Confessional

Gabriel García Moreno, who dominated the political scene between 1860 and 1875, tried to consolidate an oligarchic regime favouring the social, political and economic privileges of a small group, and a state associated with the Catholic Church as confessional education institution, the population register and the collection of taxes. Ecuadorian society was uneven, not all had similar political, social and economic rights. The land was concentrated in the landowners and deepened a form of…

or examples: People tend to express themselves unapologetic or sincere through masking. I’m not Catholic nor religious for that matter, but I’ll use this example of confession, as it’s done usually behind a screen, a form of veil of secrecy in confessional box or booth, and this bestows a mask for redemption and purging. Fast forward a bit, a less dogmatic approach and we have the digital masks; internet’s social platforms, where one is protected by a screen and armed with a keyboard. Alas, some…

INTRO “I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering ‘bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, the more I love” (Walker). While the existence of personhood is often questioned as an individual learns about life, The Color Purple provides critical insight to the growth of African Americans in The South. Alice…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger has always been controversial. The novel brought the feelings of a new generation and exposed it to the rest of the world. The book, a confessional by protagonist Holden Caulfield, takes the readers through his mental breakdown, as he flunks out of school for the fourth time, as well as the continued stress of his brother Allie’s death three years prior. Readers can observe Holden’s thoughts, and see how he changes over the course of three days as he breaks…

approach morality and intertwine spirituality with the unique style Father Richard Gula uses to corroborate his thesis. Father Richard Gula points out that since the Council of Trent (1545-1563), morality was more in assisting the priest in the confessionals as to determining the moral thinking to determine which actions were sins or not and to resolving the conflicts of obligations according to the objective principles of natural law. Although there was a shifting of ideology prior to…

Annotated Bibliography Anderson, David K. "The Theater of the Damned: Religion and the Audience in the Tragedy of Christopher Marlowe." Texas Studies in Literature and Language 54.1 (2012): 80. Web. 31 Oct. 2016. Anderson discusses in “The Theater of the Damned” the concept of religion in Doctor Faustus. Anderson discusses why the audience would pay to see characters of a play brought to such low points throughout the duration of the story. Anderson explains how the viewers of a play in the…

Why am I here? What is my purpose? Religion easily provided answers to these uncertainties. Religion played an important role in everyone’s daily lives. It provides understanding of what is not understandable in our lives. All humans want answers, without answers we fear the unknown. An individual’s choice in religion defined who they were. It allows reasoning for individuals to make morally right decisions. Individuals believe their whole purpose in life is based on their beliefs. For example,…

“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave” Born as Marguerite Johnson on April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in St. Louis and Stamps Arkansans, Maya Angelou became one of the most renowned and influential voices of her time. Multi-talented barely seems to cover the depth and breadth of Maya Angelou's accomplishments .She was an author, actress, screenwriter, dancer and poet. In Angelou’s work a lot of thoughtful reflections are going on.…

To be courageous and to be a coward are two completely opposite traits but the words work together to deliver a message. Children at a young age are taught through movies that the heroes are portrayed as brave while those who are suffering and weak are seen as cowards, not very often are cowards seen as courageous. In the Book Thief written by Markus Zusak, the idea of being courageous and a coward are combined together into one. Without cowardice man can’t see the courage of, without courage…

Life begins with the moment of conception and ends with death. From the moment of conception every human life matters, but abortion says differently. When a mother is contemplating on having an abortion she is not considering the type of life that her child could have. Abortion is considered the “death penalty” for an innocent child simply because the parents were not ready for a child or the parents did not want a baby. The main people who are affected in this matter are the parents of the…