Word: catholicism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nice, no. Soulfully conflicted, surely. Neeson grew up Catholic in a small, rural hamlet in Northern Ireland. As a teenager he was torn between a passion for boxing and a love of theater. The world of Chekhov won out in the early '70s, when Neeson joined Belfast's repertory Lyric...
Jordan is nothing if not ambitious, but he does have a great subject. For it was Collins who, in the aftermath of the disastrous Easter Rising of 1916, which proved the hopelessness of open confrontation with Britain's occupying army, virtually invented urban guerrilla warfare, in effect writing the Ur...
DIED. SHUSAKU ENDO, 73; widely acclaimed Roman Catholic novelist and a popular Japanese writer in the West; of hepatitis complications; in Tokyo. Author of Deep River, Scandal and Silence, Endo focused on questions of faith and the clash of cultures.
"During the end of the nineteenth century, there was a great influx of Southern and Eastern European immigrants coming [to America]," Lively says. "The allure of Columbus was only partly based on the fact that he was Catholic; he was also the first successful Italian-American at a time when...
In an age of ever increasing appreciation for diversity and tolerance, the headline mocks the Christian faith, something which is still considered socially acceptable. Drawing parallels between an athletic victory over a Catholic college and the crucifixion of Christ demonstrates a great lack of respect for religious beliefs and marks...