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A 7 page research paper that examines the life and career of Irish scholar Gareth Higgins. The writer argues that examination of Higgins' life, and career thus far, reflect how an individual can adapt Judeo-Christian tradition and the teachings of Jesus within a postmodern context that is suited to the realities of the modern world. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the field of academic research. Higgins interests are varied and diverse. For example, he has written a popular guide to the movies that, intriguingly, argues that many films can provide
spiritual enlightenment if interpreted correctly. On the other hand, he co-chairs the Zero28 project, a peace building initiative, and is a company member of the Evangelical Contribution on Northern Ireland
(Deignan, 2003). Examination of Higgins life, and career thus far, reflect how an individual can adapt Judeo-Christian tradition and the teachings of Jesus within a postmodern context that is suited
to the realities of the modern world. First of all, however, in order to argue that an individual is successfully reflecting Judeo-Christian tradition and Christian teaching, it is first
necessary to define what is meant by those terms. For example, many Americans equate Judeo-Christian tradition with the political ideals espoused by the nations Founding Fathers; yet, two prominent Marxists,
Eugene Debs and Norman Thomas, also base their political beliefs on Christian grounds. Debs presents Jesus as "a pure communist who sought to destroy class rule and set up the
common people as the sole and rightful inheritors of the earth" (Kazin, 1998, p. 16). Thomas was a former Presbyterian minister who was imprisoned for speaking out against World
War I (Kazin, 1998, p. 16). As this suggests, pinning down the cultural meaning of Judeo-Christian tradition and scriptural teaching is often a tricky proposition and derives not only from
history, but also from personal perspective. This is a fact that Higgins has addressed in his research on religious beliefs in Northern Ireland, where he points out that the anti-Catholic
attitudes of many Protestants are, from their perspective, derived from a scriptural base (Brewer and Higgins, 1999, p. 235). Therefore, in order to form a logical basis for evaluation, it
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