Anti-clericalism

Vinoth Loganathan Mark 3.9 Frank Darabont – Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile Anne Bradstreet once said “Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.” Frank Darabont effectuates this simple principal in his work. He successfully illustrates and imparts this comprehension into the mind of his viewers making his impact in the world. It can be drawn that this principle is close to his heart as it is craftily presented in most of his works. Frank…

Introduction. The French Revolution was a period of ideological, political and social overturn in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French polity, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, suffered radical change to forms based on Enlightenment principles of republicanism, citizenship, and rights. These changes were accompanied by violent confusion, including executions and repression during the Reign of…

reveals fear about having control. Moreover, in the painting there is a red flag tied from the branches, which could represent failure and insufficient about losing power. According to Andrew Dowling, Dali’s painting is “subject to deep-rooted anti-clericalism, with the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the Church found itself the target of an unprecedented assault” (594). Dowling’s view seems suitable when compared to the Narcissus painting because Narcissus was an image that was appealing to…

were becoming upset with religion and government. Afshin Molavi believed that because religion had such a central role in politics that often failed, the people were becoming disconnected from their faith. He said, “There is a rising tide of anti-clericalism among ordinary Iranians as a result of the failures of the Iranian Republic.” When the government crashed, it took the people’s religion with it and many…

influence from Hegelian philosophy (Makolkin 2002, 80). With the major Russian philosophers of the time, such as Belinsky, Hertzen and Chernyshevsky, all following Hegelian philosophy, Kierkegaardian philosophy found few readers, as it held staunchly anti-Hegelian positions (Nagy 1997, 110-1). Also, Kierkegaardian religious philosophy was largely protestant. With Russian Orthodoxy as the major religion of Russia at the time, and the negative connotation “Protestant” held, as “the Lutheran type…

The idea of the ‘Reformation’ can be interpreted in many different ways, and what actually constitutes it can be debated. This essay will focus on the Reformation in what is modern day Germany, with specific reference to Lutheranism. While it would appear obvious that the Reformation was trying to reform religion at its heart, this essay will make the argument that the Reformation was actually part of a wider movement, or change, across the whole of Europe which was not just trying to reform one…

One of the persistent fields of study in history is the examination of the relationship between religion and science-- a subject that has been the topic of inquiry since the beginnings of science as natural philosophy to science as it exists now. One model that has come to predominate the modern understanding of how the two interact is the conflict thesis, or that there is a fundamental incompatibility between science and religion, and that warfare between the two is inevitable. Through the lens…

The “siècle des Lumières” and accompanying French Revolution were, and often still are, characterized as mass movements of antagonism towards faith and religion. As the Catholic faith of the old regime crumbled, the revolutionary spirit of the time promised to do away with orthodoxy and create a new egalitarian society based on freedom. Ideas like these were fueled by the French philosophes, with thinkers like Voltaire referring to orthodox religion as “the mother of fanaticism and civil…