Religion and Sports

For many years, soccer has considered as one of the most played sport that brings people from all the corners of the world. With the world cup competition which comes every four years, different national teams prepare themselves for such big and historic event.

What is it about soccer that creates these emotions and feelings found in events like the World Cup? Well, there is a simple response to this. Soccer is no longer just a sport but a religion. To be specific, it is a *civil religion. According to author Jordi Xifra, the term "civil religion"refers to a religion that demonstrates both the moral and spiritual values of a community or modern society. It is meant to uphold the political and social culture of a people. It involves myths, symbols of popular devotion, and public rituals. In light of this, civil religion stresses identity amongst a people.

From Christianity:

To Islam:

Engaging the idea of soccer as a religion, specific case studies are presented. The studies span five different continents: South America (Argentina), Europe (Italy), Asia (India), Africa (Tanzania), and North America (Mexico). Through these "close-ups" on soccer culture around the globe, the idea of religion will be explored in a very concrete and interesting manner. In South America, Diego Maradona has transformed himself from a mere soccer player into a national symbol of worship. For Italians, soccer is a product of religious intervention. In India's case, British morals and ethics were

To Hinduism:  

reinforced through the religion of soccer. Amongst the Tanzanians, mystical spells and rituals are as essential to soccer as practice is. Finally, Mexicans incorporate Catholicism into their viewing of soccer. 

The big Question we should ask is: “Which God are these soccer players really praying to?”

To one own belief:

      

During soccer games, many people put aside their religions and concentrate into the one religion that brought them together. They do what the game required and each one pray in his own way or conviction about the game. Loosing of winning, are just potential results toward the final aim (lets come together and enjoy the game).

Definitely, soccer is a Religion by itself                             

My Mother never worked

My Mother never worked

1. She was a homemaker (house keeper). She use to: raise chicken, feed pigs, milk cows, plant and haverst the garden.

2. Because she was working on her own and not for the government or a private company which could be providing her social security from her salary. She has never been a wage earner.

3. For the government, work is something we get paid off and to which a part is kept from the salary which is making someone social security death benefit.

1. The writer is trying to make a link between her way of understand what a work is comparing to the government way of understanding the work

2. It is easy for the essay to appear in Ms. Magazine and other publications whose audiences are sympathetic to feminist goals due to the fact that it could easy read by most of the women who are interested of their own problems.

3. She didn’t talk much about her father and according to me, she was firstly close to her mum and she knew more about her mum than father. Naturally as a woman she figure out what her mom pass through comparing to herself.

4. The issue the essay raises are still relevant in our today’s world. Because the point of understanding a worker for the government is still the same.

1. Yes the essay title is effective because it shows the consideration of the work by the government.

2. She includes this frame while thinking and reminding herself of what her mother was.

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4. She includes so many details to show and express her feeling about what she was writing

5. In this paragraph, the word still shows that the mother was doing many tasks at the same time.

- Scrounge: to take something from somehow for a certain purpose (to borrow)

- Shuck: to remove grains from the cover of the plant (like beans)

- Shock: to remove maize grain from the corn. (fresh maize)

- Husk: dry maize

- Rutted:

- Reclaimed: to have right of owning something after working for it.

- Flax: young plants of corn

- Fodder: cattle food

- Intricate: to mix two things different

- Sustenance: something which keep us in having support to do or own something. He seduces her gently and without ceasing by mail, and though she felt back all his feelings for her, she was doubting for marriage.

The verbs were really concrete and this is is due to how she was expressing her feeling about her mother, how strong she was, working in different tasks and yet being considered as someone who has never worked.

According to Smith Yackel, a homemaker deserves to benefit to a social security death benefit seeing all the tasks that one could accomplish. As for me, a homemaker does not have the right to benefit the social security death benefit since she is working for a particular interest and which is a family interest and not a public interest.

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