Cosmology

‘Global’ can either be defined as being worldwide, international, or something that relates to, or encompasses, the entirety of something- for the purposes of this essay, I will be using the latter definition, with the ‘global’ referring to the whole of America and its culture. The texts I will be referring to are Junot Diaz’s This Is How You Lose Her and Lorrie Moore’s The Gate at the Stairs. In This Is How You Lose Her, the relationship between America (the ‘global’) and its cultural influence…

not understand the words of the doctors. Their religion, and hence the way that they see the world, did not have the conceptual framework to understand Western medical practice. Just as non-religious man does not always understand religious man’s cosmology. Lia Lee’s family struggled to negotiate a balance between the demands of their traditional beliefs and modern medicine. Lia’s parents and her doctors wanted the best for her, but their central ideas of what caused her illness and how to treat…

Consumerism is an interesting concept that is prevalent in many developed societies including our own. The approach of consumerism involves selling goods by promoting them to the public. This is done by companies urging buyers to buy products and by doing so, it will yield some type of satisfaction that is incomparable. However, this consumerism market is one that hooks its buyers and rarely lets go of them. Now one might question how a market system of consumerism could ever possibly do such a…

astronomy, physics, chemistry, and biology. Until the mid-sixteenth century, most natural philosopher and scientists were known at the time accepted the views of the ancient Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy. Ptolemy’s calculations supported the cosmology of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. According to Ptolemy and Aristotle, the center of the universe was the Earth, around which the moon, the sun, and the other planets revolved . The Bible, also in a few passages referred to the motion of…

Shinto Creation story: Shinto is an ancient Japanese religion. It started about in the 500 BC. It was originally a mixture of amorphous nature devotion, fertility cults, divination, hero devotion, and shamanism. Its name derived from the Chinese word "Shin Tao." The term came into use only after the introduction of Buddhism in Japan. There are four "observances" in Shinto, • Tradition and the family. The family is seen as the main mechanism by which traditions are preserved. The main…

129th Hymn of the Rigveda, it discusses cosmology and origins of the universe. The Nasadiya Sukta is a form of scepticism that argues about the existent and the non-existent brining out an agnostic tone. However, the analysis in The Basic Concept of Vedic Religion by F. B. J. Kuiper, the creation…

Also, I am interested in understanding the process theology in other faith contexts, other than Christianity. Whitehead’s Metaphysics: Alfred North Whitehead considered cosmology having connection with religion. (1, exposition) Therefore, in this regard, the use of metaphors is relative to one’s own experiences. This is to say that it points to “process” as a part of the process theology, and does not mean to suggest that…

how victims’ spirituality is affected reinforce the Cherokee response to the New Madrid earthquakes as well as the renewal of the Catholic faith after the Great Lisbon disaster of 1755. O’Grady’s collaborative article "Resilience Processes During Cosmology Episodes: Lessons Learned from the Haiti Earthquake," with James Orton, in the Journal Of Psychology & Theology discusses the influence of traumatic events on victims’ psychological and spiritual influences and the need for cross-specialty…

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil” stated British philosophical poet James Allen. Since the dawn of time humanity has sought to find order in the world, to find means by which one could determine the future. In this endeavor many across time and culture have pointed their discerning minds to dreams. Dreams have been believed to hold the secret to future…

The Purpose of Life: Christianity The Purpose of life is perhaps the most philosophical question ever asked throughout history and in many religions. Religions like Christianity have provided what they believe is the answer. The different denominations of Christianity may well have different interpretations of the meaning of life, however Christianity does share a common belief, which is to have a spiritual relationship with God. The Bible does not directly inform or specifically outline what…