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...Holocaust has shut the door that Christ opened," Nozick said. "Whatever suffering Jesus underwent, this could not be sufficient to redeem humanity in the face of the Holocaust...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scholars Commemorate Kristallnacht | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Milton is a perfect and delicious literary counterweight to More. And both the history and the fiction emanate from and complement Ackroyd's 1996 biography of the late 18th century poet and artist William Blake, who cast himself as Milton in the epic of the same name to redeem the older poet. Blake's works remythify Britain, replacing an imposed sanctity with the rediscovery of sacredness. Blake begins the restoration of God's calendar by pointing out that there is "a moment in each day that Satan cannot find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: A Man for More Seasons | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...women are looking to finish out an injury-riddled season with a positive experience, while the men are gunning to redeem a disappointing performance at Heptagonals two weeks...

Author: By Haley Steele, | Title: Cross Country Heads to Heps | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

...begins to bull back together to support the Arab community and to resist what is seen as the heavy hand of the federal government. Those who have decried the film as racist are correct in that yes this is another film about shady Arabs, but the film seeks to redeem itself by having the government take extreme measures against all Arabs, thereby overtly demonstrating the evil in broad prejudices. Unfortunately, the approach seems a bit simplistic, although it is still a point well made...

Author: By Keith D. Desrochers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Under The Siege | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...serious? Am I really nominating private-sector surveillance as a surrogate for village visibility and the heavy gaze of a punitive god? Well, no. For one thing, God punishes only real sins and aims to redeem; malicious hackers and personal enemies will settle for embarrassment. And God brings cosmic reassurance as well as fear; the technologies of surveillance are all hell, no heaven. But I am serious about raising the question: As we spend more time plugged in and less time in public view, and as many people take fire and brimstone less and less literally, where will the surrogates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sin in the Global Village | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

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