Sentences with phrase «violent history as»

In The English Garden, Kudzanai Chiurai investigates Zimbabwe's violent history as well as the way in which Africa is imagined in the west.

Not exact matches

Anyone with a vague recollection of the history of Facebook will recognize the Cambridge Analytica situation as a violent symptom of something that's plagued Facebook and its users for years: apathy.

In something of an oblique way this article alludes to the 5th Crusade and the Sultan Malik s well as St. Francis Assisi and we must bear in mind (in all of this violent conflict) that the Mediterranean is actually the junction of three continents (Africa, Asia, Europe) and that powerful empires have been bumping into one another since the beginning of recorded history (Babylon, Egypt, Persian, Assyria, Alexander, Rome, Carthage, the Moors, Christian Crusaders, El Cid -LRB-!!)

Gratitude to God requires that we live not by evading the real nature of existence, not by denying the violent character of nature and history, but by facing reality as best we can, finally affirming the whole of life in all its sorrow and pain as a great gift.

«but you can not deny that forcible, violent conversion has been justified as righteous by some of the most influential theologians in the history of Christendom.»

I understand that your interpretation of scripture doesn't agree with Saint Augustine's, but you can not deny that forcible, violent conversion has been justified as righteous by some of the most influential theologians in the history of Christendom.

«It seems just as likely your Satan created your book, especially considering the violent destructive history» = > it is the way of man as atheists as well as believers have a destructive history.

It seems just as likely your Satan created your book, especially considering the violent destructive history that belief has generated, all of the confusion in translation... all traits one would expect from Satan.

It is a world that is riven with murderous divisions and violent political upheavals as much as any other age in history, although made more potent and deadly now through our very technological achievements.

At times God appears violent, not because He is violent, but because, just as Jesus on the cross took the sin of the world upon Himself, so also God in human history, took the violence of humanity upon Himself.

There were, it is granted, some «excesses» on the fringes of the protest movement, such as the violent activities of the Weathermen, that marred an otherwise glorious chapter of American history.

During a two - year period known as the Reign of Terror, the episodes of anti-clericalism grew more violent than any in modern European history.

Dangerous because a charismatic leader can use them in violent ways, as proved by history.

He found that men who had had two or more convictions for misdemeanor violence were 15 times as likely as those with no criminal history to be charged with the most violent crimes.

Studying the craters on the moon offers a window into that violent history of the young solar system that is not nearly as accessible on Earth.

Rönnlund believes that the Swedish - Greek project can provide important clues as to what happened during this violent period in Greek history.

The criminal check looks for things such as a history of domestic violence, violent crimes, sex crimes, misdemeanor assaults, and felonious assaults.

Cooper, whose «Black Mass» deals with Whitey Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in South Boston history, deals with a criminal element in «Hostiles» as well, though the focus could conceivably be the massive criminality on the part of both an army platoon and their enemies.

Intent to Destroy uses a historic feature film production as a springboard to explore the violent history of the Armenian Genocide and legacy of Turkish suppression and denial over the past century.

Just as The Square gave viewers a you - are - there view of unfolding history in Egypt, so does Winter on Fire transport you without much of an intermediary into Ukraine's violent strife.

In short, the movie starts with Thor chained up in the lair of a fire demon named Surtur and ends on Asgard with Thor, his adoptive brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who is more often his enemy than his friend, an Asgardian warrior known as a Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) battling Thor and Loki's recently freed sister Hela (Cate Blanchett, camping it up deliciously), the Goddess of Death, whose role in Asgard's conquering of the nine other realms has been largely obliterated from the official history (this is the film's one major socio - cultural theme, and it gets a beautifully realized visualization when Hela causes a seemingly innocuous painted dome to crack open, revealing a portrait of a much darker and more violent history underneath).

Set during the winter of 1981 — statistically one of the most crime - ridden of New York City's history — A MOST VIOLENT YEAR is a drama following the lives of an immigrant and his family as they attempt to capitalize on the American Dream, while the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

As Rose searches for her daughter, she begins to learn the history of Silent Hill — its violent, puritanical past and the origins of its accursed state — and realizes that her daughter is just part of a larger, more terrifying destiny.

Scorsese himself holds the film in high regard, once describing it as «the most violent [film] I ever made,» which is a fairly bold claim from a filmmaker who has brought us some of the most brutal scenes in movie history.

A crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

But when a mass grave is accidentally discovered nearby, revealing the grim truth behind the disappearance of a religious community known as the Aroostook Baptists, Parker realizes that their deaths and the violent passing of Grace Peltier are part of the same mystery, one that has its roots in her family history and in the origins of the shadowy organization known as the Fellowship.

Recreating a period of Australian and British history as evocative and violent as the American frontier era, Only Killers and Thieves is an unforgettable story of family, guilt, empire, race, manhood, and faith that combines the insightfulness of Philipp Meyer's The Son, the atmospheric beauty of Amanda Coplin's The Orchardist, and the raw storytelling power of Ian McGuire's The North Water.

History comes alive in The First Frontier as Weidensaul retells the stories of many of the individuals whose lives both shaped and were shaped by this rugged, violent and often terrifying frontier.

Rich cultural history including settlement by a variety of First Nations, Danish, British and American settlers has shaped this region as has the violent wind and rainstorms that tested their mettle over the centuries.

Booker Dewitt is a self - confessed violent killer with a history of mental instability and a military background, plus some mild racial problems as hinted at several times.

He's a brutal, violent man, which makes him well suited to apocalyptic survival and his new occupation as a bounty hunter, but Bend Studios is keen to stress that he's also a man struggling with the loss of his club brothers and history wife / girlfriend.

Posed before a violent tableaux (a picture within the picture that pays homage to the sweeping compositions of classical history painting), the scene appears as a suspended moment in a mysterious narrative.

Cutting, a video projection by Wangechi Mutu, also positions the female body as a central site for investigating history and culture, challenging the viewer with often violent visions of the past, present and future.

As with Kentridge's film, where the complete image exists only in the mind of the viewer, Thom's violent heritage is replayed in the mind of each viewer who interacts with the components of the artist's inherited history.

He has also initiated a series of altered share certificates, now - obsolete documents referring to this same violent, turbulent history of colonial trade, ownership and power, as well as subtly referencing the contemporary art world's participation in commodity culture.

A master storyteller, Marshall weaves the political, urban, suburban, and African - American history into ordinary narratives that are meant to upend popular perceptions of black culture as impoverished, violent or outraged and directly challenge conventional ideals of beauty.

However, instead of merely cataloging species as Audobon did, Ford uses the familiar visual language of the well - known wildlife artist and other early natural history artists to depict historically - based allegories of the violent collision of man and nature.

Protestors released an open letter yesterday expressing their disappointment that the museum is honoring an artist they believe should instead be held accountable for her portrait of Emmett Till, «Open Casket» (2016), which many see not only as an insult to Till's memory but also as a white woman's violent vision of a history that isn't hers.

The fact that mother Alimanovic was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina and her children were born in Germany between 1994 and 1999 hints at her possible history in Germany as a refugee, escaping the violent conflict in her home country.

Anyone with a vague recollection of the history of Facebook will recognize the Cambridge Analytica situation as a violent symptom of something that's plagued Facebook and its users for years: apathy.

As a child, it didn't occur to me that the legal system's set against a strong, decent hard - working Aboriginal mother as opposed to a white male violent - drunkard with a criminal history was an example of structural sexisAs a child, it didn't occur to me that the legal system's set against a strong, decent hard - working Aboriginal mother as opposed to a white male violent - drunkard with a criminal history was an example of structural sexisas opposed to a white male violent - drunkard with a criminal history was an example of structural sexism.

However, it is important to note that substance use or abuse is not by itself dispositive on custody, and may be outweighed by other factors, such as the existence of a strong relationship between parent and child or evidence that the other parent has a history of violent behavior.

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

In preschool and during middle childhood, neglected children are more likely to be socially withdrawn and experience negative interactions with their peers.9, 12 Additionally, neglected children may have significant internalizing problems such as withdrawal, somatic complaints, anxiety and depression when compared to physically - abused and sexually - abused children.7 Similar to adults with a history of physical abuse, adults with a history of neglect are at increased risk for violent criminal behaviour.13