...has had a lasting effect, even today. As cultures recombine with one another, they often create a new blend of teaching and belief systems from the two different cultures. However, some western religious syncretism occurred in China during the mid-late 1800s, its hybrid form not only refashioned a new belief system but also coauthored a massive rebellion known as the Taiping rebellion. While Hung Hsiu-ch'üan and his cousin baptized themselves in a well and Hung Hsiu-ch'üan called himself the other son of God, they called upon (Hooker, 1996) gender equality and sobriety, absolutism in the government and hierarchy established and even in worship during the Opium wars and rebelled not only against the foreigners and the despots then arising in opposition to foreign extraterritoriality but also to the Manchu rulers they blamed for the burgeoning group of people in the poorest class. More importantly, perhaps, this syncretism combined with the numerous cultural forces and western religions in the land, became militarized and regrettably eventually took between 30-50 million lives (Hooker, 1996). Syncretism is a fascinating amalgam of different cultures that exist at various times. We can see this in the Catholic Church looking to transform the natives of Africa. Colonization, post-colonization, and Roman Catholic attempts to spread their own good news to a society of native peoples contributed to the growth of both religions over time. Perhaps, the most famous and well-known accounts...
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...On November 1773 Betsy eloped with John Ross. They ferried over the Delaware River to New Jersey and were married in Hugg's Tavern, Facing the consequences Betsy and john were "read out" of the Quaker meeting house. Her wedding caused an irrevocable split from her family. Less than two years after their wedding, the two started their own upholstery business. As she was "read out" of the Quaker community, on Sundays one could now find Betsy at Christ Church sitting in the twelfth pew with her husband. Some Sundays America's new commander in chief, George Washington would be found sitting in an adjacent pew. When the war started, Betsy and John Ross keenly felt the impact. Fabrics needed for business were becoming hard to come by, which made business slow.In an effort to help win the war, John joined the Pennsylvania militia. While guarding an ammunition cache, John Ross was mortally wounded in an explosion. Nevertheless his young wife’s abilities tried to nurse him back to health. He died on the 21st and was buried in Christ Church...
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...The purpose of this paper is to explain how the chaplain/pastor leads in worship using the world of technology and how evangelical chaplains can provide worship in the military or corporate setting. Bryant and Brunson quotes George Barna in his book “Boiling Point” that, “10 to 20 percent of the population will rely on the Internet for their spiritual input by the year 2010 and if a church doesn't have a presence on the Web, then that church does not exist for most people.” It doesn’t matter if your church is a small or mega church, traditional, hybrid, or attractional church, there is a tremendous benefit in using technology to remain connected to people and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Brunson and Bryant points out that using “emails as a quick effective way to respond to questions and issues or to announce important events within the church, and many pastors are using “blogs” as a sounding board to clarify their thoughts and the direction of their churches or simply to share insights into current events.” Additionally, some pastors and churches utilize graphics via data projection systems, and online streaming as a means of leading worship not only to the local congregation but to others viewing the worship service from around the world. For example, my pastor is extremely focused on the utilization of technology in how worship is lead. One of the tools we use is “Live Stream.” We broadcast our Sunday services, Wednesday night services as well as most of our special...
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...end JK: Laughs JR: it’s the the the j stands for Joanna I believe but jo everyone calls you jo JK: Jo JR: The k isn’t actually your name is it JK: No its my grandmothers name they wanted a second initial so I took Cathleen JR: Interrupts and to to make it sound more hybrid JK: overlap blokey JR: Blokey JK: they thought the first book would appeal to boys JR: if you had that that ( unclear) JK: Er they thought maybe they would be turned off by a woman Transcript JK Rowling & Jonathan Ross JR: Struggling children’s novelist rate some of her stuff and I think she might do quite well its JK Rowling everyone! [Points hand over to TV screen which has photo of JK on] JR: Hello JK: Hello JR: and we have JK Rowling on this special occasion thanks for coming on the show JK: Thank you JR: I have read the new harry potter book personally I think you could of done better than it was all a dream at the end JK: Laughs JR: it’s the the the j stands for Joanna I believe but jo everyone calls you jo JK: Jo JR: The k isn’t actually your name is it JK: No its my grandmothers name they wanted a second initial so I took Cathleen JR: Interrupts and to to make it sound more hybrid JK: overlap blokey JR: Blokey JK: they thought the first book would appeal to boys JR: if you had that that ( unclear) JK: Er they thought maybe they would be turned off by a woman Rihanna Interview...
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...Irish-Americans formed their hyphenated group identity in response to American Revolution-borne nativist loathing of “immigrants of other [non-English] European origins” (Conzen 7). Adaptively curating homeland cultural traditions to convince natives of their worthiness as social contributors, Irish-Americans strengthened group morale and won social acceptance by founding massive Catholic congregations. For instance, although many nativists in the mid-nineteenth century characterized Irish immigrants as “undesirable” workers and “white niggers,” Catholic leaders of the 18,000-strong Irish community of Buffalo, New York popularized the Irish-American celebration of St. Patrick’s Day by uniting the community through the “social utility” of church toasts (Bodnar 70; Conzen 14, 21). Irish-Americans clearly faced physical stereotypes, ethnic discrimination, and few socio-economic opportunities. However, the group developed a festival of minimal importance in Ireland into a key demonstration of solidarity with both homeland and American traditions to counterbalance nativism. Irish-American community leaders developed “social capital” by educating thousands of community members in relatable causes, such as combatting poverty and supporting America, on St. Patrick’s...
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...Week two Hybrid My childhood wasn’t the best; I grew up in Magna, Utah with six other siblings in a four bedroom home. We didn’t know what love was. My stepmother was too busy with reading her books and playing computer games while my father was always busy working or doing whatever he did essentially never being there for us. My mother passed away when I was very young of cancer. Up until maybe six or seven years old, we were actively going to church each week and happily enjoying each other as a family. I remember being as a kid very friendly and very respecting of my parents. As I grew older that changed, I realized how immoral parents they were. We were treated like it was in the latter day’s society. While they ate steak, sea food or Chinese, we ate mac and cheese. I felt like a red headed step child. As a teenager I leaned a very good skill that still is with me today. Around 14 years old I was bored getting into trouble and into marijuana with my friends. I learned of this job through a friend doing landscaping and mowing lawns. I learned great work ethics working this job for several years all the way through high school. Aalst there was a down fall in having a job through my parents eyes, I had to fend for myself in the means of buying my own food and school cloths. The second part of that was that I had money and didn’t know what to do with it. My parents were to busy to teach me about finance and money. I figured that if I have money, go spend it. I never learned...
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...01 Identify briefly explain THREE characteristics of sects. 1. They are short lived. Often the leader will die out and so the sect with it. 2. They are often led by a charismatic leader who tends to be the main attraction to the sect after advertising it in a way people would want to then come and join with that leader. 3. They require high levels of commitment to them. Once you are in a sect there is a rarely a chance to get out of it, your life changes in order to revolve around the sect. 02 Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the view that the growth of religious and fundamentalism is a reaction to globalisation. Globalisation is the idea that the world is getting smaller, through interconnectedness, different societies are becoming a lot closer to each other through technology and the media as well as transport. Fundamentalism, according to some sociologists is the challenge to globalisation, returning to the roots of their religion where the core beliefs are still in practice. Some people associate fundamentalism with violence, as was the case with the 9/11 attack, but this view has been criticised because not all fundamentalist groups use violent methods. Anthony Giddens argues that fundamentalism is in fact a reaction to globalisation because with globalisation comes cosmopolitan religion which then provides choice in many different areas of life and because there is choice there is uncertainty. Globalisation provides the necessary to adapt to a postmodern...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ANALYSIS PAPER # 1 Submitted to Dr. Rick Garner in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion DSMN 630 Small Group Ministries by Jeffrey W. Moore November 4, 2015 Contents Summary - Comiskey (Chapters 2-4) 3 “God’s Trinitarian Nature,” (Chapter 2) 3 “The Family of God” (Chapter 3) 3 “REVELATION: Jesus and His Method of Ministry” (Chapter 4) 4 Biblical Basis for Small Group Ministry 5 Principles from Passages 6 ‘My’ Church 7 Current Structure 7 Small Group Structure 7 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Summary - Comiskey (Chapters 2-4) Summarizing the following three chapters of Joel Comiskey’s book, Biblical Foundations for the Cell-Based Church will prescribe a brief understanding of the trinity and its relationship to the image of God being created in man, and reinstituted through the work and person of Christ, the second person in the trinity. “God’s Trinitarian Nature,” (Chapter 2) God’s Trinitarian divine nature and character is revealed through theology, “the study of God” His ‘oneness’ is explicitly revealed, and His Trinitarian nature is implicitly revealed, yet equally true from His special revelation in scripture. The first reference to the Godhead being comprised of more than one is Gen. 1:26 where the plural ‘us’ is used; thereafter it is used multiple times. The triune nature of God reveals the foundation of his image being created in humanity with relational...
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...Davis PMIN 3273 Professor Vasquez 17 September 2015 Biblical Family Ministry Paper: Segmentation vs. Integration Throughout history churches have always been segmented-programmatic to accommodate different ages individually in their own classrooms learning their own thing. A segmented-programmatic church means that the family is never together and are all learning something different. However, many churches have found that this method is becoming old and they are finding it to no longer work with today’s times. Researchers have shown that 70 percent of young people leave the church by age 22 this is because churches are failing to bring in young worshipers and keep new the old ones. Now, many churches are starting to lean towards a more family-integrated service. A family-integrated service is one in which all of the different classes you get with segmented model is eliminated. There is no youth group or children’s church, everything is done in the main sanctuary and the family is always together. The segmented-programmatic church model came out of the nineteenth century when school systems started putting students in tightly in tightly-graded classes. The church saw that this was a functioning model in society and they believe that it would work within their walls. The segmented-programmatic model has a couple good things that can come out of it; however, there are many bad things that come from it. One good thing that can come from the segmented-programmatic model...
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...amount of verses (more than 200) that are not found in Mark. The similarities include subject matter, exact wording, and even order of events. When material is found in all three Synoptic Gospels, it is referred to as triple tradition. The material that is only found in Matthew and Luke is called double tradition, or Q. Also, the material that distinctively belongs to Matthew is called the M tradition, while that which belongs to Luke is called the L tradition” (The) The content of M suggests that the community for which this gospel was written, as stricter than the others in its attitude to keeping the Jewish law, holding that they must exceed the scribes and Pharisees in “righteousness (adherence to Jewish Law); and the three M refers to a church, an organized group with rules for keeping order. Biblical scholars generally hold that Matthew was composed between the years c.70 and 100” (Gospels). “Historically, two (2) basic solutions to the Synoptic Problem have...
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...country……………………………..2 II. Overview 2 i. Tea culture of British…………………………………....2 ii. Communication style of British…………………………3 iii. Relationship between China and British………………..3 III. Differences between your country and chosen country 3 i. Time zone 3 ii. Mode of communication 3 iii. Currency and exchange rate 3 iv. Politics and religions 4 IV. Conclusion 4 V. Reference 5 I. Introduction. i. Introduction of the product Black tea from Yunnan is among the most robust but refined black teas produced in the whole world.Typically Yunnan Black teas are made from Assamica or Assamica hybrid. Since the end of the Second World War Yunnan Black teas have steadily increased in popularity and in the last 20 years a series of interesting hybrids were developed that greatly enhanced both the diversity and taste of the tea.Black teas vary according to their hybrid, harvest season, pick style, and processing. The tea is sour and thick when young, but ages well and develops textures of red wine and fruit with a little age. British may be surprised about making tea with milk using Yunnan Black tea.The reason behind its good taste is based in the fact that the combination of theanine amino acid contained in tea and melatonin and B-complex vitamins contained in milks offers superior relaxing effects. ii. Introduction of the country Great Britain, also known as Britain, is an island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe. With an...
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...Paul E. Garcia Professor Jeremy Pilarski English Composition I 13 November 2012 Searching for Answers Its reputation so grand, that hardly anyone doubts its authenticity. A book so old, yet few ask of its origin. All we are told is that its author is God. In some cases, it is all a civilization has ever known. To believe in the Bible in our era with so little proof and evidence seems difficult to many of us. Apparently, faith is stronger, and it’s what keeps religion alive. But there has to be something beyond that. Something that’s more reliable and firm. That is why we search for answers. Unfortunately, faith isn’t always enough. The four main gospels in the Bible that we know of are those of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. What most of us don’t know is that these weren’t the only ones written. Imagine the amount of people in that era who decided to write about Jesus’ trials. His life was recorded by thousands of followers across the land. A tale so interesting and compelling, but it was scattered and unorganized because people’s accounts on facts and occurrences differed. The word spread and about 300 years after the crucifixion of Christ, the number of his followers had multiplied which led to Christianity becoming a major movement throughout Eastern Europe. The Bible wasn’t a published book until someone with enough power and a clever plan got their hands...
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...poisoned Eugene for unable coping with his continual violence. Kambili has become a woman of eighteen, more confident than before and fell in love with a young priest while Jaja took the blame for the crime. Obviously in the end, they all gained a better future. The trigger for this domestic tragedy was Papa’s false understanding of religion. Eugene is a wealthy and prestigious businessman as well as a very strict Catholic who dominates his family by imposing a harsh religious regime in the family home. He controls almost every aspect of his family’s life, including imposing a schedule for Kambili and Jaja so that every minute of the day is mapped out for them. On the other hand, he donates considerately amounts of money to the society and church and he is prone to outbreaks of violence. Eugene has two different masks to face public and private. As Eugene...
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...Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design 1. This week I contacted several individuals who work in Information Technology (IT) regarding their positions, systems used and business functions they perform. I attempted to get a crosssection of various positions and functions in the IT field. The following is a brief follow-up of our discussions. First, I spoke with Mr. James Smith, who was a Vice President of a web development company in Seattle, WA, who closed his business with his partner and moved to Lynchburg, VA. Mr. Smith worked on various projects in the IT field, but his specialty was web development and security camera installations. His business utilized Windows Server, and he used Bootstrap, JavaScript, and asp.net for his web development. Currently, he admitted to seeking IT employment in Lynchburg. While I did not get the name of his former company, his contact phone number is 555-555-2420. After speaking with Mr. Smitn, I contacted Mr. John Doe, Director of Operations at Momentum Solutionz, located in Roanoke, VA. Mr. Smith wears multiple hats as a both Director and Consultant. He is responsible for consulting with companies in a managerial role in putting together and guiding an IT development team, handles systems analysis, database development and project portfolios. He is responsible for both performing and overseeing design and code review of projects. Additionally, he is responsible for IT training and employee development of the IT staff. Software utilized...
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...Timeline of Architecture in Texas BY: SM Early settlers brought to Texas their cultural values and traditions. These values and historical civilization features were reflected through the settlers’ survived architectural achievements. Texas architecture compromises diverse structures and legacy from the Spanish colonies to the European expenditures to the Anglo pioneers’ log cabins. The architecture of Texas through the centuries has indeed outlined the cultural history and gave the state a unique Texan identity. Texas architecture can be organized into six periods: Indian, Spanish colonial-Mexican, Republic-antebellum, Victorian, and Early twentieth century Modern [1]. The earliest Indian-Native American, nomadic or Indigenous people were divided to several tribes. The Coahuiltecan and Karankawan lived in the coast of south Texas and the Trans-Nueces, were not organized did not have permanent habitations. Jumanos and Patarabueyes lived in Trans Peco, built homes from mud and sticks. The Apaches and the Comanches, relied on hunting for survival. So their culture was based on moving very often to various places in Texas. They used tepees for shelters, easy to assemble or disassemble for transportation. The caddos lived In Northeast Texas, an agricultural people. They assembled round, thatched shelters, and mounds. Some of their shelters were about 50 feet in diameter. The Pueblo tribe used animal skin or fur and adobe to build their abodes. They made the adobes...
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