YHWH works. Since Judah was still under the blessing and curse principles of the Mosaic Covenant (cf. Lev 26, Deut 28), their neglect in rebuild the temple (v.9) had produced the complete failure of their economic system. The more they retained from the Lord due to their precarious conditions, the more they lose in their agricultural economy (v.11). Once again the prophet revealed the source of their trouble: the people were busy building their own houses and had no time for the house of the Lord (v
The first step of the creation of the Chinese nation is described by Townsend as the “culturalism to nationalism” thesis: the Chinese identity is derived from the culture, and not from a political entity. The idea is that the strong Chinese cultural identity is consistent, despite all the possible different rulers. According to Townsend, the two principles that (i) China was the only true civilization and (ii) rulers led within the Confucian principles, allowed some areas to be led by non Chinese
every people different? No! It means much more than that! We are different in term of races, genders, cultural beliefs, ideologies and the values within us. Diversity comes in many ways- each individual has his or her own principles; a society is made up of different races; a nation has its own political system, be it democratic or republic. This has left us to ponder about the importance of nurturing harmony within diversity. Let us delve into this intriguing matter by taking the memory lane down
the nine-dash line. China also claims that during the Han and Ming Dynasty, Chinese naval expeditions were made to the Spratly Islands. The Spratly Islands lie within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Philippines, as stated in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Under the UNCLOS, the Philippines has sovereign rights over the Spratly Islands and its natural resources as it is within its EEZ. The Spratly Islands are more commonly referred to as Kalayaan as the Philippines
Writing during the height of the Algerian war, Frantz Fanon faced a divided African continent . The Wretched of the Earth reads as a warning sign to those residing in the newly independent nations of the Third World, of the threat posed by the nationalist bourgeoisie. His chapter on ‘The Pitfalls of National Consciousness’, examines how the aspirations of the colonized bourgeoisie come to overshadow the desires of the working class; and, rather cynically how this privileged elite merely seeks to
prohibited uses, identification of hazardous areas, determining plot sizes, plot coverages, open spaces, and setbacks, building types and heights and other operations. Such operations are essential to ensure sustainability and reinforce peacebuilding, however, other guidelines can be outlined as follows: A. Creating Mediator
One of the most interesting things I read about during this weeks reading was the "Building a New Nation" topic. We learn how the Revolution "led to a number of telling changes in the educational arrangements of colonial society" (Rury 39). Prior to reading the following chapter, I could say that my the Revolution was just a political upheaval between the Thirteen American Colonies and Great Britain. Often, we are taught how and why the Revolution established the United States of America, not the
that both Islam and the west were largely defined by its relationships. Modernism of the west which driven by the experience of technology, military, economy, and political superiority indirectly challenged Islam to define themselves, by Islamism in building civilization. Modernism was the adaptation of religious ideas and practices to take accounts of what west had achieved with democratic life. Meanwhile Islamism was a return to a supposedly original core Islamic praxis as a way of overcoming the west
Lefèvre de Laboulaye and other fellow politicians were fighting a movement towards monarchy. In order to display a form of resistance of France returning to a monarchy, Édouard René Lefèvre de Laboulaye and fellow politicians indorsed republican principles. As a result, Édouard René Lefèvre de Laboulaye was able to convince the French government to gift a symbolic statue to the United States. This statue, La Liberté éclairant le monde, was a “monument to American independence, and a metaphor for freedom
Human Rights Education Simply put, human rights education is all learning that develops the knowledge, skills, and values of human rights. The United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) has defined Human Rights Education as "training, dissemination, and information efforts aimed at the building of a universal culture of human rights through the imparting of knowledge and skills and the molding of attitudes which are directed to: • The strengthening of respect for human rights and