Philosophy Chapters

What does it mean to have a "world view?" How does "thinking about the meaning of life" translate into "living life?" Who are the world's great thinkers? Is Aristotle still relevant? This Collection features philosophy-related stories.

The early life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his decision to become a minister.

Vatican City is the center of the Catholic Church and is the smallest city-state in the world.

Walter "The Haig" Hagen is one of the greatest golfers during the Great-Depression era.

During much of Joan's life, the French and the English are actively fighting the Hundred Year War.

The Legend of Bagger Vance is a fictionalized story based on the Hindu scriptural epic the Bhagavad-Gita.

Dostoevsky is a nineteenth-century Russian author whose views about the human condition are still relevant today.

Ubu'l Kassim, known as Muhammad, is 40 years old when he first meets the angel Gabriel in the cave of Hira.

Despite their differences, Puritans and Pilgrims agree that Salvation is by God's grace alone.

Analyze some of the reasons why people joined massive pilgrimages during medieval times, later referred to as the Crusades.

Between 1360 and 1382, John Wycliffe and his Oxford associatestranslatethe Vulgate New Testament into English.

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