Spiritual formation

A.W. Tozer presents his main thesis as he expounds on the glory and attributes of God and asserts that the world’s spiritual starvation births from our absence of contemplation of God. Tozer states, It is my opinion that the Christian concept of God current in these middle years of the twentieth century is so decadent as to be utterly beneath the dignity of the Most High God and actually to constitute for professed believers something amounting to a moral calamity. Tozer claims that…

Similarly many academics have theorized about the role to which Islam played in the ethnic and nationalist formations of the Kurds. In his essay “The Impact of Islam on Kurdish Identity in the Middle East,” Hakan Ozoglu argues that Kurdish identity evolved through various, overlapping phases with Islam at the core of its formation process, a process he calls “dialectical, dialogical, and monological” (18). First, while the term “Kurd” was not ethnically associated with the modern term Kurd,…

While some differences between political organizations and religious organizations are perceptible, the similarities are striking. Both organizations make themselves clear and their opponent that they have their differences. However, looking into my research, these organizations are ways that the world is simply organized to define who we are. A political organization initiates from a political process. They aim to achieve definitely to their political goals. In which they must receive from the…

introduction of students into the Terrace gentleman and moreover, the Terrace community. My spiritual growth at Terrace since 2010 has significantly developed and has been encouraged by a myriad of activities throughout the school. The person I am today and both religious have shaped my subsequent growth…

Standing under the heavy overhanging rocks of Wangaar-Wuri caves in northern Queensland, whose sides are covered with Aboriginal paintings representing the myths of their creation story, it’s easy to forget about the modern world. All the more so when Aboriginal elder Willie Gordon, whose ancestral land this is and whose grandfather was born among these stones, begins to explain the stories and messages in the images. Willie runs Guurrbi Tours, taking visitors on short trips into the native…

life. According to John Aukerman (2014), “Parents make a difference in the spiritual lives of their children” (p. 314). There are three challenges according to Aukerman that a pastor faces when it comes to nurturing family-based faith. The first challenge in “Informing Parents of Their Valued Role.” It is hard for me to believe that this is a pastor’s greatest challenge. The pastor has to convince parents that spiritual development of their children begins with them. I am sure that the…

it is important for humanity to understand itself in the development of a perspective of waiting that is applicable. In identifying inner movements during times of waiting, it may offer insight into aspects of self that may impede or encourage spiritual growth and maturity. Learning to wait well is one of those areas of the human experience that would aid in believers living transformed lives that are examples to the Christian…

Kinship and sacred sites of aboriginal spirituality influence aboriginal peoples understanding of the meaning of life through many ways. Some of the sacred sites they have are the Three Sisters, Uluru (Ayers Rock), and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), as well as Kata Tjuta and Kakadu National Parks and many others. Sacred sites for the aboriginals are places where they have their ceremonies and rituals. The bora ring which is a circle or oval marked on the ground is associated with aboriginal’s rituals…

[Rationale]: The evolution and growth of a human being are a remarkable process; has evolved and changed step by step since conception until death. The human being who has taken cared well holistically which includes physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing will grow completely and balanced. But this is not an easy thing to do. Why? Because there are many factors that are important variables such as; differences in race, religion, culture and way of life, an individual's personal…

Summary: What insights/highlights have you gained from this reading? 1. I left Russia overwhelmed at the necessary changes ahead of them, and yet I also left with a sense of grim hope. Even on a moral landscape stripped bare, I saw signs of life, patches of vegetation softening the barrenness, growing in the shape of what had been killed. p. 256 2. A state government can shut down stores and theaters on Sunday, but it cannot compel worship. It can arrest and punish KKK murderers but cannot…