Spiritual formation

that American public fell in love with a film that is at heart an insightful critique of modern American life” (n.p.). One could argue that many viewers might have reached all the materialistic aims consumer society has set for them and, thus, also spiritual stagnation aside of their First World problems. Just like the antiheros, they might be stretched to their limits and might have experienced and reflected what kind of influence a lifestyle of standards and appearances has on their identity…

Essay 1: Trauma, Development and Spirituality Children are the most vulnerable, trusting, forgiving, and loving individuals on the planet. Unfortunately, because children are the most vulnerable they are usually the ones who suffer the most trauma. Even in Biblical times, children were being abused and killed as sacrifices to Molek and other idols which incited God’s warnings and anger (Leviticus 18:21; Ezekiel 16:20-21. NASB). Counselors, educators, and parents need to grasp and comprehend the…

(1) Explain the process of policy change and policy reform as it pertains to wrongful convictions in the context of innocence movement. An individual can think of human development as changing and growing actively throughout a course of time. Policies develop over time based on societies wants and needs. Sometimes policies are desired to be stricter and other times they are required to be more lenient. The innocence movement helped to change policies and this brought insight which helped those…

Freud, perhaps made the greatest contribution to Psychotherapy and as part of that contribution, most of the current theories of Psychology are developed based on or in part of Freud’s views on development and personality (Sharf, 2012, p. 28). As part of Freud’s Psychoanalysis, he developed the drive theory of personality, Ego Psychology, Object Relations Psychology, Self Psychology, and Relational Psychoanalysis. Freud’s Drive Theory is one of the most controversial therapeutic views,…

The relationship between art and lived religion enabled me to envision the formation of not just a religion, but the faith of a people. Thanks to the author placing herself in the midst of the people of Totolapan to connect with them, their faith journey and devotion to the crucifix is made real to me and causes me to be more introspective…

Cultural Identity “A person without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots”(Garvey).Who are you? Where do you come from? What are your values, beliefs and interests? Culture is formed through our knowledge, beliefs and behavior from which we learn from our families based on our personal upbringing. Some people are not aware of their cultural identity, and this is certainly evident in The Color of Water. A majority of people lack the knowledge of…

The structure of the world we live in today is barely 400 years old. Massive changes have occurred in these past centuries to shape the ‘modern world’. One of the most important factors in the formation of the modern world is colonialism. This form of cultural, social and physical domination developed with the expansion of Europe and then the United States of America. Colonialism which Said defines as the “implanting of settlements on distant territory” was not a novel concept to the western…

The Trail of Tears occurred in 1830 when President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Indian tribes were forced off their land and moved to Oklahoma. Thousands of Native Americans died on this trip. The white man hated the Indians; therefore, they forced the Native Americans to move. However, to understand the full extent of this hatred we need to look back at when the colonist first came in 1607 to establish Jamestown, Virginia was settled. We also need to look at the…

a person would spend their lives trying to overcome their feelings of inferiority. This would result in the person ceasing to develop emotionally beyond the age when their inferiority developed. Carl Jung believed that the human psyche was of a spiritual nature. He felt that dreams were a way to unlock a person’s inner psyche. He believed that in order for a person to become whole they must assimilate the conscious and unconscious mind in a process called…

protagonists who appeal to similar human elements; compassion, freedom, love. Metropolis constructs an efficiency driven capitalist society while 1984, a world of totalitarian control, to explore the complex interplay between scientific discoveries, the spiritual outlook of humanity and the nature of power and revolution. Their corresponding endings reveal very different political agendas, which give us insight into their differing…