Film Analysis: How College Affects Your Faith

Why College Matters To God chapter focuses on your values and principle and growth of christian colleges. It explains how harvard college was founded based on christian tradition educations. They had pastors that focused on other subjects like foreign language, mathematics,history and etc. Few decades later Ivy league universite were found. Students had to memorized the lecture and repeated back to their tutor some. And some students were forced to attend college by their parents. This chapter also focuses on we should read the bible and focus on other subject that god had created. In the old times college were created slowly and then it followed a trade of catholic college. The presidents were christian ministers and professors who were cable

In Why College Matters to God, Ostrander begins by stating that all aspects of life at a Christian college are united under the same worldview. To strengthen this argument Ostrander defines what a worldview is and the connection it has to education. After establishing this connection, he explains secular colleges multiple worldviews and shows the benefits of one common worldview.

1. The author (Ostrander) emphasizes that students should not stress out over choosing a major. He tells us that what one majors in is less important than the overall qualities, knowledge base, and the skills that one develops. Ostrander also points out that a major is much less important than the skills that people gain by using a quote from an executive, “I look for people who take accountability, responsibility and are good team people over anything else. I can teach the technical.”

Education plus God equals success. While this statement is true, the job of incorporating the truth about God into everything taught is becoming increasingly more difficult. Schultz charted public education’s view of reality, truth and value throughout the history of the United States to show how an unbiblical worldview has increasingly taken hold of society, the educational system and

“God is Dead” is what one College professor made is philosophy class write down on a piece of paper on the first day of his class in a public university. Most students did it for they were promised an “A” in the course, but if they did not write down the statement they were guaranteed an “F” in the class. A Christian student in the class, who strongly believed in God, argued against his professor telling him how God is not dead. This scenario was made into a popular movie called “God Not’s Dead” that came out in 2014. More situations like this are popping up all over colleges in America,which raises the question should educators be able to voice their personal opinions onto their students. College professors, especially in a public education system should not reflect their personal opinions onto the student population for any political, religious, and personal views..

The first articles, for example, have already opened my eyes to the movement of Christianity’s popularity. It fractured the cornerstone of my stereotypical idea of what a Christian looks like. A Christian may be anybody and, sadly, I was surprised by this. This led me to wonder how much any religion may differ among its followers when the ethnicity and regions are changed. I had not even cared to contemplate the ideas already presented in class but enjoyed the experience of knowledge being thrust upon me. As with biblical heritage, in which, I have used my knowledge of the bible long after the class finished, I am enthusiastic to the idea of learning something that could be applied to my everyday life. This class may differ, though, as the concepts learned may be applied to other religions, whereas, studying the bible was only good for

“Christ’s call on you as a student is a calling to meet the needs of the Church, both for its own life and the life of the world” (Hauerwas). He urges students to appreciate the four years they spend on a college campus and to use it as a ministry that will ultimately better the kingdom of the Lord. He suggests meeting the needs of the church is by furthering our education. Thus, the Church has a job to do: to explain why belief in the risen Lord actually makes sense” (Hauerwas). It’s very important for Christians to be able to explain logically why we believe. “You may at least make someone think twice before he rejects the risen

God calls us to serve and to do everything with love (1 Peter 4:10, 1 Corinthians 16:14). As a Student Affairs (SA) professional, my main goal is to help students discover their calling and equip them to better serve the world while integrating their faith. Smith (2004), states why it is important to serve as a mentor during a critical adult faith development stage. In The Council for the Advancement of Standards and Higher Education (CAS), CAS has incorporated faith, spirituality and religion into the standards and competencies that they advocate for individuals working as educators in the student affairs field ( Smith, 2004). In the CAS masters-level graduate program for student affairs standards (2004) the authors spoke to the essential need to incorporate spirituality.

In August 2014, “God’s Not Dead” brought in 60 million at the box office. Ranking number eight in the Christian genre. Proving that Christian movies can make a large profit. God’s Not Dead is about a college freshman that is a devout Christian played by Shane Harper. Harper’s character must prove the existence of God to his college philosophy professor(atheist), to pass the class. However, this movie was a disaster because it was poorly made. In fact, this movie demonizes non-believers throughout the film. Portrays a stereotypical view of Christians. Therefore, God’s Not Dead reverts to the ancient ideology of Christianity. Instead of creating a realistic depiction of Christianity as a whole, this movie touches on stereotypes on both sides

Under a new policy that started a year ago, USC admissions authorities have rejected some of the courses being taught at the chistian school, specifically darwin’s theory of evolution, the suit says. The lawsuit references five Calvary Chapel students, identified only by their initials, all with outstanding academic and extracurricular records, who it contends will not qualify for admission because of the university 's course requirements. The suit accuses the USC Board of Regents and five university officials for violating the plaintiffs ' rights to freedom of speech and religion, and of displaying hostility toward Christianity. It seeks an injunction against the university system 's practices(Van

For Jack Streicher, religion consistently acts as a dominant force in his life. The oldest of three, raised in a traditional Catholic environment in Cincinnati, religion, family, and school intertwine to create his foundation of beliefs. He attended a Catholic high school and when considering colleges knew he would attend a Catholic university. Having religion woven into the infrastructure of school, he feels, brings “purpose to the material being learned;” these religious foundations “guide students” towards a greater goal. The incorporation of family into his faith has strengthened through the years and given him a strong basis to build upon his personal beliefs and spirituality.

In 2011, the Barna Group completed and published the results of a five-year study on why many teens are turning away from Christian churches. The research showed that one-fourth of these skeptical young adults felt that “Christianity is anti-science” . This statistic should not be too surprising because Christians are notorious for their steadfast beliefs in Genesis 1 which states that the universe was created by God in just 6 days. Obviously, this tale contradicts countless scientific records and theories, making a life of faith practically unachievable for any science-minded individual. But contrary to popular belief, no one has to choose a side. There is no need to abandon trust in a higher power for scientific evidence or vice versa

Due to my limited exposure to the religion of Hinduism, I found both of the videos to be incredibly interesting. The part I found the most interesting in the first video, My Life, My Religion, was when Simran and Vraj attended the Hindu festival of Diwali. At Holi, the two children participated in a ritual in which they covered one another in colorful paints and created rangoli patterns. I had never heard of rangoli before and found it to be a very beautiful form of art, and it is particularly interesting that it serves as a functional piece to try and entice the goddess Lakshmi to visit their houses.

Educators need to understand the impact of religion on the lives of their students. According to Gallup poll data, nearly 95% of teens believe in God and 86% believe that Jesus Christ is either God or the Son of God (Gallup & Lindsay, 1999 as cited in Ream, 2003). These and other similar statistics demonstrate the importance of considering religion when dealing with young people. Ream

There are presently 35 television stations owned and operated by religious organizations, but every television station features religious programming in one way or another (Postman, 116). Religious television program producers are driven by the desire to make money, and they find the best way to accomplish this is by scamming viewers and members. During this process, religion loses its authenticity. Religion is not being practiced on television, it is being mocked. Religion is no longer for worship, but for entertainment.