He took his imagery from both the everyday rituals of African American rural life in the south and urban life in the north, melding those American experiences with his personal experiences and with the themes of classical literature, religion, myth, music and daily human ritual.

In northern Europe it is common for the iconography on the north side of a church to focus on Old Testament themes, with stories from the lives of the saints and the Gospels being more prominent on the physically ( and hence, spiritually ) brighter southern side.

As well as lyrically addressing political themes from a broadly anarchist perspective, they were always low priced and usually produced by Crass drummer Penny Rimbaud and engineered by John Loder at Southern Studios in north London.

Due to the neighborhood's proximity to both Lake Michigan to the east and the Chicago River to the north, many of the buildings are named with aquatic or nautical themes.

In 1997, Keith learned that the poem " The Paradoxical Commandments " had hung on the wall of Mother Teresa's children's home in Calcutta, India ; and, two decades after writing the original poem, Dr. Keith wrote a book of the same title expanding on the themes of the poem:

The eastern section contains interesting medieval wall paintings with religious themes, and a fine reredos.

In fact, the inn capitalises upon its ghostly apparitions in the promotion of it and has several ghost themes within it including a Casper the ghost cartoon-like figure on the wall with a match to warn for a fire.

The Filth can be seen partly as companion piece to The Invisibles in that it touches upon similar themes and concepts such as fractal realities, art affecting life, postmodern blurring of the fourth wall and the world as a single, living organism with humans as the cells that compose it.

The eastern section contains interesting medieval wall paintings with religious themes, and a fine reredos.

Nor are optimistic and socially-oriented themes at all rare in the distinctive religious history of this country.

Using what became one of van Vogt's recurring themes, it told the story of a 9-year-old superman living in a world in which his kind are slain by Homo sapiens.

While many of Alcott's ideas continue to be perceived as being on the liberal / radical edge, they are still common themes in society, including vegetarian / veganism, sustainable living, and temperance / self-control.

Perhaps the most unusual thing about the privately operated buses is the fact that they are all highly decorated and personalized, with decaling and home made interior designs that range from comic book scenes, to erotic themes, and even to " Hello Kitty " themes.

The Book of Amos contains several different key activities and genres which are used to expound upon its themes.

Many of its exhibitions are on themes of special interest to the Bronx.

Although its author is unknown, its themes and subject matter are rooted in Germanic heroic poetry, in Anglo-Saxon tradition recited and cultivated by Old English poets called scops.

Attempts have been made to organize the entire book of Daniel with a chiastic structure despite the major break between Daniel 6 and 7, even though there are parallel themes across that break.

Further themes are also present: the " sovereign freedom of Yahweh " ( God does not always do what is expected of him ); the " satirisation of foreign kings " ( who consistently underestimate Israel and Yahweh ); the concept of the " flawed agent " ( judges who are not adequate to the task before them ) and the disunity of the Israelite community ( which gathers pace as the stories succeed one another ).

The main themes of the book are introduced in the opening poem ( the " Song of Hannah "): ( 1 ), the sovereignty of Yahweh, God of Israel ; ( 2 ), the reversal of human fortunes ; and ( 3 ), kingship.

These themes are played out in the stories of the three main characters, Samuel, Saul and David.

The major themes of Kings are God's promise, the recurrent apostasy of the kings, and the judgement this brings on Israel:

The visions, and the book, are structured around three themes: ( 1 ) judgment on Israel ( chapters 1-24 ); ( 2 ) judgment on the nations ( chapters 25-32 ); and future blessings for Israel ( chapters 33-48 ).

* The Tent Dwellers – Beavers ' habits, habitat and conservation status ( as of 1908 ) are recurring themes by Albert Bigelow Paine.

Other oft-explored themes are depression, nihilism, misanthropy, death and other dark topics.

Found within Consolation are themes that have echoed throughout the Western canon: the female figure of wisdom that informs Dante, the ascent through the layered universe that is shared with Milton, the reconciliation of opposing forces that find their way into Chaucer in The Knight's Tale, and the Wheel of Fortune so popular throughout the Middle Ages.

The themes of gender roles and obligations are present throughout the film.

A few common themes are often combined into a goal for a collection:

Comedy horror is a type of horror film in which the usual dark themes are treated with a humorous approach.

Yin, Yang, and the five elements are associated with themes in the I Ching, the oldest of Chinese classical texts which describes an ancient system of cosmology and philosophy.

The main themes are Japan, Africa, memory and travel.

The main themes that Cyril focuses on in these lectures are Original sin and Jesus ’ sacrificing himself to save us from our sins.

The comic strip's popular success is attributable to its workplace setting and themes, which are familiar to a large and appreciative audience ; Adams said that switching the setting from Dilbert's home to his office was " when the strip really started to take off.

These themes find expression in paintings such as The Sick Child ( 1885 ), Love and Pain ( 1893 – 94 ), Ashes ( 1894 ), and The Bridge.

Following the completion of a pair of pictures for the Seville Cathedral, he began to specialize in the themes that brought him his greatest successes: the Virgin and Child and the Immaculate Conception.

The influence from Masolino da Panicale towards more modern, early Renaissance themes is visible in the Madonna with Child ( dated 1448 ) in the Pinacoteca di Brera: for the first time, perspective is present and the figure are more monumental.

* Jules Supervielle, a writer of Basque descent, incorporated Hispanic vistas and fantasy themes in his novel L ' Enfant de la Haute Mer Child From The High Sea ( 1931 ).

Following the completion of a pair of pictures for the Seville Cathedral, he began to specialise in the themes that brought him his greatest successes, the Virgin and Child, and the Immaculate Conception.

* ( co-editor with William Child ) Wittgensteinian themes: essays in honour of David Pears ( 2001 )

The subject of the cartoon is a combination of two themes popular in Florentine painting of the 15th century: The Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and The Virgin and Child with St Anne.

Deicide has received considerable controversy relating to their albums and lyrics, which include vehement anti-Christian themes, such as " Death to Jesus ", " Fuck Your God ", " Kill the Christian ", " Behead The Prophet " and " Scars of the Crucifix ", among others.

The Lenten significance of the Gospel account of Zacchaeus is that it introduces the themes of pious zeal ( Zacchaeus ' climbing up the sycamore tree ; Jesus ' words: " Zacchaeus, make haste "), restraint ( Jesus ' words: " come down "), making a place for Jesus in the heart (" I must abide at thy house "), overcoming gossip (" And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner "), repentance and almsgiving (" And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold "), forgiveness and reconciliation (" And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham "), and the reason for the Passion and Resurrection (" For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost ").

After two successful film adaptations of Shakespeare, Zeffirelli went on to religious themes, first with a film about the life of St. Francis of Assisi titled Brother Sun, Sister Moon, then his extended mini-series Jesus of Nazareth with an all-star cast.

Some scholars believe that they are the same sermon, while others hold that Jesus frequently preached similar themes in different places.

Ebert has been known to comment on films using his own Roman Catholic upbringing as a point of reference, and has been critical of films he believes are grossly ignorant of or insulting to Catholicism, such as Stigmata and Priest, though he has given favorable reviews of controversial films with themes or references to Jesus and Catholicism, including The Passion of the Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ, and to Kevin Smith's religious satire Dogma.

Biblical themes such as Christ's crucifixion and the devastation of Mary, Mother of Jesus and Mary Magdelene, reflect the ravaging of Russia, particularly witnessing the harrowing of women in the 1930s.

The Gospel of Thomas proclaims that the Kingdom of God is already present for those who understand the secret message of Jesus ( Saying 113 ), and lacks apocalyptic themes.

On the fringes of Jesus music such UK artists as Bryn Haworth have found commercial success by combining blues and mainstream rock music with Christian themes.

Catholics, while accepting the biological reality of blood and water as emanating from the pierced heart and body cavity of Christ, also acknowledge the allegorical interpretation: it represents one of the main key teachings / mysteries of the Church, and one of the main themes of the Gospel of Matthew, which is the homoousian interpretation adopted by the First Council of Nicaea, that " Jesus Christ was both true God and true man.

As with the genres, the themes of Jesus Freak are varied, ranging from the spiritual-such as accepting Jesus, hypocrisy, atheism-to the secular-such as seeking forgiveness from a friend, racism, facing intolerance, and acceptance.

Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed early Christianity, including cultural clash between Jesus ' teachings and traditional Roman values.

Beginning with the 1996 release of Faith, the group's lyrics have focused primarily on Christian themes, which carried over to its albums In the Name of Jesus, dc Basehead and Rockalyptic Music.

Jesus ' fighting against unbelief and the negative portrait of the disciples is in keeping with the themes of Mark.

One of the most common Christian themes is that of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus.

This also echoes the themes in the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Muted Christian imagery, such as standards that featured Christograms ( the chi-rho monogram for Jesus Christ ’ s name in Greek ) were introduced, but with a few rare exceptions, there were no explicitly Christian themes.

From 1896 through 1898 Day experimented with Christian themes, using himself as a model for Jesus.

One distinguishing characteristic of the Family Circus is the frequent use of Christian imagery and themes, ranging from generic references to God to Jeffy daydreaming about Jesus at the grocery store.

In 1722 he continued his religious themes with Redemption, an epic on the divinity of Jesus Christ designed to oppose and confute the Arians ( as he called the Unitarians ).

LDS fiction ( or Mormon fiction ) is an American niche market of fiction novels featuring themes related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( the LDS Church, see also " Mormon ").