are very crucial to the success of any nation‚ and they’ve always been held as important to a country’s survival. So‚ in turn‚ politicians are important to a functioning government‚ and one specific politician that was an inspiration in his time was Dante Alighieri. Alighieri‚ who lived in Florence from about 1265 to 1321‚ was a politician‚ and a poet. During his time as a politician in Florence‚ Alighieri had acquired many companions‚ but he also saw the dark corruption deep within the Church at that
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A spiritual is a type of religious folksong that is most closely associated with the enslavement of African people in the American South.On the other hand‚ psalms means “praise.” Although many of the psalms are cries for help‚ laments over Israel‚ or questions about God’s plan‚ the major theme in all of them is worship. Even when the psalmist was crying out his questions or frustrations to the Lord‚ he usually ended with a call to praise God in spite of everything. Hymns have yet another meaning
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The Dante Club begins with the murder of fictional Chief Justice Judge Healey‚ who had avoided taking a position to stop or support the escaped slaves of the South. Found by his chambermaid near a white flag atop a short wooden staff‚ Healey had been hit in the head and then left in his garden to be eaten alive by strategically placed maggots and stung by hornets. Holmes‚ who examines the body for the police‚ recognizes the correlation between the murder and the punishments seen in Dante’s Inferno
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Jake Bishop 04 September 2013 Religious/Spiritual Autobiography I guess growing up for me religion was never forced on me‚ but still encouraged. My parents urged for us to trek to service on Sunday morning regardless of anyone’s schedule that day. I once even had to miss an 8th grade basketball tournament in order to attend Sunday school. Growing up I never was a very big “church-goer”‚ but I felt like I had a good relationship with God‚ which is kind of redundant because of the whole lesson
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In Dante Alighieri’s “Purgatorio” from his epic poem The Divine Comedy‚ sinners on the terrace of lust walk through a wall of fire to purge their sin. Dante’s symbolic use of fire is appropriate to curing their human imperfections as it represents the wild and irrational tempest that they displayed towards others while they were alive. Now‚ the lustful have the opportunity to feel the bite that they inflicted. Furthermore‚ Dante’s method of purgation relates to Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics and
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A Literary Review of Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” is a narrative poem describing Dante’s journey through his perception of hell in search of salvation. Dante’s writing of this classic piece was greatly influenced by the politics in Florence during the late thirteenth century but the Inferno is much more than a political symbolic work of literature but is a beautifully poetic and allegorical. Inferno has made a memorable mark in European Literature as a great medieval
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to heighten spiritual awareness. It has also been defined as‚ "Consciously directing your attention to alter your state of consciousness." Meditation has been practiced around the world since the ancient times. It was used back then and still used today for spiritual growth (becoming more conscious). Meditation is mostly concerned about your attention‚ where it is directed to‚ and how it alters or changes a person’s consciousness. Although meditation has been used for spiritual growth‚ recently
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the steps how we encounter God‚ what we know of God‚ and how we love God. The first step of spiritual growth is the experience‚ how we encounter God. It is the starting point when Jesus comes to us and we meet him spiritually. He wants us to discover him. There are many ways for Jesus to come into people’s lives and it may be different for each people. This step is a must as the beginning of our spiritual growth. For me‚ I experienced it when I was in second grade of my Junior High School. This is
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Wellness section. My Spiritual Wellness score was a 41 out of 45. Next‚ my overall total score was a 297‚ which equates to a “Great Score”. Thirdly‚ I had two main areas of strength. The first one is my physical wellness. This is due to the fact that I participate in sports year round. I also go on runs and work out occasionally. I am alcohol and tobacco free and avoid becoming friends with people who partake in these harmful activities. My second area of strength is my spiritual wellness. One cause
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Competency in Spiritual Care One of the fundamental goals as a nurse is to provide holistic care for our patient. This means providing care that considers the‚ “totality of humans by recognizing the interconnectedness of body‚ mind‚ spirit‚ environment‚ society‚ and culture” (Costello‚ Atinaja-Faller‚ & Hedberg‚ 2012). When a nurse or nursing student cares for a patient on a deeper level‚ they provide holistic care in an effective way (Costello et al.‚ 2012). One aspect of holistic care that
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