Religious ecstasy

people. The Baroque period was sincerely a grandiose time. A honorable representation of this time would be Bernini’s David and Pozzo’s Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius. These two works of art are similar in only trivial ways such as they both have a religious background. Bernini’s David is the representation of the classic bible story David and Goliath. The sculpture shows david preparing to launch a rock at Goliath. The way his body is positioned fabricates contrasts of light. Similar to Bernini’s…

A response to Pandemonium and Silence at Corinth written by Richard and Catherine Clark Kroeger. I found the introduction quite interesting and informative. “Although we may idealize the early church, most of us would not have enjoyed a visit to a worship service at Corinth. The impression which one was most likely to receive was that of chaos and delirious insanity” (pandemonium and Silence at Corinth). The author uses 1 Corinthians 14:23, NEB which backs up their statement and what they said…

Etymologically the word mystery is derived from a Greek word [myein]which meant to close relating to the nature of the religious practices in the mystery religions which were secretive ,it meant to close lips and eyes( Merkelbach)the origins of these religions can be traced back to the early centuries of the Greek history originating in tribal gatherings which were practiced…

In Romantic poetry, the exposition of religious concepts has been a much debated issue with some critics arguing that the Romantic writers have secularized theological notions, while others argue that religion is reinterpreted to appeal to common people. Many critics including M.H. Abrams state that Christian modes of thinking are humanized and naturalized, and the dichotomy between nature and god is deleted by transforming the values associated with the creator to the created. Natural…

from the religious orthodoxy (dos and don’ts). Being a confessional poet, Kamala Das takes the reader into the world of her private life and unveils the delicate…

Justice after the War or "Jus Post Bellum" is a concept of Just War Theory, which defines actions, aimed to restore peace and development, which concern the terminal phase of a war and peace agreements accepted by the international community to reconcile the parties involved in a conflict. According to (P. 160) Brian Orend: “Conceptually, war has three phases: beginning, middle and end." To my way of thinking, the end or when hostilities cease in a war, there are three entities: a winner, a…

to have it’s effects, it needs an institution. It takes a village to raise a child, and so it takes a religious dogma to breed toxic mindsets. Fordianism is that institution, and in Brave New World, the author Aldous Huxley uses the psudeoreligion Fordianism to emphasize the need for human kind to have a sense of purpose, and how that can be taken advantage of and satirized in today’s religious culture . Ford is the dominant practice and praised deity in the book, and it’s religion is organized…

Awareness Found in the Ugliness What our eyes fail to see is that one woman’s poison is another man’s ecstasy. So we’re constantly shoving down each other’s throats a concoction of what tastes like golden gasoline. In hopes that this slippery liquid would help set the other person free. Perhaps, if they had one sip, perhaps, they could think like me. All and all it makes no difference of your intentions righteous or evil; a lack of understanding is the destruction of all people. Wallace was a…

The Pietà (sculpted by Michelangelo) is a depiction of the Virgin Mary embracing her son Jesus after he was taken down from the cross and it is presently located in an ornate Baroque chapel in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. It was carved from Carrara marble between 1948 and 1500 and it was the first of the three versions Michelangelo sculpted during his lifetime. According to Unger “the Pietà is a work of silence and of mystery, of contemplation rather than raw feeling.” (68) The…

there has been no actual evidence that proves it. The painting is very complex and represents a highly religious time, the Northern Renaissance. The Northern Renaissance was a time when humanism played a big part in painting, which The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck represents. The annunciation is a strong example of the humanistic…