Between Religious Faith and Forgiveness: Faith in the Absence of Data? Lisa Edwards Marquette University, lisa.edwards@marquette.edu Regina H. Lapp-Rincker University of Kansas Main Campus Jeana L. Magyar-Moe University of Kansas Main Campus Jason D. Rehfeldt University of Kansas Main Campus Jamie A. Ryder University of Kansas Main Campus See next page for additional authors Originally published in Pastoral Psychology, Volume 50, No. 3 (January 2002), online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1012940402668
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Imagine one of your family members is in trouble; their house is engulfed in flames. They urgently call 911, begging for rescue. The 911 operator states that the county fire department will be there abruptly. In the torturous thirty minutes that it takes the county firemen to arrive, your family member watches their house and their belongings turn to ashes. Within those precious thirty minutes, the city firemen could have been there. After all, the city fire station is only ten minutes away. If only
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factor from a social standpoint because popular sovereignty created the belief that Americans had a voice in the government. Negatively, however, popular sovereignty led to clashes between the pro-slavery and antislavery groups, such as in “Bleeding Kansas.” Moreover, the Constitution is left for interpretation, and from a Southern standpoint, is taken advantage of by the North. When the South assisted in the acquisition of a new territory, the North instantly fought the ability of Southern men to bring
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The second pair of American wars in defense of God’s gift of freedom and His covenant of Global righteousness includes the American Wars of Manifest Destiny (1845-1849) and the American Civil War (1860-1865). These two major conflicts expanded the American territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, along with, assuring that the full Union would be preserved, rather than be divided as two separate nations across the North/South, Mason/Dixon Line. God’s selection of Abraham Lincoln became
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The Civil War, is the most brutal war in US history. It took place in 1861, when the South initiated hostilities against the North. But why? Before shots were fired, the North and South were engaging in arguments over policy and values. The South and North knew that this war was coming, and here are some examples of why the war started. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a Supreme Court ruling in 1857 that denied the request of citizenship for Mr. Scott, stating that “no person with African blood could
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representative Reston brooks of South Carolina erupted onto the floor of the senate with a cane in his hand. He approached Charles Sumner, the anti slavery senator from Massachusetts. Brooks bet sumner on the head with his cane for speaking of Andrew butler. Kansas- Nebraska act- revived the sectional conflict of territory achieved after Mexican American war. And helped found the Republican Party. Compromise of 1850- North gets: California admitted as a free state Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C,Texas
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ethics. In essence, the following case studies illustrate how these theories can be manipulated to either justify or condemn moral dilemmas that arise in the medical world. Case Study #1: “But, Doctor, Our Daughter Didn’t Want This!” In the state of Kansas, a married couple, Janet and Jack, experienced the merciless and brutal facet of life. The married couple was expecting a child and one day as they were driving home from an ob-gyn appointment, a distracted elderly driver ran a red light and crashed
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Events leading up to the Civil War University of Phoenix There were many factors that led to the Civil War in 1861. Most people would say that slavery is the leading cause and the only reason for the Civil War. It was one of the reasons, but not the only reason. There were five leading causes that led to the Civil War and they were: economic and social differences, state versus federal rights, slavery, the Abolition Movement and the election of Lincoln as President. Economic and Social Differences
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• THE FIRST PREVENTIVE PATROL TOOK PLACE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI IN 1972-1973. • THE KANSAS CITY PREVENTIVE PATROL EXPERIMENT PROVED TO MAKE NO GENERAL IMPACT ON CRIME, HOWEVER RESULTING FROM THE KANSAS CITY EXPERIMENT A FOCUSED PREVENTIVE PATROL HAS SHOWN A GREATER IMPACT OFTEN CALLED “HOT SPOT” POLICING. • PREVENTIVE PATROL IS THE INCREASED PRESENTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BY PATROLLING REGULARLY, WALKING THE STREETS, TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A SENSE OF SECURITY AND CONSTANT INVOLVEMENT. • THIS IS
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1951, a class action suit was filed against the Board of Education of the City of Topeka, Kansas in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. The plaintiffs were thirteen Topeka parents on behalf of their twenty children. The suit called for the school district to reverse its policy of racial segregation. Separate elementary schools were operated by the Topeka Board of Education under 1879 Kansas law which permitted (but did not require) districts to maintain separate elementary school
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