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…not associate the murder of the albatross with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The reader is told that the Polar Spirit "loved the bird that loved the man who shot him with his bow." It is doubtful that someone with Coleridge's Christian background and faith could…

…as a man, Rossi differs from his Jewish ancestor and contemporaries in having a somewhat fragmentary biography in leaving behind thirteen printed collections. As a Jewish composer who identified with the community but composed for a largely Christian…

…about God placing man on the earth to rule it. So if God gave us this earth for our earthly benefit, why would we want to trash it and make it harder to live in? Sin is the cause of this, but as a Christian we have a responsibility to take care of God’s…

…) there is a strong resemblance between the Indian raga devotional song and Christian hymnology. Singers in the Catholic faith (Cantors) sing responses and hymns based on the bible and the saints. "In the Kannada-speaking areas of South India another type of devotional…

…literature and express their views on Christianity. They also read French socialist theories that were prohibited in Russia. In 1849 Dostoevsky was arrested for his involvement in this group. He was first sentenced to prison where he served several years…

…. Portia after Shylock has chosen his course of action informs him of the consequences, she says ‘If thou dost shed one drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods are by the laws of Venice confiscate unto the state of Venice’. Antonio receives his moral…

…with on the battlefield, and in government administrations. The janissaries were organized into three unequal divisions: the cemaat, bölükhalki, and segban. The Janissary corps was originally staffed by Christian youths from the Balkan provinces who were converted to Islam…

…Sex in Religion The ways in which the sexual body and sexual pleasure are viewed have changed drastically over time. This is due in large part to the teachings and interpretations of Saint Augustine and the Christian Church. Today…

…-educated women. They were both motivated women. They both broke the boundaries that women faced in the 17th Century. Glikl was a devout Jew. She married at the age of twelve as most of the Jews did unlike Christian women of the times that wed at 18…

…the words, but knows them by heart, she realizes that he is the one who had written the letters on Christian's behalf. She now knows that she has really loved Cyrano, not Christian. When Roxane confronts Cyrano about this, he denies it. Before she can discuss…