This article explores the consequences of the environmental transformations of the Laurentian Valley on the timber trade uniting the Province of Canada and the industrialization of Great Britain during the nineteenth century. The notion of ghost acres used to describe the ecological footprint of resource consumption from abroad is extended to…[Read more]

This essay shares the author’s ideas, alluding to depth psychology, philosophy, and comparative culture, particularly East-West differences in the basic worldviews people can have, such as I-Thou, Us vs. Them or We-They, I-Nature or I-Universe, with Asian people tending to live more collectively in a social reality. The essay includes Zen insights…[Read more]

This journalistic essay can give Western readers insight into non-Western logic that the author has found in a long career in Japan. It is also informed by research on intercultural communication, bilingualism and biculturalism. The author teaches those subjects and has a Japanese family. This 2023 update includes the author’s photo taken in Osaka…[Read more]

Ang Academic Materialist na hinimok ng Extreme Escapism ng Materialist Psychologists at Tumpak na “Mar’s Prophecy” ni Jung – kaya Recently Proven True.
Ang tanong ng isang mamamahayag kay Carl Jung: Sa palagay mo ba, sa loob ng dalawampung taon, sinuman ang magmamalasakit sa diwa ng mga simbolo, ganap sa panahon ng mga paglalakbay sa pagitan ng…[Read more]

Tulad ng naobserbahan ng mga may-akda ng artikulong “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual–Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” na inilathala sa Psychological Bulletin, Tinatayang sa huling dekada pa lamang ng ikadalawampu siglo, ang mga nakamamatay na digmaan ng mga lugar tulad ng Rwanda, Bosnia, at Ethiopia ay kumitil n…[Read more]

Reformed evangelicals do not have a reputation for being ecumenically inclined. The twentieth century saw Roman Catholics, largely as a result of Vatican II, turning their focus toward developing more receptive relationships with other Christian communions. It also saw mainline Protestants engaged in efforts to foster visible unity through the…[Read more]

Lesslie Newbigin’s insights into and example of the missional and ecumenical nature of the Church have exerted influence on Christian churches and communities across the ecumenical spectrum. While Newbigin’s ideas about the shaping effect of cultural pluralism on the Church’s mission have become common currency for many Christians in our post-…[Read more]

One of the defining features of the developing field of the Digital Humanities (DH) is its interdisciplinary character. This paper will attempt to indicate how theological insights can contribute at a more theoretical level to DH. Specifically, it will attempt to suggest a way that Marshall McLuhan can contribute positively to defining and…[Read more]

Though Charles Williams was already an established novelist before his friendship with Lewis blossomed, Lewis played a crucial role in helping to secure an honorary degree and teaching opportunities for Williams when he relocated to Oxford during the war. Their mutual appreciation is well attested to, and it is no exaggeration to say that Lewis…[Read more]

Volumen 18 de la revista chilena Papel Máquina, perteneciente a la editorial Palinodia, dedicado a la dimensión cultural y literaria del activismo político de Marta Lamas. Además de diversos ensayos a cargo de destacadas investigadoras feministas, el número incluye una entrevista con Marta Lamas y un recorte de su trabajo sobre la rabia, así como…[Read more]

Ang pagtanggi na ang “pagkamakasarili” ay ang laganap na pamantayan at mayroon lamang “limitadong mga anyo ng altruismo” Upang magsimula, idiin ko na, “Kahit na ang bakterya ay mas matagumpay sa pagpaparami sa presensya ng iba sa kanilang sariling mga species.” Ang ibig kong sabihin ay may connectivity ang bacteria para sa Diyos!
1. Sa isang araw…[Read more]

As the authors of the article “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual–Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” which was published in Psychological Bulletin, observed, It is estimated that just in the final decade of the twentieth century, the deadly wars of places like Rwanda, Bosnia, and Ethiopia claimed the lives of 30 m…[Read more]

The Reformed tradition helped provide the rationale for Southern slavery and for South African apartheid. If Reformed theology is going to speak to the racial issues of our day, it must come to terms with the tradition of Black theology. Some Reformed evangelical theologians have begun to engage with the insights of Black theologians, but they…[Read more]