Towards the end of the 11th century‚ the ongoing animosity between the religions of Christianity and Islam would reach its breaking point. The destruction of the Christian Church of the Holy Sepulcher by Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim‚ the capture of the city of Jerusalem by the Muslims and the ongoing tensions between the Christian Byzantine Empire and its Muslim neighbors‚ would prompt Pope Urban II to call for European Christians to take up arms and passionately state “whoever shall set forth to liberate
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Third Sunday of Easter Year C (Homily) 10/04/2016 Fiddler on the Roof is a musical by Sheldon Harnick which had 3000 Broadway performances. It is based on the book Tevye and his Daughters by Joseph Stein‚ set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. The story centres on Tevye‚ the father of five daughters who owned a milk business‚ and his attempts to maintain his family and Jewish religious traditions while outside influences encroach upon their lives. Finally‚ he had to move out of his village because of the
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In one type of fraud theory‚ critics say that the disciples lied and stole the body. The problem with this is that the disciples really wholeheartedly believed in a resurrection to the point of martyrdom. As mentioned earlier‚ “liars make poor martyrs.” Another twist to the fraud theory is that since the disciples truly believed that Yeshua rose‚ then perhaps someone else stole the body‚ and the disciples were deceived. For both of these ideas‚ the
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due to its large gaping wound. The bull’s tail forms the image of a flame‚ symbolising the violence and danger of war. In the bottom vector of the painting is a deceased soldier. On the open palm of the soldier is a stigma‚ which is a symbol of martyrdom derived from the stigmata of Christ. In the central top of the painting is a light bulb in the shape of an eye. This is to symbolise a bomb coming from the Spanish word for light bulb‚ “bombilla” In contrast to the light bulb‚ there is a female figure
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How does Angela Carter’s use and manipulate the Gothic form. Why? Explain? Angela Carter manipulates and uses the Gothic form in ‘The Bloody Chamber’ to demean stereotypes in patriarchal society. The narrator’s subconscious desires are revealed through descriptions laced with sexual connotations‚ ‘caressingly thrusting.’ Carter highlights the young girl’s sexual anticipation‚ portraying women in a more sexualised way than that typical of a fairy story. The narrator innocence is also questioned
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the city’s Shias. The Saudi government has often been viewed as an active oppressor of Shias because of the funding of the Wahhabi ideology which decries the Shia faith. The Day of Ashura is a commemoration made by Shia Muslims to remember the martyrdom of Muhammad’s (S.A.W) grandson‚ Husayn bin Ali (A.S) as one of the most important religious days. Shia Muslims remember the occasion with many somber events. However‚ the Wahhabi government has refused to
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Grotowski made his directorial debut in 1958 with the production ’Gods of Rain’ which introduced Grotowski’s bold approach to text‚ which he continued to develop throughout his career‚ influencing many subsequent theatre artists. Later in 1958 Grotowski moved to Opole where he was invited by the theatre critic and dramaturg Ludwik Flaszen to serve as Director of the Theatre of 13 Rows. There he began to assemble a company of actors and artistic collaborators which would help him realize his unique
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The Crusades‚ Silk Road‚ Umayyad‚ and Abbasid Dynasties • A1 The start of the Crusades begins with the Turks. In the early 11th century CE‚ the Seljuk Turks moved west from Central Asia and came to occupy the Holy Land and Jerusalem. They did not allow Christian pilgrims access to Jerusalem and other religious sites. This invasion of the Holy Land made Greek Emperor Alexis I Comnenus seek the help of Pope Urban II who was his rival‚ as the Emperor could not hold the Turks off alone. Pope Urban called
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Shia Islam Shia Islam (Arabic: شيعة Shī‘ah‚ sometimes spelled Shi’a)‚ is the second largest denomination of Islam‚ after Sunni Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi’as but the terms Shiites or Shi’ites are common Anglicisations. "Shia" is the short form of the historic phrase Shī‘atu ‘Alī (شيعة علي)‚ meaning "the followers of Ali" or "the faction of Ali".[1] Similar to other schools of thought in Islam‚ Shia Islam is based on the teachings of the Islamic holy book‚ the Qur’an and the
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Eusebius: ’The Father of Church History’ Eusebius is known as the ’father of church history’ because of his historical accounts of the formation of early Christendom. Born in Caesarea around 260c.e.‚ he was mentored by Pamphilus‚ who had been a student of theologian and
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