Piss Christ

The Greatest Superstar The rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar emerged from the imagination of Andrew Webber (composer) and Tim Rice (lyricist). Later, Norman Jewison brought it to the stage. This movie is based around the last seven days of Christ being on the physical earth. It starts out from the time he arrives in Jerusalem and ends with his crucifixion. This film differs from other Jesus related films due to it being focused not only on Jesus, but the events of Holy Week ("Journal of…

It was 5:45 Thanksgiving evening in Raleigh, North Carolina, I had the honor to interview my oldest aunt who is seventy- one years old by the name of Elois Hollingsworth Hayes. After a great family dinner my aunt I had a chance to sit with each other and reminiscence on her life and different aspects that described her life. We began by discussing her occupation where she was Miami-Dade County public school teacher, were she enjoyed most teaching students English and found most satisfying in…

What to do after high school is one of the biggest choices a person will make in their life. This one decision will affect many different aspects of life. For me, I have decided that I want to spend my years after high school going to college to hopefully one day become a doctor. This process will be very long but I am dedicated to accomplishing my goals. Picking the right college for me is essential in me accomplishing these goals. I have narrowed it down to three colleges to choose from:…

In 2012 a group named “Pussy Riot” became known around the world for their performance on the altar of Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior. During their performance they sang a song titled “Punk Prayer” which included a message that many people are still figuring out. Some believe that the song was designed to criticize the Russian Orthodox Church while others believe that it was criticizing the Vladimir Putin and the Russian government. Jeffrey Tayler, Leonid Storch, and Sergei Prozorov…

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are a very active couple in their mid-thirties. Mr. Anderson is a carpenter and enjoys building wood furniture by hand for designers, and Mrs. Anderson is a field hockey player coach at a local college as well as a player. Both Mr. and Mrs. Anderson want to have their own child, but have not had any luck over the course of a year. They decided it was best to talk to a reproductive endocrinologist, and after months of testing, they couple still had no luck. The couple’s…

The poems Africa and Flying Man by Rabindranath Tagore show the negative effects of man-made destruction. The destruction is the way they have mistreated the people of Africa, as well as changing the way nature used to be, from the peaceful harmonious nature to inventing more modernised technologies, making man seem more arrogant. The focus of the two poems is how man has destroyed the earth with their actions, and the poet does this by using imagery and figurative language. In Africa, Tagore…

my possible guesses for the meaning of this text. • it is a literal view of what it will be like before Jesus second coming of judgement. • It is about the hope of the coming of Christ • It is about the action needed before Christ coming again • It has something to do with eschatological theology and the idea of Christ coming to us again and again At this point I engaged others in the dialogue for help. First, I reached out to a mentor of mine with my eschatological idea. She affirmed my…

Cecil Robeck’s The Azusa Street Mission and Revival offers the response of on African American church to the social and religious segregation we learned from last weeks reading of Methodists and the Crucible of Race. As a licensed Nazarene pastor, I enjoyed that we were also given a reading that revealed the Holiness movement’s response to the dark times of segregation in our country. In The Azusa Street Mission and Revival Cecil Robeck’s explains that the worship practices of the black church…

lion body and head of a man.” This is where Yeats uses background knowledge of a mythical creature to engage with the mind of the reader. Instead of Jesus he uses the term “rough beast” to describe the sphinx arising in the illusion of the rebirth of Christ as told in the Book of Revelation.…

Charles Demuth, called “Deem” by his friends, was the only child of Ferdinand and Augusta Demuth. When Charles was four, he fell and broke his hip. While he was bed-bound because of the injury, his mother presented him with his first art supplies. It was then that his love for art began. Charles' injury caused him to become lame. He was close to both parents, but especially to his mom because of his physical frailty. When Charles was at school, he hung out with the girls because they were not…