Christians intentionally share the gospel of Jesus Christ. This ... E2, and E3. These areas of cultural bo...

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... than other religions; Christianity for example. It does seem though that one possible reason may be the fact that Muslims tried to incorporate more Chinese culture into their daily lives and thus were able to show their sopport more outwardly. Whatever the case, Muslims are greatly accepted in a much more ... was brought into the country in full force. (Islam 3) The government attempted to smother the Muslims, thus pushing them away from the Chinese culture. They would do this by sending mass amounts of Chinese people to their areas and replacing the Muslim leaders with Han Chinese peopl...

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... his story to the king by appealing his custody in Jerusalem. Paul told his story in the audience hall of the city. There, all of the military tribunes and prominent male citizens came to listen to Paul. Finally, King Agrippa and his sister/incestuous lover, Bernice arrived. Then Paul was brought in and he proceeded to tell his story to the ... him and realize that he is a human being and not and evil, traitorous man. In the third story, when he is speaking to the king, before the tribunes and prominent male citizens, he speaks more eloquently and politely. As he tells his story, he firs...

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... spirit. One critic states that this choice of words establishes the "Lover" in such a way that he is not a specific individual. "The phrase three person'd God," for example, identifies the male lover addressed in Trinitarian terms, themselves derived by accommodation from the earthly family" (Kerrigan 352). Due to the fact that this is a holy sonnet, Donne must carefully represent God in ... shape of a passive homosexual fantasy... here he homoerotically sexualizes salvation" (Marotti 89). Since the Christian God is normally addressed as He, the critic has assumed that the speaker is al...

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... say, had a different way of looking at life. And this lens of theirs was pivotal traits that lead them from the darkness of chaos to the light of order and culture. But Christianity had a different approach compared to what was the way before. "Love your neighbor as you love yourself," a message foreign to the people who were witnesses of countless ... ; referred to crimes against the state religion. The coming of the Americans to our country, however, changed this state church scheme for with the advent of this regime, the unique American experiment of "separation of church and state" w...

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... understanding the Book. Revelation was wrote to seven churches in Asia Minor. "Context is the key to decoding the choice language."1 These churches had a good understanding of Jewish culture and also studied Old Testament scriptures. The description of the two witnesses draws many connections back to the Old Testament. "The description of the two witnesses in language drawn ... (Rev 11:3; Jer 4:8; Joel 1:13). The Prophets in the Old Testament wore sackcloth also. "The prophets will appear wearing sackcloth, the garment of mourning and penitence."7 In Jewish culture they understood the i...

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... Annihilationism is a very broad subset of beliefs with four main views. The first is the view that human beings will be annihilated at death. This belief is driven within our culture by Atheism, Materialism, Existentialism and even secular humanism and holds that there is no after-life. The belief system of atheism would say that "human life is bound up ... to Rome" view and is widely held by a New Age spiritualism that is common in Eastern Religions and throughout the Western humanistic world. This view is similar to the American Spirituality espoused by Television hosts such as Oprah ...

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... understanding the Book. Revelation was wrote to seven churches in Asia Minor. "Context is the key to decoding the choice language."1 These churches had a good understanding of Jewish culture and also studied Old Testament scriptures. The description of the two witnesses draws many connections back to the Old Testament. "The description of the two witnesses in language drawn ... (Rev 11:3; Jer 4:8; Joel 1:13). The Prophets in the Old Testament wore sackcloth also. "The prophets will appear wearing sackcloth, the garment of mourning and penitence."7 In Jewish culture they understood the i...

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... then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? Paul wrote this epistle from Corinth, a Roman colony, during his 3rd missionary journey. He had first hand knowledge of Roman culture and logic and certainly was exposed to Corinthian behavior and problems. Paul wrote an airtight case against mankind's sinful nature. Chapter 1-3 is an all encompassing case against Jew, gentile, and ... "God is a loving God so He won't judge us." "Sin isn't so bad if we can learn valuable lessons from it; or we need to stay in touch with the culture around us." "Our sin would amplify God's grace, the...

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... have lost everything but their lives they have had fate in something. The early Jews where conquered and enslaved. Yet they had such faith in Yahweh they survived it as a culture and people. Even when early Christians were hunted, persecuted, and fed to lions, most did not give up their belief in Jesus. Instead, they continued on believing in Christ knowing ... be the next prophet (Long, 1994). He was known for his drunkenness and practices of polygamy. He also made many failed prophecies of Christ's Return and the fall of the American government. Smith's following grew quickly due to t...

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... places such as Ephesus, Corinth, Macedonia, etc., (also despised by the Jews) " an event which finds its ultimate fulfillment in Paul's arrival in Rome (the very apex of Gentile culture at that time) at the close of the Book of Acts. In other words, in this book, we see the authoritative cataloguing of the historically unique and necessary development from ... their faces in awestruck adoration and worship (e.g., Gen.17:3; Jos.5:14; Ezk.1:28; 44:4; Mt.7:5-6; Rev.7:11; 11:16). 11 Fritjof Capra, The Turning Point: Science, Society and the Rising Culture (FlamingoCollins, 1982), p.337. 12 ...

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... itself as a religion. The subject of the Tanakh is the history of the Children of Israel, especially in terms of their relationship with God. Thus, Judaism has been categorized as a culture or as a civilization."3 However, Christianity is a faith in faith, in an idea or ideal. The purely theological aspect of Christianity is one of the many differences between the two religions ... to the Jewish belief that all souls are born pure, with the capacity for both good and evil, or selfishness and selflessness. "The Christian doctrine of original sin introduced into culture a morbid outlook t...

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