When King Alcinous addresses the people of Phaeacia speaking of Odysseus' journey back to Ithaca, he compares the mighty Odysseus to the gods themselves, he notes, " 'Always, up to now, they came to us face-to-face whenever we'd give them grand, glorious sacrifices-- they always sat beside us here and shared our feasts'"(7.237-239). Alcinous' statement clearly depict the god's support of sacrificing mortals, because, as he expresses, those gods went as far as accompanying them in an act of communion, often indicating a significant event in literature jus...

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We find in the social Christian literature of the recent years frequent reference to "social evil" and "sinful structures," "but not to "social conversion." ... Nurturing Our Vision and Spirituality "For many of us," notes the Moderator of the United Church of Canada, "the issue is a spiritual one. ...

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Although Hinduism contains a whole farrago of theologies, philosophies, and sacrificial systems, nevertheless its one dominant note is that of caste. ... In this they take offense at what they regard as the disrespectful utterances of Christian missionary literature. ...

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According to the class lecture on alienation, Raymond Williams defines alienation as " cutting off or being cut off from God, a state of being cut off or estranged from the knowledge of God or from his mercy or worship, loss of original human nature, or a loss of connection with one's deepest feelings and needs or sense of powerlessness"(notes). ... He is only concerned with the studies of literature that will enable him to be a powerful and Supreme Being. ...

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