Book of Common Prayer

500 different ethnic groups, the people of Africa are perhaps even more diverse than the land in which they reside. Each group has its own unique customs, languages, political systems, and more. Despite all of the groups’ differences, many share a common understanding of the world. This African Worldview is wonderfully unique, and has concepts that are both familiar and foreign to those in other parts of the globe. There is perhaps no text that displays the different aspects of this view of the…

reveals his personality, his love and truth, and how one can have a relationship with him. Whatever circumstances I am dealing with in my life, the Bible teaches me that we can confidently turn to Him for guidance and love. I believe that He answers prayer and that life takes on meaning as we live to honor him.…

The Middle Ages were a transitional period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the modern world. Medieval life centered around the church, in which worship services were held, the sick, poor, elderly, and orphaned could take refuge. Here, within the nunneries and convents men and women alike were taught to read and write literature and music. Unfortunately the knowledge was screened by the Church hierarchy, and many were only taught to read works provided to them. Only a…

means of livelihood. In the book Leisure: The Basis of Culture the reader is led to believe that there are several different types of work. There is the servile work (p. 21); which I believe is manual labor. At one point in history that is what a slave was considered a servile worker. One who worked for their existence; to be able to continue to live. Then there is liberal arts (p. 21), which I have the impression that involves more of a mental kind of…

need to be told. With this book he has placed a vivid picture in our minds about the evil in this world now. Like the book explains it there is more slaves in the world today than at any time in history. He met his first survivor of slavery in 2003 the young man’s name was Muong Nyong he was the same age as him. I think knowing that this man could have been his classmate, knowing what happened to him just impacted his life to the point to drive him into writing this book…

Total Framework In the time of the Medieval world, there were a few common beliefs that shaped the society they lived in. One of those was that religion was the total framework for understanding the human condition. This meant that everything that happened to these people, was seen through the Christian lens, and everyone accepted the fact that there was supernatural forces at work (such as demons, angels, God etc.). The book Year of Wonders as well as the film The Return of Martin…

Eboo Patel tells the story of his journey of finding his identity as an American Muslim and Indian in his book Acts of Faith. However, describing Patel’s conclusive identity necessitates elaborating on the many intimate, pluralistic encounters he immersed himself in throughout his life. Beginning with a base of a somewhat elusive Muslim identity, Patel then discovered Mormonism, Judaism, Catholicism, and social activism, eventually landing back into his familial heritage. Patel’s multiple major…

Francis Crick, notable molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, challenges free will in a postscript in his book about the brain and consciousness, The Astonishing Hypothesis. He assumes that the brain determines many possible options in a scenario, and unconsciously computes the decision. He claims that people are aware of final decisions, but not of the computations…

The Protestant Reformation of the 1600’s was a major turning point in history that shaped our faith and theology. By the 1600’s the Catholic Church had become the wealthiest and most powerful empires in all of Europe. Ironically enough one of the reasons of the reformation was how this Roman Empire raised money to secure is position of power. In addition the Catholic Church owned large parcels of land about one third of Europe. There were many leaders instrumental to this protestant revolution…

Renaissance Patronage: A Study of Motivations in Artwork Commissioning Gombrich says in his famous book The Story of Art that art is not a work of artists but that of patrons. This statement emphasizes the significant role that patrons played in the fifteen- century arts. Patronage was not simply the case of the patrons’ paying on their orders. The commercial relationship between artists and their clients in Renaissance was different from that in contemporary art market, where artists paint…