Summary Of Acts Of Faith, By Eboo Patel

In Acts of Faith, Eboo Patel struggled with his own identity throughout his entire life. Patel’s confusion of his own identity grabbed my attention because his story represents the story of many young people that also struggle with their own identity. However, Patel’s story was different because he had the opportunity to explore diversity and find ways to make diversity flourish. Patel’s way to flourish differences was through the idea of working together for a common place that reinforces pluralism and that practices compassion, service, and justice. For me, this picture with the cross represents the love God has for each one of us and the need for compassion in today’s world. This picture signifies loving our neighbor as our own, Mark 12:30-31.

“If we have no common faith and are divided by morality and cultures, and are separated by ethnicity and race, what holds us together? Especially in light of Putnam’s report that ‘diversity’ dilutes ‘social capital’, erodes community, and engenders mutual mistrust.” (Buchanan 472)

Edwards, Korie L. 2008. “Bring Race To the Center: The Importance of Race in Racially Diverse Religious Organizations.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 47(1):5–9. Retrieved 2015.

Like a common thread intertwining the several heroes of social justice whom I have studied throughout the semester, the devotion to their own respective faith has empowered these individuals to dedicate their lives to the arduous task of representing the oppressed

The concept of analytics-based decision marking takes into consideration industry knowledge and business analytics which includes four acts (Bartlett, 2013). The four acts help prepare analytics to support an anticipated decision and illustrate a process for analytics-based decision making. As a result, the role of statistical thinking, the interaction, and relationship between industry knowledge and analytics, as well as where things can go wrong in a real business problem can be revealed (Bartlett, 2013). In addition, moving from one act to another seamlessly, jumping back from and forth from one act to another or simply following some other route is easy to do in a real business problem. This annotated bibliography will examine articles that contain resources that support the concepts contained in the four acts.

In An Examined Faith James M. Gustafson uses a hypothetical student to discuss how studying different subjects affects her thoughts and views of the human and religion. Should she deny new scientific sources and explanations, or accept and deny her religious beliefs, or find some way to accommodate the various sources? I had contact with several different subjects, most about biology, with different explanations during my high school and college time, and I can say it affected me.

As the subtitle of American Grace suggests, religion can either unite us or it can divide us. Examples throughout history have shown that religion has the power to create a strong united front and there are also examples that have shown how religion has the ability to carve a dividing line. Religious pluralism in the United States can be seen as both a blessing and a curse.

Award winning book The Case for Faith written by Lee Strobel is a very recognized book because of the concepts that are so thoroughly discussed. It is the second book in his series of “The Case for”. Lee Strobel interviews an array of people with many complex and impressive theological backgrounds and beliefs. Lee Strobel interviews these people for one specific purpose: he looks to tackle the most controversial objections of the Christian faith. This book lets you look at and examine the Christian belief.

More specifically, Patel focus is on the religious identities of young people in a world made up of many religious identities and secular outlooks and argues that religious programs and people can make a difference. These programs can be the right influence for today’s youth in a significantly positive way. On page 12 of the book Patel writes: “How does one ordinary young person’s commitment to a religion turn into a suicide mission and other ordinary young person’s commitment to that same faith become an organization devoted to pluralism? The answer, I believe, lies in the influences young people have, the programs and people who shape their religious identities.” (Acts of Faith Patel page 12)

Dorothy Day builds the Body of Christ by living in communion with people across the world. Day calls for human solidarity by asking the American people to recognizing the responsibility that they have towards each other. She shows her own solidarity by protesting to end discrimination against African Americans and for the development of equal rights for women. In her paper, The Catholic Worker, she writes, “The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.” The message she constantly mentions in her writing is that although the interdependence of groups has been acknowledged by some governments and organizations, social fairness and equality on a community and personal level is still not the norm. Dorothy wants

Baseball, the American past-time, and faith journeys are similar in their end goal. There are many players who are on Spring training teams that want to make it to the majors and their journey, through hard work is, kind of, what we do in the church. I will now discuss how the ideals of baseball are similar to our faith journeys. One aspect of baseball, spring training, is similar to our faith journeys. Spring training is similar to many of our faith journeys because in this life we are showing God that we’re ready to be with him in our next life.

Cultural differences in the workplace can sometimes become a challenge in the work environment. In order to facilitate these differences, there must be some form of cultural awareness. Cultural awareness can help employees face the challenge of responding to individuals with different religions in the workplace, expose religious practices, and eliminate stereotyping in the workplace. Awareness of religions, and the beliefs associated with different religions, can be accomplished in many ways, such as training courses, workshops or company handouts (Thomas Kochan, 2003, p. 4). Companies must embrace multiculturalism and diversity.

In today’s world, many believe knowledge and faith contrast one another, but in actuality they are very closely related. One who studies knowledge or searches for knowledge is called a Philosopher. A philosopher is one that is committed to searching for knowledge which matches St. Anselm of Canterbury’s description of Christian faith as “faith seeking understanding.” A synonym for knowledge is understanding, because to fully comprehend or understand a concept, you must have knowledge about that concept. For example, philosophers postulated many theories in mathematics and science based on what they knew. An example of a philosopher would be Isaac Newton. Isaac Newton discovered many different scientific and mathematical principles such as gravity and derivatives. Scholars study these principles today in education. Sir Isaac Newton studied and worked as a scientist and philosopher but he also believed in the Christian faith. Faith is the belief in God. As a Christian, one believes that God created all things. The creator of a piece of machinery knows everything about that machinery such as: how it works, what is best for it, and how to fix it. Because God is the creator of all things, He knows all things. Because God wrote the Bible, it is

The Dynamics of Faith is an in-depth look at what faith is from a theological perspective. Tillich seems to be replying to all of the writers we have read thus far and placing their arguments within the context of faith. Nowhere is this more apparent than on page 24, in his discussion of community. He rightly acknowledges that faith is usually seen in its sociologic setting. He then proceeds to sort out the different claims, saying that

Pope John Paul II once said, “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth – in a word, to know himself – so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.” (Fallible Blogma) Based on this significant and powerful quote, one can infer that faith and reason are directly associated and related. It can also be implied that the combination of faith and reason allows one to seek information and knowledge about truth and God; based on various class discussions and past academic teachings, it is understood that both faith and reason are the instruments that diverse parties