Essays on Abundant Life

America was beginning to become a powerful and vital nation in the world in the twentieth century. Power was based on the assumption that Americans felt the abundant life, which was a promise to the world along with the concept and experience of freedom. However, freedom was not experienced by everyone at home in America. Black people felt oppressed and marginalized all the days of their life. In the 1920s, America was beginning to grab attention in the international scene. Europe was fading, while America was appearing as a dominant nation. However, this is not because of the popularity ...

Earth Charter is an informative piece of that gives emphasis not only on the earth itself, but also the activities that humans do. It provides a broader view of how humanity becomes a part of a bigger, wider universe. Although we all live in the planet earth, it is no doubt that humans have become part of the universe in terms of exploration and extended studies that aim to discover new things beyond what is visible in our planet. However, such capability may not be possible without the support of the life-giving resources provided by our home planet. Exploring ...

Lucien Levy Bruhl was a French trained scholar in philosophy who wrote about the primitive mentality in his work titled How Natives Think. He speculated of what he believed to be the operating mindset of mankind namely the primitive and the western mentality. He went on to describe the primitive mentality as one that makes no difference between the supernatural and reality. On the converse, he argued that the western mind makes use of logic and speculation. He also believed in the theory that there was a historical evolution that evolved from the primitive mind to the western mind. Bruhl ...