Cultural depictions of Jesus

Cleopatra of Egypt and Icenian Queen Boudicca’s interactions fighting with the Roman Empire that brought about the belief of redhead’s being highly sexualized and fierce, which then became a known detail in the Christian religion (Kentch). Along with Jesus’ betrayer in the Bible, Judas, having red hair and at one point the hair color being a sign of witchcraft in Europe, it is clear that people with red hair have been the subject of bigotry ("The Myths and History of Red Hair - Witchcraft and…

17-Visual arts illustrate our world in a way linear studies cannot (Jensen 49). 19-According to Jensen, “Visual arts can enhance cognition, emotional expressions, perception, cultural awareness, and aesthetics; they can play a significant role in the learning process” (Jensen 49). 20/21-Artist use components of line, tone, color, space, texture, along with contrast, balance, and depth to aid in conveying the message created in…

laborers, to name a few” (Schwartz).The carnival has grown from being a sophisticated, special event to an all broad public carnival of Trinidad and Tobago. Consequently, for one to comprehend the importance of carnival one should observe at the cultural integration as well as the perseverance. Carnival time is one of the most important occasions on the islands year planner. The festivities all began in the late 18th century with French farm proprietors from the island of Martinique establishing…

This week is Interfaith Week, a period of celebrating integration, promoting acceptance and understanding, but within the last two weeks the world has exposed a much bleaker depiction in relation to our level of acceptance. There has been excessive discontent in the world with the recent Paris attacks and thus rising anti-Islamic mentality. There have been attacks from Glasgow to the small region of Fife, where in Methil, 15 men attacked a Muslim couple who owned a shop. Giving these current…

The article “Redemptive popular art: Television and the cultural mandate.” written by C. Christians (1980) gives us three questions that we should judge our films by. The first being, “How does it portray human life, or more strongly, what do they presume about human nature?” (p. 14) most messages of film today…

emphasis on location and space of where people gather in worship. Too often people can limit the church to just that—a building. However, the church is way more than that. It is not bound by time or space, but united to a connection to Christ. It is a depiction of Christ’s body. Ecclesia is Greek for church. It means the assembly of the called out. To be a part of the church is to be to be set a part—in the world but not of it. This reflects the passage in Matthew 5:14, “You are the light of the…

The Road and its Large Cultural Impact in a Short Period of Time A man forced to go to his limits to protect the last glimmer of hope in his world, the story of The Man in Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road contributed to the birth of the ever-growing post-apocalyptic genre. Set in a time where the world is a place of depravity, The Man and The Boy are the two glimmers of hope. The journey down the perilous road to their idea of salvation inspired not only the other in the novel, but a large…

religion. In these tales, Christian Europeans use Syria, and others, to portray Christianity favorably in an effort to gain followers. This is done through the use of religion and gender. These ancient stories have continued to influence the overall depiction of some societies and continue to do so during the twenty first century. Albina and The Man of Law’s are an apparatus utilized to enforce…

Just like every coin has two sides, the period of renaissance had two sides – a good and a bad. Though it had some dark sides, one cannot deny that European renaissance was a period of growth and development. There was advancement in every aspect of human life, from human anatomy, science, technology to universe beyond. It was an era where man was rediscovered as an individual being and not just a product of church. It was a time when man could use his reason and logic to question what he is…

The Renaissance era lasted from the early 1300s to the mid-1600s and was coined the period of rebirth or classical revival of the classical past. During this time, God became less of the focal point and humanism (man was at the measure of all things) took root. Italy was perhaps one of the most important regions of the time due to its beauty and grandeur. The top city-states during the Renaissance included Florence, Milan, and Venice. In an effort to understand how the Renaissance period…