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Film Analysis: God in America: Six: Of God and Caesar

Film Analysis: God in America: Six: Of God and Caesar

. Why did conservative evangelicals reject political engagement for decades, and why did they re-enter politics?  2. Ronald Reagan famously spoke of America as ″a shining city on a hill,″ recalling and embellishing John Winthrop′s desсrіption of the ″city upon a hill″ he and his fellow Puritans intended to find. The phrase ″city on a hill″ is from the New Testament. Why do you think Reagan invoked a biblical allusion made by Winthrop in 1630? Does America still understand itself this way? Should it? What do you think Winthrop and Reagan each meant by this phrase? What does it mean in the 21st century for America to be a ″city on a hill″? Randall Balmer says Americans ″have a sense that America occupies a unique niche in the divine economy. I don′t see that abating any time soon.″ Do you agree?  3. What role do you see non-Christian religions and new immigrant faith communities playing in American politics and public life? What evidence of their involvement do you observe in your own community? How has the presence of Muslims, Latinx people, and Hispanic Catholics in particular influenced the American religious and political landscape?  4. Has religion in America changed since 9/11? How?  5. Do you think America is a Christian nation? In the midst of great religious diversity, how can the country find national unity?

Explain Scheffler’s idea of the independence of the personal point of view, illustrating your discussion with reference to Williams on utilitarian and Kantian conceptions of morality.

Explain Scheffler’s idea of the independence of the personal point of view, illustrating your discussion with reference to Williams on utilitarian and Kantian conceptions of morality. How would Korsgaard respond to this concern? Does she succeed in showing that valuing concrete ends (in the way bound up with having a “practical identity”) commits us to valuing humanity as an end in itself? Why or why not?

Discuss a time when you feel you were using effective communication skills.

Discuss a time when you feel you were using effective communication skills. This can be related to a conversation, written communication, or public speaking.

What elements of effective communication did you use?

How do you feel you can use these skills in your classroom or in other situations?

Discuss a time when you feel you were not successful in your communication. This can be related to a conversation, written communication, or public speaking.

of effective communication did you not use?

What could you have done differently?

How can you use what you learned from your examination of this experience in your future communication?