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![]() ![]() ![]() He also notes that many individuals who proclaim no traditional religious affiliation believe in “non-conventional” forms of the supernatural such as various New Age ideas of spirituality or entities such as elves. His own examination of “nones” indicates that a substantial number of them still believe in God, pray weekly, and occasionally attend worship services. Stark notes that this really affects religious affiliation and not necessarily belief. While there has been an increase in the number of individuals who claim “no religious affiliation” or the infamous “nones” discussed by Pew, Prof. Tony asks Rod whether he has seen a similar trend in his own research using the Baylor Religion Study. Surveys by Pew Forum and the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) have indicated religious practice is on the decline in the United States. We take a tour de force of religion around the world to see that faith is as strong as ever, even in the United States. He backs his claim with extensive survey evidence from a number of polling organizations (namely the Gallup World Poll) and other bits of evidence from scholarly studies. Rodney Stark- co-founder and director of Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religionand frequent guest on our program. The decline of religion around the world may be greatly exaggerated. ![]() Amanda gorman poem the hill we climb7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man.Īnd so we lift our gaze, not to what stands between us, but what stands before us. We are striving to forge our union with purpose. We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for one.Īnd, yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine, but that doesn’t mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect. Somehow we weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished. We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace, and the norms and notions of what “just” is isn’t always justice.Īnd yet the dawn is ours before we knew it. When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? ![]() Here is Amanda reading her poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration day: Transcript: Full Text / Lyrics of The Hill We Climb Poem:Īmanda Gorman’s brilliant poem, The Hill We Climb, is dense and needs to be read carefully so that the meaning, wordplay can be appreciated. ![]() and words are more powerful than bullets. Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem: At age 22 poet laureate Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in history when she read her poem, “The Hill We Climb” at Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021.ĭuring a time of shocking national division, Amanda Gorman provided us with proof that creativity is greater than destruction. ![]() Descendant of the crane review7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The plot is convoluted and the cast unwieldy, with characters coming and going in their significance Akira in particular feels wholly undeveloped and seems to exists solely for Sherlock Holmes–like displays in his investigation and occasionally as a romantic interest for Hesina. Meanwhile, she must manage an increasingly unstable kingdom as people begin to blame soothsayers more and more for their bad luck, and when one of Hesina’s advisors frames a soothsayer for the king’s death, violence threatens to destroy the peace her father was determined to keep. The seer points Hesina to Akira, a current convict but also an apparently brilliant investigator, whose revelations only confuse Hesina further about her father’s past and throw everyone in her life under suspicion. Magic was banned, which is why it’s terrifyingly risky when Princess Hesina, desperate to find her father’s murderer, seeks out a soothsayer’s help. Centuries ago the rebels now known as the Eleven overthrew the corrupt empire of Yan and the soothsayers that used their power to hold down the weak and the poor. ![]() Bareface cs lewis7/8/2023 ![]() When I was a little girl, I spent many a long summer holiday with my great-aunts in the seaside town of Merewether, about an hour's drive north of my hometown of Sydney. ![]() ![]() Set against the backdrop of Glome, a barbaric, pre-Christian world, the struggles between sacred and profane love are illuminated as Orual learns that we cannot understand the intent of the gods "till we have faces" and sincerity in our souls and selves. Much to Orual's frustration, Psyche is loved by Cupid, the god of love himself, setting the troubled Orual on a path of moral development. This is the story of Orual, Psyche's embittered and ugly older sister, who possessively and harmfully loves Psyche. Lewis reworks the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche into an enduring piece of contemporary fiction. ![]() In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() The present book is thus of value for the study of Armenian history and theology in the period following the break with the imperial church of Constantinople. Within Armenia the secondary version of Socrates became more influential than the first, more exact translation. There are many striking resemblances between the Church histo-ries of Socrates, Sozomenus and Theodoretus: all three of them claimto continue Eusebius’ Church history all three of them are builtaround the reigns of Roman emperors and their judgements onindividual emperors are all very similar. ![]() Similar Armenian reworkings of foreign Histories - the Georgian Chronicles and the Syriac Chronicle of the Patriarch Michael - are much later. The Introduction assesses the possible motives for this adaption of a well known History at the end of the seventh century. Socrates, known also as Socrates Scholasticus, was educated. In this English rendering all the additions to the original text are highlighted and studied from the perspective of earlier Armenian literary and theological traditions. SOCRATES, BYZANTINE HISTORIAN Byzantine Church historian b. Each history covered the same period, from Constantine to. ![]() Now, for the first time, that adapted text of the 'Ecclesiastical History' is translated from the classical Armenian. Sozomen and Socrates Scholasticus wrote church histories in the middle of the fifth century A.D. ![]() It was much abbreviated and changed, while at the same time additions of various kinds were introduced. In 695, the first translation (made in the sixth century) was completely revised. The 'Ecclesiastical History' by Socrates Scholasticus had an unusual transmission in Armenia. ![]() 1966 novel by daniel keyes7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() The ideas for Flowers for Algernon developed over 14 years and were inspired by events in Keyes's life, starting in 1945 with Keyes's conflict with his parents, who were pushing him through a pre-medical education despite his desire to pursue a writing career. Īlthough the book has often been challenged for removal from libraries in the United States and Canada, sometimes successfully, it is frequently taught in schools around the world and has been adapted many times for television, theater, radio and as the Academy Award-winning film Charly. ![]() The story is told by a series of progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, the first human subject for the surgery, and it touches on ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled. Īlgernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence. ![]() The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year's Nebula Award for Best Novel (with Babel-17). The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. Flowers for Algernon is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media. ![]() The wheel of time book 127/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon, he’ll discover his ability to wield magical powers long forbidden to men, throwing his life and lives all around him into turmoil. A humble farmer’s son, he lives a quiet life-until a pair of mysterious travelers arrive in his small village. In the Third Age, the Age of Prophecy in which the novels take place, they are preordained to face off in the Last Battle to determine the fate of the world. ![]() Battles between the Dragon and the Dark One are part of a cycle that’s been repeated countless times, age after age, as the Dragon is continuously reborn. Spanning multiple eras and generations, the Wheel of Time focuses on the final confrontation between a great hero known as the Dragon and an evil entity known as the Dark One. Taking place in both our past and our future, this epic fantasy traces the saga of a young man destined to face the Evil One-and tells the story of an entire world’s struggle with war and change, destruction and hope. ![]() Clive barker the last illusion7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Written and Directed by Clive Barker this is dark tale about the true magic that is hidden behind illusions. This is Lord of Illusions.ĭetective Harry D’Amour (Scott Bakula) finds himself swept into a evil cult when the wife of a famed magician hires him to protect her husband from the cult who followed a man named Nix (Daniel Von Bargen). Today we discuss one that involves magic and a darkness that could only come from the mind of Clive Barker. Some of these will have some real life take-aways, others are just for fun. Some were very popular, others not so much. This blog series is about those, My guilty pleasures, my favorites, my escapes. Movies that I have loved from the moment the opening credit rolled and still love now. There were key movies in my life that helped to make me who I am today. ![]() ![]() ![]() I want to ask you, where did this whole thing with food come from for you?įL: Food has always been important to me. LRK: Bring on that powder puff and get the makeup on. Francis, good to have you with us.įrancis Lam: Thank you so much. And he can cook he graduated first in his class from The Culinary Institute of America. He's a cookbook editor at Clarkson Potter, working with great talents like Chrissy Teigen and Questlove. You've read his articles in the New York Times Magazine. He was a staff writer for Gourmet and an editor at. ![]() You'll continue to hear me throughout the year, but you're also going hear more and more of our new host, someone that I brought into the fold seven years ago, first as a guest and then as a contributor. I have had the best gig in the business, and that gig isn't going anywhere. I've have gotten to wear a lot of hats in the food world, but nothing has surpassed these two decades with The Splendid Table. I'm going to be retiring at the end of 2017. Now I find myself wanting to follow some new paths and that's led to a tough decision. ![]() For some 50 years – and I cannot believe I am saying that – curiosity and outright obsessiveness has kept me going down different paths and exploring food. Lynne Rossetto Kasper: Nothing stays the same. ![]() |