American Individualism, Identity, and the Cost of the Dream
America provides us with huge opportunities. It promises immigrants the possibility of starting life anew in a (whether true or not) an endlessly opportunity-filled country. Children of immigrants can break out of their poverty and classlessness and become paragons of this new society, landing positions in academic and business. Opportunities are endless, but, t the same time, these opportunities can only be achieved at massive loss. Many of the immigrants find out too late that opportunity causes loneliness and rootedness as wells loss of their mother-culture. Melting pot though it no longer is – we believe that each culture is afforded their own space – the quoted authors demonstrate nonetheless that America, still to this present day, imposes a certain pressure to succeed. Success is synonymous with Americanization. It is this that results in the dichotomy of America talking about family values, on the one hand, but preaching and pushing a life of self-sufficiency on the other.
Montanism and Early Christian Heresies: A Theological Analysis
The first part of the paper considers heretical Montanism, including its emphasis on the Holy Spirit, its celebration of the Eucharist with cheese, and its manifestations of glossolalia, that are seen in contemporary Pentecostals. Montanism is described in terms of greater involvement of women in ministry: the heresy of Montanus is seldom mentioned without reference to "those demented women Prisca and Maximilia," as Saint Jerome calls them in his letter to Marcella refuting the Montanist heresy. The second impulse is toward a greater asceticism. And the third is a millenarian and dispensationalist belief that the Montanists lived in end times were governed by the Holy Spirit. The second portion of the paper describes other heresies and controversies in Christian doctrine, and defends the study of them.
Women's Education Rights: America, Britain, and Ireland
¶ … woman's rights were little recognized. As a creative source of human life, she was confined to the home as a wife and mother. Moreover, she was considered intellectually, emotionally and spiritually inferior to man…
Why Buying Local May Hurt More Than It Helps
This is an economy debate paper that looks into the aspect of buying local vis-a-vis buying international. It looks at the advantages that come with buying locally manufactured goods like the sense in tax incentives, the putting back into the local economy, the creation of jobs, assurance in quality among other reasons.