In the midst of a war, how people interact with others from different cultures or within their own, may be their making or breaking point. In the book Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina and in the movie Matewan, it is clear to see how the miners have conflicts with the coal company, the scabs, and with themselves, and how the miners unite within themselves and with the others. Each of these interactions, both bad and good, impact the fight for the miner’s basic human rights against the company men. The first three-quarters of the book are filled with conflict as people try to figure out what is going on, how to deal with their problems, and who their friends are.…
Essay 4 In “God in the Doorway” Annie Dillard recalls multiple experiences that she relates to her shift in her perception of God. She begins the narrative recounting an incident from her childhood. Dillard speaks of a cold winter night in which a neighbor dresses like Santa and makes an appearance at her house.…
Cornelius Plantinga Jr. made me ask myself a lot of questions while reading his book Engaging God’s World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living. My first question was how am I going to read a book about Calvinism, when I’m not exactly sure what Calvinism is? To say I was skeptical of this book is an understatement. My thoughts have always been that people believe and view things differently and that's ok.…
Mark Tranvik does an amazing job in translating Martin Luther's treatise: The Freedom of a Christian, where Luther contrasts countless religious components - the body (the inner person) and soul (the other person), and faith and works, - these subjects Luther's uses as an attempt to strengthen and return the Christian faith to its true origin. He argues that works have no effect in obtaining righteousness or salvation, instead it is a natural product of humanity. Instead, acknowledging that salvation is and righteousness is solely attainable through faith, which is the only true way humans can reconcile with God. For all rulers, nobles, Roman Catholic officials - all Christians alike- are held to the same standards of spirituality and faith. Luther is successful in his argument of faith over bodies of work to obtain salvation, when he draws support from scripture and historical context of that time.…
In the midst of a war how people interact with others from different cultures or within their own, may be their making or breaking point. In the book Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina and in the movie Matewan, it is clear to see how the miners have conflict with the company, the scabs, and with themselves, and how the miners come together within their own group and with the scabs. Each of these interactions impact the fight for the miner’s basic human rights against the company men either for bad or for good. The first three-quarters of the book is filled with conflict as people try to figure out what is going on, how to deal with their problems, and who their friends are.…
The story about a god is the strongest part of the books but still not for some people who did not believe in “God.” Actually, people all around the world believes in the different things. Some believe in god, but some are not. Although Dillard makes the strongest part of a god for reader to know and understand it, but it can be the weakest part of her books for some people. For some people who have the religions, they might believe in god, but some religions did not such as Buddhism.…
As main stream denominations continue to shrink and modern day evangelicalism has morphed into something more politically and conservatively centered, I found “Rescuing Jesus; How People of Color, Women and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelism”, by Deborah Jian Lee, enlightening, profound and hopeful as it centers on new, out of the box ways in which people generally pushed into the margins, are redefining their evangelical Christianity. “Evangelicalism is anything but a monolith; it is a vastly diverse landscape”. Meaning, not all evangelicals are the same and perhaps what we think of them or how we envision them is way off the mark.…
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, the main character Janie tries to find “love” multiple times throughout the story, yet within her marriages she does not find her true feelings about one single man until the final marriage. First, she tries to find love in her rushed marriage with Logan Killucks. After Logan, she is lead to believe that Jody will finally bring her the love that she deserves, but after years of being with him she ultimately gives up on the idea that marriage equals everlasting love until Tea Cake shows up. Finally, when Tea Cake appears he brings her a new life of freedom and her love for him lasts until the very end. The idea of love in Janie’s mind changes drastically from husband to husband until she…
Individuals’ consciousness is a large programming, while the behavior can be one of its outputs or one of its inputs. That is, the awareness determines the behavior, but the behavior just influences on the awareness to make it adjust to the situation. In the other hand, behaving is a way for individuals to learn skills or to memory concepts. In the course of practicing and acting out the concept, their consciousness keeps noticing new information. However, occasionally they do not interfere each other.…
In Jensis's story, he shows how the educational life is significant in societies, but understanding the values of societies is less essential. Thus, when the slaves trying to live in normal lives and get education as same as other people, they still face racism and feel that they are different from the other people in their societies. The story tells a boy childhood experiences in a school, and in a library where he feels that there is some bias toward the slaves . As a result, he thinks racism will still be growing even when the slaves have free lives.…
The Lesson, is written by: Toni Cade Bambara, an African American writer. This is a short story about a wealthy, educated black woman living in the community, who believes in educating the youth in the neighborhood. Miss Moore plans to take the children on educational outings during the summer, to expose them to life’s lessons. While on the educational outings, the children don 't seem to be excited about spending their summer learning, let alone stuck with Miss Moore. In order for Miss Moore to teach the children, she must open their eyes and expose them to a world beyond their block in Harlem.…
No matter where Leah is or what she is doing she always thinks about her family, this shows how Leah is selfless in everything she does and always puts others needs before her own. In the beginning she tried to satisfy her fathers every need. She had to make many sacrifices in order to please her father because he was a man who is almost impossible to please. Leah’s father, Nathan, was a southern baptist preacher consumed in his religion, therefore Leah did her best to be a good christian and study the word, not for God’s sake but for her father’s sake. She could recite bible verses on command to please him but nothing seemed to work.…
Reading is a fundamental learning tool that everyone uses at some point; there is no age restrictions, its for everyone. The book Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a book of scientific project/experimentation gone haywire, taking place in 2085. Opening the pages takes me from this world and into theirs. Science fiction and just how the human mind works fascinates me to no end. Reading is essential to both reading and writing skills that from a young age everyone starts to build with simple books.…
In reference to “Our Declaration” by Danielle Allen, it is possible for people to acheive strong commitments for themselves and the right of other people without having faith or belief in a certain God. Allen believes that one doesn’t need to share a theistic point of view to understand the declaration and rather implies that the God mentioned in the Declaration is different from the God mentioned in the Bible or yet the God in Christianity. Jefferson on the other hand believes that the rights we recieve, which he mentions in his Declaration, being bestowed on us by the Almighty. Jefferson’s Declaration was created after the colonists moved from Europe to America in protest fo rejecting the King’s reign and rule of power, which consisted…
Many problems are affecting economic development in most countries around the world. Among all the problems, education is one the most significant factors that challenge poverty. In today's society, the individual with no proper education is most likely not to get a good paying job. People with low paying job have to struggle just to make a living. Education comes in many forms of life, and it is essential because of the results of the knowledge learned from the valuable experience in life outside the classroom.…