Born as Protestant reform, the ideas behind the Social Gospel movement exploded in the United States among America’s Christians and more. The concept of Social Gospel applied Christian ethics like charity and justice, to society’s growing issues, poverty, lack of education, malnutrition, particularly in poverty stricken neighborhoods. One of the most prominent examples displaying Social Gospel was Jane Addams and the Hull House. Addams’s goal was to bring culture and a better quality of life to those living in the slums, although not everyone was truly included, “in light of Addams’s apparent dislike of the Irish, it is a mystery why she opened her settlement just blocks from Holy Family, the most prominent Irish Catholic Church in the city”(Skerrett 35). Whereas the Addams’s had persuaded wealthy donors to sponsor an art gallery, Skerrett describes Holy Family as successful in the same task of bringing art to the city, as the church was filled with beautiful stained glass …show more content…
The BVM nuns by 1890 educated approximately 5,000 students from Holy Family, which was equivalent to a whopping 15% of the entire Catholic education population in Chicago(Skerrett 35). Holy Family established itself as a place of culture throughout their annual fairs, which featured music, drama, and a sidewalk sale. Events like the fair helped contribute to the Church’s “growing reputation as a center of neighborhood life and refinement”(Skerrett 45), although the Church was rarely recognized by newspapers for it’s work in the community, as the Hull House received almost to entire credit. Holy Family’s establishment of an education system was central to the community, their devotion to education exemplified with the establishment of St. Ignatius College and the expansion of the school system (branch
Have you ever wondered how women helped our country? There was and still are women who changed or change the world today. Like Shirley Muldowney,and Rose Will Monroe, or Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, maybe Hillary Clinton. Some of these women changed little things and some changed big things, but they all made a difference in their own way.
There are various things that make up a piece of literature. For example: choice of diction, modes of discourse, and figurative language. Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano were great examples of authors that used these elements of literature. There are similarities and differences in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and From Africa to America. Though Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano shared similarities in experiences, they had different writing personalities, purposes, attitudes, tones, and relations with their communities.
Slavery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries consisted of brutal and completely unjust treatment of African-Americans. Africans were pulled from their families and forced to work for cruel masters under horrendous conditions, oceans away from their homes. While it cannot be denied that slavery everywhere was horrible, the conditions varied greatly and some slaves lived a much more tolerable life than others. Examples of these life styles are vividly depicted in the personal narratives of Olaudah Equiano and Mary Prince. The diversity of slave treatment and conditions was dependent on many different factors that affected a slave’s future. Mary Prince and Olaudah Equiano both faced similar challenges, but their conditions and life styles
Addams, whose father was an Illinois state senator and friend of Abraham Lincoln, graduated in 1881 from Rockford College (then called Rockford Women’s Seminary). She returned the following year to receive one of the school’s first bachelor’s degrees. With limited career opportunities for women, she began searching for ways to help others and solve the country’s growing social problems. In 1888, Addams and her college friend, Ellen Gates Starr, visited Toynbee Hall, the two women observed college-educated Englishmen “settling” in desperately poor East London slum where they helped the people. This gave her the idea for Hull House.
Women have faced oppression in the literary community throughout history. Whether they are seen as hysterical or unreliable, women writers seem to be faulted no matter the topics of their literature. However, Anne Bradstreet and Margaret Fuller faced their critics head-on. Whether it was Bradstreet questioning her religion or Fuller discussing gender fluidity, these two women did not water down their opinions to please others. Through their writings, Bradstreet and Fuller made great strides for not just women writers, but all women.
The components of marriage, family and loss has played a big role in Anne Bradstreet’s writing of “Before the birth of One of Her Children”, “In Memory of Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet”, and Edward Taylor’s “Upon Wedlock and the Death of Children.” In, these writings both authors Puritan culture and their faith plays a big role. In these poems one author starts questioning their God and the other to take honor in their God throughout their grieving process, while both showing different aspects of their everlasting union with their spouse, and the love for their children.
Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor are two of the most recognizable poets from early American History; they were also both American Puritans, who changed the world with their poetry. We can see many similarities in their poetry when it comes to the importance of religion and also on having children and losing children. There are however differences in the audience of their poetry and their personal views on marriage. Bradstreet and Taylor both came over to America in the 17th century and settled in New England. Though Taylor came years later we can see the similarities through their poetry.
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Several years later after her baptism, Mrs. Lee received her call to preach. She shared with her Pastor, Reverend Allen, her call, but he told her that the Methodist church “did not call for women preachers”. Lee did not receive ordination as a preacher at that time, so she chose to operate in ministry as an exhorter without a license. In 1818 Lee solicited Richard Allen’s permission to hold prayer meetings in her home, he granted her request. In her mid-thirties, Lee bega...
Much of what the Quakers considered ministry was less visible to the general public. “For Quakers, [ministry] encompassed not just preaching, prophecy, and other overtly ‘religious’ activity, but also any witnessing to the faith, be it in the home, the marketplace or workplace…. An example had to be set in all those places” (58). Many Quaker women performed more feminine tasks in addition to preaching and teaching (43). For example, they saw to the poor and needy, with extra care given to less fortunate Quakers (58). Other women set an example to public officials by standing alongside their husbands in demonstration of their faith (60). When imprisoned, which happened often enough to Quaker men and women alike, these stalwart, godly people continued to share their faith with those around them (Bauman 67). Still other women followed the example of the great early Quaker leader Margaret Fell, who “ensured . . . that no ministering Friend lacked coat, stocking, or shoes,” and provided for Friends on the road. (Trevett 56). When “called”, though, Quaker women opted to minister in a more public fashion.
In Karen Russell’s short story St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Claudette, the main character, and other teenagers are being raised in a home where they learn how to adapt to human society. Some girls accomplish this task while other girls fail. The wolf girl Claudette truly is conformed and successfully adapts to human society. Claudette proves this by her relationship with her other sisters along with her relationship with herself.
The Shakers, also known as The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, was one of the protestant religious groups that emerged during the eighteenth-century. They contributed much to our modern culture and, in their time, organized one of the most successful communal societies in nineteenth-century America. Founded by James and Jane Wardley (also known as Mother Jane), the movement spread from England to Kentucky and across the United States by an illiterate textile worker named Ann Lee after 1774, a time during which she was mistreated by many people for her religious belief. The characteristics and values of Mother Anne Lee, a spiritual mother, shaped the Shaker’s life in one way or another. The Shakers were remarkable
For example, she said that majority of children whose parents received lots of those government programs money, start to think it is better to get free things than working hard to any achieve things, in another word, develop a spirit of depending on others for help than trying to do something for their own since they are provided with the opportunity to do so. The tension that I see people in the church having concerning social justice is trying to live out Jesus example to all their neighbors. I have noticed that many churches know that it is their responsibility to help those who are in need even if it is hard. So many have adopted to the notion of pretending to be nice to all, and help ways that they can to promote social justice even though they might not like or agree with the practices that those people they are helping are practicing. For example, churches, most of the churches that I have visited have pantry to give to those in need, church van for transportation, and much more. Basically, it feels like an obligation that they need to accomplish or they are bad people then.
In John Paul II’ letter Novo Millennio Inuente, he states “Christians must learn to make their act of faith in Christ by discerning His voice in the cry for help that rises from this world of poverty” (John Paul II). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, thirty-four million people live below the poverty line. This fact is so shocking to me. The amount of people who struggle so greatly to get by is extremely disheartening. As the largest non-governmental provider of heath care in the United States, the Catholic Church has put forth many efforts to overcome poverty. Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is a foundation that was created in 1910 at Catholic University of American in Washington, D.C. This foundation and “its national network of social service agencies are on the front lines of responding to the needs of those living in poverty” (5). They have created countless programs and services to combat poverty in the United States. Several efforts towards health care, job creation, housing programs, and prevention of hunger have been enacted under their control. This program’s valiant effort to treat poverty from every angle reflects the church’s overall vision on what needs to be done for the poor. A crucial aspect of the Catholic Church and associated hospitals work for the poor is the fact that they help overcome every obstacle a person living in poverty faces. The overall health of a
Mother Teresa exemplifies the quality of respecting human dignity by serving those who were considered outcasts in her community. Dignity is defined as worthy of esteem or respect because we are made in God’s image. Mother Teresa showed her respect for human dignity by acknowledging the existence of those who were in the class systems lower than her but in God’s eyes her equals. Her dedication is shown through her feeding, healing, and educating the poor who would otherwise not be given help. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, charity is defined as: “An organization that helps people in need”. Mother Teresa formed the Missionaries of Charity so that she could reach more people in need around the world. Her organization continues to provide for the poor in communities around the world through orphanages, aiding refugees, and caring those who are ill who could otherwise not afford their medical care. Another virtue that Mother Teresa lived out was justice. She lived this out through respecting the rights of those who were otherwise not acknowledged in society. A primary example of this virtue is the establishment of the leper colony that Mother Teresa formed. Lepers at the time were often cast away from society and left to die, but Mother Teresa took them in and allowed for them to die with dignity. The ten commandments also