Catholics played a main role in some of the first overseas explorations performed by Western European states. With the purpose of inducing religious thinking into the people they conquered, Europeans brought priests with them. Most conquerors were n Continue Reading...
Philosophy
In his discourse, The Republic, Plato describes the "ideal state" as composed of three social classes: the merchant class, military class, and philosopher-kings. The merchant class maintains and provides service to the society by safeguar Continue Reading...
They planned to convene a meeting to determine Henry IV's future as monarch, and gave the chairmanship to Pope Gregory. Henry IV went to the Pope and gained absolution from the Pope.
Unfortunately, Henry had misread his nobles. They wanted him out, Continue Reading...
Church vs. State during the Middle Ages
Political Conflict between the Church and the State during the Middle Ages
Christianity is considered as one of the most dominant religions in the world, and has proliferated throughout the years, for as earl Continue Reading...
high degree of misinformation I had received from traditional teachings about the church and the beginning of Christianity. Moreover, I was struck by the notion that most other people in the Western world receive this same degree of intentional misi Continue Reading...
Gradually, these diverse languages, culture, and customs began to become eradicated. Although she does not use the term, the anthropologist paints a picture of White usurpation of Indian territory a kind of cultural genocide, whether intentional or Continue Reading...
shifting gender roles within Chinese history:
Connections, differentiations, and articulations of Chinese women within the ideology of Confucianism
The common stereotype of the East Asian female in the West is that of a frail flower: the most popu Continue Reading...
21st Century American 'Democracy': The Best Government that Money Can Buy
Within polarized, interest group-dominated 21st century United States life, most Americans still cling to the idea, despite abundant evidence to the contrary, that we live in Continue Reading...
Personal Statement Grad School
Statement of purpose essay -- why graduate study, why now?
One of the unique attractions of Ohio State University for a graduate student is its simultaneous melding of the personal and the professional elements of th Continue Reading...
62), a society with "shallow-rooted" norms (p. 177), a "meager and difficult place" as opposed to the expansive way Ruth wishes to grow as a woman. (p. 178) Helen's storm inside, this mother's crisis of identity, has parallels not with Baldwin's wom Continue Reading...
Likewise, the two sisters who sacrifice so much for the man will their sacrifice as well, given their evidently ardent faith, however misguided. The setting of an Ireland where the Catholic faith remains such a respected institution gives further fo Continue Reading...