Cosmology

metaphysical room for theology to speak of the creative presence of God in the beginning of the fine-tuned universe and in the development of the self-organizing universe through the 2nd law of thermodynamics within the context of contemporary quantum cosmology. Those categories of contingency based on creatio ex nihilo and creatio continua also enable theology to speak of God’s objectively creative presence in the course of biological evolution and the emergence of consciousness. While God…

Names, an instrument of and for power Names are not just terms used to refer someone or something. They play a very deeper and important role in today's society. Along with the names, the process of naming reflects a lot about the community and the individuals. The essay by Sunil Kumar, titled "Naming", taken from the book, "The Present in Delhi's Pasts" while talking about names of people, says that names are used as a tool to classify the people "socially and culturally" (93). A certain…

Stephen Hawking, one of the most respected physicist, was born on January 8th 1942 in Oxford, England. A majority of people believe the reason why Stephen Hawking is successful is because he was brilliant. Without a doubt this is true, but there are numerous other factors that lead him to become an author and a respected physicist. The award winning book titled Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell explains that success is not solely due to hard work and determination. He explains the advantages by…

Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who is credited with laying the fundamentals of modern Western philosophy. He is known for creating Socratic irony and the Socratic method. He is best recognized for inventing the teaching practice of pedagogy, wherein a teacher questions a student in a manner that draws out the correct response. He has had a profound influence on Western philosophy, along with his students Plato and Aristotle. Though much of Socrates' contribution is to the field of…

It is almost time for my big meeting with the owners for out of town. I am frantically going over my PowerPoint, rehearsing my notes, sending out last minute emails. I spent endless hours researching and preparing for this meeting. I have chosen the perfect power suit and I have the conference setup just right, with music playing, marketing displays around the room, the presentation on the overhead projector, information packet on the table equipped with past to projected sales numbers, and…

The necessity for human sacrifice is directly correlated to the creation story about this cycle of the universe (Young). The Aztecs believed in a cyclical cosmology, similar to the Hindu beliefs, where after the destruction of the past universe a new god or goddess creates the next universe. The Aztecs believed that when this cycle was created the gods had to have a "necessary act of self-sacrifice" by one of…

The reclamation of identity is an ideology that is widely present in Tomson Highway’s Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing. Through a cross-cultural approach delivered through the merging influences of both Native and Western perspectives, the notion of the reclamation of identity is portrayed through hockey, religion, as well as shifting gender roles. Jessica Langston and Mike Chaulk’s “Revolution Night in Canada: Hockey and Theatre in Tomson Highway’s Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing”,…

that stable society was determined on women’ patrilineal kin, and their performance of social roles within their kin. He outlines many aspects of women’s lives during the imperial china such as the kinship, Wealth and Work, Learning, Rituals and Cosmology. After reading the book I came to the conclusion that Hinsch depicts in his book that social stability is in favor of men. Hinsch, starts off by giving an insight of the early Chinese dynasties; Zhou, Qin, Western Han and the Eastern Han.…

Lizards and apes, sparrows and whales, donkeys and humans, according to evolution these all have a shared common ancestor, that has evolved over millions of years. Creation teaches that each family and or genus has a different ancestor, an intelligent creator thought up each one, only a few thousand years ago. Which do I choose to place my faith in? I choose to believe in an intelligent creator, that created the earth only a few thousand years ago, rather than millions of years, for three…

America is a nation of immigrants, no one doubts that. However, as a child of first generation immigrants, I did not live in a tight-knit immigrant community, and my parents did not bring many elements of their home culture into the house. I grew up listening to American music, learning American history, and my friends were predominantly non-Asian. As a result, I never understood much about my parents’ background, and Taiwanese culture. Sensing my curiosity about my background (perhaps from the…