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    The article "The Clash of Civilizations?" by Samuel P. Huntington is an intriguing view on how modern day civilizations have grown to become cultural and economic entities trying to make new identities for themselves. A civilization is defined as the broadest cultural grouping of people. It contains a group of people with common languages‚ history‚ religion‚ and customs. Huntington states in his hypothesis "the great division among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be culture

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    Catholic Social Teaching

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    Catholic Social Teaching is a body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth‚ economics‚ social organizationand the role of the state. Its foundations are widely considered to have been laid by Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical letter Rerum Novarum‚ which advocated economic Distributism and condemned both Capitalism and Socialism‚ although its roots can be traced to the writings of Catholic thinkers such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo‚ and is also

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    Essay Question: Hinduism has so many broad expressions; I wonder how Westerners can use this to reflect on their own religious traditions. It has been my experience that Westerners to believe that their faiths are more uniform and less subject to change. Is this accurate? Why or why not? I do not feel that this is an accurate statement‚ especially in the United States. We are such a young country we don’t have the concept of tradition and antiquity that exists in the Eastern cultures. We think

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    With the fall of Rome‚ Western Europe was in shambles compared to its eastern counterpart. Roman influence would hold in some aspects‚ but things would change. Leaders would emerge to influence its culture. Religion would maintain a major role and influence. Rome’s fall would affect the outcome of Western Europe and its development. The Roman Empire started in 27 BCE to 476 CE (The Legacy of the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages in the West‚ 2012). It was in 476 CE when Rome was conquered by a German

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    Definition of western culture The term "Western culture" is used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms‚ ethical values‚ traditional customs‚ religious beliefs‚ political systems‚ and specific artifacts and technologies. The concept of western culture is generally linked to the classical definition of the Western world. In this definition‚ Western culture is the set of literary‚ scientific‚ political‚ artistic and philosophical principles which set it apart from other cultural spheres

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    Purity in Church

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    PURITY IN CHURCH (Transcript of April 6th Message) This spiritual purity has become the necessary ingredient for the existence of the church; for the survival of the church - meaning without spiritual purity‚ there is no church. Everything that took place on the Cross was indeed the defining‚ the establishment of spiritual purity in the life of the church. Consecration‚ holy segregation‚ covenant with GOD and He says‚ “Separateness” that all of them were meant to boil down to one thing—to boil down

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    This paper was prepared for World Civilizations I‚ homework assignment 6‚ taught by Professor Harmon. PART I 1. How did early peoples in the Americas adapt to their environment as they created technologies of food production and economics systems? The environment shaped the history of human settlements in the Americas‚ but later history shaped the way the lands and peoples of these areas have been described. Early peoples crossed into the Western Hemisphere from Asia‚ although exactly

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    something contrary to its nature. One must first understand what marriage truly is and then return society’s understanding of it to its true nature. One can know the sacrament of marriage very easily. Marriage is‚ as defined by the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Teaching‚ “An intimate covenant of life and love between one man and one woman.” This simple definition shows that marriage is not a legal ideology but an everlasting bond of love. This bond of love is between man and woman but is ultimately

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    until approximately 1000 CE‚ and during this time period major civilizations developed in Rome and China. These civilizations were influenced by the political‚ economic‚ religious‚ and social structures‚ which played heavily into the success and collapse of each civilization. The creation of an unstable political and economic structure‚ with a lack of universal religion‚ resulted in the destruction of the Roman Empire. Chinese civilization also declined due to weak political and economic systems‚ however

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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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