Canonical

Art communicates various social, religious, and political messages, and it is the patrons, artist, and public who are crucial in receiving and conveying these messages. Western art was a highly influential tool and was used as a conduit for political ideologies and historical events. It could associate its subject with greatness, power, and divinity. However, it remains debatable on who had a greater hand in shaping the artistic direction of Western art — the individual or the state. While both…

1 / 8 Jasmine Faith Vahdati Dr. Anne Marie Thell EN5241: Literature and New Worlds 15 February 2017 “Let Us Bring Light Into Our World”: An Examination of Bacon’s Incorporation of the Visual Imagery of a Pillar of Light in New Atlantis Francis Bacon once claimed, “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” Demonstrating how one appreciates knowledge more when calamity strikes, Bacon’s quote illustrates the Bensalemites’ zeal for obtaining knowledge in a…

rhetorical positioning of the persona at the absolute mercy of a higher power engages with the contextual belief of surrendering to God in order to be cleansed and forgiven. Furthermore, Donne’s biblical allusion to the rite of sacrament drawn from the canonical beliefs of the Anglican Church, states that “[God]’ hadst seal’d my pardon with thy blood,” which is an inference to the act of sacrifice by Jesus upon the cross which has cleansed all men, and henceforth Donne -of all his sins. Thus for…

The Psalter is a book of Holy Scripture that has been both captivating and profitable in my personal journey of faith. Unfortunately they never became much more than a guide for Godly living, comforting words for those in torment or grief as well as songs and poetry that were slightly more anointed than modern hymns and contemporary worship songs. This study of the Psalms has been beneficial as it re-enforced and greatly deepened my understanding of discipleship in the Psalms. It also gave me…

John 11:25-26 The Gospel of John, one of the four canonical gospels in the New Testament, demonstrates the career and teaching of Jesus Christ. Distinguished from the first three Synoptic Gospels, this Gospel focusing on new events with developed views was written significantly later. Being the priceless treasure of the Catholic Church in all ages, the Gospel opens to audiences within a broad range, including Christians, Jews, and Gentiles. The Fourth Gospel contains a high standard…

Abu Bakr the first Rashidun caliph (r. 632–634), a member of the Taym clan and one of the Prophet's closest companions was the first adult male convert to Islam . A merchant and an expert on the genealogies of the Arab tribes, Abu Bakr came to be known as al-Siddiq, the one who trusts, a reference to the fact that he alone believed the Prophet’s story of his night journey to Jerusalem. Recognized even in Mecca as the foremost member of the Muslim community after Muhammad, he is credited with the…

The article, Meaningfulness as A Meditator of Subjective Well-Being, of William Compton analyzes the correlation between canonical variate and variable. In other words, Compton shows the correlation between various independent variables including the meaningfulness and the dependent variables which are happiness, life satisfaction, and affect balance. Compton, then, through this investigation of 347 people, figured out that the happiness and the life satisfaction are the correlated with…

This particular proclivity for self-decimation is notoriously canonical for a Byronic hero. Heathcliff acts erratically and impulsively, tormenting himself with his longing for Catherine. He lingers at Thrushcross Grange, much to the disdain of Edgar Linton, inflicting pain on himself as he sees Catherine dying. Upon…

Within the span of ten weeks, London’s overcrowded and impoverished East End was subjected to a series of grisly homicides that went unsolved. What made these slayings so unique to an area already heavily entrenched in violent crime, was the sheer brutality of the homicides. Inside the boundary lines of a single square mile, a number of prostitutes were strangled and mutilated by an unidentified serial killer known to the public as Jack the Ripper. Despite the efforts of the Metropolitan Police…

Throughout human history, civilisations have been influenced by the representations of aspects of the world around them, from the ancient sagas and oral traditions to the establishment of religious doctrine and canonical law. As the mindsets of societies evolve over the centuries, several issues remained until the last few centuries. The inequity of gender across Civilisations globally and the homogenous societies and dehumanisation over other ethnicities. As these matters were prevalent during…