Sister Monica And Religion

Elisabeth Lesuer was a very faithful, and intelligent woman in the late 19th century early 20th century. Being brought up in the upper-middle class, she was able to be educated privately in languages, arts, and literature. She has also studied much of the Catholic Faith. She meets the love of her life Felix Lesuer in 1886 while he was attending the University of Paris. The two married in 1889. While going to the university, Felix quits Catholicism, but the two had an agreement that Elisabeth can remain faithful, but Felix did not practice in the faith at all. Later in time, though, Felix started giving Elisabeth readings against Christianity weakening her participation in Christianity; One day this backfired on him when handing her Earnest Renan’s History of the Origins of Christianity, the first volume of which, The Life of Jesus, denies Christ’s Divinity. After reading this, Elisabeth does research on this matter, and experiences deep adult conversion, and returns passionately practicing the Faith,which she saw as the truth. Begins writing her spiritual journal in 1899 called Journal et pensées de chaque jour. The journal just showed how committed she was to that faith, even though her social society was against it, and how she would get by being faithful, without making Felix mad, and anyone else against the Faith she knew in her life. Elisabeth’s journal explained why she was so faithful, and how she would study, and pray the Faith in ways that didn’t upset those

In this article Michael Koziol discusses the conflict of the church when it comes to enacting legal protections for the LGBTI+ community. It particularly focuses the fact that both major political parties carry a fear of getting on the wrong side of church lobby groups and the effect that this has had the development, or lack there of, of the rights of the LGBTI+ community. He directly references times where this has been an issue for this community like the fact that the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act exempts private schools from the section on homosexuality and when this issue was brought to parliament by Alex Greenwich it had to be shelved due to the lack of support from the coalition.

Having a religious belief is deeply impactful to one’s soul, spirituality, and sense of self. Gregory Rodriguez chose to join the Catholic Church at a time when others scorned it. The early to middle 2000’s was a scandalous time for the Catholic Church due to the sexual abuse of children within its walls coming to light. One might say that Gregory Rodriguez is complacent due to his decision to stay with the Catholic Church in spite of a controversy surrounding the church; however, based on his essay “Catholic Confessions,” we can reasonably infer that his choice to stay with the church is a wise one. While many people would have walked away from the church, Rodriguez was devout enough continue his walk with God.

The Juvenile Services Department is a centralized processing, referral and evaluation center for all youths arrested in Miami-Dade County. While at the JSD, all youths are provided with juvenile screening and substance abuse/mental health assessment. (http://www.miami-dadeclerk.com/families_juvenile_arrested.asp)

As you I decided to pick the same article about this modernizer of Judaism, Sandra Lawson. I think her trendsetting mindset would be inviting to those who may feel lost and unaccepted due to their race or sexual orientation. I read your reply to my essay summary and you made an interesting point about the Catholic religion not being accepting of those who may be different than ourselves. Many of my friends have stopped going to my parish church mainly due to a particular strict elderly retired priest who fills in at times. His sermons contained guilt-ridden homilies and he speaks of having fear in the Lord. He often spoke negatively about divorced and made people feel bad about themselves. I think this present Pope is attempting

Feminists see religion as an instrument of patriarchy which means that society is based around male domination; they believe that this is a set of beliefs and practices responsible for women’s subordination. However functionalists believe otherwise and argue that its function is not to oppress women but to keep society stable whilst Marxists believe that religion oppresses the working class not females.

Building her credibility throughout, she maintains a front as a God-Loving Chrision and mother. But her outrage and highly opinionated argument is disreputed when she mistakes the expression of feminine traits by a male character as transgenderism. Her integration of specific facts displays her

Bey, M. (2015). She Had a Name That God Didn’t Give Her: Thinking the Body through Atheistic Black Radical Feminism. Journal of Feminist Scholarship, [online] (9), pp.1-17. Available at: https://doaj.org/article/12d5104216b344b49a39272b9ced2454 [Accessed 8 Jul. 2017].

Gender is a social construction; as a society we deem behaviors and categorize them to our assigned sex at birth. Generations are the ones who make up society, thus overtime society has changed its ideals. Our current society is transitioning from binary thinking to a dualistic thinking; we are often analyzing things in the grey areas and not only focusing on black and white. Hence, the importance of Greg Baker’s presentation on Spirituality and Gender: Catholic Perspectives on a Whole and Just Life; he was the annual fall speaker sponsored by the Wm. Sennet Institute for Mercy & Catholic Studies.

The author mentions several major incidents that served as catalyst to the uprising of activist who speak out against the aforementioned and the he challenges the church to step up and be the salt and light to the world. He highlights four biblical traits we as a church should display in the face of such circumstances.

In her piece, Dowd spoke against Pope Francis’ lack of support for a group of American nuns who had publically endorsed liberal legislation (such as contraception, gay rights and abortion as well as a feminization of God) that contradicted long-held church teachings. Dowd questioned how Pope Francis could confess to believe in social justice and helping the poor when he failed to prevent orthodox clergy from chastising nuns who held beliefs that would seemingly align with the Pope’s own motto of “Who am I to judge”. Her article linked this instance on non-action to another instance of non-action in Argentinia’s Dirty war

Religion is powerful in that it controls followers’ behaviours and beliefs throughout their entire lives; it is a form of social control. Catholicism is one of the most widely known religions influencing more than 2 billion people around the world (Ross). Within Catholicism not everyone are seen as equals; men have greater privilege than women. The bible and church are from a male’s point of view (Christ 86) and passages within the bible are used to enforce a sexual hierarchy. In fact, the oppression of women begins with the first story in Genesis about creation, which portrays females as being inferior to men and even of an evil nature. This one passage is the main source of justification of oppression of woman in the church (Daly 13).

Two forces which gathered strength in the last half of the twentieth century now dominate the world religions at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The first is the globalization of religions and their resulting encounter with each other, and the second is the need to redefine attitudes toward gender as women have stepped forward to insist that their full humanity be acknowledged in the religious as well as the social realm.

In today’s society, people continue to start controversial ideas about how they think society should operate. Madalyn Murray O’Hair is comparable to Martin Luther in that they both brought up a subject that is very contentious. Madalyn Murray O’Hair brings atheism out during a time period where most are strongly fixated in their religious beliefs. However, she gains many followers just as Martin Luther does.

The present essay aims to analyse and discuss how social actions related to gender and sexuality have given rise to social change. Particular attention will be given to how views and opinions on gender and sexuality have positively evolved throughout the years as a result of decades of social activism led by the members and allies of the LGBT community. In order to do so, the current paper will firstly provide a concise account of how gender and sexuality were seen in the former times, which will be then compared to more current perspectives. Secondly, the paper will present a brief overview of the history of the LGBT movement, and highlight its main milestones. Significant emphasis will be given to how these salient occurrences have significantly affected today’s perception and attitudes towards the LGBT community in the majority of the world countries. In conclusion, the current essay will introduce and explore the recent ongoing activism that has been occurring globally within the LGBT community.