EARLY PROTESTANT MISSIONARY EFFORTS IN THE PHILIPPINES: SOME INTERCULTURAL PROBLEMS1 1. Introduction As a trained social anthropologist‚ I would like to present the findings of a three-year research on the early impact of Protestant missionary efforts at the turn of the last century. Some of these could be useful not only to Filipinos but also to other Asian churches as we reflect on the future of Christian mission in Asia. It is important for us to grasp the fact that what we call Christianity
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Business Strategy A review of Henry Mintzberg ‘Crafting Strategy’ 1.0 Introduction In the recent years the views of ‘strategic management’ has changed significantly. It has been critically studied and classified as a field of managerial practice that should have been given more thought. (Knights and Morgan‚ 1991) There are two essential parts to strategy‚ actions that are planned ahead and developed carefully according to many factors once implemented. A proper strategy created
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religions should contribute to our world. For a catholic citizen I think that volunteering and giving back is a huge role of being catholic. There are many other aspects as well like having equality for everyone‚ respecting and welcoming people in the catholic community‚ buying fair trade and treating your neighbour the way you want to be treated. Have you ever bought something that wasn’t made with fair trade? Or how about something that you knew was made by child labourers. How did you feel after
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The Roman Catholic Church After the fall of Rome‚ the Christian Church split into eastern and western Churches. The western Church became the Roman Catholic Church. Religion was an important part of medieval life. Many question if the Catholic Church was positive or negative during the middle ages. This essay will explain why the Church was a negative aspect during the medieval times. According to A Document 2‚ the Church started a court system called the Inquisition. The Inquisition included
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The catastrophic torture between Catholic and Puritan powers made religious concerns the primary cause of settling the British colonies. Also‚ the beginning of the English Civil Wars in 1642-1651‚ and the Great migration helped the intensity of the British economic problems progressively slowed to a stop. As a result‚ the settling of the British colonies for economic concerns was continually dying down. Therefore‚ the statement‚ “Throughout the Colonial Period‚ economic concerns had more to do with
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the holy Christ was born until god rise him from the earth to the heaven there was no " Catholicism " as it is known today ‚ simply because there were no other forms or denominations of Christianity to distinguish it ‚ or cause a division between the churches as we see . There was only the "one‚ holy‚ catholic church"‚ which was the main body of Christian believers all over the western world‚ united by common traditions ‚ beliefs ‚ church structure and worship . The word "Catholic" is a Latin world
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Challenges faced by leadership in Catholic schools in achieving its purpose The final section of this paper will explore some of the challenges that are facing leadership in Catholic schools in Australia with regards to achieving the previously mentioned purpose. Whilst Rossiter acknowledges that “Even a ‘good’ education in Catholic identity will not guarantee that young people will develop and retain an active Catholic religious identity” (2013 p.21)‚ educators in Catholic schools have a responsibility
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Catholic Social Teaching is a doctrine created by the Catholic Church dealing with issues such as poverty and other social injustices. Over the years‚ there were many people‚ such as Dorothy Day‚ who influenced Catholic Social Teaching. Catholic Social Teaching is the Church’s helps guide the members of the Church in various to way to assist those in need‚ not only with respect to poverty and illness‚ but in all aspects of life. Dorothy Day embraced the idea of a double ministry and addressed the
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divorce has existed throughout history‚ it has been rare until recent centuries‚ which indicates that‚ even in its natural form‚ marriage is meant to be a lifelong‚ union. The Elements of a Natural Marriage: As Fr. John Hardon explains in his Pocket Catholic Dictionary‚ there are four elements common to natural marriage throughout history: 1. It is a union of opposite sexes. 2. It is a lifelong union‚ ending only with the death of one spouse. 3. It excludes a union with any other person
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use narrative to involve the responder in a range of experiences. Storytellers use narrative techniques to establish a setting and shape the characters personality. This is shown in Henry Lawson’s short stories the drover’s wife and the loaded dog as well as Roger hargreaves picture book little miss sunshine. Henry Lawson’s the drovers wife‚ explores the perspicacity of the bush heroine with the use of a narrator. The narrators’ avoidance of using a name for the drover’s wife prevents the responder
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