TEXTBOOK READINGS FOR THE ASSIGNMNET

1. Murray, Andrew. Humility. CreateSpace. ISBN: 978-1502994981. (Read the whole textbook )

2. Gorman, Michael J. Cruciformity: Pauls Narrative Spirituality of the Cross. Eerdmans, 2001. ISBN: 978-0802847959. (Read Chapters 1 and 2 )

DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, you are required to create an initial thread in response to the provided prompt for each forum.
Each thread must be a minimum of 600 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge, biblical principles, and Scripture. In addition to the initial thread, you are required to reply to 2 classmates initial thread.. Each post should demonstrate critical insight and evaluation. 
If only the minimum word count is met, ensure every word is meaningful and the sentences flow and build the argument. Avoid generic or meaningless statements in the Discussions. Be specific and leverage these opportun

Topic MUST be THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

Essay

1. Choose one of the world religions listed in the course outline and prepare an 8-10 page
essay on one aspect of the religion.

2. A good place to begin is Eliade, Mircea and Ioan P. Couliano with Hillary S. Wiesner. The
Eliade Guide to World Religions. San Francisco, CA: Harper, 1991.

3. Secondary sources should be consulted and properly footnoted. These sources together with the text should be listed in your bibliography

4. The essay should be 8-10 pages and use the Chicago Style of documentation.

5. The essay should be double-spaced with careful attention to style, grammar and spelling.

Historians are always trying to understand the causes and consequences. Causes tell us how things happened (or changed) and consequences indicate the size and scope of the change. One would expect the biggest changes to have the biggest consequences. What would you say were the three most important changes that occurred from 8000 BCE to 1450 CE? Why were they the most important changes? What were their consequences or effects (up to 1450 CE)? What were their origins or causes?

******Can only cite "The Human Journey: A Concise Introduction to World History
Book Volume 1 by Kevin Reilly"*****

Topic: Can the COVID-19 pandemic lead to deglobalization?

**NOTE you just have to write a chapter and analyse from the perspective of POLITICS

In this class, most of us were born or grown up in the era of globalization. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, severely reduced worldwide economic growth, population mobility, trade, travel, communication, to name a few. The pandemic is resetting the debate on globalization. Has the pandemic accelerated deglobalization? Or has it strengthened the globalization on the contrary? How will globalization look after the pandemic? Where do we go from here?

Discussion Board Forum 1 Thread
In your response, please address the following 3 items:

1.Explain how the authors of Ecologies lay out a biblical framework for understanding spiritual formation. This explanation should be 100 200 words (no less than 100 and no more than 200).

2.Identify your aha! moment from any 2 of the 4 chapters of the Ecologies book and provide a brief summary for why that issue stood out. This summary should be between 100 200 words

3.Identify one question based on the Ecologies book you would raise for further discussion by your fellow learners. This question should be framed broadly enough to invite a range of responses.

Question:

What are the main similarities and differences between Portuguese and Spanish colonization during the late 15th and early 16th centuries?



Instructions:

Write a brief 300-500 word essay with three components: 1) a thesis statement as the very first sentence, 2) at least 3 key words from the lectures, and 3) evidence from both the lecture and readings (at least two of the assigned 100objects Neil MacGregor chapters: Benin Plaque: The Oba with the Europeans, Drer's Rhinoceros, and Pieces of Eight). You must include Chicago/Turabian footnotes in your essay. Chapter 75--Durers Rhinoceros, Chapter 77--Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans, and Chapter 80--Pieces of Eight. THIS Is where the key words come from
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The world limit is strict, so do no

Initial Thread: As we begin our study of intercultural communication and engagement, answer the following questions in your initial thread.

1.Why should we learn the Grand Narrative of Scripture in order to effectively cross cultures with the gospel?
2.What is so important about cultural understanding within the context of gospel proclamation?

Choose an example of Cross-cultural communication in scripture. How did the person(s) adjust their message or communication style to meet the needs of their audience?

This draft is considered a complete "working" draft, which means it should be a finished, fully developed draft.

The purpose of your Report is to build upon your Permission Memo by generating an argument about the problem/issue you have been researching.

A Report is an argument, and each sub-section generates an argument within it that relates back to the overall problem/question. Please remember: you are not informing an audience. You are persuading them.

Please include the following in the Draft:

Title Page: key information about you and title of project
Executive Summary: one-page summary of project
Table of Contents
Problem Definition: introduces and defines the problem, includes the scope of the problem, a technical review of the research, and design requirements
Solution Description: describes the proposed/possible solution(s), includes an overview, and an informed, detailed description
Evaluation: evaluates the proposed solution(s), i

One of the major components of teaching the Scriptures is understanding what is being communicated in the biblical text. Thus, understanding and utilizing sound principles of inductive Bible study are important foundations for teaching a Bible lesson. Using the information, skills, and tools (resources) from BIBL 360, choose one of the three following passages working through it by answering the following questions.

Choose one of the following passages:

Galatians 6:1-10
Matthew 6:25-34
Romans 12:9-21
Answer the following questions in your initial thread:

What do I see (Observations)?
What does it mean (Interpretation)?
How will I respond (Application)?

In 250-500 words, answer the questions below.

Follow these steps:

Read Muhammad, Condemnation of Blackness, chapter 3
Create a new post by clicking on Create Thread.
Address the following prompt:
The core of Muhammads argument in chapter three is captured in this claim:


The writing of crime into culture, then, became a counter- discourse that was deeply flawed not because it inherently examined the crimes and immorality of individual blacks but because it emphasized the cultural distinctiveness of black thieves, rapists, and murderers. Their ancestral victimization as the children and grandchildren of ex- slaves tied them to both an exceptional past and a peculiar present. Immigrants from dozens of European cities had their own distinctive histories of oppression and subjugation, but their trans-Atlantic voyage and landing at Ellis Island helped to wash away those distinctions. Relatively speaking, Progressive era social reformers were more willing