Forty two years I've been in the ministry. Seen a lot of things. Do you know what I've noticed? Christianity is trendy. Especially in this country where everyone follows the winds of change to exploit change. Here is what I've noted. 1. Crusades and mass meetings: These were in the 50's and 60's. (Before me, mind you.) Billy Graham made them famous but this was the American means of educational...

It seems surprising that the medical history of an island which is of about the same area as the Isle of Wight can justifiably be extended to 586 large pages. This splendidly produced volume however contains little that is irrelevant, covering as it does in considerable detail the early history-which is similar to that which would be applicable to most parts of the Mediterranean basin-the patte...

The three Divine Abrahamic faiths i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam, revealed to the prophets of God, are divine religions that shape outlook of life, people’s perception, culture and civilization and enhance the relationship between God-man-universe. In this process, people who adhere to a particular religion tend to explore the phenomena through the lens of religion. However, throughout th...

Labyrinths are among the oldest man-made tools that encourage reflection, contemplation , and transformation. They were created 4,000 years ago, and evidence of their existence has been found in many cultures where they are believed to have been important in rituals and ceremonial dance. In medieval Europe, labyrinths were a symbol of the Christian faith; the labyrinth walk often was a substitu...

following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, several novels were published dealing directly or indirectly with the effects of the event on individuals- both inside and outside of the united states. though the novels often claim to deal with the post traumatic aftermath of the incident, writers have adhered to orientalist stereotyping and it seems that after 9/11 such attitudes towards muslims and arabs ...

Traveling is not just a means for moving about; traveling is a pleasure. There are few people who do not like to travel. Traveling can mean visiting your family just a few miles away, and traveling can mean going around the world. But deep down, it is all the same: traveling. One of the oldest known examples is that of Herodotus, who traveled around the known world of the time, observing and re...

For sev eral decades the stated Holy Grail of chemical, biological and biophysical research into neocortical information processing has been to reduce such neocortical phenomena into specific bottom-up molecular and smaller-scale processes. Over the past three decades, with regard to short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM) phenomena, which themselves are likely components of other ph...

In 1965, English novelist and essayist Brigid Brophy published an article in the London Sunday Times that would exercise a profound influence on the crusade for better treatment of animals in Britain and the United States. In this brief article, entitled simply "The Rights ofAnimals," Brophy touched upon a number of points that were to become central to the arguments in defense of animals formu...

discussion within your library about the importance of and need for a more comprehensive information literacy focus both in your library and on campus. Several chapters would be very useful in courses in library school, including the two chapters in the second section highlighting different theoretical definitions of information literacy. Finally, library administrators and academic policy make...