Luxembourg
Landlocked by Belgium from NW, by Germany from NE and By France from the south Luxembourg is a small but strategically important country in Europe. The historical accounts of Luxembourg are no different then its other EU counterparts. The wars and invasions have affected Luxembourg as much as they have affected the other countries.
Central Intelligence Agency, Panel. “Luxembourg”. 15 September 2015.https://www.cia.gov/...world-factbook/
Luxembourg is a country that has a lot in common to that in the United States. The cultural and religious diversity has played a major part in the present as well in the historical prospective. Both were Dutch Colonies, however, United States was majorly ruled by the British. The United States
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Even tough, the catholic is a religion, but it has evolved to be a culture that is practiced in the Luxembourg and the Catholics in the United States, regardless of a distance in two countries the both catholic populations share the same dictating authority and recognize the Vatican …show more content…
Although, the people following Catholic faith in both countries recognize the guidelines of the Vatican, in many issues Catholics in the European countries didn’t wait for the Vatican verdict but felt more agreeable with the civil laws. One good example could be the same-sex marriage act. In Luxembourg a majority Catholic country the same-sex marriage law was passed before the Vatican could take a position on it.
A recent survey done by the PEW research center also found that the American Catholics viewed European Catholics as not as conservative as the Americans.
1- George Murdock was an American born anthropologist, his work on the study of cultures contributed major concepts to the study of humanities in relation to their ways of lives.
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2- George Murdock’s concept of “Cultural Universal” focused on many aspects of what people lived by, these concepts included religion, rituals, arts, laws etc. In fact cultural universal covers everything that people lived by, furthermore, it also elaborated finding similarities and differences in the cross-cultural
Here we must make an aside in regard to the U.S. Catholic culture in America is practically non-existent, except in attenuated form among such peoples as the Hispanos and Indians of Northern New Mexico, the Cajuns and Creoles of Louisiana and the other Gulf States, and the old English Catholic settlements of Maryland and Kentucky. Elsewhere the Faith was brought by immigrants, and its attendant culture has, like all imported ones in the States, veered between preservation and assimilation. This was exacerbated by the fact that Catholic leadership in the United States was early committed to a programme of cultural melding. In addition, this leadership was primarily Irish, a nationality which had been deprived of much of its native culture by centuries of Protestant Ascendancy. Hence it has been extremely difficult for Americans, even American Catholics, to understand or appreciate the Catholic thing (as Chesterton described it) in a cultural context. I am reminded of the astonishment of a classmateof mine (from a typical American Catholic High School) at seeing an anthology of Catholic poetry. This situation has been greatly accentuated in the past twenty years by the changes occurring after Vatican II.
The Church was not the centre of life as it was in Asia or in Europe. The separation of Church and State was clear, and the Church had nearly no influence in Politics. Australian Catholics focused on saints of Irish and English origin, while these saints held nearly no influence in other nations.
...s argument seemed secondary to the states argument, but it ultimately proved lesser when the church deserted facts resorting to banishment. The state used valid evidence to support their side of the argument as well as strategizing well enough to figure out exactly what would be most beneficial. Although the state wanted to be completely separate from the church, the state realized the most expedient plan would be to be almost completely separate from the church. On the other hand, the church was too reclusive and greedy to give the state any power, let alone share power with the church. The church finally overcame its greediness and agreed to share some power concerning investiture. Additionally proving the states argument to be more compelling, the state got their way in the end by being able to submit the names out of which the pope would choose the bishops.
The modern state seeks its self-preservation above all else, and history reveals that governments are more than willing to exercise their monopoly on force and coercion in order to cement and defend their authority (5-6). Normally, unified social bodies such as the Church seek to counteract the dominance of the state through their public and political influence. However, when the Church simultaneously abdicates its political connections and powers and interiorizes itself within individual Catholics, it frees the state to exercise its will with little backlash: “Once the church has been individualized and eliminated as Christ’s body in the world, only the state is left to impersonate God”
Catholicism and Protestantism are both one of the largest sects today. These sects continue to grow in population. They date back to hundreds of years. Although they have their similarities, one sect focuses more on tradition, whereas the other sect focuses more on diversity. Their points of view prove that the sects are immensely distinct from each other.
Towards the middle of the nineteenth century a “Catholic” candidate, Paul Blanshard, ran for presidency. Blanshard was a burden to the Republicans due to his religion. The view of Catholicism was an institutional and political problem. Even if the candidate was not Catholic, he was married by a Catholic priest and apparently that was a connected him to Catholic problems. A political problem because Catholicism was a world power that of Pr...
Through the years from the medieval ages up until now, the Roman Catholic Church has always had a major influential presence in all walks of life for European people, whether it was for taxation, the establishing of laws, the rise and fall of monarchs, and even daily social life. Furthermore, the Catholic Church held such power that they could even appoint and dispose of great kings with just the writing of the pen. However, their power started to wane once human curiosity overcome ignorance and blind obedience. For example, the Enlightenment Age brought a series of shocking blows to the Church’s power such as disproving the Church’s theory of geocentricism and presented an age of questioning and secularism. In essence, by looking at the Church’s
Roles of the Catholic Church in Western civilization has been scrambled with the times past and development of Western society. Regardless of the fact that the West is no longer entirely Catholic, the Catholic tradition is still strong in Western countries. The church has been a very important foundation of public facilities like schooling, Western art, culture and philosophy; and influential player in religion. In many ways it has wanted to have an impact on Western approaches to pros and cons in numerous areas. It has over many periods of time, spread the teachings of Jesus within the Western World and remains a foundation of continuousness connecting recent Western culture to old Western culture.-
Ratzinger, Joseph, Card., and Tarcisio Bertone, Archbishop Emeritus of Cercelli. "Doctrinal Note on Some Questions regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life." Doctrinal Note on Some Questions regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. .
historically derived and selected) ideas and especially their attached values; Culture systems may, on the one hand, be considered as products of action, and on the other as conditioning elements of further action.”
Brussels is the national capital of Belgium, Brussels is located in the middle of Belgium. The city was established in the 13th century and is a federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy which means that each province has the ability to make their own laws or rules for their province. The people of Belgium have ultimate power, and the king has to follow the same rules the people do. These are the similarities and differences between Belgium's government and the U.S.A.’s.
Culture has been defined numerous ways throughout history. Throughout chapter three of, You May Ask Yourself, by Dalton Conley, the term “culture” is defined and supported numerous times by various groups of people. One may say that culture can be defined as a set of beliefs (excluding instinctual ones), traditions, and practices; however not all groups of people believe culture has the same set of values.
It is clear that between 1540 & 1559 that the Catholic Church became increasingly intolerant of debasement and dissent. This is mostly due to the leaders that came to the papal throne within this period. Between 1540 & 1559 there was a variety of pope’s with very differing views on how to contend with the issues of Protestantism, debasement and dissent.
...y the catholic leaders held meetings in Trent for 18 years and examined catholic religion. The only real change that they actually made was indulgences were no longer for sale but were given.
Vatican I and II was believed to have been needed in order to look ay