Great Books of the Western World

(Jenkins 2006, 13). A fundamental reason given for many global South churches to adopt a more literal approach to Scriptural authority is that the Bible is seen to address the real-world social issues that are central to their daily experiences. An illustration of this is gardening. People in the south…

Recently, the world has seen an increase in uprisings against what many westerners view as “wrong.” While the concept of “wrong” is subjunctive and dependent upon which culture one was raised, there is no denying that the western influences have had a hand in several of these protests. For example, in the past month, we have seen Hong Kong students rise against, what they call, the unfairness of the Chinese government. China’s refusal to allow Hong Kong to be autonomous in deciding its leaders…

differences in medicine. Medicine has been a difficult subject to understand and master; moreover it becomes almost impossible if the person was raised in an entirely different culture than that of western medicine. This book discusses what it was like from both sides; the Hmong and those of the western doctors what it is like to deal with each other when it involves a common interest. That common interest being Lia Lee, an epileptic Hmong child. Both of the parties cared for Lia Lee; however…

The third part of the book, How the West Won, by Rodney Stark, continues to discuss the ways that the middle ages are different from the way we understand them. They were a time of great innovation and change. So much of culture was formed during these times. Many historians and history teachers just brush over these stories and facts, if not completely ignore them. Stark attempts to show how western culture was developed during times of great change. I know before I read chapter seven I had…

defies the king’s orders and buries her brother, who was killed while leading a rebellion. In this play, many of the Greek values were expressed, which also is the purpose of most of the western civilization plays in today world (to express certain values). Also, the ideas of comedies and tragedies are used in western civilization except they are expanded and twisted around a little. A lot of famous play writers today are also inspired by the works of play writers from ancient…

German Army in World War I. During his service he would be injured by shrapnel, sending him to recover at an army hospital for the remainder of the war. Following the war, he would work in many different careers such as a stonecutter, teacher, editor, journalist and librarian before he pursued his love for writing full time. As an author, he would write and published several successful books but one novel stands above them all. Following the experiences of a German soldier during World War 1,…

Technology impacts innumerable aspects of western civilization, including its advancement in the world. In addition to that statement, its historical significance over the years has developed at a constant rate that continues to evolve. Amidst these influential technologies is the significance of the computer and its organizational efficiency. The historical importance of computers comes a long way from all this tool is used for today. The original purpose of a computer was just to simply punch…

Rizzo.Rizzo is a well known writer who resides in Washington D.C. This article discusses comic books and why they have become popular. Comic books became popular in the 1930’s, during a time of hardship known as the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, comic books became a way for anyone who needed some sort of cheering up. It did not matter who they were and their age, or status, the comic books were there for everyone to feel relief. People saw comfort in these superheroes because…

World history as a professional disciple has been fluid. From the time when world history became a disciple until modern day, there is not one uniform consensus on how historians should look at the past. The modern historians Jerry Bentley, Ross Dunn, and Peter Stearns all add to the world history conversation by taking what world history had been and attempting to improve how students and historians view world history. While all three historians take a different piece of the world history…

viewed. It aims to provide solutions through literary means to the problems faced by blacks in a Western world. Afrofuturism can be expressed through various art forms. One very innovative mode of expressing afrofuturism is through comics with black protagonists. The idea of a black character being the powerful protagonist in science fiction comics was formally rejected and seen as absurd by the Western world. However, advancements in cultural diversity and acceptance have made the realization…