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A Fine-Tuned Universe is described using seven categories: The Initial Condition of the Universe, Initial Entropy, the Cosmological Constant

Emergentism Theory: Christian Participation Emergentism Theory predicts a competition among Worldviews.

(paid link) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels would have agreed with the Conflict Theory patterns of social...

(paid link) The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin: A quick Google search for books on Emergence Theory (also called Complexity Theory)...

(paid link) Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle: An excellent example of Evolutionary Theory can be found in In Oath of...

(paid link) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: Patterns of Culture Theory are illustrated in The Kite Runner. In the novel, Hosseini’s...

(paid link) I Robot by Isaac by Isaac Asimov: Patterns of Technology Theory are evident in the classic novel I Robot, and Asimov’s ideas...

(paid link) The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov: Patterns of Cycle Theory can be seen clearly in Isaac Asimov’s The Foundation. It is...

(paid link) Calumet K by Samuel Merwin: This book represents the pattern of Market Theory in fiction. It is amazing that in the modern...

(paid link) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: This book represents the pattern of Progress Theory in fiction. Twenty-five years after J.B Bury...

(paid link) Animal Farm by George Orwell: This book represents the patterns of Development Theory in fiction. Often called “Dystopian...

(paid link) Angels & Demons by Dan Brown: This book represents the patterns of Power Theory in fiction. The Power Theory of Social Change...

Evolutionary Theory Evolutionary Theory is the first to place the environment as the locus of social change Evolution Theory Assumptions:...

Cycle Theory So far, the theories we have been considering all describe change as happening in one direction. Cycle Theory introduces the...

Development Theory Development Theory views society as a biological organism that moves through life cycles of birth, growth, maturity,...

Abstract Fiction authors that create imaginary worlds have a unique opportunity to influence cultural change. However, to do that job...

(paid link) The Return of the God Hypothesis by Stephen C. Meyer: My interest in Emergence and Emergentism led me to question some of the...

An Integrated Approach In Christianity, we find a system of morality that integrates all of these various approaches into a single...

Ethical Problems Increase Exponentially with Scale A single person may struggle with deciding between right and wrong; but as the number...

Summary: In this paper, I advocate for a renewed emphasis on individual moral education to address large-scale ethical dilemmas....