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This prayer asks God for assistance in studying. It requests that God illuminate the understanding and remove both sin and ignorance. It asks for a sharp sense, retentive memory, and ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally. It also asks for the talent of being exact in explanations and the ability to express oneself thoroughly and engagingly. The prayer concludes by asking God to point out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in completion, through Christ.

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Diss 4

This prayer asks God for assistance in studying. It requests that God illuminate the understanding and remove both sin and ignorance. It asks for a sharp sense, retentive memory, and ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally. It also asks for the talent of being exact in explanations and the ability to express oneself thoroughly and engagingly. The prayer concludes by asking God to point out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in completion, through Christ.

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PRAYER BEFORE STUDY

Creator of all things, true Source of light and wisdom,


lofty origin of all being, graciously let a ray of Your brilliance
penetrate into the darkness of my understanding
and take from me the double darkness
in which I have been born, an obscurity of both sin and ignorance.
Give me a sharp sense of understanding,
a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and
fundamentally.
Grant me the talent of being exact in my explanations,
and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm.
Point out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in completion;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
STRUCTURAL - FUNCTIONALISM
AND ITS IMPORTANCE
IN EXAMINING
SOCIO - CULTURAL, ECONOMIC,
AND POLITICAL CONDITION &
ETHICS
The method of functionalism was
based on fieldwork and direct
observations of societies. In the
structural functionalism approach,
society, its institutions and roles, was
the appropriate thing to study.
Cultural traits supported or helped
to preserve social structures.
Functionalism emphasizes the
importance of the economy for any
society, and the income and self-
fulfillment that work often provides.
Conflict theory highlights the control
of the economy by the economic
elite, the alienation of work, and
various problems in the workplace.
The structural-functional approach
is based on the view that a political
system is made up of several key
components, including interest
groups, political parties and
branches of government.
For structural functionalists the
question to be answered is what
does a structure (guerrilla
movement, political party, election,
etc.) do within the political system
(of country x)? The goal is to find out
what something actually does in a
political system, as opposed to what
it is supposed to do.
Almond claimed that certain
political functions existed in all
political systems. On the input side
he listed these functions as:
political socialization, political
interest articulation, political
interest aggregation, and political
communication.
RITUALISM
Occurs when an individual continues
to do things as prescribed by society
but forfeits the achievement of the
goals.
RETREATISM
Involves the rejection of both the
culturally prescribed goals as well as
the conventional means of attaining
them.
CONFORMITY
Occurs when an individual has the
means and desire to achieve the
cultural goals socialized into him.
Talcott Parson’s Five Pattern
Variables of Role-definition
Affectivity vs. Affective Neutrality
Dilemma: deciding whether to
express one’s own orientation in
terms of immediate gratification
(affectivity) or whether to renounce
immediate gratification in favor of
moral interests (affective neutrality).
Self orientation vs. Collectivity orientation
One’s role orientation is either in
terms of his/her own interests or in
terms of the interests of a
group.
Universalism vs. Particularism
Dilemma: There is an issue on
whether to react to a certain social
interaction “on the basis of a general
norm” or reacting “on the basis of
someone’s particular relationship to
you”.
Achievement vs. Ascription
Achievement- orientation places an
importance on the performance and
emphasizes individual achievement
while Ascription-orientation refers
to the innate qualities of individuals.
Specificity vs. Diffuseness
This refers to the nature of social
contracts and how extensive or how
narrow are the obligations in any
interaction. Specificity, is when the
definition of a role is in specific
terms while diffuseness is when role
obligations are extended outside the
defined role - expectations.

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