English 3 31 March 2011 Alois Hitler: The Devil’s Daddy The Holocaust was a 12 year time of somber depression, and hopelessness. Adolf Hitler, who was the dictator of Germany, had an obsessive hatred for the Jewish race. Some speculations of Hitler’s rage and anger point to the effects his father’s outlook had on him. Alois Hitler was Adolf Hitler’s dad, influence, and mentor. Many people say Alois took his poor childhood and rough early adult life on young Adolf.
In Mecca Malcolm saw the unthinkable, something he thought was impossible. He saw people of all races united for one thing and that was for the purpose of God. "There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all color, from blue eyed blonds to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and the non-white."
Carter's foreign policy was a weird mixture of Nixon's real politik and McGovern's naive idealism. Constant brawls between Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski blocked any attempts to restore confidence in American diplomacy at home and abroad. Although Carter managed to force Egypt and Israel to sign a peace treaty in the last year of his presidency, the Middle East still remained a highly fragile region. Criticized for his indecisiveness while president, citizen Carter reinvented himself as a vigorous human rights fighter. Soon after leaving the White House, he established the Carter Center which played a major role in many humanitarian actions, such as numerous missions to Latin America and Africa.
Herod the Great, Herod I was born approximately 73-74 BCE in Idumea, Edom. Herod I became king of the Jews in 37 BCE, ending the Hasmonean rule that was in place for over a century. He was a client king to the Romans meaning that although he ruled his assigned region he ultimately answered to Rome and the emperor. He practiced Judaism and was considered by himself to be a Jew but the observant national Jews didn’t consider him as such. Herod would be remembered as many things; the greatest builder in Jewish history, one of the most ruthless Jewish leaders in their existence, and starter of a new dynasty to name just a few.
By initiating this extensive program of establishing buildings and repairing temples it provided a great deal of positive propaganda for Augustus, as the general public received attractive environments to worship, live and work in. In addition to this Shotter states that the buildings were an expression of auctoritas is Augustus’ city and a way of showing his patronage to Rome . This technique resulted in the support of the people by their own accord, as stated by Dio, which dismissed any sense that they had been persuaded against their will , thus he accomplished another part of his plan and moved even closer to creating his near immaculate public image. A building that was not part of Augustus’ building program was Agrippa’s Pantheon, a temple that was built by Agrippa in 27Bc to honor the God’s . Agrippa constructed the building as a part of his public repairs and improvements, Augustus is known for boasting that “he had found the city of brick but left it of marble”, what he fails to mention is this would not have been possible without the great assistance provided by Agrippa.
Analyse two theological responses to the Shoah and give reasons to explain whether or not you find them convincing? Many things have affected Jewish thinking about God: evolution, existentialism and postmodernism being a few examples. However, nothing has affected it more, and presented such a challenge to the Jewish people than done by the Holocaust . Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazi party, led by Adolf Hitler, murdered between five to six million Jewish people. That was one third of the world Jewish population wiped out in four years .
To most Americans who can remember exactly what they were doing on September 11, 2001 it feels as if it happened just last week, when in fact ten years has passed since the tragic even. Many still fear another major terrorist attack and some even fear the Muslim sitting next to them. One example of the uncertainty that has arisen as a result of 9/11 is all of the security measures that have been implemented. The department of Homeland Security was created as a direct result of 9/11 to fight terrorism. Controversial acts were passed in an effort to control terrorism, the Patriot Act.
Both the Hebrew story of Noah and the Arc and The flood story in The Epic of Gilgamesh are alike in many ways despite being writted nearly a millennium apart. This could be because they are conveying the same message about humanity. In both works of literature, the God(s) have become discontent with humanity, and they decide to punish mankind by completely wiping out every living thing. This exhibits that both cultures value an obediance for god and do not toerate disobediance. But the plots are not the only
The Rise of Christianity Religious Diversity in the Early Empire ➢ The Roman Empire was vast, culturally diverse and ever-evolving. ➢ Many forms of religion existed in the Empire • Cult of Isis • Many Roman soldiers favoured Mithraism (Persian god Mithras) ➢ Rome tolerated many religious traditions (depended on Emperor). It: • Showed loyalty by honouring Roman gods • Acknowledging divine spirit of the Emperor ➢ By 63 BC, the Romans conquered Judea. Jews (monotheistic tradition) were excused from worshipping Roman gods ➢ The Zealots were unhappy with Romans, all for revolution and an independent state. ➢ 66 AD, rebellion occurs, Romans crush the movement and seize Jerusalem, later rebellions
He was extremely tolerant of other people's religion and this gave him a new respect. Without fear of persecution, townspeople were able to freely worship in any way they found appropriate. He allowed for temples and churches to be erected and saw to it that no religion was singled out. He realized that with the people's beliefs safe, he would be safer to reign and more people would trust in him. This approach would have been a good idea for Hitler during his reign in Germany.