Lexicon
Over the course of writing this Blog, a few terms have regularly popped up that may require some definition. That is what this page is for – to be able to link to the commonly used terms throughout these pages and provide a little more definition.
Please feel free to bring up any issues with interpretation or understanding and I will gladly open discussion.
Western World / Westerner
These terms are generally referencing most of the religiously founded countries based on Abrahamic practices (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), rather than simply an “East/West” divide based on the Prime Meridian and International Date Line. This is not a pejorative term, but instead is used to illustrate a split in the types of understanding between the …