Jack Sparrow of thePirates of the Caribbeanfilm series and theBlues Brothersof the titular film are examples of this type of anti-hero. Their intentions are good, and they are fighting on the moral high side (barely!), but they don't really care how much damage they cause or who they ...
How Does Lee Define A Character In To Kill A Mockingbird Thomas C Foster tells us how geography can define a character. In To Kill A Mockingbird. We are familiarized to the Radley house which Lee describes as an ominous and foreboding place. This makes us think of Boo Radley, as a scar...
As you walk through the gallery, you will see tapestries on the right-hand side dedicated to stories of the life of the Barberini Pope Urban VIII (17th century). On the left-hand side, are stories from the Bible whose original drawings were executed by the school of Raphael, t...
We may read the Bible and see what God is calling us to be – saints in His Kingdom who live righteously and love selflessly – and feel absolutely defeated by our limitations. Maybe we think that if we try really, really hard, we might become better people than we are, but it seems...
Cover image:Figure 1. Ruth and Boaz on the Threshing Floor[ii] Question: How does the book of Ruth provide a model for marriage? Summary: According to an insightful presentation by Catholic Bible scholar Gary A. Anderson included in this week’s article, the book of Ruth establishes a mode...
But it does feel like my body, my whole life really, has been taken over and is now controlled by a very busy and strange colony. I feel nothing like myself and struggle daily to cope with all the changes I cannot control. And then dealing with how people treat you on top of that...
so the Bible standing alone can have infinite interpretations leading to thousands of Christian churches and belief systems. But if another point is added, represented by the Book of Mormon, then there could only be one line that intersected both points. This was how the Book of Mormon establi...
and practice (Burnett2014; Chesnut2014) and is predicated on the need for a Higher Power to help alcoholics become and remain sober. While this Higher Power is God for many members of the 12-step programs and fellowships, atheists and other nontheistic A.A. participants may define their ...
(See How does someone become a saint? to learn more about sainthood.) Catholics commemorate many saints on their own "saints day," often the anniversary of their death. But with thousands of canonized saints, only a small percentage are recognized regularly. In the seventh century, Pope ...
Nowhere does the Christian faith teach us that the Jewish people are embodied demons or more dangerous than Satan and the fallen angels. Rather the Christian faith teaches us that the supreme evil and problem is sin which offends God. The Jews do not have a monopoly on sin. “All have ...