View image | gettyimages.com Ohio Governor John Kasich‚ whose bid for the presidency appears to be running on fumes‚ announced earlier this week that the U.S. should develop a federal agency to export “Judeo-Christian values.” No surprise there. Most Republican candidates have worked to appeal to religious conservatives‚ and using the buzz phrase “Judeo-Christian” is a tried and true way to do it. But in point of fact‚ there really is no “Judeo-Christian tradition.” Said tradition is nothing
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Together or Separate The church aged through the history of the United States like a person growing older every year. Likewise‚ the church has lost its power with the government as an elderly person can’t participate in the things like they used to. Puritans viewed their government and religion as one. Deist viewed things using logic and reason to separate their government and religion. Transcendentalist viewed that they don’t need a religion; they need to connect with nature spiritually. Throughout
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a website called‚ "bidstrup.com"‚ "Let’s get our aversion to what we oppose for silly‚ irrational reasons based on ignorance and faulty assumptions‚ and make ours a more just and honorable society‚ finally honoring the last phrase from the Pledge of Allegiance; "With Liberty and Justice for all". We should all
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The book‚ Distant Mirrors: America as a Foreign Culture‚ is a compilation of articles written by anthropologists‚ sociologists and professors. It was edited by Phillip R. DeVita and James D. Armstrong. This is the third edition of the Distant Mirrors books. In the introduction to the book it is said that Americans like things bigger and better and that is why they feel the need to keep making new editions. The main focus of this book is looking at the American culture from a different prospective
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Bill Martin Jr. was born on March 20‚ 1916 in Kansas. Bill’s full name was William Ivan Martin Jr. after his father William and his mother Iva. He grew up in the small town of Hiawatha. When it came time to learn to read Bill really struggled. Mr. Martin once said he did’nt read his first full book until he entered college. After graduating high school Bill went on to Emporia State University and was accepted into their Teaching College. Although Mr. Martin really struggled to read he truly loved
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The novel‚ Animal Farm‚ was written by George Orwell and published in 1946. George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a political satire of a totalitarian society ruled by a mighty dictatorship‚ in all probability an allegory for the events surrounding the Russian Revolution of 1917. The animals of the "Manor Farm" overthrow their human master after a long history of mistreatment. Led by the pigs‚ the farm animals continue to do their work‚ only with more pride‚ knowing that they are working for themselves
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creates a link between the individual and society. This link allows the individual to feel ’part’ of the society and therefore is more likely to support this. For example‚ in the U.S children are taught about the founding fathers and give the pledge of allegiance daily. Also‚ this is used with religion‚ in the U.K many schools says prayers and sing hymns and other religious songs. This‚ often‚ instils the idea of religion into the child’s mind and it becomes a part of the child. However‚ teachings such
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How can a hero survive in a world gone mad? Both Casablanca‚ the classic 1940s film‚ and 1984‚ a piece of classic literature by George Orwell‚ revolve around a world in chaos‚ where it is impossible to trust anyone‚ and a war wages on within and without. In 1984‚ the protagonist‚ Winston‚ hides from a totalitarian‚ thought controlling government‚ that is out to stomp out all aggression against the Party. In Casablanca‚ the lead character‚ Rick‚ dealt with a world rocked by the impacts of World
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show that the country continues to move forward to fight for and maintain the rights as the theory of natural law would suggest. Obama unites all citizens together‚ regardless of “race‚ religion‚ and ethnicity” and states that “all of them [pledge] allegiance under one flag” and that all of them are “reaching for the American dream” (Obama). Even though all citizens are individuals who differ greatly‚ Obama uses the theory of natural law to unite them as one because “man is a social
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Historian Philip Gleason once stated‚ “To be or to become an American‚ a person did not have to any particular national‚ learning languages‚ religious‚ or ethnic background. All he had to do was to commit himself to the political ideology centered on the abstract ideals of liberty‚ equality‚ and republicanism.” The meaning of being American goes deeper than having a title of being a citizen‚ having a language‚ religious preference‚ and nationality. As Philip Gleason stated‚ all an American had
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