1/27/2014 Comparative Political Systems Comparative Political Systems 2013-2014 2013-2014 Outline Comparative Political Systems II LGS 202 – Credits 3 (2013-2014) Francisco José Leandro (利天佑)‚ PhD francisco.leandro@usj.edu.mo The State Theory Elements of State Territory‚ Population‚ Sovereignty‚ Political Organization & Government Citizenship & and Fundamental Rights Types of State Unitarian‚ Unitarian with regions‚ Regional‚ Confederation‚ Federation State Powers
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the story at Father Flynn’s sermon. Father Flynn says at his sermon‚ “What do you do when you’re not sure?” and “No one knows I’ve done something wrong.” (Shanley pg 5) Shanley uses irony to show how Sister Aloysius becomes doubtful over Father Flynn because of his sermon on doubt. The sermon is important because it is the event in which Sister Aloysius starts to become skeptical of Father Flynn. This is relevant when Sister Aloysius asks Sister James‚ “Well‚ sermons come from somewhere‚ don’t they
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Prompt # 1 If an impromptu debate commenced in that ethereal plane known as heaven‚ how would early Christians and Germanic peoples reconcile such differing perspectives? Ostensibly‚ their worldviews and ideologies appear vastly dissimilar and incongruous. It seems impossible that they could ever agree on issues regarding personal afterlife‚ bravery and heroism‚ morality‚ the ideal life‚ and conflict. In any case‚ Germanics tribesman idolize those individuals who lay claim to great deeds and
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that Moving Averages are better at giving buy and sell signals in market than Relative Strength Index. A significant observation made from both parts of the study is that weekly returns can be predicted in more confidence than daily returns. The ex-ante testing of the models is done and evaluated after considering the commission costs and using the short-selling strategy which is found to be a profitable strategy. There is an observation that adding more information to the neural network regarding
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Wars: A moral argument with historical illustrations." Allen Lane 1997. In this chapter‚ Walzer discusses the cruelty of war and whether there can be any justification for such cruelty. He begins by distinguishing between the justice of war (jus ad bellum) and the justice in war (jus in bello). "War is always judged twice‚ first with reference to the reasons states have for fighting‚ secondly with reference to the means they adopt." (p.21). However‚ here Walzer sought to explain the logic and the
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letter written about February 1634 where he asks John Winthrop Jr. to obtain the Model of Charity‚ among other things. Subsequently there is no clear mention for two centuries‚ and no reference to anyone having heard it. Even so it was likely the Sermon was likely performed onboard the Arbella‚ facilitated by the close quarters. If they were educated men they may have understood that they were hearing a succinct statement on Protestant‚ and more particularly‚ Puritan teaching on the state and on
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In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards‚ he delivers rhetorical devices to persuade his audience. The rhetorical devices he conveys to create a persuasive speech includes : metaphor‚ figurative language‚ and analogy to create a stylistic device to illustrate his audience that he warn people of their condemnation . Edwards point of view throughout this speech was to create this imagery full of misery what God can do. In addition‚ he wants us to create this image that there is no
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readers. In “Sinners of the hands of an angry god” The quote “The sword…held over them” is signifying that the lord has infinite power and can send them to oblivion in the blink of an eye. He’s telling people to scare them into religion. In the sermon the author uses this quote and directs it to human beings that do not have faith in the lord. This made people realize just who were the targets of the lord’s power‚ which were in fact‚ non believers. The appeal that Edwards is trying to make from
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recounts part of the history of Jesus by placing the discourses in strategic positions by following a sequence. In the first discourse the “Sermon of the Mount” (Mt. 5: 3-7:27)‚ this discourse was one of the most important sermons given my Jesus‚ because he was at the center of His preaching. Also‚ he teaches his disciples how to pray the Our Father. In this sermon‚ Jesus is teaching and giving a mission to his disciples with the Beatitudes; the Beatitudes are meant to guide according to the positions
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In Jonathan Edwards’ powerful sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God it is evident that Edwards sought to coax the members of his congregation into salvation as well as convince “natural men”‚ or those who had not had a spiritual rebirth that their sinful actions would ultimately lead to the wrath of a merciless God. To persuasively convey this notion‚ Edwards utilizes various metaphors to compare God’s wrath and the sinner’s evil to heightened circumstances and attempts to provoke religious
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