Rome and Jerusalem: a tale of two cities
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Rome and Jerusalem depict many similarities in history and religion although they symbolize different ideals. Rome symbolizes material success and Jerusalem represents spiritual and religious perfection. Jerusalem is also a city of stone and mortar comprising earthly governments while Rome is the epicenter of the Christian Church. Historical interaction between the two cities is evident in the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Rome as the seat of earthly authority and Jerusalem as the source of divine authority helped to establish the papacy. A brief history of the cities is provided.
Publication Name: Modern Age
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0026-7457
Year: 1996
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Liberty: neglect and abuse
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Various aspects of liberty affect American life and thought. Presently, trend-setters abuse liberty by employing whatever means it takes to bring them success and manipulating public opinion to their advantage. As a result, critical judgment and discriminating thought are negatively affected by deceptions, cleverly packaged advertising tricks and half-truths. Therefore, there is a need for the reordering of educational goals to stop further abuse of liberty. Educated people will be able to confront the deception with the liberty to think and reach independent judgment.
Publication Name: Modern Age
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0026-7457
Year: 1998
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God, man and nature
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The perception of Man has changed from being a part of nature as well as different from all the other beings as man has been created in the image of God to the concept of man being just a part of nature. The theory of evolution and dominant role of nature in many civilizations such as the Hindu and Chinese civilizations has been the cause of this shift. This has removed the aim of man to live up to his divine image as given in the Genesis Chapter of the Bible and has replaced excellence in all fields of human life with mediocrity.
Publication Name: Modern Age
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0026-7457
Year: 1995
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