| Study of Revolution In a quick purview of books available commercially, it is interesting to note that the word "revolution" most often appears in two venues, that of the religious realm, and that of the political/social realm. A third place for use of the word is in the scientific realm. This is referred to as a "scientific revolution". This confirms the title, "where religion, science, and public citizenship meet." |
| Definition of Revolution 1. a. Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation. b. A turning or rotational motion about an axis. c. a single complete cycle of such orbital or axial motion 2. An assertedly momentous change in any situation 3. A sudden political overthrow brought about from within a given system Source: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1976, pg 1113, |
| The Quality of Revolution As defined above in #2, revolution In its simplist form, means to change. Change can be positive or negative , good or bad. When we are deciding about change, what do we do? 1. First we gather all the facts that we need. We need to decide if the proposed change, or revolution, is a good one or a bad one for us. Is it right for me? Is it right for society? Is it morally right? What impact will it have upon my life? Read what Bishop Vasa of Diocese of Baker, Oregon (land of legalized physician assisted suicide has to say about this: See Slash and Burn Moral Reconstructionism by Bishop Vasa Informed Consent |
| Change Theory The Holy Bible Critical Pedagody by Joan Wink Pablo Freire - Pedagogy of the Oppressed The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge Schools That Learn by Peter Senge The Dance of Change by Peter Senge |
| First of all, the desire for change has to be present. Secondly, the desire for positive change has got to be present. One may have a desire for change but, not a desire for a positive change but rather for a negative change. These are ill intended people and they exist and some of them do quite well in business, and the like. Others get caught by the law. Many people however, I believe are doing the best they can with what resources they have and in the situation in which they find themselves. It is these people, the well intentioned people that can benefit by our study of positive change. |
| I think many of us go through life with the philosophy, "change happens" akin to the philosophy, "shit happens." To some extent this is true. However, we can become agents of our own change, as well as agents of change for society. This is also the purpose behind many businesses. For example, Curves is a business that wants to help women loose a few pounds, an example of positive change. |
| Our lives are all about change. It is all around us. We as humans are constantly in a state of flux, constantly moving from one state to another. This is happening on a physical level but also on all the other levels of human existence, spiritual, psychological, social, political and every other realm. Since change is so integral to our existence, it is appropriate to study it. |
| It is a skill to identify and know what are the negative areas of your life, what you need to let go of, to change. Many things we know are negative and we know we would like to change, but the effort is too great, the cost is too much, the incentive, the motivation is not there. Perhaps we are only looking for immediate gratification. Since change often is not accompanied by immediate gratification, we fail to undertake the change process. |