The Criticisms Of Ronald Reagan's Spiritual Journey

In God and Ronald Reagan; a Spiritual Life, Kengor does a very good job of relating Ronald Reagan’s decisions to God and showing how his faith affected him from the very beginning. Kengor makes it his objective to tell his reader about Reagan’s spiritual exploits and rarely deviates from this subject, which one should greatly appreciate.

Reagan had an attractive personality and also had a good style as a political performer, this made Reagan a strong candidate, his notions and his ideology made him a candidate who might be able to represent conservative views, and more importantly be electable. Many candidates with strong political views, sometimes forget their political position once they are elected into office. However Reagan made it his goal to be true to his conservative principles, which he had been compiling

By allowing himself to speak from the heart, the mundane details in his speech turn into key points of his speech. This aspect of his rhetoric enhanced his words, acting as a shimmering light for the distraught and the hopeless acting similarly as moths to a flame. His usage of pathos diffused through the crowds, allowing them to pick up his passion and his fervor. Reagan even directly uses emotion to rile up the crowd by attacking the notion of discouragement, telling the people that they are actively contributing towards a new spiritual awakening. (“American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan”). His rhetoric definitely utilized emotion to great extents, but his speech didn’t total out to emotion. He had to pierce through hearts of stone as well, leading towards his use of logos.

Reagan promised to restore American power and prestige on the international front. He had a “peace through strength” strategy that meant when you give people a choice, that people would choose freedom. He began as soon as he was elected into office rebuilding honor to our country. He had to show other countries our strength and that we were not afraid. He created a foreign policy that would show the Soviet Union our strength.

Ronald Reagan’s influence in conservatism can be analyzed in Ideals and Ideologies through three different texts which are each three different speeches. The first is his Inaugural Address, the second is a speech given at an annual Evangelical Christian convention, and the third is his Farewell Address given after his second term as the President of the United States. These three texts are rooted in strong references to foundational ideologies of the establishment of the United States in the first place. He uses these ideals to draw upon a sense of American patriotism seen from America’s birth, to create somewhat of a conservative revival or rebirth.

President Reagan was a man with strong beliefs that made his statements believable and logical. He believed that democracy was the way to go and communism was the root of all evil. In Philip Kostka's piece, he addresses, “ The president presents us with the basic idea that freedom is the natural state of man, and that one reaches his fullest potential under freedom. In contrast, totalitarianism holds individuals back,keeps one from doing things that he

With many changes on the horizon at the time, America was given something and someone to believe in. Many speakers in history have had powerful points and strong words sometimes expressing through a forceful nature intended to scare listeners. Reagan was a speaker who developed a commanding but soothing way that was appealing to the world. Regardless of his background as an actor, the

Ronald Reagan has the belief that America is a superior nation. He believes that it is the center of morality and that it has the role of ensuring that its best ideals are spread to the rest of the world. He believed that people and especially the Americans are moral enough such that they were not in a position to oppress other people. He believes that the American children need to pray in

     Ronald Reagan, the fortieth president of the United States of America, was arguably the best president the United States has ever had. Raised in rural Illinois, Reagan grew up as country boy, and kept his ideals and faith through his presidency. Reagan never faltered when he dealt with communism, dealt with a slipping economy, or in any other foreign affairs. His strong convictions led him to being one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States. (Thomas, 22)

Critics remarked that Ronald Reagan tended to perceive things in terms of black and white, and his attitude toward Soviet concerns was no different. The organizing principle of Reagan's defense and foreign polices was anti-Communism, and Soviet policy to him pervaded every part of the globe. Each of Reagan's predecessors, from 1945 onwards, had been occupied with the possible Soviet threat towards America but Reagan was obsessed with it. Unlike his predecessors, too, he saw no possibility of compromise with the USSR, simply discounting communism as "a sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages are even now being written" (Dallek, 129).

America faced its greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Greatly influenced by his devout Christian mother, she taught him that the most important knowledge concerned right and wrong. Reagan believed there was a Devine plan and purpose for everyone. His mother taught him to see the best in people, to help those less fortunate, and to keep an optimistic attitude even in tough situations. Reagan had a deep faith in God and belief in the fundamentals of Christianity (D’Souza 26, 38-39, 214). The way he related to people made them feel like he was their friend (Noonan 171). He stood firm on the moral issue of abortion and voiced his beliefs when he stated that it was a “…wound in our national conscience” (D’Souza 212). Reagan believed in Americans working in unity. Citizens should be a part of communities that work together to improve their lives. In fact, he praised people that voluntary supported “…church, charity, culture, art and education” with gifts (D’Souza 117). At the beginning of his presidency, Reagan challenged Americans to "begin an era of national renewal” (The Reagan Presidency).

I found the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth very interesting in the play. In Act I they are completely devoted to each other. Love, respect and trust are the contents of their relationship. The trust in the relationship is revealed right at the beginning when Macbeth sends his wife a letter telling her about the witches and the predictions “This have I thought good to deliver to thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thee mightst not lose the dues of rejoicing by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee.” (I, v, 10-13). The affection between the two is clearly shown when Macbeth salutes his wife with “My dearest love” (I, v, 58) and also on the

“Freedom of religion includes both the right to manifest beliefs and practices and the right to be free from state coercion or constraint in matters of religion ().” One of the most controversial places in which freedom of religion manifests itself is the public school. In order to protect freedom of religion, it is important to make sense of how a school must treat religion so the school does not compromise its role within society. This paper will establish current rulings on religion in public school and then explore what a religious accommodation is, why it may be necessary, and finally how it will take shape within the public school system by using a multitude of examples. This paper argues that religious accommodations for students in public schools are necessary to ensure freedom of religion. However, in order to guarantee that religious accommodation is enforceable and discernable, it argues for a two-pronged evaluation of each scenario in order to determine the viability of the proposed religious accommodation. Firstly, the accommodation must not infringe on the education of the other students not included in the accommodation by taking away their rights and the accommodation must not exempt a student from the education provided by the school. By applying this two-way evaluation system to given examples it will be concluded that religious freedom must absolutely be protected by way of certain religious accommodations provided that the school is

Reagan was a well open speaker that impacted the audience. Before Reagan was president and the head of California, he was an actor. Since he was an actor, he knew how to talk to people out loud. In the speech, Reagan speaks effectively to the audience that gets a reaction out of them as well as making the audience interested in the things he says. After Reagan greets the crowd, he grabs the audience’s attention. Reagan remained a Democrat until he converted to the Republican side, the acting career was beneficial for talking to the audience to tell an anecdote about his switch.

In conclusion, President Reagan was operative in convincing his audience that he was the right choice for who should lead the U.S. I firmly believe that Ronald Reagan was the last good President we had in office. He not only kept to his word, but also was able to inspire the American people and remind them what hope was and what it looked and felt like. Shown through this piece, it is evident that he was an eloquent communicator and an overall persuasive orator. By using pathos, rhetorical questioning,