...Reflection Paper Being able to understand the relationship between faith and reason relies greatly on how you define the two terms. Faith is trust in something, such as belief in the word of God. It is shaped by traditions and several other factors. Reason is a statement that explains a belief or serves as the justification for a particular action. I believe that the two are interrelated. Reason needs faith in the sense that faith is believing in something and reason is the idea(s) that back up the particular belief. Without faith there would be no need for reason. However, faith does not necessarily need reason. For example, biblical faith does not use reason to support unseen beliefs. Followers just trust and have faith in the idea. All ideas require reasons to explain them and faith will come as a result of trusting in the evidence. There are many different factors that have effects on the relationship between faith and reason, such as location, tradition, religion, and ideology. Location plays a significant role in the connection between the two ideas. When looking at different locations, vast changes can be apparent like differing religions, cultures, and personal beliefs. These changes have an effect on faith and the reasons people use to support what they believe to be true. Both tradition and culture are another factor in how faith and reason are interpreted. Faith is shaped by traditions. Cultural beliefs and traditions have a major impact on a...
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...The True Definition of Faith “Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.” –Martin Luther. Faith, to various types of people, is one of the more important factors of life because it has sentimental value and is a key factor in life to some 86% of the world population according to The Huffington Post. Faith helps individuals with answering answer-less questions and getting through difficult times. As Martin Luther states in his quote, faith seizes an individual’s life and allows them to see “clearly” with support in their beliefs. True faith is like water, it flows clearly through the world, but can be easily polluted. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a play that’s theme heavily revolves around and relies on faith. The fact that so many individuals, such as Abigail Williams, have their faith “polluted” and choose to lie and falsely accuse others of witchcraft shows just how easily an individual’s faith can be “polluted”. However, there were also those who had strong faith, like John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse, whom were eventually hanged...
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...1) How has prayer been a factor in her spiritual formation? Prayer has been a foundation with Pastor Michelle’s love walk with God. When she really began her spiritual formation process, she began to pray for others. Prayer has allowed her to tap into God in a deeper way. She includes prayer in every aspect of her life. Which deepened when she started Seminary, she would pray before test and exams. Prayer forced her to draw closer to God as she grew in Him. If she doesn’t pray or spend enough time in prayer, she feels like something is missing. Prayer is a place of exchange for her. She really lays her burdens down that she carries in prayer. In addition, prayer has helped her to grow, and helped her become who she is today. 2) How has...
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...is also a fact that moral rules need to be established to keep us functioning as society. Basically, we all need to understand, and be aware of how far we can go to avoid damaging other people. Moral rules are necessary and exist to remind us of what is right and what is wrong. At the same time, they also protect us from being threaten by others possible intentions. Smith states in his book, The World’s Religions, that the Hebrew Bible contains 613 commandments to guarantee the integrity of the vital relationship among human beings. The commandments mentioned, cover four important factors of Human Beings lives believed to be the basic factors that dictates it. Without monitoring them, Human race existence would be jeopardized. It is interesting how force, wealth, sex and speech do have a huge impact in the way we rule our lives. It is doubtless that no having a moral control of each of these factors would probably make our lives impossible. I do believe in the importance of such guidelines. Although I agree with its accuracy because they can serve us as a reference, or a reminder of how to act in an ethical way, society itself might be able to provide us with such moral knowledge. Our families or our first care providers play an important role too. In other words, such guidelines are important not only to keep others but also our own integrity in the way we interact with others. However, we should naturally have the knowledge of such important concepts of morality. In this...
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...Running head: DIVERSE FAITHS AND HEALTH Diverse Faiths and Health Care Practices: Nursing Integration Amy Buttaro Grand Canyon University: Spirituality in Health Care HLT-310V September 2, 2012 Abstract Cultural diversity plays a major role in health care. Hinduism, Sikhism and Islamic medical practices are discussed. Medical beliefs and daily activities that are affected when members of these faiths are hospitalized and options for adjustments related to those beliefs are highlighted. Appling these adjustments to practices can be made. Diverse Faiths and Health Care Practices: Nursing Integration Health care providers come in contact with many patients of various backgrounds and religions. Knowing and understanding the diversity and how it affects health care practices is an important factor in treatment and care of patients. Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam are just a few of the faiths with differing beliefs relating to healthcare that differ from traditional Christian philosophy. Hindu According to Robinson (2012), Hinduism is the third largest religion and considered the oldest religion in the world. There are many diverse sects within the Hindu faith, but all have a common belief in karma, which means for every action there is a reaction that will affect the person’s future resulting in acceptance and compliance regarding health care provider instructions, and this will have an affect on the decision making process (Queensland Health,...
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...Alfred is an African American, 17 year old, high school dropout who begins training at a boxing club as an alternative to drugs and gang membership. At first he was resistant to boxing, but as soon as he started he couldn’t stop and loved training for it. Alfred is the protagonist in the novel, The Contender by Robert Lipsyte, where he avoids wrong peer pressure and dreams to become a professional boxer. Alfred shows faith, confidence, and condition through the novel by proving he can overcome difficulties inside and outside the boxing ring. Alfred shows a main tier in John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, condition, through the whole novel, when he started to train for boxing. He enjoys practicing for boxing, showing his conditioning towards the sport. John Wooden, the author of Wooden on Leadership, suggests that in order to achieve...
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...Personal and Environmental Factors Influencing the High School Students’ Behavior during Eucharistic Celebration CLE AREA – High School Department I. Introduction A. The Eucharist and Canossa School Sta. Rosa The Eucharist is one of the most important and vital aspects of faith. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church proclaims it, the Eucharist is the source and summit of Christian life (cf. CCC 1324). Thus, it is just proper that a Catholic school provides regular opportunities for students to develop a loving devotion to the Holy Eucharist especially in the Celebration of the Holy Mass. The celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the campus reflects vividly Canossa School Sta. Rosa’s vision and mission that aims at the education and formation of S.M.A.R.T. Canossian with the Heart. Responding to this call of placing the Eucharist at the center of its students’ life, Canossa, with its aim to make Jesus known and loved, faithfully reminds its students to attend regularly the Sunday Mass and occasionally invites them to celebrate the Holy Eucharist inside the campus during first Fridays and during special feasts and solemnities. B. The Importance of Active Participation during the Eucharistic Celebration The Second Vatican Council states clearly that the “Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that fully conscious, and active participation in liturgical celebrations which is demanded by the very nature of the liturgy. Such participation...
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...NAME: COURSE: DATE: Abstract This essay compares the philosophies of three diverse faiths, which are: Buddhism, Baha’i and Judaism, comparing them to Christianity. The essay will explore the basic beliefs, spiritual perspectives on healing and the critical components of healing such as prayer, medication and beliefs. It will also explain what is important to people of those particular faiths when cared for by health care providers whose spiritual beliefs differ from their own. In the conclusion, it will explain how the spiritual perspectives from different faiths should be incorporated in the health care progress by medical professionals so that they don’t interfere with their patients’ beliefs and practices. D’souza (2007) warns that doctors and clinicians should not “prescribe” religious beliefs or activities or impose their religious or spiritual beliefs on patients. Introduction The philosophy of providing health care may differ depending on the faith diversity in the world. Different religious groups have different spiritual perspectives on healing and may also believe in different components of healing. This study therefore explores the Buddhism, Bhai and Judaism faiths and compares them with the Christian philosophy of faith and healing. Buddhism Buddhism is an Indian religion that encapsulates a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama who is commonly known as the Buddha. Buddha means “the awakened one” or “the...
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...and predicted by three primary features consisting of basic tendencies, characteristics adaptions, and self-concept. (Feist, 2013, pp. 374-397) The five-factor personalities are extraversion, neuroticism, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. The Bible pertains numerous different character traits for us to provide each of us with guidance, understanding, correction, wisdom, direction, and truth on the characteristics that we personally possess that need removal and or change to grow in Jesus Christ’s image, and the traits that we need to be thankful for and grow them to serve God. The Biblical character Daniel is faithful in His personal relationship with God always trusting God for direction, wisdom, guidance, knowledge, healing, and God’s love for Him. When Daniel is removed from spending the night in a den of lions it says in Daniel 6:23 “no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God” (Bible NIV) Daniel knew who had the ultimate power over him and placed his trust in God alone Daniel after being captured and arriving in a foreign land keeps and refuses to stray from His faith displaying integrity. Daniel regardless of the situation He presently faced was faithful in preserving in His Christian faith and trust in God. Daniel exhibits true leadership, conscientious by remaining steadfast in His faith, refusing to turn away from God or renouncing any part of His belief, relationship, worship, and service to God. “In whom there was no blemish, but good-looking...
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...Dialogue between Faith and science assignment: What is the kind of relation between faith, and reason or science ? General: The discoveries we make through science make the people think and ask questions about his identity, sometimes they even change ones ideas about himself. We see for example that by Copernicus revolution about astronomy the people got to know that they are not living in a world that is not found at the centre of the universe, to the contrary to what was thought before but we live in a planet amongst many others. The theory of revolution of Charles Darwin taught people that we are a member of many different species of animals. These discoveries challenge us to think about the world in general, life and humans in a different way. Nowadays faith cannot forget reason and psychology has to be taken with the importance it needs. During this assignment as indicated by the title we are going to see the relationship between faith and psychology (reason). First we start by showing the type of relationship that can take place between them then we explain how and why they go hand in hand with religion. In the second chapter we see how reason challenges our faith, then conclude by giving some suggestions how reason can contribute with faith. The relation between faith and reason: You cannot actually talk about the relation between faith and reason because there are many psychological reasons like there are religions. Faith cannot be separated from the...
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...A Look Into Islam | In recent years I feel that with the reports from media sources along with many tragic events such as 9/11, has led to a negative portrayal of people of the Islam faith. Since acts of terrorism have been associated and linked with members of the Islam it is the topic of much speculation and accusation. America has a whole especially in the Southern regions in which we live known has the Bible belt has a high volume of Christians. In smaller towns like the one I grew up in typically there wasn’t a lot of diversity in the religious sector. Personally the diversity I experienced amongst religious groups growing up was mainly only amongst differing denominations of the Christian faith. I never had friends growing up that said they were going to the Mosque on Sunday the majority of my peers attended Church services similar to one's that I was accustomed to. I was taught as child any other religion that goes against our beliefs of Christianity were wrong and not to be associated with. For the most part since I never had the opportunity to learn aspects of other religious practices from peers the idea has always simply been foreign to me. Other religious groups’ views in their entirety were completely based on assumptions. With no true basic knowledge or insight from any followers of other religions it can cause the viewpoint to be skewed. This is for the most part the main reason for a lot of Americans having a negative disposition on Muslims. It has been studied...
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...Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring Jessamie Garvin University of Phoenix NUR/403 Theories and Models of Nursing Practice July 1, 2014 Instructor: Mega Deol Watson's Theory of Human Caring In today’s fast-paced and technology centered health care environment, nurses remain at the cornerstone of care by providing care, practicing the core concepts of nursing, and maintaining the caring models. To assist us in providing quality care we have theorists like Jean Watson whose theories influence and guide us in providing exceptional patient care. In this paper I will discuss Jean Watson’s theory of human caring including the background and the major concepts of her theory. In addition, I will discuss her theory and views of the nursing metaparadigms of person, health, nursing and environment as they relate to a personal experience in which I utilized Watson’s theory to cultivate a caring moment with a patient. Describe the background and major concepts of Watson’s theory of human caring. According to Jean Watson her philosophy and science of caring in nursing emerged from her quest to bring new meaning and dignity to the work and the world of nursing and patient care (Watson, 2008). Beginning with the question of the relationship between human caring and nursing, she developed The Theory of Human Caring and the Philosophy and science of caring. Watson defines caring as the ethical and moral ideal of nursing that has interpersonal...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR BRADLEY MCDANIEL 201540 FALL 2015 BIBL 161-B01 LUO BY DEIRDRE JONES-SHOOK LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA OCTOBER 2015 Table of Contents Definition 3-5 How is the term justification defined by scholars? What is your own definition based on your research? Basis 5-6 What is the act of being justified based or grounded on, that is, what is necessary to have happened or to be true in order for justification to be possible? Means 6-7 How does one obtain justification? What is the means by which one is justified? Time Factors 7-8 Is justification an act or a process? Is it instantaneous or gradual? Results/Fruits 8-10 Once one has been justified, what benefits or results follow? Assurance 10-12 How can one be assured of justification? Conclusion 12 Bibliography 13 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH “Justification by faith alone” (justificatio sola fide) summarizes the doctrine of justification that has come to us as the great legacy of the Protestant Reformation. We frequently hear this formula used in preaching and teaching. The doctrine of justification by faith is a biblical doctrine. The Apostle Paul gives a full exposition of this doctrine. The letters he wrote to the Galatians and the Romans are especially important in this connection. However, the core message of justification by faith is found in the Old Testament. Paul himself argues from the...
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...they commit. They have faith in America’s criminal justice system that those individuals will get arrested, arraigned, provided a fair trial, and found guilty. They believe that if that individual is found guilty, then they must have committed the crime. However, the reality is sometimes the law abiding citizen is found guilty. An error occurs at some point in the criminal justice process from arrest to the verdict, which puts an innocent individual behind bars. It is a serious injustice towards that individual whether the error was an oversight, mistake, or just plain malicious. It raises questions whether our society can have faith in America’s criminal justice system. In Tested: How Twelve Wrongly Imprisoned Men Held Onto Hope, Dorothy Budd writes about twelve men that were wrongly convicted. Billy Smith and Johnnie Lindsey have stories to tell and what they have to say is important for everyone to hear. Billy Smith and Johnnie Lindsey were falsely imprisoned for around 20 years. They were both convicted of a sexual assault offense. What amazed me the most is although two decades or more of their lives were taken away from them, they were both content with what happened to them. Neither of them had hatred or anger towards the criminal justice system. Smith says, “America has the best justice system in the world.” I applaud them on keeping their faith and hope alive, even though the worst had happened to them. It is very hard to keep your faith when the odds are stacked...
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...the professional employees vote to be included in such a unit. Section 9(b) (2) states that no craft unit can be declared inappropriate for collective bargaining purposes on the grounds that a different unit has been recognized by an earlier Board determination (NLRB.gov). Furthermore, section9 (b) (3) provides that no unit can be certified as appropriate for bargaining if it includes guards and watchmen with other employees; and a unit of guards cannot be certified if this labor organization admits employees other than guards to membership or if it either directly or indirectly affiliates with any other labor organization that admits members other than guards. Section 9(c) (5)' prevents making the extent of organization the controlling factor in the determination of the appropriate unit. It has long been an accepted principle that the bargaining unit determination authority of the Board is not reviewable by the federal courts. However, in the recent case of Leedom v. Kyne, the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia modified somewhat this practice by ruling that if the determination violated the statutory requirements and resulted in injury it...
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