Word: religion
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DAVID VAN BIEMA, TIME's chief religion writer, reports this week on the historical, mythical and religious interpretations of Moses. "He's a compelling character as a human being and as an archetype because he connects important stories from different religions," says Van Biema. "The Prince of Egypt and some new books remind us of his extraordinary power and the mystery that still surrounds him." Van Biema, who has written cover stories on the Shroud of Turin and the Book of Genesis, says exploring faith in contemporary times presents a challenge: "It's like reporting on last week's politics...
Other assessments of Akhenaton's religion render the Aton-Adonai connection less convincing. In his new book, The Lost Tomb, Kent Weeks, the Egyptologist who in 1995 discovered the tomb of Rameses II's sons, describes Akhenaton's monotheism as full of grotesque images and semidivine, yet vaguely sexual earthbound relationships. It appears an odd ancestor to the austere religion of YHWH...
...issues raised by every page scream for resolutions, some which are long in coming, some which never come. What is the nature of a person's religion? Is it possible that religious identity can define your entire being? Can you escape from your past? Call them heavy, but Appelfeld merely suggests these questions without hammering them into our consciousness, enabling us to swallow them all in measured doses without feeling stifled. His prose is invariably elegant and devoid of strong emotion, compelling us to distance ourselves from the situation at hand...
...economic transaction, and humanity characterized by little more than greed and self-interest, he shows the ease with which we can be seduced. It is simple to see how our lack of feeling towards the characters can be translated into the lack of empathy for another culture, race or religion that allows atrocities like the Holocaust to happen. It seems to have been Appelfeld's intent to lull us into a state of complete emotional suspension. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, it seems that we commonly ask ourselves how the Holocaust could have ever happened. Appelfeld reminds...
...dewy-eyed to be disappointed by mere wishy-washy non-committal phrases like "forging community" and "driving values." Such, it seems, is the fate of popular election rhetoric. No, Dartboard is not complaining about that this time. This time it's about something that's a little like religion, a little like meditation and a little like compassion...