Modern Christian Socialism

Socialism is visible at work every day, especially in regards to welfare. If we look at the traditional marriage, God ordered the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, to reproduce. “And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be

Christianity is one of the most influential religions on both ancient and modern Western society, with the religion based on the teachings of the prophet Jesus Christ who lived approximately between the years of 5 BC and 33 AD. It is claimed that Christ was the son of God whose spirit was embodied and sent to Earth as a human being to bring peace and prosperity to the less fortunate, and absolve the world of its sin. Jesus preached a doctrine of a supreme monotheistic god who ruled over the universe, as well as ethics and morals especially centred on the concept of faith and forgiveness. If one was to live their life in accordance to the Will of God and the teachings of Christ found in the written word of the Holy Bible, one would be absolved of their sin and ascend to the spiritual realm of God, known as Heaven, after their physical death.

A perfect society with no crime, no social problems, and no inequality. All of these elements are portrayed in the film and book The Giver. The film is based on a utopian communist state. Communism is defined as a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. The theory was derived from a Karl Marx book. His theory was put into practice by many different countries, the most famous country being the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This massive country controlled almost all of Eastern Europe after World War II. In all of these countries communist ideal were adopted and put into practice. The countries that remain to be communist can be counted on one hand. These countries consist of Laos, Vietnam, China, North Korea, and Cuba. If a western viewpoint is taken communism is considered a very negative idea because of the lack of free will and the amount of censorship needed for a communist state. In 2014 a director named Phillip Noyce released a film entitled The Giver. Based of the popular book with

The main message in Christianity & Liberalism is what the only object of faith is Christ. Machen composes his book into doctrine, God and man, the Bible, Christ, Salvation, and the Church; he shows all of this doctrine should be directly connected with the faith in Christ. If not, he declares that that should not be Christianity. In chapter 1 and 2, Machen emphasizes that how maintaining traditional doctrine is important. The reason for that is classical conservatives tried to keep the doctrine upon the Bible; however, classical liberalism attacked the traditional doctrine because Machen points out that liberal theologians and preachers want to interpret the truth from the point of a human. Machen even warns that the liberalism is shaking the faith in Christianity. In other words, it could be proper understanding that the liberalism rebelled against the truth and God’s word.

These days we think about who we want to elect to improve our government, and economics is a big factor in that, but where did these economic systems begin, and more importantly, which one is better? Well think back to the early 1800’s when socialism and capitalism first starting gaining influence. Socialism was the better of two evils due to its higher level of protection, regulation, and prices/wages.

The political beliefs of both group are the same they both are fighting for what they both believe to be right. ‘Political power comes through the barrel of a gun.” (Mao Zedong) The way

The Progressive Era gave reformers concerns about the poor of American cities. Many developed the view that poverty was a result of some people’s characters and not their environmental and social condition. This brought up the argument and idea of the deserving poor versus the non-deserving poor. This alluded to the thought that character made a person poor and not that being poor made the character. However, Stephen Crane’s short story Maggie: A Girl of the Streets critiques many of these ideas. His biggest critique was that of religion and the standards and hypocrisy of it. This essay will argue that Crane critiques the hypocrisy of Christianity and Christians through the characterization of a wide range of characters in his novel.

Socialism in America began in Chicago IL, June 15-21, 1897. This ideology was founded at a joint convention of the new combined American Railway Union. This was due to the two Railway Industries combining with each other, Eugene V. Debs and the Brotherhood of the

There was a time in American politics when the term “socialism” conjured up images of the Cold War, the U.S.S.R, Joseph Stalin and Karl Marx, nuclear threats, government domination of private industry and gulags. For most Americans who came of age during the height of the Cold War, who remember being taught to hide under their desks at school, socialism – like communism – has long been a dirty word.

My program of study is obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. In this course I will be taking the some of the following classes, Marriage and family, Intro to Probability and Statistics, Intro to Social work, Christian Worldview, etc. Intro to Probability and Statistics studies different variables of probability, and distribution. I believe I will like this class because I want to study the reasoning of people’s actions.

Weapons, such as guns or knives, are not innately evil, but rather serve whatever purpose a person chooses for one. This remains true for more than just physical tools. Ideals and beliefs have been used throughout the ages to justify actions, good and bad alike. For example, Christianity was used commonly during the crusades as a justification to slaughter thousands of people for the purpose of reclaiming the ‘holy land.’ Though this one belief has been used broadly for negative actions such as that extreme example or even something is frivolous as the picketing of funerals by Westboro Baptist Church, it has also been used to better the world. The church I belonged to, Pine Grove Free Methodist Church, made its best efforts to assist its surrounding community by volunteering at the local homeless shelter and running charity events for starving children in Africa. Furthermore, interpretation and practice truly differentiates the diverse groups within Christianity from their stereotypes. However, to better understand Christianity and Free Methodist denomination I belonged to, one must understand their foundations and common practices within.

They are the oldest religions, where Christianity and Islam have their roots in Judaism; all three religions believe that there is one and only one God, but they have different facets of image of the one God they believe. Throughout the history of the human race, religions were established or expanded upon whether they’re monotheistic or polytheistic because religion provides a sense of connectedness. People of shared beliefs come together and celebrate the religion they believe. As Juliana Spahr’s poem “The Connection of Everyone with Lungs” states “In this everything turning and small being breathed in and out by everyone with lungs during all moments.” (Spahr 10) Even when we do not realize it, there is something that binds us together. When Spahr wrote her poem, she was talking about every American citizen being unified due the attacks on American soil, but the idea can still be extended to spirituality. Humans live in an ecological community where everyone is connected to everything else. Even for those that do not believe in God, there is still have a connection to desire some sort of spirituality. When Keith and Florence first met and talk about how they survived the destruction of the towers, they talk about God and their conversation goes into how the terrorists believe in God. Keith questions the idea of God and says “Who’s God? Which God? I don’t even know what it means, to believe in God. I never think about it.” (DeLillo 93) Keith and Florence conflict in their beliefs in God. Florence believes that there is a God that watches over her and she explicitly expresses that one doesn’t have to attend religious services to have a basic affiliation with God. It is a contrasting idea because there is Keith, who never gives a thought about a God existing and Florence who has a completely opposite view. Florence is an example

Biblical Worldview vs. Postmodern Marxism Worldview “Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than form Christ” (NLT Colossians 2:8). I started off with this scripture because it is a clear warning of what could happen. The United States of America is founded on a Christian biblical worldview and throughout history this has been challenged. One of these worldviews is Postmodern Marxism.

Weber has been considered as an expert on origination of capitalism. His most famous work is The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Weber thesis regarding capitalism is rather considered as an argument counter to Marxist thesis (which was regarding primacy of base over superstructure). Weber discussed in his book that capitalism was resulted by Protestantism which was a religious movement or more specifically speaking Calvinism. However any Calvinist who has gone through catechism would have known that seeking a sign of selection by God in economic success, is not a right thing to do; therefore it is a travesty to Weber's thesis (Kilcullen, 1996).

The terms ‘socialism’ and liberalism’ are used a lot nowadays, and many people often mistake one for the other. In order to differentiate between these two terms, one must keep in mind the clear-cut differences by defining the prevailing ideology of each term. The tenets of socialism assert that the state should wield total economic power by manipulating prices of goods and wages of workers.