SE 571—Christian Ethics and Social Issues Patrick T. Smith‚ Course Instructor Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Fall Semester 2011 Friday Sessions‚ 6:00-10:00 PM; Saturday Sessions‚ 9:00-4:30 PM Email: ptsmith@gcts.edu Phone: 978-646-4120 COURSE SYLLABUS Course Description This course is a study of the interaction between Christian ethics and social issues. Attention is given to biblical‚ theological and philosophical perspectives on select contemporary social issues facing the church
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and helper who can give him peace and comfort. They both will help each other through life’s problems and struggles. All Muslims are expected to marry because the Prophet Muhammad was married and Muslims regard Muhammad as the perfect example of how to live. “Whoever gets married has completed half of his faith”. (Hadith) The Islamic banning of social contact between Muslims after puberty means that most couples meet through introductions from their parents (arranged marriages). It is felt that
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time when the government was deeply seeded in orthodox Christianity. Christians and non-Christians alike have wrestled with the haunting events of this age. It is an ongoing debate as to whether or not the events and decisions made by the heads of the Church were justified‚ or just plain cruel. Some even go as far as to compare the Crusades to the abomination that was the Spanish Inquisition. The Crusades were essentially wars that were begun and declared by the church‚ against a seen heresy that
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will have a good standing with God and will be protected by the power of God. However‚ I believe if a person truly wants to receive salvation from God‚ he or she must be a legitimate Christian. A legitimate Christian is a person who doesn’t just believe in God‚ but they walk with God. Every chance that a true Christian gets to spread the word of God; they will use that opportunity to inform their brothers
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Christian Reflection on Hinduism Introduction: This paper brings special features on the Christians reflections on Hinduism and reflects between the Hinduism and Christianity in the past or early history of Hinduism. Hindu Christian Relationship Christianity has a long history of relating to Vedic religion in South Asia‚ though it is only in the modern period that explicit Hindu-Christian interaction can be documented. “ Hinduism is an actable abbreviation for family of culturally similar tradition
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1. Sion Soleimany (Appellant‚ United Kingdom) v. Abner Soleimany (Respondent‚ United Kingdom) Court of Appeal‚ Civil Division‚ 30 January 1998‚ United Kingdom Facts Sion Soleimany (hereinafter referred to as the father) and his son‚ Abner Soleimany (refers as the son) were engaged in the export of Persian carpets from Iran. Between 1980 and 1983‚ the son arranged for the export of the carpets from Iran in contravention of Iranian Revenue laws and export controls. The carpets were sold by the father
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Face Detection Ming-Hsuan Yang University of California‚ Merced‚ CA 95344 mhyang@ucmerced.edu Synonyms Detecting faces Definition Face detection is concerned with finding whether or not there are any faces in a given image (usually in gray scale) and‚ if present‚ return the image location and content of each face. This is the first step of any fully automatic system that analyzes the information contained in faces (e.g.‚ identity‚ gender‚ expression‚ age‚ race and pose). While earlier work
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The Not so Holy Matrimony By Roshan Rathod Gender‚ Culture and Development University of Pune Introduction: The theme of this essay is to highlight the modernity of the traditional ‘arranged marriage’ practices and its economics in the Marwari Jain community while looking at the larger Indian (read Hindu) culture. It is with the motive of highlighting the ‘structural violence’ that one is subjected to as a result of this practice by legitimizing it with culture. Structural violence refers to
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Between 1450 and 1750‚ three great Muslim empires arose—the Ottomans‚ the Safavids‚ and the Mughals. The Ottomans arose after the Seljuk Turkic kingdom of Rum in Eastern Anatolia collapsed‚ which occurred because of a Mongol invasion in 1243. The area fell into a chaotic period after that because the Mongols did not directly rule it. In search of riches‚ Turkic peoples‚ including the Ottomans who dominated the rest‚ flooded into the area. By the 1350s‚ the Ottomans were advancing from their Asia
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War is defined as an open and declared hostile conflict between state’s or nations . In certain circumstances‚ these conflicts can be as small as an argument or as large as a world battle. History shows that the world has experienced its fair share of wars and it also shows that with war comes horrific complications. World War One(WWI) and World War Two(WWII) have had a great impact on the course of history with many hardships to include economic strain‚ loss of territory ‚ and most importantly the
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