Global Issues discussion question

Question 1:

Striving is an action-oriented perspective on human motivation and stresses behavioral movement toward identifiable endpoints which is driven by voluntary activity. According to Emmons (2005), there a two types of striving: personal and spiritual. What do you make of Emmons’s definitions? How do you fit into these definitions, or do you? Are your goals based on personal or spiritual striving? Please find two historical examples of spiritual strivings where a marginalized group utilized spiritual striving to overcome and persevere during their darkest times—think globally!

Question2:

How do this week’s topics help you to reflect on your own cultural values? How have your values shaped and how will they continue to shape your life of significance?

Links

http://www.pbs.org/video/2204103677/

http://www.pbs.org/thebuddha/birth-and-youth/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/themes/religion/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/faithgod.html

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