To understand the model Form and Content, we\nneed to discern the foundational precepts of the Form and then recognize the\nshared content with other models. Perhaps the purest depiction would be to use\nthe metaphor of the hourglass. Immediately recognizable in its structural form\nand full of a measured amount of sand for its content. The hourglass has one\npurpose, a unique form and a single content. However, Form and Content is not\nso straight forward in a world of men, women and ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, some Eastern religions believe\nGod is everything; Christians believe God made everything. Here we see two very\ndifferent forms about the essence of God, yet both share lots of content. Both\nhave monasteries, centers of learning based on written and oral traditions.\nBoth have strong social justice standards, share many of the Ten Commandments\nand most importantly both believe in a higher power. Another example is Islam,\nMuslims believe in a God almighty, have reverence for Mary and believe\nindividuals must follow the will of God. This is also true for Catholics, yet\nno one would say, if you want to be a good Muslim you would have to be\nCatholic. It\u2019s obvious, Muslims would say it is blasphemy to call the Almighty\nour father, for Christians it is foundational. Two very different forms, lots\nof shared content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To understand the model Form and Content, we need to discern the foundational precepts of the Form and then recognize the shared content with other models. Perhaps the purest depiction would be to use the metaphor of the hourglass. Immediately recognizable in its structural form and full of a measured amount of sand for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,45,44],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essays","tag-catholic-faith","tag-form-and-content","tag-foundational-precepts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}