The most
important elements of the faith, I believed, had not changed over the years, only gotten lost and rediscovered again.
Not exact matches
Despite complaints over hard - to - define bias, many shows and movies have made Christianity a part
of on - screen characters» lives, portraying the
faith as an
important element of a bigger story — instead
of just a punchline.
In the argument
of Protestant - Catholic - Jew, if the specific dogmatic
elements of each
faith were not
important, then religion must have become simply one way a minority group could ease its way into the mainstream.
It will be irenic in the sense that we shall seek to appreciate the extent to which perfectionist and pacifist interpretations
of Christianity are derived from genuine and
important elements in our common
faith.
They usually are content to demythologize it.11 Here again, if one makes the opposite judgment as a systematic theologian, based in Scripture and tradition, that belief in the resurrection
of Jesus is not only necessary to Christian
faith, but one
of its most distinctive and
important elements, one may find it possible to express that belief in Whitehead's understanding
of the person.
However, Boff's intention to communicate to a wide public
important elements of the Christian
faith in relation to context is by no means minimized by these questions, quite the contrary.
Among the
important elements of Hitchcock cinema discussed: the point
of view shots, the mischievous sense
of humor, the MacGuffins, building viewer anticipation, cool blonde heroines, placing one in the shoes
of villains and victims alike, and how Hitchock's Catholic
faith and Jesuit education contributed to his interests in guilt, innocence, and antiestablishmentism.
In spite
of these significant problems, however, the movie raises
important issues
of institutional failure and
faith, and with fine supporting performances from Chris O'Dowd, Aidan Gillen, Isaach De Bankolé, Marie - Josée Croze, Orla O'Rourke and even * gasp * Domhnall Gleeson (Brendan's son, and an actor I usually find unbearable to watch, but who here is very good), Calvary has many reasons to see it, even if the sum total
of its quality
elements do not help it transcend its flaws.
But the people who consider
faith formation to be one
of the most
important parts
of a child's education would surely want to see some restoration
of the religious
elements they cherished in their Catholic schools.
In assessing such a risk, both objective and subjective factors should be taken into account (that is, that even when a certain religious practice is not prescribed by
faith or the religious community, the fact that to a particular person a religious practice is an
important element of his or her
faith should be taken into account).