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Professor Marianne Raab

English 100

March 4, 2014

Yeast

Common good refers to the wellness beneficial to the entire society. Most of the literature material we come across should spread common good. (Walter Ong’s essay on ‘Yeast” featured in an American magazine in 1990.) fragment As a writer he was responding to the controversial question for teachers in Catholic higher education institutions. His main was question was how such institutions incorporate this vague ?? unclear catholic personality into its system in an effective way. To explore the relevance of Catholic intellectual tradition Walter Ong’s essay on “Yeast” reveals a lot of issues this is too broad – what specifically can you discuss in three pages? related to Catholic incorporation in the educational system. Comment by Marianne Raab: Do you mean that all literature should promote the common good or that we should only read what does promote the common good?

Personally, Walter Ong’s contribution is mainly to define the meaning of the term catholic. As a result, what he revealed incorporates wider ramifictions(XSP) than what was his initial objective. In addition to his objective he assisted the Catholic educational institutions to develop their mission. His insight should fundamentally test our perceptive of what it means to be a true Christian, a Catholic in today’s world. Ok this is a nice passage, but you say that this was not originally Ong’s intent..I disagree.

Walter Ong’s research was to root out the meaning of a Catholic. Often, most individuals in the society use this religious word to mean universal. However, according to him Roman Catholic had their word for universal; “universalis”, meaning to the Roman Catholic is not universal. He asked why the Romans used Catholic to mean to mean universal if it is indeed universal. Instead the Roman borrowed a Greek word to mean Catholic, their church. Comment by Marianne Raab: Somewhat difficult to follow – but good distinctions here.

In reality, the universe does bear an inclusivity of everyone and everything within its bond. In addition, to its inclusivity nature, it also draws a circle or line around certain people ending up excluding a couple of others. In contrary, catholic comes from Greek words meaning throughout and whole. The whole word “throughout-the-whole portrays a line demarcated through the entire area showing who in and out. Comment by Marianne Raab: Interesting point – but can you connect it to something specific you want your reader to know as it relates to a thesis ?

Walter Ong suggests that the life and ministry of the son of God, Jesus Christ is in line with the Catholic rather than the general inclusion of everyone, which should be universal. He describes Jesus’ short parable of “the yeast” written in the book of Matthew. The parable describes of the Kingdom God to a lady who bakes bread. The Reign of God is described to be like yeast, which is added to dough or flour and is later present “throughout-the-whole” of it. The yeast builds up not destroying the dough but instead making it firm becoming part of the sweet final bread. He tries to point out how non-colonial the yeast is. The yeast results in accepting the ingredients of the dough which it becomes a part of. In addition, yeast can be transferred from one dough to another and generally incorporates and blends into its new surroundings; making the new dough become some good bread not turning the entire the entire dough into yeast. Comment by Marianne Raab: Good synthesis.

From theIn the essay of the “Yeast”, yeast works in collaboration with the other ingredients and it celebrates the new environment it encounters by leaving it better than it found it. It clearly shows individuals of what it means to be a Catholic or worldly Christian. The “universal” approach, in the education system draws a line and is inclusive for those within a certain demarcation, which has a clear boundary. The church or Catholic Church is a smaller, leaner boundary showing what is supposedly the church or the world. The Kingdom of the Lord should not be a “throughout-the-whole” kind of religion and word. The Church should be a global inclusive place of worship and the term catholic should also campaign for global inclusion. Comment by Marianne Raab: Very nice explanation related to your prior points Comment by Marianne Raab: Good, you use your understanding of the reading to form your opinion.

There are many groups of Christians but most of the time the Roman Catholics often steal the show from all other Christians. The Roman Catholic dominate over other doctrines and always appears so due to the large number of followers worldwide. The Roman Catholic is a special group of Christians who are being advised to become more “catholic” and incorporate the entire society of whoever is interested. They are advised as well to avoid segregating other religions but rather try to unite for common goals. In the education sector, there have emerged many Catholic schools and universities. The Catholic society is trying to spread the Gospel at all levels of our societies. This type of education system encourages the reading culture as well as building the spiritual lives of both the students and education facilitators in the institutions. Many students are exposed to some religious literature, which assists them in understanding and broadening their thoughts and perspective on religion further spreading good will in the society. Personally, we all need to understand the Church and what is wrong or right according to religion. We all need to know what kind of churches we get ourselves into. The church is the Body of Christ and is a really controversial issue. The Body of Christ should jointly unite the entire universe. Regardless of one’s doctrine of faith we should all strive to make the world a better place. Very nice conclusion and prior passage ….You do need to reference the idea that you are responding to the Yeast article as you explore the concepts in this passage. Also, your entire essay would benefit from a more focused thesis. As you reread your essay, you will see that there are specific concepts you focus on and that these could be the foundation of your thesis.

Also, you do not offer any documentation, as the assignment requires. You must incorporate in text citations for the paraphrased material and your writing would benefit from the inclusion of significant quotes. Where is your Works Cited??