Sociology

Religious Change and Continuity  1.What common Christian elements do you find in these sources? What differences in the expression of Christianity can you define? 2.The Catholic Christian tradition as it developed in Latin America, China, and India as well as Europe assigned a very important role to representations of the Virgin Mary.  In what ways does the image of the Holy Mother differ in these sources? In what ways were those images adapted to the distinctive cultures in which they were created? 3.Syncretism is the blending of religious or cultural elements. From a missionary viewpoint, develop arguments for and against religious syncretism using these sources as points of reference. What would be the benefits or drawbacks?

Discuss how the privileges and excellent “life chances” of the upper classes are directly tied to the poorer (or poor) life chances of the lower classes in our culture and society. Use scholarly primary and secondary sources to support your position.  Demonstrate your knowledge of how sociology is relevant to the understanding of this topic by using the terms, methods and theories learned from Unit 1 as appropriate.

TUTORIAL QUESTION Argue whether you believe 21st century fine-dining restaurant menus are an exercise in rhetoric? Are menus designed to persuade us into trying something new? Example are pricing strategies and descriptive words. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS • You must use at least 2 in-text references to support your discussion, from a journal article, website or relevant textbook. • You must reference using the UniSA Harvard Referencing style • Please format using: left alignment double space between paragraphs and use at least 1.5 line spacing to increase ease of online reading and marking.

please focus on the reading, no external sources focus questions although Graham is considered a pioneer of secular, modern dance in North America, many of her most important dances explored religious themes and religious figures. how did she reinterpret the figures of eve? Lilith? Judith? what was her contribution to religion and dance in the modern age?

What are the pros and cons of bipedality? How has the evolution of bipedality in humans been both helpful and a hinderance? (Cite specific examples from the sources to support your answers). DON’T FORGET TO ADD A CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH!

For each of the following questions, compose a thorough response drawing on the readings covered in the course as well as your own knowledge of methodology and criminology. In order to provide a complete answer, your response for each question should be at LEAST one paragraph (6-7 sentences). Longer submissions are welcome if appropriate and substantive. Each question is worth 1 point.   1. Choose a topic that interests you. Write a problem statement, purpose statement (using Creswell and Poth’s script in Chapter 6) central question and two or three sub-questions.   2. You are working for a community development organization in a city with high rates of unemployment, poverty, high school attrition, and juvenile delinquency. Your organization wants to begin an afternoon computer-training program for young people. Explain how descriptive, exploratory, explanatory, and evaluation research can all be used to help start and later maintain this program.   3. Consider the Milgram obedience studies and the Stanford prison simulation study. Discuss some of the ethical concerns regarding the treatment of participants in both studies. Do you think the benefits of the knowledge that was gained from these experiments outweighed the risks to the participants?   4. Discuss the importance of maintaining confidentiality. What can be done by all researchers to protect the confidentiality of subjects and what can researchers who focus on high-risk populations do to protect themselves?   5. List and describe 3-4 writing strategies as proposed by Creswell (2014). Explain how you can use these elements to write your final paper for this course.   6. What are the similarities and differences among the five approaches in qualitative research?   7. What are the observation roles available to a field researcher? List and describe each role. Assume you were interested in studying social protest and movements in the US. Which of the observer roles would you choose to study Black Lives Matter occurring across the US and why?   8. Crime has been decreasing in most U.S. cities for the last decade. However, crime remains a critical issue in politics, in the media, and in explanations for why middle-class people do not want to live in the cities. Explain this situation by referring to all four errors in everyday reasoning. Propose different sources of errors in everyday reasoning that might account for continued concern about crime even in the face of evidence of declining crime rates.   9. According to Pont (2008), describe some of the ethical issues surrounding research that involves incarcerated persons. In the era of COVID-19, do you see their being greater concerns for this population? Explain why or why not.   10. Among the five research approaches, which approach would you be hypothetically interested in using as a researcher? Provide insights as to the definition, one example of a topic you would study and why?

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of the Christian worldview, including the main topics you have covered up to this point. You will summarize and analyze the essential elements of the gospel (nature of God, nature of humanity, nature of Jesus, and restoration) and reflect on implications for the Christian worldview. Write a 1,500-2,000-word essay using at least four resources. The four resources need to include at least two course resources (textbook, topic overviews, the Bible) and at least two other sources from the GCU Library to support your points. Remember, the Bible counts as one resource regardless of how many times you use it or how many verses you cite. Begin your paper with an appropriate introduction, including a thesis statement to introduce the purpose of the paper. Present the gospel essentials (nature of God, nature of humanity, nature of Jesus, and restoration), the Christian foundation, and an analysis of the implications of the Christian worldview. Use the “Gospel Essentials Essay Template.” Based on the Christian worldview, write at least one paragraph for each of the following components.  Nature of God: What is the triune God like? What are God’s characteristics? What is his creation? Nature of Humanity: What is human nature? What is human purpose? What is the root cause of human problems? Nature of Jesus: What is Jesus’s true identity? What was Jesus’s kingdom purpose? Why is Jesus’s identity and work significant for the Christian worldview? Restoration: What is the solution to human problems according to the Christian worldview? What role do grace, faith, and repentance play in Christian salvation? How do Christians think that the transformation of self and society happen? Christian Foundation: Summarize how the concepts of the gospel essentials (nature of God, nature of humanity, nature of Jesus, and restoration) constitute the foundation of the Christian worldview. In other words, how are these concepts essential to the Christian worldview? Analysis of the Implications of the Christian Worldview: Based on the previous five prompts, analyze the implications of the Christian worldview by addressing each of the following questions: What are the benefits or strengths of the Christian worldview as it relates to human value and dignity? Compare the Christian concept of salvation in contrast to any other worldview perspective. How the Christian worldview influence a person’s thinking and behavior? What do people find troublesome or confusing about Christianity and why? Conclusion: Synthesize the main points, pulling the ideas of the paper together. References Use at least four required resources to support your claims: at least two course resources (textbook, topic overviews, the Bible) and at least two other sources from the GCU Library. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. Review the APA Template for formatting and utilize the attached “Gospel Essentials Template” to complete the benchmark assignment.

1.     I need someone to answer these questions, make sure to include the question and the answer. Below each question I included the article that you should read in order to answer the question. I will include the articles and documents in the files. Do not use any other sources to answer these questions, only use the sources that I provided.   1.           1. What is the “Euthyphro dilemma,” and what problem with Divine Command Theory does it illustrate? Based on John Arthur’s Why Morality Does Not Depend on Religion 2.      2.   Create a sample situation (not one of Kant’s, and apply the Categorical Imperative to see if the proposed action is permissible. Based on Immanuel Kant’s Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative Article https://yale.imodules.com/s/1667/images/gid6/editor_documents/life_worth_living/kant-groundwork.pdf?sessionid=e9b04489-bb65-4b4f-92de-0b2efd180608&cc=1 3.       3. Define Utilitarianism, and explain some of the problematic aspects of the theory Based on John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism “What is Utilitarianism Is” Pages 9-27  https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/mill/utilitarianism.pdf and Bernard Williams Article 4. Situation 1 1. Two desperately hungry men consider stealing food so that they can eat. Ernest refrains because he fears getting caught; Vern refrains because, though he desperately wants that food, he knows it is his duty to respect others’ property. a. Which man would earn more approval from Immanuel Kant? b. In a few sentences, tell me why. (Hint – What did Kant say was the only good thing?) Based on Immanuel Kant’s Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative Article https://yale.imodules.com/s/1667/images/gid6/editor_documents/life_worth_living/kant-groundwork.pdf?sessionid=e9b04489-bb65-4b4f-92de-0b2efd180608&cc=1 4.      5.  Situation 2  2 . I want to have a really nice lawn, but that is only possible if I use Brand X week-killer. However, my next-door neighbor has a deathly allergy to it. It’s poison to his system. a. What core values of Natural Law are affirmed and/or violated by my proposed action? b. Would Double Effect allow me to use the weed-killer? Step me through all four criteria. Based on Natural Law Info

For your Literary Analysis Research Essay in this course, you are seeking to investigate a topic related to specific course texts, and analyze that topic to present a coherent argument about those very texts, leading to a unique idea or interpretation. In order to get started with that, you need to develop your critical question. This will help you hone in on texts and ideas you want to address. It will also allow me to provide you with feedback on how to best proceed. In your research paper topic submission, you will provide a research question, a working thesis, and a basic outline. You should also include why you want to write on the topic you’ve chosen. Your submission will be graded on the Research Topic Proposal Rubric (located in the Course Rubrics page). Requirements: Topic You must provide the author’s name and title of the work that you will be analyzing in your research paper. You may choose one of the following works as your topic: Gilgamesh The Iliad The Ramayana of Valmiki The Aeneid The Song of Roland Dante’s Inferno Lysistrata Machiavelli’s The Prince Quality of Thesis Your thesis must be clear and arguable. When you write your thesis in your paper, you should avoid using phrases like “I think” and “I believe”; however, in the drafting phase, these phrases may help you organize your ideas. Thesis: All papers must have a clearly worded thesis that states exactly what your paper intends to prove As you research, your ideas may change; therefore, you may modify your thesis as you work on the paper. Structure You should submit your (1) Research Question, (2) Working Thesis, and a (3) Basic Outline of your final paper. Research Question: The development of the research question will help you find and angle or focus. However, as a rule of thumb, just think what you want to know about the topic, why it is important? What ideas or areas do you want to explore? Put that in the form of a question. Example of Research Questions: You may think: What is Homer saying in The Iliad about the suffering and loss in war? What does The Iliad tell us about the role of women? Thesis: All papers must have a clearly worded thesis that states exactly what your paper intends to prove. This thesis needs to be supported by textual evidence from the works you are writing about. So, here, state your question in the form of a statement that you can prove. For Example: Homer’s portrayal of women in The Iliad reveals gender roles as women are depicted as being inferior to men both physically and intellectually. Basic Outline: You are just at the beginning of your research, but imagining now what this paper will look like will help you as you engage in your research. What kinds of material will you need to support your position? What elements will you have to prove? Intro Material: what will you have to address in the introduction. Remember, it is customary to conclude the intro paragraph with your thesis. Supporting Idea #1: Include the points you will have to prove or the evidence you will have to provide in order to support the thesis of your paper. Supporting Idea #2: Include the points you will have to prove or the evidence you will have to provide in order to support the thesis of your paper. Supporting Idea, Etc. Conclusion

Base on the video answer the following questions, minimum 150 words per question. lastly ask a question you would like for colleagues to answer regarding this video Do you think that going vegan or vegetarian will really make a difference in your personal life and your health? How did you react when hearing about the negative impact that the production of animal food has on the environment environmental? What part of this shocked you the most, if any? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=vegucated+documentary+online+free&docid=607988754328456862&mid=2A6F897DFEB59DB99B852A6F897DFEB59DB99B85&view=detail&FORM=VIRE How did you react when hearing about the negative impact that the production of animal food has on the environment environmental? What part of this shocked you the most, if any?