Mosingor John M. Oesterreicher and Sister Rose Thering have altered Catholic beliefs in modern times. John is one of the most modern influential figures of the church. While growing up times were difficult. Jews were being persecuted by Hitler and the Nazi’s which caused his family to have to move various times until finally arriving to the United States. He studied medicine at the University of Indiana and eventually converted to Christianity. After this conversion, he dedicated his life to the priest hood He combated the Nazi’s through Radio. Eventually he was forced to move west and lost both of his parents who had been sent to the concentration camps. Through research, book and journal publication Oesterreicher began to improve the relationship …show more content…
The question was “Did God love the Jews?” Oesterriecher invited Sister Rose Thering into the institute. Sister Rose Thering’s research was extremely influential in the Nostra Aetate. Sister Rose explored many religious texts for her doctoral research and realized that many of these books contained many prejudicial attitudes. She felt disgusted and therefore fought against Anti-Semitism. Her PhD thesis was used in Vatican 2 in 1965 which is a tremendous achievement for women and a step toward the acceptance of Judaism.At Seton Hall, she has played a major role in Judeo-Christian Studies and has helped it grow. It is quit upsetting that these two individuals are not well known. Christianity and Judaism have always been in a quarrel and this document attempts to reconcile them and she was proud that had been passed. Seton Hall has had the tremendous opportunity to have such influential individuals as Sister Rose Thering and John M. Oeserricher teach at the university. After all, Christianity derived from Judaism and Jesus himself was a Jew. It is great to know that an important document that revolutionized the world had its origins here at Seton Hall University. It is a great feeling to be part of a university who has program that unities Judaism and
Many people have said and think Sister Souljah is a racist. She has made a statement to let people know she is not a racist. She considers herself of being a black sister with an unselfish heart and wants to be heard and will be heard. Sister Souljah has impacted and affected our society today. To some people she is a threat and some people admire her work, thoughts, and music. She has stated ''I am mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically, intellectually, and academically developed and acutely aware of the condition of African people throughout the entire world".
Years ago, a man was crucified for saying he was God’s Son. His name was Jesus Christ. Those who followed his teachings were named Christians; and Christians soon resented Jews for their sinful act. This tension between Christians and Jews lead to increasing hatred for one another. Not too long ago, anti-Semitism was common. Anti-Semitism led to the death of an entire population during the Holocaust. Luckily, the church has taken measures to rectify this anti-semitism with the publication of Nostra Aetate. In 1965, the Vatican II Council completely transformed the church’s policies and theology with this document. Nostra Aetate signifies “In Our Time.” Indeed, in our time, the ill sentiments towards Jews have changed tremendously. Nostra
The American Library Association, ALA, is an organization that, among other things, compiles a list every year of the most frequently challenged books. “The American Library Association actively defends the right of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment.” (ALA) Many times, the books on this list are challenged by parents with the want to protect their children from things they don’t believe to be appropriate. “Only parents have the right and responsibility to restrict the access of their children” (ALA) Even with these good intentions, by challenging a book, they are trying to challenge the authors’ thoughts and words, their First Amendment rights. These books usually contain
The focus throughout Tuesdays with Morrie was on life. Many might see it as the story of death, but it is actually the story life. Morrie might talk a little on how he meets death, but what he is talking about is living at the end of his life. Mitch writes, “Now here we were . . . . . . Dying man talks to living man, tells him what he should know.”(Albom, 133) When a timer is placed on Morrie’s remaining days, he obtains a dying man’s perspective on what is truly important in life, and how to incorporate in life this importance. I looked for parts of the book that pertain directly to my life; I focused on this concept while reading this book. My thesis remained elusive. There wasn’t a Tuesday that jumped out at me, and then I came to the
Olivia Plamann is a fifteen year old sophomore at Sartell High School. Her friends call her Liv, and she was born on June 10th, 2001 in St. Cloud, Minnesota to her two parents, Pat and Joy Plamann. Olivia also has a younger sister, Ella, who attends the Sartell Middle School. Olivia is a very talented dancer, and she has been on the Sartell High School dance team for two years now. When she is not dancing, Olivia enjoys to play with her two dogs, named Packer and Baxter, and she also enjoys watching Netflix. Olivia’s favorite show to watch on Netflix is Glee. She also enjoys to listen to music, particularly of the pop genre. She cannot pinpoint her favorite artist, however, her current favorite song is Coffee by Miguel. Once Olivia graduates
On the border between interior and exterior worlds, we find this café, connected to the outside by a revolving glass door on which dancers sometimes smash themselves. In this space, the interior women are blind to their surroundings except when bumping against the furniture. On the other, bodies coming from the outside can see their surroundings and avoid bumping into the furniture but are nonetheless unable to grasp the interiority of the other
William Faulkner and Flannery O’ Conner both have mischievous and morbid characteristics. In Flannery O’Conner’s story, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, the main focus is that the grandma is old fashioned and uses this to her advantage in telling stories and trying not to get killed. In William Faulkner’s story, A Rose for Emily, it focuses on Emily who is also old fashioned but can’t get with the present time and keeps holding onto the past. Both have morbid endings because of their lack of letting go on past events, and use their archaic habits in different ways. In A Rose for Emily, Emily shows multiple signs of not liking change by denying her father’s death, not leaving the house and in A Good Man Is Hard to Find; the grandmother portrays
Having Our Say is the amazing story about the almost invincible Delany sisters. In this novel, Sarah L. Delaney and A. Elizabeth Delany tell the tale of their century long lives in America. The reader learns about their whole lives starting from their childhood, which was on the campus of St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina, all the way to their final years in which they lived in New York. During their lives, the Delany sisters lived during the Harlem Renaissance, had to go through the Jim Crow laws, and lived to be apart of the civil rights movement. These sisters were lucky enough to learn how to read and write when they were children and later able to attend
The symbolic interactionism is an excellent sociological perspective that allows us to focus on micro activities and to analyze our society which is the product of everyday’s life. Tuesdays with Morrie is more than a simple book, more than a romance one; it is a great book that teaches us many of life’s greatest lessons. An analysis of this book using the SI perspective and concepts such as meaning making, status, impression management, looking-glass self, role taking, role making, and self-presentation helps us understand the real meaning of Morrie’s words and lessons.
Levine’s book titled The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus proves to be a highly informative resource when trying to understand the intricate relationship between Christianity and Judaism. Levine’s primary objective seems to be a desire to address the idea that there is a vast, irreconcilable disparity between the beliefs and practices of Christians and Jews. Levine’s central argument focuses upon a common misperception of this dissimilarity: it is the result of Jesus being in direct opposition to Judaism. Furthermore, she contends that only a decided openness and interfaith dialogue between Christianity and Judaism can truly provide the most complete and compelling portrait of Jesus’s life and work. To me, the most edifying facet of Levine’s argument was her call to anchor Jesus within the historical and cultural context in which he was teaching in order to best understand his work and his message. Levine not only provides support for this idea throughout The Misunderstood Jew, but near the end of the novel also offers up ways in which both Christians and Jews can reconcile these two ostensibly conflicting perceptions of Jesus. Therefore, in this essay, I will analyze Levine’s arguments regarding the importance of historical/cultural context in Chapter One and Chapter Four while synthesizing it with her solutions presented in Chapter Seven.
To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me ye women if you can.
Elizabeth Ann Seton and Raïssa Maritain both valued education in a way that was unprecedented for young women during the era in which they grew up. Once Seton and Maritain converted to Catholicism, they dedicated their lives to spreading the notion of love, faith, and knowledge to eager students. The most comparable aspects of their spirituality lie within their zealous education and missionary work once they converted. Both Maritain and Seton dedicated their lives to Christ in unique, yet comparable ways through how they chose to spread the word of God and educate others.
“It is through literature that we learn about life. Through literature we profit from the experiences of others, comparing them with our own.” - Bob Cameron
Hi. I’m Savannah. Um… today I’m going to be reviewing the book Tuesdays with Morrie.
“ I wrote in my diary about a plant that had died and came back after the rain,” Jill Farrant, a biology professor at Cape Town University in South Africa recalled. She remembered stumbling across a resurrection plant at the age of nine and being amazed by its ability to revive and seemingly immortal properties. Resurrection plants are able to “come back to life after death”, meaning they act and seem dead in a dormant state, but begin to revive within a few hours of being watered. Naturally, being a farmer’s daughter, plants were a life passion for Farrant. Experiencing a dead plant reviving after a rainfall started her interest in resurrection plants. “The dead plant on the rocks was alive but Dad