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by the Benson Family Foundation during the 2005-2006 academic year and brings to campus outstanding members of the academic and business community. The topic for the Monday night’s lecture came from McCloskey’s series of books, The Bourgeois Era, which explore the relationship between moral virtue and capitalism. She argued that innovation, ingenuity, and the drive of societal change are characteristics of the middle-class, and that it was from the liberation of this class that the modern world
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critical diagnosis of the Judeo-Christian origin of our modern morality. Ultimately, I find Nietzsche’s approach to ethics more agreeable and appropriate for answering the fundamental question asked by my thought experiment: what is the correct moral foundation for our actions, and where does the interest of an individual human fit into the entire schema of reality when we approach questions of morality? 4:00-4:20pm - ``Virtuous Living as the Way to Combating Climate Change`` Virak Pheng This paper
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with an eye to wider and longer trends, this talk will explore some of the ways that religion and oil together shaped existence for modern Americans, amid constant crisis, at the moment of their nation’s heightened authority. It will pay particular attention to evangelical Protestants who, in disproportionate degrees, inhabited and worked America’s oil patches, weathered the violent disruptions of life on these boom-bust terrains, and theologized and politicized their encounter with soil and its
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project is the subject of a new episode of the History Channel show Modern Marvels, called “Panama Canal Supersized,” which aired in April. The canal project will be “one of the engineering wonders of the world,” just like the original canal, Krause said. “It’s the largest civil-engineering project in the world today and will double the shipping traffic over the current level when complete.” Krause said the project also: includes the largest gates ever designed and constructed (each weighing 8,000,000
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individuals, families and communities. “The launch of the MSW program at PLU signifies our bold commitment to expanding well-being, opportunity and justice” said PLU President Allan Belton. “As the program sets its sights on empowering the next generation of social work leaders, PLU remains steadfast in its dedication to creating a more just and equitable society.” PLU’s MSW degree is ideal for those dedicated to tackling modern social issues through education and practice. The program will prepare
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for her for many reasons: there is a course offered on Ancient Greek which is important to studying the New Testament, Greece has such a rich religious history, CYA has a balance of structure and independence, and it fit perfectly with her major and minor. While in Athens, Erika was able to take classes in Modern Greek (which she was able to practice by going to cafés and talking to locals) and Ancient Greek, a monotheistic religion course, a religion class on Orthodox Christianity, a philosophy
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Indigenizing the Academy Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Troy StorfjellOriginally published in 2014One of the things that studying Indigenous stories and situations has shown me is that knowledge isn’t neutral. Our systems of knowledge grow out of our ways of being in the world and are all culturally-specific—that is, they are all created by particular cultures. The modern university system, with its distinct disciplines and its emphasis on empiricism and objectivity, is a
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, Buffalo State University St. Augustin’s Higher Time, Max Weber’s Disenchantment and Confucius on Ritual Ceremony: The Significance of Confucianism, Fred Yonggang Huang, Brooklyn College – City University of New York Studies in Iconology of Taoism from a Global Perspective, Juntao Li, Sichuan Normal University (Online) Sustainable Development: Confucianism is the Solution to the Modern Environmental Crises, Daliang Wang and Savannah Graver, High Point University 浅析传统太极技击与养生的力学原理, Ningsheng Huang
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their constructions and the cultural, social, philosophical, and/or historical contexts from which they stem. Examining Self and Society (ES) (4): Students will explore methods and models for understanding human behavior within a variety of cultural, social, or structural contexts, both contemporary and historical. Exploring Values and Worldviews (VW) (4): Students will learn how beliefs and values inform action and shape how individuals and groups interpret reality and human experience
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vice president for finance and administration, 253.535.7121. Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (Section 488) www.plu.edu/helpdesk/policies/all-computer-network-use/ Inclusive Language PLU supports the efforts of faculty, students, staff, and administrators to employ and augment the inclusive language guidelines of their professions or disciplines, and to reflect upon the cultural conditions which have made such guidelines integral to contemporary language use. General ELCA guidelines suggest
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