Sentences with phrase «biblical symbolism»

Aware that palm trees have biblical symbolism as well as contemporary paradisiacal connotations, Newton's prints illuminate the commodification of these immaterial associations.

Yet Jefferson's hope for a national turn to Unitarianism as the dominant religion, a turn that would have integrated public theology and the formal civil religion much more intimately than was actually the case, was disappointed and public theology was carried out predominantly in terms of biblical symbolism.

In the Second Inaugural Address Lincoln incorporated biblical symbolism more centrally into the civil religion than had ever been done before or would ever be done again in his great somber tragic vision of an unfaithful nation in need above all of charity and justice.

In the form in which this coming kingdom was eventually delineated, as divine victory and the final consummation of Christ's work on earth in both judgment and mercy, the biblical symbolism of Christ's return becomes meaningful.

We saw how deeply rooted the European colonists were in biblical symbolism and how time and again they interpreted their experiences on this continent in terms of biblical archetypes.

What made this particular installation remarkable was the biblical symbolism of the sculpture's design.

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The symbolism of the almost biblical presentation gave it gravitas, and when the document was posted throughout the company, it became an object of pride.

The element of symbolism is deeply embedded in the structure of biblical thought.

The biblical themes of scattering the proud, putting down the mighty, and elevating the lowly are an important part of the symbolism of comedy and the repertoire of clowns and fools.

It seems that though Hanukkah is not a biblical holiday, Jesus still fulfilled it, that He took the symbolism and significance of this holiday and pointed it to Himself.

But to find this, we must look back to Scripture and biblical culture to relearn the meaning and significance of baptism, so that we can understand the symbolism and function.

He approaches this through the symbolism of biblical language and focuses on three original human experiences: original solitude, original unity and original nakedness.

Melville was not unfamiliar with Biblical imagery and symbolism.

In addition to its practical function as a source of light, its use is also replete with symbolism: candles can stand for transience and death, illustrate biblical scenes and charge them with emotion, express feelings such as grief or melancholy, illuminate portrayals of science and the arts in the true sense of the word or subtly add an erotic layer to the scenes depicted.

Using symbolism exploring Biblical text, diagrams from scientific hypothesis, and visual psychedelia produced by an influx of cultural influence seemingly aimed at searching for the «unknown» the work serves as a catalyst to further reflect upon topics of belief and wonder as intellectual and spiritual intersections between fact and faith.