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The book Integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity second edition by David Entwistle introduces the text by explaining how psychology can go in a direction, and Christian theology approach can lead in a different direction. He continued by stating the need for understanding and studying human behavior because people come from different walks of life and different expectations. It leads us to form unique perspectives to help give us an understanding of the individuals you encounter. The Entwistle 's book addresses the relationship between Christianity and culture, Christianity and science, and Christianity and psychology.

Science and religion are two different words in different disciplines, which are grounded on different foundations with different concepts, perspective and values. Science is built on surveillance of the Mother Nature, but religion is basically founded on faith. Religious people have faith and believe that God exists. Scientists agree that the real of the world can be learned and revealed, which can be concluded with the practice of the logical technique. It is true that science and religion are two different disciplines, but these two discipline can work together perfectly for better health outcome in the health care. It is true science emerges, but without God’s knowledge for the scientist, they cannot have the knowledge that it entails to discover Mother Nature. Different standpoints could emerge with the people who have strong basis for religion or science, with different beliefs and standards. Religious beliefs

(p. 16). The author points out that regardless of the discipline being discussed, everyone formulates their belief system based on their own particular worldview.

He then goes on to give a detailed outline on the history of Christianity and psychology along with science and religion. Entwistle (2010) uses chapter four to discuss worldviews, as they “shape how we understand our experiences in the world, and reflect our expectations about life” (p.

1. Examine Pi’s harmonious relationship with both religion and science. How have his upbringing and life experiences contributed to this balanced worldview?

too unreservedly to scientific studies ever to be weaned from them by any second passion.” (358) Even though

The conflict between science and religion has always been existed. In many religious institutions, especially Muslim and Jewish, belief in Darwinism or other scientific theories is forbidden (Ferngren, 2002). Therefore, scientific studies in faith schools subsequently differ from normal school one’s. For example, Dawkins (2006) argues that faith schools tend only to teach children in a religious way, avoiding such important curriculums such as science and humanism. Similarly, Cush(2005) states that faith schools provide limited choice of scientific and sociological subjects. The knowledge of science basics is compulsory for every decent citizen in the age of new technologies and scientific humanity progress.

Ja’Naan is a pleasant individual with a strong background in a large distribution and warehouse environments. She is currently with Quemetco as a Shipping & Receiving Clerk mostly responsible for quality control. She scales the inventory on every truck, checks batteries, fills out reports, checks for damages before shipping, handles bills of lading, and works with the dispatchers. There is no opportunity for growth and she works second shift which doesn’t allow her time to go back to school. Prior to that, she was with FedEx Freight first as a Dock Worker and then was quickly promoted to Service Center Support. In this role, she checked in drivers, communicated with the Sales and Operations team regarding customer orders, scheduled delivery

Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan studied philosophy he has an enduring appreciation for evolution of both human beings and human culture. He believes there is a God, and science function should be just to study categorizations of phenomena. Kaplan concern was moral behavior, which is the individual 's knowledge of social and cultural norms and the ability to perform good works through noble actions. He believes humans should learn about the purpose of both, religion and evolution unless. that believe is affecting the person’s behavior or once chance of achieving salvation. He also believes we should apply the methods of science to issues of religion. “Science can have a salutary effect on religion”. (Cherry 271) Kaplan believes that science can have an effect on the way people view religion because, science influenced his understanding on religion and religion influenced his understanding on science so they are both useful.

Individual accounts of psychology in the readings, despite negligible difference, are evidence that an individual’s behavior or experience can be reflective of a greater societal trend. Karen Armstrong’s work “Homo Religiosus” analyzes the transformation of the religious institution over time and the various practices performed by individuals and groups. Armstrong describes a spiritual Palaeolithic hunter tradition to transition a boy into manhood:

In Refuting Evolution, Jonathan Sarfati gives astounding controversies to the National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science. In an amazingly brief negation of the NAS’s best arguments for evolution and long ages, Dr. Sarfati’s strong-willed personality exposes the shallowness of the most well-known myth of our time – that everything made itself without a creator. Sarfati starts by demonstrating that the issue is not by any stretch of the imagination science versus religion, however, the art of one religious perspective (atheism / materialism) versus the study of another religious perspective (biblical theism). One's religious inclination decides the way to deal with the confirmation. The "certainties" don't

Hayashi, Y. Science and Religion in “The Birth-mark” and “Rappaccini’s Daughter”. Retrieved March 9, 2014, from http://www.kushiroct.ac.jp/library/kiyo/kiyo37/hayashiscience37.pdf

Peck’s third section of his work discusses the role of religion in one’s growth. According to Peck, our understanding of the world changes in accordance to our growth in discipline and love, which creates varying understandings of the meaning of life. Everyone has a certain world view that constitutes our understanding and that is our religion. For Peck, he argues that psychotherapists often do not pay attention to the individual world view of their patients which play a role in their problems. Simultaneously, patients may be unaware of their own world views that will be necessary for how they confront the world. The development of their religion is rooted in their culture where the most influential part is one’s family. The family dynamic

The Kaluli are a small clan of indigenous people who live in the rain forests in the Southern Highlands of the Great Papuan Plateau found in Papua New Guinea. The Kaluli people’s residency includes up to twenty longhouses each with about fifteen families in them, numbering roughly to about sixty to ninety people in each longhouse. The Kaluli culture does not involve any ranked social structure or individuals with hierarchical authority over others, however relies on strong egalitarian and equal values. The purpose of this of this paper is to highlight the Kaluli people’s identity, their unique upbringing and their struggles faced by missionization. This text will first identify how Kaluli children, both male and female are socialized and encultured in different ways through the mother enforcing certain traits, attitudes, behaviors, traditions and work ethics. Secondly this text will consider how missionization, i.e. the communication of other cultures and the indoctrination of Christianity by missionaries has disrupted the Kaluli’s sense of place. It will focus on the introduction of European-based time, the introduction and demise of some types of languages and the ownership of land and identity. Thirdly this paper will discuss how the enculturation of Kaluli children differs from more civilized enculturation of children and possible reasons for this

Many NGOs are associated with the use of international staff working in 'developing' countries, but there are many NGOs in both North and South who rely on local employees or volunteers.