Book Review Essay

Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor who wrote a selection of books related to biblical education, such as Bible Answers for All Your Questions. Vernon Whaley works at Liberty University as the Chairman of the Department of Music and Worship Studies. He also wrote a few books related to Christian worship such as Understanding Music and Worship in the Local Church. In Worship Through the Ages: How the Great Awakenings Shape Evangelical Worship, the authors make an analysis of the main…

taught people to rely on hard, concrete and sensible evidence which opens up the minds of young in rival against the religion theorists. The book fast forward few centuries into the era of Scientific Revolution, introducing the audience to the new genius mind William Harvey, who was the crown jewel of the academy of Padua. The book gave references from the book “De Motu Cordis” written by William Harvey, talked at great length about the association with medical tradition which further enriched…

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader who wrote the book Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How The World’s Religions Can Come Together. In his book, the Dalai Lama shared his views on the world’s religions and the explained the differences and similarities between his own religious belief and traditions with the rest of the other people’s religion by saying that all religions can co-exist peacefully without any conflicts.The Dalai Lama quoted in his book “...how does a follower of a particular…

Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, by David Brooks, is an insightful exploration of societal roles throughout the 20th and 21st century in North America. I believe this book provides a framework to understand how and why standards and class have developed in the way they have and, in my case, allows the reader to draw conclusions regarding their own goals and desires in their private and professional endeavours. The term Bobo is derived from combining the terms…

problems, and the delicate work of street outreach workers in both fostering trust and initial connections between themselves and the kids, but maintaining said connection. It made me come to the realization that the various situations described in this book are far more complex than an "otherwise good family that happens to be unaccepting". Rather, the interplay between familial dysfunction, government policy, and how the justice system operates all contribute greatly to one of the most…

Temple Grandin's work as "a deeply moving and fascinating book because it provides a bridge between our world and hers, and allows us a glimpse into a quite other sort of mind." (xviii) Grandin's writings offers readers a rare and luminously clear account of her internal world. Her mind seems to function in distinctly different ways than those of non-autistics, and these differences are both rewarding and debilitating. However, this book is not just a personal autobiography, but aims to…

must adapt and pass upon the information to next generations to ensure the survival of a species. Humans, like all organisms, have complex mental modules that evolved to keep the genes from extinction. This concept is explored in Keith E. Stanovich book, The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin. Stanovich refers to the concept that humans are merely robots created by our genes to protect them and to promote their survival. He expands on the universal Darwinian view of human…

The book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton is a great book to analyze. The narrator of the book is the main character whose name is Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy, his brothers, and their close friends are greasers and their enemies are the socs. They are divided by their socioeconomic status. Ponyboy is a 14-year old boy whose life has been turned upside-down after the death of his parents and having to live with his oldest brother, Darry, who is 20 years old. His life turned even worse when he ran away…

a psychotherapist in New York, author of the book Invisible Girls. This book captures the stories of sexually abused girls, who kept their abuse a secret for many years. Dr. Patti makes visits to different schools in New York to talk to girls about sexual abuse. During these visits she talks to the girls on the importance of identifying sexual abuse, reporting it to prevent other victims and starting the healing process. The stories written in this book all have something in common, all the…

Evolution and Christian Faith: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist is written by Joan Roughgarden, an evolutionary biologist and Christian. The purpose of this book is how to understand the conflict between science and Christian faith. Roughgarden wants to explain what evolutionary biology is and is not as well as what the Bible says. She believes that there is a relationship between the Bible and evolutionary biology and she investigates this relationship. The first few chapters discuss…