{"id":15858,"date":"2024-03-17T20:58:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T20:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/augustine-argues-that-christianity-and-politics-are-compatible-meaning-that-one-can-be-both-a-good-christian-and-engage-in-the-kinds-of-violence-and-coercion-commonly-required-of-agents-of-the-st\/"},"modified":"2024-03-17T20:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T20:58:15","slug":"augustine-argues-that-christianity-and-politics-are-compatible-meaning-that-one-can-be-both-a-good-christian-and-engage-in-the-kinds-of-violence-and-coercion-commonly-required-of-agents-of-the-st","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/augustine-argues-that-christianity-and-politics-are-compatible-meaning-that-one-can-be-both-a-good-christian-and-engage-in-the-kinds-of-violence-and-coercion-commonly-required-of-agents-of-the-st\/","title":{"rendered":". Augustine argues that Christianity and politics are &#8220;compatible,&#8221; meaning that one can be both a good Christian and engage in the kinds of violence and coercion commonly required of agents of the state.  How persuasive is his argument?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Rubric:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1. Follows<br \/>\ninstructions and satisfies formal requirements as stated in the assignment and Paper<br \/>\nGuidelines, including indicating the topic question and thesis with italics and<br \/>\nbold, proper formatting and structure, submitting a Word version, etc. (10<br \/>\npoints).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2.<br \/>\nIntroductory Paragraph: establishes context and motivation for the paper (10<br \/>\npoints).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. Paper<br \/>\nQuestion: clearly identifies specific normative issue to be addressed (10<br \/>\npoints).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4. Thesis<br \/>\nStatement: states a clear position on the issue identified by the paper<br \/>\nquestion (10 points).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">5.<br \/>\nAppropriate grammar and style (10 points).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">6. Effective<br \/>\nand judicious use of textual evidence (10 points).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">7.<br \/>\nOrganization and development of argument: makes a substantive normative<br \/>\nargument that engages the course material (10 points).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">8. Paper<br \/>\nreflects good understanding of course material such as relevant concepts,<br \/>\nissues, theories and texts (30 points).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rubric: &nbsp; 1. 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