...Elements of Religious Traditions Religion comes in a number of varieties. What one group of people believes will find another believes something completely different. With all the various religious rituals and beliefs it is hard for anyone to understand all the customs and worship. Humans are constantly striving to find a sense of tranquility and harmony and searching for what will give them that sentiment and understanding. People bring thoughts from the religion they are brought up or predisposed too. under or from the principal religion of their circle. For example they may think that all religion has a sacred book, worships a heavenly being, or that it has a set of commandments (Molloy & Hilgers, 2010). Religion has eight elements, belief system, community, central myths, rituals, ethics, characteristics emotional experiences, material expressions, and sacredness (Molloy & Hilgers, 2010). Each religion has its own belief system and thoughts. It is no surprise that each religion characterizes in a different way the nature of sacred reality, the cosmos, the natural world, time and human purpose. Religions also vary in their way of thinking toward the role of words in conveying the sacred in their connections to other customs. Some religions speak of the sacred as transcendent, existing primarily in a space further than the everyday world. In other religions whereas sacred reality is spoken of as being immanent that is, it is within nature and human...
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...Elements of Religious Tradition Religious traditions influence people and even more important cultures across the world on a daily basis. The subsequent paragraphs will investigate how religious traditions describe and encourage relationships with the divine, sacred time, sacred space or the natural world and relationships with each other will ensure a more thorough understanding of differing religions. Additionally, providing several examples from various religious traditions will go one step farther in enhancing that understanding. The foundation to any successful religious belief is to establish a relationship with the divine. The Divine Since the dawn of time spiritual relationships with the Divine have been prevalent as part of the human existence in the natural world. Different religions refer to the sacred by various names such as Great Spirit, the Holy, the Divine, the Great Mother, the Ultimate, and the Absolute. One of the most globally known references to an originating holiness is God. Religions differ in the perspectives from a God, multiple gods, spirits, and even see nature as the Divine. Key to any religion is establishing a relationship with and obligating personal time to share with the Divine. Several methods of accomplishing this is praying, studying the Bible, the Veda, the Quran, or spending time with nature. Specifically, praying is prominent with Christians and is a way to communicate to God on a daily basis. Praying by Christians...
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...Traditions represent the Actual Identity of particular society, while getting rid of them is supposed to be a sign of modernity. Traditions, quite often, keep us United, but modernity, usually, takes us apart from each other. A tradition implies an established method or practice; belief or custom, passed on to us by our ancestors. Much of what we do today has its roots in the past. Usual rituals, like the practice of throwing rice over the shoulder and a bride kicking a container of rice before entering her new house after marriage, have their origin in our traditions and are, in no way related to any logic or religion. Modernism is in total contras with the ideas or methods of the traditional ones. Old, it is said, is gold and should be preserved carefully. But it is also an unavoidable fact that old is to be given up for good to enter the New Era. We cannot go on sticking to our past customs traditions and roots simply because they have come by inheritance. The world has to move on. Hence the presence of the conflict between the traditional and the modern. What must not be forgotten, however, is that in spite of our desire to be modern, we must maintain a proper balance between the two? Too much observance of traditions and customs is contrary change. We start believing that there is nothing wrong with them. There is a lot in our ancient customs, still practiced today, that is not only meaningless, but even evidently harmful the modern society. Take for example, the practice...
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...On what grounds have conservatives supported tradition and continuity? “A state without the means of some change is without the means of conservatism.” This is the idea, quoted from Burke, that conservatism is not opposed to change, only radical reform. Conservatism developed out of the desire to avoid revolutions such as the one in France and was a reaction to the growing pace of political, social and economic change. The term “conservatism” comes from the word “conserve” which was derived from the Latin “conservare”; to keep and guard. A prominent core theme in conservative ideology is that of tradition, continuity and preservation. These underpinning concepts refer to the ideas, practices and institutions that have been inherited from an earlier period. However, as UK conservatism has been based rather heavily on the ideas of Edmund Burke, there is a general willingness to ‘change in order to conserve’ rather than a blind resistance to change itself. One way in which the majority of conservatives support tradition is through the maintenance of the aforementioned institutions and practices which have been ‘tried and tested’ over a long period of time. This, in a way, almost reflects Darwinism and ‘natural selection’, in the belief that the institutions that have in fact survived thus far have done so because they have been found of value and to function sufficiently. Therefore it is considered that they ought to be preserved for the benefit of the current living society...
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...Religion Traditions and Democracy in America In Democracy in America, Tocqueville is worried about the disappearance of old aristocratic ranks and privileges, and the emergence of democracy. Tocqueville states that the "key to almost the whole work" can be found in his chapter on the "point of departure" for the Anglo-Americans (Tocqueville, p. 17). How can this chapter on the early history of Puritan New England shed light on what European governments can do to adapt to democratization? It seems odd that Puritans would have much to teach Europeans (or Americans today) about democracy. Tocqueville in fact outlines how vastly different the New England towns were from what we would call democratic. The leaders who made these laws were intent on enforcing good morals by using the most extreme enforcement. There is virtually no conception of a right to personal privacy. Their laws were based on a literal reading of the Old Testament and were extremely harsh. For example, in Connecticut, blasphemy, witchcraft, adultery and rape are punished with death. It is a capital crime for a son to say anything disrespectful of his parents. Tocqueville wants us to focus not on these laws, which he calls "bizarre and tyrannical" (Tocqueville, 27). Instead, he points out that these tyrannical laws were passed with the "free, active participation of all the interested parties themselves, and that the morals were even more austere and puritan than the laws" (Tocqueville...
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...Conservatives support Pragmatism over principle’ Discuss. Pragmatism essentially believes in a more practical behavior or form of policy, as opposed to an ideological principle. Conservatives traditionally favour pragmatism because it emphasizes the impact of applied ideas that have been tested over time- highlighting the importance of tradition (one major traditional conservative value. One-nation conservatives agree with the foundations of pragmatic ideas. Whereas the New Right was heavily ideological- arguably, the application of Neo-liberal ideas with an emphasis on free-market economics (i.e.: heavy privatization in the Thatcher period) shows a radical change into applying newer principles. Traditional conservatives place a higher emphasis on pragmatic ideas- as these ideas have been tested over time (a conservative would argue that they work; they are product of years of continuity) thus humans are incapable and essentially limited in radically making theories themselves. Their ideas may be based upon the idea of tradition; which aligns itself with the Darwinian belief that only the fittest policies have survived over the years- and have created what Chesterton called the ‘democracy of the dead’ which is much more reputable than todays ‘arrogant oligarchy’. Pragmatic ideas are preferred because they have continuously growing over centuries whereas principle would ensure instability- for example: the sudden abolition of the monarchy would heavily affect the public;...
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...“The Lottery” and its Outdated Traditions The story, “The Lottery” has many themes to it, all dealing with the corrupted practices of society. The story was written by Shirley Jackson in the year 1948. During this time, there was a lot of corruption and practices that were unjust. The themes that occur in this story are; people not rejecting outdated traditions and ideas, the evil ways of ordinary people, sacrifices for community sins and conformity. Jackson brings these practices to light and exposes them for what they really are. “The Lottery” is about a small town in which a lottery is held on every June 27th. It is a tradition that has been taking place for a many decades. The lottery is not the type of lottery held today, however, it is a lottery to ultimately sacrifice someone’s life. Shirley Jackson wrote this story to shock her audience. She wanted to show a tradition that is highly corrupted taking place in a small and what seems to be, a normal town. The word, “tradition” means inherited or established customs or actions, In the story, some townsmen are talking about other towns getting rid of their lottery. The Old Man Warner says, “Nothing but trouble in that, pack of young fools.”(Jackson) He is referring to the other villages that have abolished this tradition. He also states that it is the seventy-seventh time he has attended the lottery, as if to say it has been around for a long time and will continue to be around. The people of this village are committing...
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...description date In immigrant families, family traditions and the struggle for one’s independence re-shape the parent-child relationship. People who grow up in a country that is foreign to them often break family tradition as they grow to have different goals and standards than that of their parents. By breaking tradition and seeking their own goals, people form their own identity. Children who have immigrant parents will always have different goals and traditions than their parents? Maxine Hong Kingston, a Chinese-American, breaks her traditional mold by publishing a story that her mother told Maxine never to speak about to anyone, especially not her father. In No Name Woman quotes not italics Maxine’s mother opens the story by warning her “[y]ou must not tell anyone,” mother said, “what I am about to tell you. In China your father had a sister who killed herself. She jumped into the family well. We say your father has all brothers because it is as if she had never been born” (29). In Maxine’s family, the tradition her mother wants her to follow is that of not speaking about a tragedy that happened on the father’s side of the family. As demented as it is to tell a daughter what she just did, it is more traditionally important to her mother that Maxine not break the silence and speak on this matter, however, Maxine has questions of her own regarding this story that have never been answered; she decides to break tradition and publishes a paper on what she thought has happened...
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...to be redefined all together. Interesting to me, was the theme of tradition versus modernization. This was central to Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, and it is shown in the development of the characters, in the symbols and motifs, and even in the use of light and sound. I would like to further explore this theme and the implications. The characters develop through conflict resolution, and each conflict presented shows some spectrum of tradition versus modernization. Let's begin with the conflict between Senior Master Chef Chu (Chu) and his middle daughter Jia-Chien (Chien). Chu is traditional in his ways -he prepares food traditionally, he was matched with his wife traditionally, he was faithful and committed to his wife, and even after her death, he is incredibly slow to remarry,he provides and cares for his family, he values family tradition, and he does not talk about his feelings. Chien is a representation of modernization -she is a powerful woman in the workplace who seemingly does not place high esteem on family values. She is not committed to any one man, even though she longs to be wanted and desired. She wants to break away from her family and she displays this through her actions, as she buys an apartment with her life savings and when that doesn't work out, she decides to take a promotion in Germany. She announces her decision at the table during Sunday dinner. Chien does not value the family tradition of Sunday dinners. She is also slow to talk about her feelings. The...
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... 1 Traditional Barriers Tradition during the time period of my story(The Lottery) consisted of the men and there son o sixteen having more authority than the women. During this time the village was stuck on tradition ways that ultimately held them back and separated them from other villages. There were se traditional beliefs that was practiced. The men who were consider head of house was only all pick from the lottery box, they only believed in using the same lottery box, and the lottery whic sacrifice would be held every year at the same time and place. One way to prove they were stuck on tradition would be the value the black box held to the Even though the black box grew shabier as each year passed, it was no longer black, splintere and faded but they refused to use another even after it was mention by the younger people in th But at the advise of the older men in the village they broke down the box and rebuilded it us original wood. The first settlers of the village built the box by wood when they first decided to lottery and because of that change was not an options. The first settlers would put wood chip box for the village people to pick, but as the village grew so would the number of wood chips. got to the point where the wood chips would not fit and only for that reason the elders agreed to paper but not without a debate on how they feel it would change tradition. Mr. Summers strong on the traditions and no matter how old and bad the...
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...to get used to the ship. It was very dark and it had a harsh smell in the steerage. I tried hard to make the best of what was happening so I decided to talk to a few girls that looked my age. One was named Rosa and one was named Carmella, we all became best friends until Rosa got Tuberculosis and became very ill. Once we got to America there was inspections. It was terrifying, either we pass the inspections it we took months out of our lives to go Ellis Island to be rejected.Thankfully my mother and I were healthy and passed the exams. We lived in a ghetto called "Little Italy". People that lived there all spoke Italian, I felt like I was still home. We did learn some English traditions and ways, such as: the times of meals and the way Americans dressed, but we tried to keep our Italian traditions too. We still ate the food we knew how to cook. Once we were settled into Little Italy, we had a small job in a close-by factory. We made okay money and felt good knowing we were going to be...
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...to another. Cultural traditions are expressions of a certain group’s views, they are techniques of preserving one’s identity and they help people in that group mark significant occurrences or life transitions. These traditions usually display response and care based on gender, age, life stage, and social class. While many traditions promote unity, happiness and fellowship, others weaken the trait of social cohesion and the psychological health and integrity of certain individuals. Just because tradition have been present for a while, it does not mean it is always right. Some traditions...
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...the gums, shrinking of the jaws, losing friends and lovers. Traditions that are practiced within certain communities are everyday normal daily activities but to those outside of the community within, see them to be strange or abnormal, but in reality, they actually share a lot in common with each other. People of Kroy Wen have their own traditions and ways of life that they are accustomed to just like the people of Nacirema. Horace Miner with the influence of Professor Linton explores into the world of the very secretive Nacirema people. They are seen living in between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui, Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles and are believed to be originally from the East. The Nacirema people are known to possess great self-discipline and it is without a doubt that they all share the same patriotism towards their community in keeping their world private to any strangers that may come wandering around their homes. In American tradition, one would be sitting back with their mouths wide open alongside a metallic tray holding shiny sterilized instruments waiting for the dentist to fix his/her toothache. In Nacirema, the patient would instead move a bundle of hog hairs in combination with certain magical powders in their mouth in a series of highly formalized gestures, and would seek out a “holy-mouth-man” for their impressive set of augers, awls, probes, and prods. The tradition of paying for services however is both practiced in both the...
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...Pragmatism essentially believes in a more practical behavior or form of policy, as opposed to an ideological principle. Conservatives traditionally favour pragmatism because it emphasizes the impact of applied ideas that have been tested over time- highlighting the importance of tradition (one major traditional conservative value. One-nation conservatives agree with the foundations of pragmatic ideas. Whereas the New Right was heavily ideological- arguably, the application of Neo-liberal ideas with an emphasis on free-market economics (i.e.: heavy privatization in the Thatcher period) shows a radical change into applying newer principles. Traditional conservatives place a higher emphasis on pragmatic ideas- as these ideas have been tested over time (a conservative would argue that they work; they are product of years of continuity) thus humans are incapable and essentially limited in radically making theories themselves. Their ideas may be based upon the idea of tradition; which aligns itself with the Darwinian belief that only the fittest policies have survived over the years- and have created what Chesterton called the ‘democracy of the dead’ which is much more reputable than todays ‘arrogant oligarchy’. Pragmatic ideas are preferred because they have continuously growing over centuries whereas principle would ensure instability- for example: the sudden abolition of the monarchy would heavily affect the public; because it’s nationally loved- therefore extreme principles of...
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...development as a sequential series of stages 1. stating objectives 2. selecting learning experiences or subject 3. organizing learning experiences or subject 4. evaluating – whether objectives have been met INTERACTIVE MODEL Conceptualizes curriculum development as a less predictable process which can begin with any element or stage. Is continuing process of interaction, refinement, and review. THE CURRICULUM RESOURCE PACK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Acknowledge the legitimacy of both curriculum development models. It advocates a thoughtful analysis of the context and a consideration of the needs and interest of all stakeholders, within broad range of stages IMPERATIVES “every education system works within its own parameters and traditions, and is guided by its own imperatives, some possibilities are 1. development of healthy, responsible and skilled citizens 2. socio-economic development and improvement of living standards 3. international competitiveness and global integration 4. social stability and...
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