Canonical

In the early Christian church the canon was developed over a period of 250-300 years. Before the written canon was developed the majority of the gospel was shared by word of mouth through teachers. This was not uncommon for this period. One of the main reasons why the gospel was spread through oral tradition is because writing was clumsy and expensive to produce. Once papyrus became economical, and widespread use began, written texts exploded much like the internet has done to knowledge today.…

In this essay, I would like to relate Augustine’s and Egeria’s idea of memory with the use of scripture to the question of individuality. For Augustine, reflection of will and understanding Scriptures are essential in shaping one’s individuality; as for Egeria, it is the act of reading and writing to connect Scripture to the physical world. By defining individuality as the unique journey of the individual, Scriptures provide a central point of conversion to direct one’s memory toward his or her…

The post-Independence, postcolonial narratives work out the constructs of the nation and analyze its text The dis¬courses or narratives written then and later address the issues of the 'new' nation-mapping of territorial spaces, the re¬grouping of communities, peoples, cultures, languages into a homogenous identity of being Indian and belonging to India. Within this text of national identity runs the sub-text of centrality and marginality. The schemes of the nation include or exclude people,…

Supreme Leader Snoke and Darth Plagueis Upon the release of the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, many fans have speculated the origins of new characters. One of the most mysterious characters in The Force Awakens is Supreme Leader Snoke. There are many theories about Snoke being previous characters we’ve seen in the Star Wars saga before. Some of these characters are Emperor Palptine, Boba Fett, Jar Jar Binks, and Darth Plagueis. Other people believe Snoke is a Jedi in disguise, a force…

Kevin Vanhoozer shares some affinity with Barth and Placher as well. His separation of theology and ethics I find most interesting because his premise, that scripture and its subsequent doctrine can best be understood as a script for dramatic performance. And yet somehow Vanhoozer separates the script and its performance, suggesting at various points throughout his book The Drama of Doctrine that both stand on their own. In Vanhoozer’s narrative approach, God the director is also the…

an omniscient narrator. But in a film, the scheme of things changes and the narration can be done in many different ways. The cinematic techniques can be used creatively and effectively to become sources of narration. In The Old Man and the Sea (Sturges) and Samskara (Reddy), the filmmakers have resorted to flashback sequences as tools of narration. Both the film adaptations have rather linear plots, which are very similar to the original novels. But with the change in the medium of expression,…

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: A Dynamic View on Sex and Sexuality The Catholic Church is commonly perceived as being static and reluctant to change. This notion of an unchanging tradition causes the misconception that God excludes certain groups of people because of the judgement that they are living a life of sin. This misinterpretation is producing immense controversy among various groups of people and is causing many to either leave the Catholic Church, or discouraging them from…

DeMille’s presents a black and white silent classic about the life of Jesus in King of Kings. DeMille’s silent black and white film tells the works of Christ in a way that it truly stands the test of time. There is significant details from scriptures in the Gospels included in the film. Often there were quotes from the bible with footnotes of chapter and verse. This film is produced in a way that makes it easier for the audience see the reverence to the Bible. There are also dialogues shown…

Brenda Wineapple, a Hawthorne scholar and biographer, argues in a C-SPAN interview, “He [Hawthorne] is one of the very few canonical American authors who wrote persuasively and wonderfully about women” (“Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne”). Interestingly, in an interview conducted by Jennifer Jacobson, Wineapple contradicts herself when she says, “I don't entirely quote him as a…

Personal and shared knowledge differ in the quantity of individuals who posses this knowledge, as personal knowledge refers to the interpretation of knowledge by a single individual, whereas shared knowledge denotes the ownership of knowledge by a group of individuals. Shared knowledge can also be considered timeless as each generation may use the same shared knowledge, where as personal knowledge can only be used by an individual at a certain point in time. Because these two concepts share a…