Discussion Thread: Experience with Theology The etymology of theology and its utterance always sends me directly back to the fundamental aspects that concerns my foremost thoughts for the contemplation of God and anything that is of a biblical nature. The prefix theo- gets its translation from the Greek word— God. And simply enough, the -logy or “logos” would be the Greek translation meaning study or word (Britannica). When I internalize the usage of the study of God, it has

A Final Reflection on the Topic of Cultural Intelligence: My Goals for a Higher Purpose I had always internally muttered amongst myself and to others on occasion about how if I had not even grown up in a Christian household, that I would still represent my instinctive outlook just the same. But then I could be very much wrong. I have always said this, in a way, to support my faith in God, a greater good, and higher power— be even a strange idea. So, with that said, I have al

Discussion Thread: Social Classes in the United States Part A: According to Knox (2022), the United States is made up of four main social classes: upper, middle, working, and lower class. The upper class is regarded as possessing a considerable amount of wealth among the four classes that include individuals with personal property, real estate, stocks, bonds, or money. The people that make up the most out of all the classes would be the middle class including those between

Discussion Thread: Using Artificial Intelligence to Communicate the Grand Narrative This is the exact and initial prompt I entered for Copilot is as follows: Provide me with a presentation on sharing the Grand Narrative of the Scripture of God's Holy Word to a friend from the country of the Philippines. If you happen to reference the Bible, make sure to cite it from the King James Version. Consider the cultural systems, elements of verbal and non-verbal communicatio

Course Materials Reflection (Instructions) Reflect on this week’s reading assignments and videos. What is an important insight that you learned from Dr Harper in the video on “CQ Strategy and Action in Communication?” How can you apply that insight to your interactions this week? Write a narrative of at least 200 words in the white box below. Well, firstly I do not mean to sound like I am dampening and/or devaluing the optimism in the lecture from Dr. Harper’s video as that i

Discussion Thread: Religious Freedom Part A: As with just about anything that can be closely examined in this reality, I cannot express my opinion on the matter of “what religion means to me” without the inclusion of it being analyzed from both sides— one that is subjective and one that is objective. My close relationship with the very essence of literature has me further approaching matters in life in a more neutral or balanced mindset than ever before. However, this may no

A Glimpse into the Ideology of Humanistic Achievement by Libertarian Absolution As if the examination of the American radical left couldn’t be a more befitting example for a sociological paper. The political radical groups in the Democratic Party can closely be observed by the uprising of liberal extremists seeking to tip the scales of constructive order since the 1960s (Stilson, 2026). The DSA now claims to be the largest socialist organization in the history of the United

Discussion Thread: The Layers of Culture I would suggest that it would possibly be difficult not to respond or react to culture as identified in our textbook and the cultural videos. Dr. Melody Harper wonderfully presents the framework in The Layers of Culture video whereby observing how we naturally analyze the things unknown or “foreign” to our own understanding such as cultural diversity. Roughly half way through the video she refers to the “iceberg analogy” as many times

Course Materials Reflection Reflect on this week’s reading assignments and videos. What value do you see in using the Cultural Intelligence Framework to communicate effectively across cultures? What questions do you have at this point about Cultural Intelligence? (Write a narrative of at least 400 words in the white box below, and include at least one in-text citation from the course materials). It is hard to say that the this Cultural Intelligence Framework module is not of

Discussion Thread: Sociological Pioneers Part A: I had always wanted to study more on Marxism and the ideologies behind the impress of communist governance. This is what would lead me to choose socialist pioneer Karl Marx, respectively. The dangers and more so the preservation for this seemingly obvious and universal understanding that communist regulation creates more conflict and disparity amongst its people just continues to greatly inflict its incessant rash of an annoya