John Harwood Hick ( 1922-2012 )

Stephen Prothero’s “God Is Not One” is a survey of world religions, comprising vital information on a vast array of different sets of belief. As someone who has never studied religion before, nor belongs to a particular faith, the variability within these religions is staggering. One might be satisfied to define religion as “how a person goes about believing in God,” but soon finds that even that definition has its holes. Thankfully, “God Is Not One” does an amazing job of cluing its reader into the nuances that are sometimes forgotten about the religions it approaches.

In The Sacred Quest, University of Notre Dame professor Lawrence Cunningham attempts the search for a coherent definition of religion. While he doesn’t strive for a one-sentence interpretation of what indicates a real, organized religion, he arrives on several elements and functions to give meaning to his definition. To Cunningham, there are five elements that make up a religion: belief, feeling, action, individual and community aspects, and values. Cunningham argues that these five elements exists in order to explain what could not otherwise be explained, enable people to sustain hope in the face of difficult experiences, and provide ways of thinking that provide goals and respond to “great problems” in life (158). All of these aspects work

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Review of a Year 12 Major Examination Paper – 2015 HSC, Stage 6, Studies of Religion 1 Unit Exam - http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/2015/exams/2015-hsc-sor-1.pdf

Smith and Bradford use religion as a literary tool to persuade the reader towards their own interests. There are similarities and differences in the motivation to use religion by these two authors, yet the use is still prevalent in their writings. The reasons for these similarities and differences are found in the greater interest of each individual author.

Brown, Neil. "The New Atheism and The Existence of God.” Compass, 46, no. 3, 2-5. Kensington, Australia: Compass, Spring 2012.

Within philosophy, there has long been a question about the relationship between science and religion. These two systems of human experience have undoubtedly had a lot of influence in the course of mankind’s development. The philosopher Ian Barbour created a taxonomy regarding science and religion that has become widely influential. His taxonomy postulates that there are four ways in which science and religion are thought to interact. The four categories are: conflict, independence, dialogue, and integration. By using articles from a select few philosophers, theologians, and scientists, it is clear to see the ways in which these two systems of human experience are categorized in the four categories presented by Ian barbour. However, it will be apparent that the category of conflict may be seen as the most dominant in regard to the interaction between science and religion.

There is only one time when history is not historic, and that is when it is being made. President Ronald Reagan had only been in office for 70 days and nobody had a taste of what the former Hollywood actor would be. Not one person thought that his presidency would almost not make it to day 71. John Hinckley Jr. took six shots a President Reagan on that seventieth day in an attempted assassination. Luckily the President was able to survive the ordeal. Hinckley had an overwhelming and somewhat pathological need to become famous. In high school, Hinckley soon lost interest in the sports he played as well as the few friends that he had (The Biography.com, “John Hinckley Jr. Biography”). He preferred to play his guitar and listen to music all alone in his room. Soon after his graduation from high school, Hinckley went to Texas Tech for college. Hinckley was dissatisfied with his decision to attend college and wished to move to California to become a songwriter.

Great post. I do agree with you that Hick’s do acknowledge religion as valid as long as it has a transformational aspect in a person life. I also agree with his claim that religions are worshiping the same God and acknowledge God by different name.

Jonathan Edwards was born October 5th, 1703 in East Windsor Connecticut, he was the son of Timothy Edwards who was also a preacher. Jonathan Edwards was a preacher, philosopher, and a Protestant Theologian. Jonathan Edwards was known as the most important and one of the original philosophical theologians of all times. In my Prospectus paper, I will be discussing the sermons and the works of Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan Edwards was a special kind of man, his words when spoke during his sermons and preaching struck complete fear straight into the hearts of his listeners. Jonathan Edwards when compared to other preachers of

This is one in an arrangement on professions in science, innovation, designing and arithmetic made conceivable with liberal backing from Alcoa Foundation. Jerry Husak never anticipated that would be an athletic coach, not to mention a reptile mentor. Yet he's turn into a specialist at getting the little reptiles to race on a treadmill. His mystery? Every so often, tenderly nudge their tails or back legs with a paintbrush. Husak is a scholar at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. Despite the fact that he calls his subjects "Olympic reptiles," he's not preparing them for rivalry. Rather, their preparation is offering his group some assistance with learning about the impacts of activity in all creatures including individuals.

My favorite orange juice is Tropicana. Because of this, I felt obliged to check out the poker room at the Tropicana Casino. When I got there, I wondered what I had gotten myself into as the hotel itself looked to need a little bit of work. Once inside, the place warmed up a little bit, though. I decided that once I traveled all the way over there, I had to check out what their poker room was really like. The Tropicana poker room itself leaves a lot to be desired, but it is probably better than the overall hotel. The room is very small and appears to be pretty plain. If you didn't know any better, you would swear that this room has been around forever. It hasn't been around for very long, though. Because of this fact, nobody really knows about

Lance Huck graduated from high school in 1984 and started his college career at Colby Community College, where he judged livestock. After Colby he went on to Kansas State University where he majored in veterinary science, but after realizing that becoming a vet wasn’t for him he decided to switch majors. Lance switched majors to a feed science degree and this is where he found his true calling. After he received his bachelor's degree in ruminate nutrition, he went home and worked for his dad. Lance grew tired of the day to day work running a feed yard, and he decided to go back to school. He went back and obtained a master’s degree and P.H.D in ruminate nutrition. After acquiring a higher degree of education Lance went on and moved to a job

Cross”, an account of the author’s experience with founding his reality on religion and with his

The fields of philosophy and theology are often grounds of debate. While some hold these two to be relevant and dependent on each other, others find them to be completely independent of each other. In John D. Caputo’s work, Philosophy and Theology, he expresses his view of these fields as companions. Caputo states, “Think of philosophers and theologians as fellow sailors on [the] ocean,” depicting his view of the interdependence of these two fields (Caputo 69). Through his illustration we can find the influence philosophy and theology can have on each other in facilitating our toleration of such a mysterious future and world.