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Religion

Americans' views of God shape attitudes on key issues

• What different ideas of God are described in the text?
• What effects do these concepts have on Amercans' private and political views?

There are four different Ideas of god:

• The Authoritative God: engaged in history and meting out harsh punishment to those who do not follow him
• The Benevolent God: engaged in our world and loves and supports us in caring for others ("God like a doctor who has my best interest at heart, even if sometimes I don't like his diagnosis or prescriptions."
• The Critical God: keeps an eye on this world but delivers justice in the next (the poor, the suffering and the exploited in this world often believe in this such kind of God)
• The Distant God: booted up the universe, then left humanity alone

The last image of God is one that gives most responsibility to the people and their actions. That is very positive because people that believe in a loving and caring God (benevolent) ignore their responsibility for their own well being, as well as those who regard God as critical, judging in the next world. Those people always console themselves with a full and rich next life, not daring to fight their suffering. Also the people who believe in a authoritative God abdicate responsibility, for they regard catastrophies and the like as Gods justified punishment. They ignore that they may be responsible for the grievances and catastrophies on their own, and hence, do not feel responsible for helping people that suffered from these. All that influences of course politics as well as private life.

• Read Religion and politics in America!

• Write down 8 questions and formulate the 8 answers to be asked and answered from this article, that express the basics about religion an politics!

Religion and Politics: 1. What is the generell opinion most Americans have when it comes to the religious attitude that their leaders should have?

• About seventytwo percent of all American registred voters state that their president should have strong religious beliefs. The result is that often religious seeming politicians are voted into high ranks.

2. How comes that this trend is so strong?

• Most American voters are very religious Christians and therefore want their leader to have a close relationship to god to be able to fulfill his goodwilling plans.

3. What is the juridical argument on religious leaders?

• The US constitution claims a strict seperation of politics and religion (but also tolerates and respects any religious conviction, enabling mighty positions to be staffed by very religious people).

Conflicts of Politics and Church 4. There are often conflicts concerning the seperation or intertwining of politics and church. Which are the most argued elements?

• Besides the controvertial on seperation many public elemtents are again and again mentioned: Gay marriage as well as stem cell research, war, pacifism.

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pp. 210 - 211: What does Morris feel about Rummidge and university life there?

Throughout his stay in Rummidge, his attitude towards the city and university life has changed a lot. In Morris' opinion Rummidge, although he used to dislike the city for its drabness, is changing in a positive way. Being touched by the view of rising "tower blocks", he feels slightly reminded of the well known American style. Regarding himself as an American colonist in "the most unexpected place", the University is nevertheless(?) still not to be compared to any American standard. But in spite of the mess in British university-life from which he used to suffer a lot, he now is somehow keen on its "whacky, yet somehow endearing" inefficiency.

Introduce a novel as possibly read in class this semester

"Fight Club" - Chuck Palahniuk

Thanks to David Fincher the novel Fight Club has already been filmed and that's why we will first of all take a look at the trailer of this movie!

Fight Club was originally a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 1996.

The story of this book is told by its main protagonist who's Product Recall Specialist suffering from insomnia and who realizes that his identity is only defined by his job and possession. Taking his doctors advice he joins a testicular cancer support group to "see what real suffering is". He recognizes that hearing problems of others and crying with them cures his insomnia, so joins even more support groups. But then he gets to know Marla Singer, a "tourist" like him ...

Click here for a detailed plot summary

And I'm really quite convinced that, though it might be irritating to some of you, we should rather read thät book, for its funny, exciting and philosophical.

Two main Characters: Personality, Family, Career

Morris Zapp 40 years old smoker he never left america so far long gorilla-like arms professor of English cannot swimm light-headed veteran of long distance flying he exaggerates he's got a wife he's catholic

Philipp Swallow afraid of flying 40 years old unaccustomed to traveling unconfident infinitely suggestable observes other people conservative/traditional married too good imagination professor of English excited about flying/travelling Marriage and Honeymoon in America, Euphoria three children with his wife Hillary lives in England

University Life and Academical System

Euphoric State University "Leaning Tower of Pisa"-like, but double-sized, building on the university area it is situated on the Western seaboard of America, between Northern and Southern California Pays the exchange teachers extreme high salary entitles them to "visitor professors" beautiful landscape and nature around one of America's major universities extremly well organized, "wealth" concerning laboratories, libraries, research grants nobody really likes to participate in an exchange to England everone in Rummidge wants to get to Euphoria

Rummidge "Leaning Tower of Pisa"-like building, built of red brick It's an old university (new ones are more favoured) losing prestige because the values changed from old to new Exchange teachers are paid according to the rank and seniority on the scale of the host university no American professor could live with the money that is monthly paid by this university for more than a few days terrible surrounding (industry) middle size university mood is disgruntled and discouraged students are formed and tested four times (eleven-plus, sixteen-plus, eighteen-plus and twenty-plus) afterwards nothing really happenes and everybody is disappointed and lonely, even unmotivated for the competition is just missing

Life in the USA vs. Life in Britain

USA Abortion is not allowed (that's why many women fly to England, for abortion is possible there) "It's not too difficult to obtain a bachelor`s degree." The student is left very much to his own devices, he accumulates the necessary credits at his leisure, cheating is easy, and there is not much suspense or anxiety about the eventual outcome." "[...]free to give full attention to the normal interests of late adolescence - sport, alcohol, entertainment and the opposite sex." "[...]scholar-teacher[...]is free to sell his services to the highest bidder." (p.15)

Britain Abortion is legal There is nearly no competition in becoming a teacher in the British education-system

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