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- 371: The Power And The Glory
- ... poem, the speaker says, For, I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.(ln.13-14) To be free, one must be enslaved. This is true concerning Christianity. One must be a servant of God to be set free of sin. In the novel, Greene uses a similar paradox related to suffering. The whiskey priest preaches in a Mass, Pain is part of ...
- 372: Isaac Asimov
- ... religion. He had proclaimed many times that he had no faith but more often than not in stories religion was present. In one of his most famous stories the entire story is based around the Christianity story. This story has a negative outlook for at the end destruction is apparent and that resembles how Christians fear hell. In most of Asimovs stories if religion is present but it is not ...
- 373: Shakespeare's Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays
- ... has locked himself into, and declares that he will accept triple the amount, and let Antonio go. Portia refuses to accept this, and Shylock is forced to pay half his worth to Antonio, convert to Christianity, and agree to bequeath the remainder of his worth to his daughter. Shylock grudgingly accepts and leaves the court embittered. The use of disguise is somewhat similar to the common practice of doubling the use ...
- 374: Day Of Dead
- ... was believed that only in dying, a human being was truly awake. Death was not a mysterious and fearful presence but a realistic recognizable character as much a part of life as life itself. When Christianity was introduced in the 16th century, religion and its symbols became part of the altars we now find in Mexico today. November 1st, All Saints Day, is when the spirits of the children, called "los ...
- 375: England
- ... and 40 inches on the west. There is a high humidity there and fog is common. The area around this country is smaller than the state of Alabama. The English started there own faction of Christianity called the Church of England. But also there is a large group of Baptists and Lutherans. Also with the Asian Commonwealth Immigrants coming in there is some Muslim and Buddhism. About 2% of the people ...
- 376: Ethnic Diversity In Nigeria
- ... of a ruling class. There were checks and balances on the Oba to avoid oppression, and in extreme cases the Oba could be removed. Unlike the Hausa, the Yoruba are not Islamic, tending instead toward christianity, animism, or a combination of the two. Linguistically, religiously, and politically (the Oba's power was checked by a council of cheifs, unlike totalitarian commad of the Emir) the Yoruba differ from the Hausa, yet ...
- 377: The Merchant of Venice: Hath not a Jew Mercy?
- ... the same position that Antonio was in, he is shown mercy when he himself would show none. It would seem to the original audience that the most merciful act was to make Shylock convert to Christianity, therefore saving his soul from eternal damnation. But to Shylock, it is probably the worst punishment conceivable because, after all, he would become what he hated most, a Christian. Perhaps this is the comedy of ...
- 378: Maturing In The Faith
- ... about how the Spirit liberates me, because even as I know this, I do not completely understand it. I will not be able to talk to a non-believer, and try to convert him into Christianity, because I know I would only be telling him empty truths: it would be as though I was trying to convert him by giving a summary of what it means to be a Christian. I ...
- 379: Billy Graham
- ... that he may embrace the nation. He led strong single minded attacks on communism, and he felt he was beginning to make head way when in 1954. Graham boldly announced "Either communism must die, or Christianity must die, because it is actually a battle between Christ and anti-Christ." Graham later said, "...men like Senator McCarthy have gone too far; false accusations can be dangerous," but none the less he supported ...
- 380: Hawthorne And Symbolism
- ... from him. "My Faith is gone!" "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is this world given." This shows that the most important thing in Christianity, his faith, is lost. Throughout the night, Brown finds out more than he ever wanted to know about how his fellow Puritan townsmen have betrayed their faith by giving in to their darker desires, he ...
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