Canagarajah Analysis

“But I’ve been truly awed by those I’ve seen in so many remote places, combating illiteracy and warlords, famine and disease, humbly struggling to do the Lord’s work as they see it, and it is offensive to see good people derided” (Kristof). The quote above shows Kristof’s position of supporting evangelicals. Kristof’s technique of his personal opinion shapes our understanding of evangelicals by connecting us through his point of view. This technique gives us the author’s stance, which is effective because it gives us insight on why Kristof wrote this article. He wrote the article because he needed to address the situation publicly, in hopes that the reader will take his stance into the world and remove the standard placed on evangelicals.

Before this exercise, I’ll admit that I didn’t have much understanding of the difference between Catholicism and Protestantism. Growing up in the United States certainly exposed me to Christianity, but I did not know the differences between significant denominations. From my interviews and services, it’s clear that Catholicism and Nondenominational Christianity are very similar outside of the adherence to teachings of the Catholic church and the Pope. Admittedly, these groups are largely similar because they both are varieties of Christianity, but attending worship services really emphasizes the closely related teachings of these two groups, and possibly of all religions. As we have discussed before, even if a religion doesn’t wholly create peace, they are attempting to spread unity through the means they believe best. Catholicism and Nondenominational Christianity

Since, “Religion's initial and primary thrust is conservative”(Pg. 17), as such, the Church today is open to racial reconciliation, but the initial thrust is conservative in nature, thus leading us to take a passive approach. Though admirable, it isn’t taking the necessary and progressive steps needed for a racial reconciliation within itself, let alone society at large, which is why Evangelicalism has fallen short of brining forth change towards this issue.

Can Christian dialogue with other religious traditions be a part of the calling to proclaim the Gospel?

Another strength, which also seems to be the helpful part of making this article effective and overall worth the read to a Christian as a whole, is seen in his concluding statement of a quote by Timothy Richard of China, “How can we expect an unbelieving world to take us seriously in our talk about a gospel of reconciliation when we remain so obviously un-reconciled to one another?”4

The eight-part collection for various combinations of trumpets and trombones, Canzona septimi toni no. 2 by Giovanni Gabrieli, employs antiphony as a means of taking advantage of church acoustics. His strategic separation of two instrumental groups illuminates the dialogic structure of Gabrieli’s composition. It’s meter alternates between duple and triple, finally returning to duple meter pending the completion of the piece . In terms of harmony, the work contains mainly homophony, again, alternating between both instrumental groups placed antiphonally within the church. The through-composed canzona exhibits Gabrieli’s cultivation of musical material in dialogue between instrumental groups. The timbre, meter, and antiphony utilized in Gabrieli’s

In his book, Rah highlights cultural insensitivity of the Western white Evangelicalism and advocates for multiethnic and immigrant churches. He argues that the Evangelical churches have failed to embrace racial diversity or address the growth of the immigrant population. As the contemporary American society becomes more diverse and multicultural, the American church needs to move beyond its identity as Western and become truly multiethnic. Then, Rah goes after the church growth movement and American megachurches, arguing that they focus on marketing and mass production techniques instead of proclaiming the gospel. He boldly proclaims that "the church growth movement of the twentieth century reflects the cultural values of individualism, materialism, and racism" (2009, 107). He also criticizes the emergent church movement for remaining predominantly white and not acknowledging the non-white voices within Christianity. Ran encourages leaders to learn from multiethnic communities and the Immigrant Church in America.

The greater part of evangelical Christians are no longer in North America. The majority world has just as much if not more missionary activity than North America. The North American Church needs to form partnerships not dictatorships. Finally, Borthwick weaves throughout the book the idea that the North American Church has something to learn from the majority world Church.

Anti-Christians group Christians in the same category as the Catholics, Jewish, Baptists, etc. When in reality, we are all in separate categories and have quite different beliefs. They will purposely call us unpleasing names such as “Bible thumpers” and “Holy rollers” to…. The Non- believers “pre-judge” us and think that us as Christians see ourselves better than what they are. I have evangelized with people in the past and have had numerous people tell me “not come to them with all that Jesus stuff” and have had questions thrown at me like“ Why do y’all think that you are better than us?” James M. Jones, executive director for public interest at the American Psychological Association suggests to “Think of your role as that of an educator.”

Her pastoral sensitivity and spiritual wisdom permeate this small but potent book, and she is adamant that there is fertile ground to be found “between secularism and the religious institutions of Christianity” (1).

Many people believe that that the motivation of the Christian church is to radically “change the world”. However, through his book To Change The World, James Davison Hunter explains how this common believe is a misconception. Rather, he shows readers that, from a sociological perspective, while Christians thrive in many areas of life by reaching others individually, they fundamentally components of creating cultural change.

Evangelism is a passion of mine and this semester has helped me to develop more as a person and strengthen my passion for evangelism. Usually when you hear the word Evangelism most of the time, you will start to fear because of rejection. During my Christian walk, sometimes I have experienced the fear of rejection as it relates to Evangelism. However, this semester has taught me not to fear." Evangelism is standing up for your faith even if everyone else remains seated 1(Earley and Wheeler

Sport brings people from different religions, social and cultural backgrounds and makes us put aside the differences and negative thoughts and opinions. During a short video from Cathy Freeman, she strongly believed that sport unites people and brings them together. She believes that discrimination is a part of life but should not be allowed. In Garuda di Dadaku, there is differences between each person. Either being rich like Heri and his father. Being in the middle of the rich and poor like Bayu and his family. Or being poor like Zahra and her father. But in the end everyone comes together because they all have the love of the sport and having the same goal. Families and friends are brought together. Bayu and his grandfather’s relationship

Within the cultural assignment, I had the opportunity to talk with an atheist regarding the origin of his beliefs. Anthony was the name of the person that I talked to. Within our discussion, I learned that there were vast differences in the story of our personal development. I proclaim to be a Christian and was influenced by my mother to live a Christian lifestyle. While growing up, I was not exposed to a variety of other religions, and was the implication of Christianity as being the right choice in faiths was imprinted on me from an early age. On the other hand, Anthony grew up in a non-religious environment that did not consider religion as being a mandatory part of everyday life.

Another way evangelism relates to the Christian walk is that we as Christians relate to each other. Wheeler and Whaley remind us that it is important for the members of the church to get along and love one another. I was going on a witnessing tour through our neighborhood and came across a home that was filled