Word: secularity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dilettantism implies inconsistency, though, I Dilettanti have some claim to the title. The six vocalists, all graduates of one or another of F. John Adams's schools of choral singing, presented a mixed program of sacred and secular music, not all of which was entirely suited to their voices. A set of madrigals early in the program came off particularly well, with good diction and full, robust tone, and a remarkable set composed by Carlo Gesualdo, a madman, was nearly as successful. The bizarre chromaticism of Gesualdo's music may reflect the turbulence of his even more unconventional private life...
...endorse his ideal. Christians ought to be engaged in developing a view of life and the world as a whole, in showing the implications of Christian theism for every area of human knowledge. No one before him and few since him have developed any world view-theistic or secular-as complete as his." Of course, any philosopher who picks up Nash's challenge will have to deal with a world of knowledge much more complex than that of Thomas' day, a world that the Angelic Doctor himself would likely have confronted with nothing less than intellectual glee...
...appear to be a sign of unimagined success. But alas, from the tenor of your report it would appear that Theologian Miller has little understanding of the nature of the Greek gods. Ancient Greek culture was awash in divine identifications that had to do with what, to us, are secular realities, for example Euripides' beautiful line, "Recognizing one's friends is also a god." The Greek mind saw divinity everywhere, which may be what modern fans are responding to, but that included a lot of gruesome places. It may well be that polytheism harmonizes more accurately with...
Similarly, the presentation of the chants themselves suffered in a secular context. The chants were sung in too straightforward a manner without enough lift and flow. They are such a personal expression that pushing them out for an audience's sake robs them of their delicate beauty. The chants were sung as well as could be expected in the circumstances...
...Gaza Strip, plus perhaps 1 million more inside and outside refugee camps in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan) has been the most intractable of the Middle East disputes. Syria has given strident sympathy to the "liberation" groups that would dismantle Israel as a Jewish state and establish a binational, secular Palestine, and Syria has seldom condemned terrorist actions. Asks Assad: "How could we persuade the dispossessed people they should be content to keep silence and not disturb the world...