Ward supports her argument with proven facts and techniques adopted by different religions to coexist outside of their denomination’s perspective. Ward acknowledges every faith has defining guidelines members must embrace. Ward stresses the need to identify the internal workings of other denominations to appeal to a moral order versus personal preference. The author uses Charles Taylor’s The Ethics of Authenticity to clarify how one must establish identity through exchange with or against others (72-73). Both Taylor and Richard Mouw suggest what authenticity means, and drives home claims to a higher order outside of one's personal preferences. Ward quotes Mouw that communication scholars must speak out of “convicted civility (110).” Ward advocates …show more content…
Every Christian uses the Bible in the quest for passages condoning other denominations without worship and authentic discussions with God to discover what communication should resemble in the pursuit of truth. The Bible says one must communicate to all humans amicably for coexistence to occur. Each religion shares a universal thread called worship; perhaps, discussions could start with a dialogue of worship, and move on to …show more content…
Ward acknowledges every faith has defining guidelines members must embrace. Ward stresses the need to identify the internal workings of other denominations to appeal to a moral order versus personal preference. The author uses Charles Taylor’s The Ethics of Authenticity to clarify how one must establish identity through exchange with or against others (72-73). Both Taylor and Richard Mouw suggest what authenticity means, and drives home claims to a higher order outside of one's personal preferences. Ward quotes Mouw that communication scholars must speak out of “convicted civility (110).” Ward advocates Horace Kallen’s theory of commonality (4). Ward asserts one can learn plenty about other denominations through an eagerness to tune in and learn through discussion. When a group facilitates a dialog discussion, members learn what “commonalities and differences” each perspective religion shares (7). Ward concludes both a “legal and social right” for religion exist, but members must use dialog which allows one to learn from one another while holding firm to personal beliefs. The author quotes Diana Eck in defining “pluralism as the encounter of commitments (71).” Ward states each encounter must embrace “civil, integral expressions of authenticity” (8). Pluralism acknowledges individuals are diverse in living, religions and views, but
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America is full and rich with diverse people, religions and values; they make America great. Just look at Riverside, California, there are over fifty churches of different denominations of Christianity, three synagogues, two temples, and one mosque; all coinciding peacefully in the city (Yellow Pages). Because Riverside is so diverse, religious pluralism and religious tolerance are two steps in making Riverside more connected. The first step is tolerance, a reflex that acknowledges a person will come across people of a different faith. The second step is pluralism, which is a better understanding of a person’s religion as well as the other religions around them. Many believe pluralism is the better of the two, because of the interaction involved and the creation of harmony, but pluralism’s faults are greater than the benefits. Currently religious pluralism is quality America should strive for, but America is not ready for pluralism yet, so religious tolerance is best for the diverse population of America today.
Just as there is a variety of identities involving race, gender, and class, so too are there a range of religious identities. Byzantine Catholics, Hindus, born-again Evangelicals, atheists, agnostics, and Buddhists are only a few religious identities I have encountered in America. This environment, at best, allows religious variety to be understood and embraced—and at worst, divides us. In Acts of Faith, author Eboo Patel discusses his belief that the “faith line” will define conflict and concord in the 21st century.
Nancy Ammerman writes Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes: Finding Religion in Everyday Life to convey her findings of studying spirituality and religion in the ordinary life of her sample population. The inspiration for this book came from previous data about Christians and the “Golden Rule,” the concept of treating everyone how you would like to be treated (3). In order to understand this concept better, Ammerman decided to study religion and spirituality in everyday life. Her population included 95 people from the Boston and Atlanta areas. These participants came from “Catholic, liberal Protestant, conservative Protestant, African American Protestant, Jewish”, Mormon, Wicca and Neopaganism as well as an internet chat group (11). Unaffiliated participants were also
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Hatch tells the reader that the religious communication changed in only two ways in the years following the American Revolution. The first way in which religious communication was that “clergy men lost their unrivaled position as authoritative sources of information (Hatch 125).” The second way in which the religious communication changed “was an explosion of popular printed material (Hatch 125).” This explosion of printed word changed Protestant Christianity. Exploiting of the press many pamphlets, tracts, books, songs and newspapers were published in order to extend the reach of Christianity and to battle other religions and naysayers. But even men of proper learning and character found it difficult to infuse elitist communication and gospel for the common man (Hatch 128). Elias Smith contented, “and all Christians have a right to propagate it, I do also declare, that every Christian has a r...
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The authors Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey's essay is credible because they both have knowledge and experience regarding the topic and researched various parts of the topic using reliable sources. Along with this essay, Charles Colson has written thirty books which have received much praise among the Christian community. He has also received many awards including the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1993, the Presidential Citizen's Medal
Sarty is only ten years old, but growing up fast. In “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner, Sarty is estranged as he struggles between obedience to his arsonist father, Abner, and his developing sense of integrity. The internal struggle is evident early in the story, when he is brought before a local Justice of the Peace to be questioned in the case of his father burning a neighbor’s barn. In the moments before he is to be questioned, he knows that his father expects him to lie on his behalf which makes him feel “frantic grief and despair” (Faulkner 801). Sarty can say nothing, and the case results in Abner being told to leave town. Abner knows that Sarty was struggling with the truth, and later that evening forewarns him, “You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain’t going to have any blood to stick to you” (803). Shortly after they arrive at their new home, Abner takes Sarty with him to go meet the plantation owner, Major. Sarty feels a “surge of peace and joy”() as he arrives at the beautiful home, like he is safe and nothing bad can happen. However, his father deliberately soils an expensive carpet when they enter the home and makes spiteful comments. Sarty doesn’t comment on the incident, but the stark contract between their reactions to the Major’s home reinforces the alienation between them. Sarty continues to hope that this will be a fresh start for his family and his father will change his ways, while Abner escalates the tension with the property owner over the carpet to the point he decides to burn down the Major’s barn. As Abner begins to make preparations, he tells Sarty’s mother to hold Sarty, because he knows the boy will go and warn the Major. In the heat of the moment, S...
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Integrity is how somebody lives their life. In this life we live, we face choices every day that only we can answer. We dictate how we run our own lives, and they way we run them defines us. Integrity is doing the right thing versus the wrong thing. People, if nothing else, can always have their pride, their integrity. It is something that means a lot to some people and then nothing to others. The ones who value their integrity highly are the good people in this world, and the opposite is true for those who do not value their integrity.