...process. The history of my family, like most Vietnamese families, is attached to the history of our Fatherland. The history of Vietnam is a history of struggle against foreign invasions, to preserve our independence. The legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co is a primitive explanation of the origin of the Vietnamese peoples. Although legend imbued with mystical myth, nevertheless expresses its philosophy about our origins. According to our legend, the Vietnamese descended from father Lac Long Quan, the god and king of the dragon, and mother Au Co, a fairy angel. Lac and Au Co married and gave birth to a sack that contained 100 eggs, from which hatched 100...
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...NEHO OF COTE D’IVOIRE ABSTRACT Have you ever wondered why Christians call each other brothers and sisters? This is due to the fact that we are supposed to be a family. Think of the members in your family. If there was information that was important for the members of the family to know, it would spread until everyone knew regardless of if they accepted the information or not. This should be done to also in God’s family even with members that do not know the gospel. They way to open the communications with people that do not know the gospel is with love. Like a family member that needs something you give help with your love and let the course to knowledge flow from there. Using the information found on the Joshua Project there is 41.9 percent of people unreached by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Joshua Project shows that there are 41.3 percent of people in the world that do not know the Gospel. This paper will focus on Neho people found in the Cote d’Ivoire which is also called the Ivory Coast. The Neho people are not Christians and as of date even though there are many Christians are in the south of Cote d’Ivoire. While bringing medical, agriculture, and other supplies are needed, nothing connects people better than family. This paper will give a brief background of the Neho people which will include their history, language, culture, economy, religion, and family structure. This paper will also go into the history and current status of mission work among them. At the end this...
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...religious. My culture is very unique and powerful and has many aspects of life and religious beliefs. What I am today is due to my culture and the strict teaching that was taught to me as a young lady. Writing this paper has brightened my horizons and my point of view of many other cultures. Many cultures are different from others but are unique in their own way. INTRODUCTION When thinking about my culture, the first thing that comes to mind is value and self worth. This is due to the beliefs that have been instilled in me for many years. Value prefer to the value of life. Self worth prefers to respecting yourself. Christianity is an origin of culture that is brilliant and outstanding. The underpinning and foundations of Christians goes back thousand of years ago. Christians are emotional people who are committed to their denominations or local church. When Christians attend church services it is not out of habit, family obligation, nor religious conviction but only through the love of their heart. Being a Christian is essentially a culture of identity and a source of human values. Christian’s values derived from the teachings of Jesus and taught by Christians throughout the history of the religion. Some of the values that shaped my life are forgiveness, compassion, thankfulness, hope, treat everyone with love and respect, and being loyal to your family. FAMILY ROLES When I was young my mother...
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...Housley packed within his 357-page book an incredible amount of material that elaborates on the military undertaking endured by the Christian combatants. By chronically, organizing the crusades (1095-1291) and presenting the logistics and leadership efforts that were required to move man and beast to the Holy Land. Housley explores each phase of the logistical nightmare. Included with the text are black and white and color illustrations and photographs. The author included an index, notes pages, abbreviations page, and of course the biographically sources he utilized to create this enlighten book. Housley has written a book that appears to be tailored to the student of history or a novice who has an interest in the crusading years. The writing style is engaging and moves the reader quickly through 200 hundred years of Christian conflict in the Near East and within the European continent. The author opens by explaining the medieval mindset towards sin, thus the importance of penance as offered to the crusaders by Pope Urban II, and all succeeding popes who promoted the crusades and enlisted warriors for God. He moves onto preparations, citing...
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...When we are familiar with the history of our country, we are able to appreciate current culture. Past events will shape the world we live in today and are critical for understanding the future; there is a direct relationship between the two and it cannot exist without the other. Society is influenced by several aspects including e.g., economy, technology, and politics, which come from previous generations. Furthermore, it helps us to understand how social values develop. Whom we are today is a mixture of beliefs, views, and interpretations brought together from former times. Christian historiography is significant in that the people have direct knowledge of the occurrence. I identify closest with the evidentialist or presupposition approach...
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...Life of St Francis St. Francis was born into a wealthy family. His father was a merchant who sold very expensive clothing that he would have St. Francis wear around his friends so their parents would buy the clothing. At time this got St. Francis into a lot of trouble. Francis never actually felt satisfied in life until he was a prisoner of war. At that time God appeared to him in jail. Jesus told Francis, “Go Francis and repair my house, which as you can see is falling into ruin.’’ Francis restored the church in 1206 . It is now called San Damiano. It was there that Francis wrote the Canticle of the Creatures- The Hymn of Thanksgiving to God. Francis gave up everything to serve God. To show his Bishop how serious he was about wanting to lead the life of a religious, he even stripping naked in front of the Bishop and asked him for forgiveness. Francis’ parents were not happy about this, but this action gave Francis the courage to begin to live his life for Christ. San Damiano became the...
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...Christian Worldview Before three weeks ago, I had no clue what a worldview was, let alone a Christian Worldview. I believe that a worldview is what I perceive through my reality from the prescriptions of my eyes. “A worldview is a set of assumptions or beliefs about reality that affect how we live.” (Cosgrove, 2006) A worldview shapes my moral opinions. We all have a set of beliefs and principles that we have learned from age two and on. We behave according to what we believe not what we don’t believe. Whether these guidelines are to judge right from wrong, what to do at a traffic light, how to color coordinate our outfits, or even how much to tip the waiter or waitress, everyone has their own book of procedures embedded somewhere in their mind and heart. God, knowledge, reality, and human nature can influence the roots of a Christian Worldview in which supports me in blossoming into a lifetime of beautiful flowers. God is the most important factor in sculpting my life. The worldview embraces whether you believe God exists, what you believe about His nature, and the degree to which He influences your life. I believe that God does exist, due to the fact, that, when I attend Church on Sunday morning, it never fails that when I am saying the “Lord’s Prayer,” I begin to cry. At first I thought I was crazy, but then after speaking with Sister, it made sense. I was becoming a Christian. I had accepted the Holy Spirit into my heart and soul. I was touched by the Holy...
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...Running head: PSYCHOANALYTIC FAMILY COUNSELING APPROACH Psychoanalytic Family Therapy Counseling Approach Liberty University 2012 COUN 601-B05 LUO Dr. Jenkins Abstract When a family’s environment becomes saturated with chronic conflict the members become unable to achieve a healthy balance and mutual respect. This turmoil needs to be neutralized rather than exacerbated, in order to gain mutual respect for all family members. Family therapy can establish the reduction of conflict among the family system. Sometimes a family member can be diagnosed with a disorder creating anger and resentment among members. The family members’ symptoms can be manifested through fear, anxiety and trepidation with in his or her unique story (Mesh et Al, 2006, ¶ 3). The uniqueness of the family unit can carry through to how this system responds to counseling. A family can benefit from recognizing the signs of panic, anxiety, and or dysfunctional communication. This recognition can allow the family unit to seek counseling to neutralize family conflict and to gain effective coping skills. I enjoyed reading Worthington’s’ Hope Focused marriage Counseling. If their is one thing that I try to accomplish through the Lord everyday with patients and families is to re-affirm belief and give hope. Re-aspiring hope can be used in our life and in counseling as a core Christian value by making God first in our lives. As Christian counselors this means teaching others to continuously seek his...
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...Communities with Strong Leadership This essay discusses an assumption that communities accept us for who we are. There are several ideas concerning community values and that strong leadership is needed to support this claim. Researching this idea with a book titled Remix Reading & Composing Culture. I read short essays, and a commencement address from this textbook. The passages tie into my belief of strong leadership having to be linked to the assumption that communities accept us for who we are. I explored these essays, and commencement address to support my views in a creative way. An essay titled “It Takes a Tribe” speaks of college life and fraternities. The commencement address by John Stewart is comical. Another essay I enjoyed speaks...
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...all raised different. There are also many influences of political socialization. Friends, neighbors, and other peers influence political socialization. Two major influences of political socialization are family and school. Family and school have been an influence that we have seen from early childhood and the media has acted as agent of political socialization. Family is one of the two most important influences on political...
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...BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY: SO YOU THINK JESUS WAS WHITE? By Hosea Bennett OUTLINE I. Liberation Theology a. What is Liberation Theology? b. Its origins and roots II. Black Liberation Theology a. It‘s true meaning b. James Cone - It’s Founder c. Luke’s social message to all d. History of Black Catholics III. Black Spirituality & Culture. a. Black Spirituality b. What We Have Seen and Heard – Pastoral Letter on Evangelization c. Catholic Teaching on Racism IV. Conclusion INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about the true meaning of Black Liberation Theology. I want to present this paper as an enlightening pit of information to all who read it. I hope that will be an enlightenment and appreciation of the culture and spirituality of Blacks by non Blacks. And for Blacks I hope to affirm that our culture and spirituality is a depiction of our past, present, and future relationship with God. “Black Liberation Theology and Black Theology” are terms that walk hand in hand. For both share it’s African and slave roots since the 1560s. Long before the landing of The Mayflower at Plymouth...
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...observation of nature as its primary source,” whereas “theology utilizes Scripture as its primary source” (p. 135). Psychology and Christianity are discussed under five models of integration within the text. These models are Enemies, Spies, Colonists, Neutral Parties, and Allies. The Enemies model pits psychology and theology against one another. One either chooses the scientific path of psychology or goes the spiritual route with theology to solve a problem. There is no room to integrate the two. People who follow this model are either spiritual or scientific. They do not believe the two are intertwined. Entwistle further divides the Enemies into Secular Combatants, who embrace psychology without any religious authority, and the Christian Combatants, who embrace religious authority and work to protect it from human interference (Entwistle, p. 138). The Spies model recognizes the benefits of religion and Scripture but does not seek to integrate the religious aspect into psychology. If religion does try to play a part, it is reduced to the most minimalist form. Therefore, the therapist may recognize his or her client attends Church and even encourages such attendance. However, the therapist will not seek to discuss Scripture or use prayer as a counseling tool (Entiwistle, p. 142). Those following a Colonist model are more inclined to introduce Theology into Psychology, but with restrictions. Colonists will carefully select what elements of Psychology are useful and then...
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...The Entwistle 4mat Review Theology Religion Essay Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity allowed me to understand the past occurrences of psychology and theology. The book displayed the religion and confidence that psychology and Christianity should combine for it to possess a higher understanding and permitting the client a higher probability of healing. So as to do this there should be an entire understanding of every element in and of itself. Entwistle’s (2010) book presented all the facts from history as it has formed society these days. As he mentioned these historic events, it shows simply how the knowledge today may be a reflection or reaction of what happened then. Christianity has invariably had an enormous impact on world history and the way the planet is viewed. The author makes it clear that God offers humans reality and honesty in His Word. When consideration of his works is given his Word has begun to demonstrate an impact on the planet. The Word of God is the Bible that God created as a guide to living life in the way that God designed to be the best for humankind. Theology and Psychology do not appear to be to be compatible however they are similar when it involves the appreciation and comprehension that enables a person's life to be meaningful. The planet is filled with individuals that have many abilities to share. God created us in his image therefore that makes each of us distinctive in our own sense. We all have things of our own to share...
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...Western Marriage Practices Cassandra Moore ANT 101 Instructor: Vasiliki Touhouliotis 2/06/2014 Throughout history, marriage has had the biggest impact on many countries, and their Cultures. Religious practices, political organization, and economic growth have all been stepping stones for all nations and how their countries have been shaped. One most important ritual to any culture is the tradition of marriage and the impact it has on their religion and history. By comparing the Japanese culture of marriage and Ethiopian traditional marriage practices and in contrast on what’s different in these two cultures. I will reveal how history has stayed the same and changed for each culture and their marriage culture as a whole. The history of marriage in the Japanese culture has always been a private and selective occasion. In history, it was mandatory for the families of both bride and groom to come from households of equally standing social status. That meant that both families had to come from equal social and economic status. Because of this, selecting a family to marry into had to be calculated carefully. Unlike western culture where marriage is based primarily on love, Japanese culture practices arranged marriages where the two people have never met before. It is believed that over time, the two will eventually learn to love each other and accept one another. However, Japanese weddings are separated into two categories. Shinto weddings ceremonies and...
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...After evaluating my worldview, I realized that I am pantheist which beliefs the universe and God conceiving of both as indistinguishable and entirely consistent with one another. I believe that God created everything except the universe. According to the practical test, I can live my worldview out in the world as we know it because every person has a different point of view. The practical test demonstrates that a person can be a good citizen, but if he gets upset then he will change his worldview. For instance, I became dissatisfied with being Catholic because I stop believing in churches and in the priest. Many times I when to church and would listen how the priest would criticize the people while everyone believe it was funny, I found offensive.Also, how people who attend to church can feel empowered to kick me out as if they had the right to do it....
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