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The West's Feet Of Clay: Transmuting The Pillars Of Liberty From Gold Into Dross, Jin Seock Shin
The West's Feet Of Clay: Transmuting The Pillars Of Liberty From Gold Into Dross, Jin Seock Shin
Senior Honors Theses
This study seeks to support the centrality of the Judeo-Christian heritage to the growth and sustenance of liberty, a form of individualism limited by moral values. The pillars of liberty—self-government, private property, representative government, and limited government—reflect the structural contributions made by the Judeo-Christian heritage. Unfortunately, much of Western civilization suffers from a spiritual crisis, which has introduced and exacerbated fractures in the pillars. Pitirim Sorokin’s social and cultural analysis of Western civilization provides a framework to better understand the fractures evident in the history of liberty in Europe and America, and developed in each pillar of liberty—fractures that reaffirm …
What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know About Sunday School (Spanish), Elmer L. Towns
What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know About Sunday School (Spanish), Elmer L. Towns
Towns Foreign Language Book Collection
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Praying For Your Job (Indonesian), Elmer L. Towns, Dave Early
Praying For Your Job (Indonesian), Elmer L. Towns, Dave Early
Towns Foreign Language Book Collection
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The Roman Empire: The Defender Of Early First Century Christianity, John Toone
The Roman Empire: The Defender Of Early First Century Christianity, John Toone
Senior Honors Theses
All of the events, authors, and purposes of the books in the New Testament occurred under the reign of the Roman Empire (27 B.C.—A.D. 476). Therefore, an understanding of the Roman Empire is necessary for comprehending the historical context of the New Testament. In order to fully understand the impact of the Roman Empire on the New Testament, particularly before the destruction of the Jewish Temple in A.D. 70, Rome’s effect on religion (and the religious laws that governed its practice) must be examined. Contrary to expectations, the Roman Empire emerges from this examination as the protector (not persecutor) of …