RESEARCH ESSAY: Were women actively involved in the Reformation, or were they marginalized by its leaders? In recent times, the role of women in the Reformation has been the subject of increased historiographical inquisition. Weisner suggests that traditionally, historians have tended to disregard the question of gender in Reformation history, either assuming that women shared their father’s and husband’s experiences, or played no role in the movement whatsoever. The aim of this paper is to interrogate
This essay firstly defines the term secularisation, and differences between macro, mezzo and micro levels of analysis. Secondly, it examines the causes and consequences of secularisation and its impact on Ireland, due to the possible effects of urbanisation, modernity, “decline of the community” and society on religion and religious entities and how secularisation is linked to these changes. Due to a secularising society churches have to change if they are to sustain some of their power over society
Thomas H. Groome is an author, academic and a former Catholic priest. A professor in at Boston College, he lectures in theology and Religious Education. Born in County Kildare, Groome studied at St. Patrick's College, Carlow. A deeply Catholic man, Groome was ordained as a Priest in 1968. Seventeen years into his ministry Groome took a one-year sabbatical, during which time he fell in love with a woman. After being granted dispensation from the church, Groome got married. Groome said that he found celibacy
The four noteworthy ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. Together the Nguni and Sotho record for the biggest rate of the aggregate Black populace. The real Sotho gatherings are the South Sotho, the West Sotho (Tswana), and the North Sotho (Pedi). Early Sotho beginnings and history is generally obscure, yet Ironworkers, who were most likely Sotho-speakers, were at Phalaborwa from the eighth century and at Melville Koppies in the Johannesburg
roles of homosexuals in the social spaces and fashion industry. This essay seeks to explore, defining and discuss gender and heteronormativity in the context of homosexual in the fashion industry, it will also examine social spaces by referring to Melissa Steyn and Mikki van Zyl (2009).This research will be observing one of the class mates in contextual studies III to identify gender performance and behaviour. Furthermore the essay will collect evidence by conducting research on gender performance
Essay Response to Utopia Book 2 Pages 41-72 Introduction In pages 41-72 of Utopia: Book 2 by the renowned humanist philosopher Thomas More, various political and social ideas reflecting his own take on Humanist ideas and the historical context at the time are shown through the narrative of the fictional island, “Utopia”. These elements are divided into social elements, foreign policy and military elements as well as the element of religion in the society of Utopia. In this paper, I will analyze
What is fair in men passes and does not last. (Da Vinci Notebooks 257) In this essay I’ll convey and discuss the biography of the Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci, basing myself on the bestselling biography Leonardo Da Vinci, The Flights of the Mind by Charles Nicholl. After briefly summarizing the genius’ biography, I’ll focus my attention on the painting Virgin with the Child and Saint Anne, from which I will take the cue for analyzing the painter’s particular relationship with the key figure of
For instance, one probably wouldn’t classify a Mexican woman with a French woman, though both may be Roman Catholics and share the same beliefs. In the same way, American Muslim women are different from their Pakistani counterparts, who are different from those in Saudi Arabia. In these countries, women are accorded different rights and privileges because of the