The source of the writings of the Torah has captivated many of the greatest minds in Christian thought today. Many evangelical scholars are asking; can the first five books of the bible be trusted? Where did the information come from? How can there be assurance that the information presented in the Pentateuch is truly the word of God? These questions and others like them are indeed vexing. Yet, there are theories and sources out there that seek to explain the origins of the first known…
In “Yoga Offers Range of Health Benefits,” initially published in 2015 in the Harvard Men’s Health Watch, argues, when examined through research, yoga offers a wide range of health benefits to people who practice this particular form of exercise. The general purpose of this article appears to be both informative and persuasive. To go more in depth, I gather that the purpose is to inform readers about yoga and how it can affect their lives in order to persuade them to attempt it. In doing so, the…
In Primary Groups by Charles Cooley he explains how primary groups are necessary for an individuals existence and development. It is the base of the formation of ones social nature.He believes that they have helped to build human society. Primary groups may change from year to year but normally include family, neighborhood friends, school social groups; children’s play groups or just a group of friends. These groups may be either a positive or negative experience as result of natural competition…
The word “prodigal” originates from Latin roots that together mean “to drive forth.” It signifies the quality of one that drives forth his/her money by spending with reckless abandon, which is present in the Biblical parable the ”Prodigal Son.” A father has two sons, the younger desperately impatient to receive his inheritance. So, the prodigal son demands of his father to receive his inheritance before he passes away. In other words, the son diminishes the tragedy of his father’s eventual…
Admittedly that indeed sounds like me, but it was not until I did further research that I was finally sold on that the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator is accurate. The first letter represents where I get my primary source of energy. My primary source of energy is E, which stands for extroversion. Minh Tan wrote a profile of ENFJ which went through every aspect of the personality traits to career choices. Tan referred to the ENFJs as the Teachers/Givers and wrote, “As an ENFJ, you’re primary mode of…
Reflective Letter on MWA #2 There are many strategies and elements that should be used in an argumentative paper, the most important three of these strategies are ethos, pathos, and logos. Although you do not necessarily need to use all three of those strategies to make an effective argument, a writer does need a strong foundation in all three if they wish to write a strong argumentative paper that can be given out to the public (such as a newspaper editorial). In my paper “The Side You Don’t…
In the article, “On the Gender of the Middlebrow Consumer and the Threat of the Culturally Fraudulent Female”, Radway scrutinizes and manipulates magazine articles from primary sources in the nineteen thirties era. Although, she analyzes feminist readings that are predominately written by males; who also express a general concern for the rapid changes that were happening within the time period. Radway specifically uses primary text written within the time period to scrutinize the authors…
practice. In regards to research there are primary sources as well as secondary sources. Both primary and secondary resources are vital to a good literature review. There are different types of primary and secondary sources that a nurse might use when preparing for a research project. Primary and Secondary Resources A primary source is “original information presented by the person or people responsible for creating it” (Schmidt &Brown, 2012). Primary sources always offer full references to…
nations are able to reach out to the global community to inform them of local events despite all other sources of communication being blacked out. The disenfranchised are able to make themselves known, people are able to openly criticize specific aspects of a culture, and all are able to reach a wide audience. Springboarding from increased communications between people across the world, open source projects are able to use crowd-sourced labor to produce software, including entire operating…
narrations, however the material is significantly lacking in references and skewed with political interest from the author. (ref) It is the historiographical criticism and his philosophical discussions on political views that make this an excellent source for a historiographical comparison. The main contribution to historiography is his designating prohibition as the conclusion of an era thus giving the progressive movement a beginning and an end. Several discussions over the following decade…