Word: religion
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...Diction and identity and history and religion and culture are all intimately bound up," Heaney said. "I am poetically more sure-footed with [idiomatic] words as the paving of my text...
...exhibit was fueled by her "love for Haitian culture and the influence of voodoo religion on it," she said...
Phipps, who spent the past year in Haiti studying culture and religion, presented her art in a short presentation titled "Altars and Shrines in Haiti...
...University of Wyoming student is galvanizing a wave of gay rights activism across the U.S., and President Clinton on Monday urged Congress to pass the Federal Hate Crimes Protection act. The legislation adds gender, disability and sexual orientation to current hate-crimes laws covering attacks based on race, color, religion or national origin. National debate will be further fueled by a Supreme Court decision Tuesday to uphold a Cincinnati decision to eliminate discrimination protections for gays and lesbians...
...These acts of popular devotion have been an integral part of the life of the church over the years," says TIME religion correspondent David Van Biema. "The clergy is very careful in its response, because they represent a challenge but also a tremendous reinvigoration of faith." Although some instances -- such as the apparition at Fatima in Portugal in 1917 -- have entered mainstream doctrine, hundreds more each year fail to win the church's seal of approval. Fowler plans to move to Florida next month. Beatification may have to wait a while...