• taliban

  in this fiction based on a real photograph, i consider the effects of torture under oppresive regimes.

• aesthetics, images, and meaning: an investigation of symbolism in gothic architecture

  in this essay, i attempt to reconcile the difference between aesthetic and meaning by examining images in gothic architecture.

• a substantiation of initiation: journeys to the underworld in ancient mystery rituals

  in this paper i describe images and stories of journeys to the underworld in order to illuminate the process of initiation and its relationship with existential meaning

• dante: classificatin of sin

  in this essay, i outline dante's classifications of sin and give summaries of the various levels of hell and the punishments for certain sins, as found in the inferno.

• was renaissance humanism anti-christian?

  in this essay, i discuss the trend in the renaissance toward humanism and compare it with contemporaneous heretical views of emphasizing humanity over god.

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