1. With these individuals that are engaged in service work, doing the same thing but have different motives would raise more questions than answers. For one, the person that belongs to a church could just be using service work as a cover up to show the world that he/ she is doing something for God, while hiding some dark secrets. For example, a friend of mines has been in the church for years and has always been an active participate in church projects, outreach programs and so on. Until one day he was accused of raping a church sister at his home. This was rather shocking when I learned of the incident, because of his professionalism that he demonstrated in church and the community. However, after he committed his horrendous act, he felt …show more content…
I believe it is important for Christian to go public with their faith in order to show the world they believe in God and his wondrous works. Also, going public with one’s faith can determine between life and death in the long run. For example, I had a friend that was a Jehovah witness, for many years, and kept it a secret fearing the worst of being criticized, stereotyped and judged for what she believes in. Until one day, she got ill and needed a blood transfusion to save her life, but she bluntly refused to get the transfusion in a defense of her faith. Although she knew the risk factors of not getting the transfusion, she was willing to lay her life down for her faith. Which was respected and honored by the healthcare providers. Massaro explains that, “the commonsense distinction between public and private is deeply ingrained in a majority of people” and some topics were strictly taught to be kept confidential. In addition, I believe Christianity can offer the world, hope, joy, peace and happiness and comfort in the souls that are searching for a meaningful approach. Therefore, Christianity can assist with the concrete of everyday life situation, by remaining positive, humble, faithful, true and just in life …show more content…
According to Wikipedia, Colonialism is the establishment, exploitation, maintenance, acquisition, and expansion of colony in one territory by a political power from another territory. It is a set of unequal relationships between the colonial power and the colony and often between the colonists and the indigenous population. While Neo-colonialism is the geopolitical practice of using capitalism, business globalization, and cultural imperialism to influence a country, in lieu of either direct military control or indirect political control. I believe the injustice to colonialism is unfair to those individuals who has little to no control over their everyday life and has to take the abuse from the hands of their oppressors. Massaro (2012) mentioned that, a major topic of Catholic social teaching in the last half century concerns the legacy of colonialism and the challenge of economic development in the poorest parts of the world. As a result, the Catholic Church decided to intervene by advocating on the behalf of those countries that are facing inequality by their government bodies. The Catholic Church speaks about the importance of human dignity to treat all people with equality, fairness and likeness at any given time. Which is not always the case in most underdeveloped countries. I believe In order to reduce the injustice that are occurring in these countries people should be educated about the pros and cons when choosing their leaders, along with voicing their opinions
Colonialism as defined by OED (2013 p.217) refers to “the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.” Therefore, post-colonialism is sometimes assumed to refer to “after colonialism” or “after-independence” (Ashcroft et al. 12) describing the wide range of social, cultural and political events arising specifically from the decline and fall of European colonialism that took place after World War II (McEwan 2009, p.18)
Post-colonialism is a discourse draped in history. In one point in time or another, European colonialism dominated most non-European lands since the end of the Renaissance. Naturally, colonialists depicted the cultures of non-Europeans incorrectly and inferior. Traditionally, the canon has misappropriated and misrepresented these cultures, but also the Western academia has yet to teach us the valuable and basic lessons that allow true representations to develop. Partly in response, Post-colonialism arose. Though this term is a broad one, Post-colonialists generally agree on certain key principles. They understand that colonialism exploits the dominated people or country in one way or another, evoking inequalities. Examples of past inequalities include “genocide, economic exploitation, cultural decimation and political exclusion…” (Loomba 9-10). They abhor traditional colonialism but also believe that every people, through the context of their own cultures, have something to contribute to our understanding of human nature (Loomba 1-20). This is the theme that Lewis prescribes in his, self described, “satirical fantasy”, Out of the Silent Planet (Of Other 77).
As the head of the Catholic Church, it is expected of a Pope to make grand declarations about social justice and issues that concern the Church . His apostolic decrees call for christians everywhere to uphold workers rights and to provide a living wage to everyone. However, Pope Francis is the first pope who has spoken specifically on how to bring about true equality . He has made specific statements about politics and the economy that no pope has done before. His position against capitalism is starkly opposed to what we have learned in our Economics course. He has a great concern about inequality, greed and wantonness of ethics. Pope Francis’s views on the current culture are clearly evident in his Evangelii Gaudium.
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.-
Colonialism is a process by which European power takes control over and dominates and exploits an indigenous group by appropriating their land and resources, extracting their wealth, and using them as cheap labor. In Canada, the British evaded the Aboriginals (indigenous people), with their vision of creating a capitalist society. The vision was to have Aboriginal people produce commodities off their own land in return for goods. -Thus began slavery in Canada. Sometimes, merchant capital often had to use force to transform pre- capitalist societies in order to introduce commodity relations and production.
It is difficult for most people to be totally transparent even in a church setting, self-worth, self-esteem and fear of embarrassment are enough to make people internalize their emotions and problems. This is what has become known as the cognitive norm that exists in the anti-social society and culture we are currently living in today. This I feel is what further fuels humanity 's ability to go unseen and remain anonymous; without ever addressing the issues encapsulated within our own fragile identity.
Colonialism is done through imperialism, which is defined as “the political, military, or economic domination of one country over another” (Encarta). This is the highlighted them in both the Avatar and Tarzan
Colonialism is the practice by which a nation-state extends political, economic, and military power beyond its own borders over an extended period of time to secure access to raw materials, cheap labor, and markets in other countries or regions.
Colonialism has plagued indigenous people worldwide and has spelled disaster for countless cultures, languages, and traditions. Over the past 500 years there have been different phases of colonization in Africa as well as other various parts of earth. There were many reasons behind exploration and colonization including economic and tactical reasons, religion, and prestige. Colonialism has shaped the contemporary understanding of individuals from Niger as well as other parts of Africa and other places too, like the Chambri and Tlingit people; mainly in economics. Because of the colonial past of so many cultures, numerous indigenous people today face many issues. Today colonialism is still active, known as Neocolonialism, which has devastating effects on global cultural groups.
In healthcare organizations, medical staff must conform to their hospital and their country’s code of conduct. Not only do they have to meet set standards, they must also take their patient into consideration. When making a decision upon a patient, medical staff must recognize religious backgrounds and spiritual beliefs. By understanding a patients’ beliefs and their belief system, a medical worker can give the patient their deserved medical assistance without overstepping boundaries or coming off as offensive. The practices and beliefs of four religions will be articulated throughout this essay to fully understand how religion can either help or hinder the healing process.
...By tying the church to the government, people expect the government to behave ethically, but often times, an entirely moral ruler will be overthrown. People expect rulers to act differently than themselves. A ruler cannot show any weakness, or else he will no longer be feared enough to keep him in power, and he will be overthrown. Everybody sees what a ruler seems to be, but few really know who he is. A ruler must seem determined and moral to the people, and show positive results from his leadership. The most important thing for a ruler to do is to avoid being hated or despised by the people, which could occur if a ruler took people's property. For the people, more than the form of power, their perception of power may be the most important for a ruler to maintain his position. “If a ruler wins wars and holds on to power, the means he has employed will always be judged honorable, and everyone will praise him.”(pg.55) Therefore, a ruler should look mainly to winning and to the successful protection of his country. The ways he utilizes for this will always be considered honorable and will be praised by everybody.
There are legitimate concerns for the environment, for the fair and proper assistance developed nations must extend to developing nations, and for equitable educational opportunities for women. The Holy See Mission at the UN consistently promotes these authentic goals minus the snags of population control measures. It is the Catholic task to promote the human good without eliminating the humans.
Colonialism was a concept of superiority of one territory over another; it was a concept that originated centuries ago. Colonialism had been put into action throughout a long line of history and did not end after World War II in 1945. Even with resistance and efforts from independent states after the war, colonialism did not disappear and continued as a dominant system. It remained and changed its form, resulted in the process of globalization, which continued to control over newly independent states following World War II. Globalization, a form of colonialism, maintained power for the system over states or regions through economic terms with the development of the World Bank, and its derivation of structural adjustments. This financial institution was formed and contributed to colonialism; it assisted in the economic affairs of colonized nation(s). Along with class, professor Manfred B. Steger's book, Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, and I.B. Logan and Kidane Mengisteab's article, "IMF – World Bank Adjustment and Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa," discussed the indirect rule of colonial powers through globalization.
We can accredit much of the inequalities of today’s world as being a direct result of the idea of colonialism. Cabral (as cited in Small, 2015) defines colonialism as being “the paralysis or deviation or even halting of the history of one people in favour of the acceleration of the historical development of other peoples.” For New Zealand this meant that the Europeans were classed as colonisers because they moved into New Zealand and established their power as decision makers for the people. The Europeans had a very benevolent view of the act of colonialism and felt a phenomenon called ‘white mans burden’ whereby they believed that “as the superior race, [they] had this big obligation to do their best to bring civilisation to other races.” (Small, 2015). Consequently, this resulted in colonial education being incorporated into everyday life. The benefits of this teaching meant that the colonisers were increasing knowledge by giving the Māori people access to modern technology and showing them pathways of obtaining such knowledge. Carleton (as cited in Small, 2015) speaks of how they would “g...
According to the Socialjustice.com (2014) website, a further feature of the Catholic provision, which affected the impact on social policy, was the overpowering character and the lack of the intellectual and theoretical base. Catholic religious co...