Forgiveness Book Reviews Samples For Students

Colum McCann’s award winning novel Let the Great World Spin published in 2009 contains characters that exhibit a tendency for being in error, making mistakes, and going astray. Readers may see these as the unavoidable result of emotionally distressing experiences that McCann keeps alluding to, such as segregation and the Civil Rights movement that followed the Vietnam War, and others. Even though the characters in the novel seem to hurt themselves and each other, it is arguable that McCann’s novel is more about reconciliation. To some extent, the term ‘reconciliation’ invokes a religious meaning in the sense that ...

In the introduction to Hunter's Shakespeare and the Comedy of Forgiveness, the author announces his intention to combat oversimplifications that have arisen over the past few decades with regards to the scholarship of Shakespeare, wherein the attitude of Shakespeare itself at the time of his writing would actually reflect the politics and intent of the work itself (e.g. King Lear having a sad ending indicating Shakespeare being despondent at the time of its composition). "This study...will be an attempt to investigate one feature - the denouement in forgiveness - which is common to five of the later comedies" (Hunter 2). ...

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The Sunflower is a book written by Simon Wiensethal who had an experience in a concentration inmate in Germany. It gets its title from an experience Wiensethal had in the concentration camp. One day, when the Jew prisoners were being transported, they passed by a Nazi cemetery. The cemetery had sunflowers surrounding the graves of the SS soldiers. Wiensethal was really struck by this. He felt jealous of the dead SS soldiers because they had a connection to the living world through the sunflowers and butterflies could visit their graves. On the other hand, he compared his situation to theirs (Wiensethal, ...

‘The Shack’ is a book written by William Young and was first published by Windblown Media in 2007. By 2009, it was one of the New York Times bestsellers having sold over five million copies in form of printed copies. The story starts with few simple characters such as Mackenzie Allen Phillips, Missy, his daughter, Nan, his wife, as well as few family friends. However, the story becomes sinister as Missy is abducted in a routine family vacation. Substantial evidence surfaces bringing into realization the fact that she could have encounter brutal murder in a shack that is otherwise abandoned and located ...

4-MAT review for Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling

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The following article will make a review of the book Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling by the famous author Mark McMinn. McMinn had begun by focusing on a base for a Christian global view which is based on the counseling (McMinn, 2011, p.9). By analyzing this basic frontier, McMinn has been able to discuss various foundational ideas and religious interference which is directly interrelated and as well as other challenges which are faced by religious counselors around the globe. They are not only biblical and theological foundations in nature but also important to effective and efficient ...

Book review: Jubilee by Margaret Walker

The novel Jubilee is basically a story about slavery in America. The novel goes on to narrate how reconstruction took place in the perspective of the black people who were the most affected by the vice. The novel is built on the life and history of Vyry brown. She is a woman of mixed race and she is raised in slavery. Her mother was constantly molested by the master and conceived 15 children. This shows how the slaves were mistreated and the masters could do anything to them. The novel basically follows the life of this lady from her childhood to ...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor, theologian and a martyr for Christ. He was one of the co-founder of the confessing church and also participated in the German resistance movement against Nazism. Bonhoeffer became known for his stiff opposition to the Nazi dictatorship. He opposed Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. Many of his writings which are centered on Christianity and its role in this secular world have become widely influential. His book labeled "The Cost of Discipleship" was considered a modern classic and it mainly focuses on Christ’s teaching and the need to follow it. The title ...

The theme of moral independence is well elaborated in this book. The author of the book have emphasized on thinking independently in relation to moral decisions in the story. Antonio reflected moral independence in his decisions throughout the story making him develop and mature through such moral decisions. Antonio is faced with difficulties of his life experience and the religious aspects leaving him in a dilemma. He therefore decided to make his own decisions pertaining to the situation irrespective of religious aspects and his own life experiences. He was frustrated by the fact that the church failed in giving solutions ...

The Holocaust was one of the most severely destructive events of the 20th century that resulted in the mass genocide of almost 6 million Jews in Europe. Even those who managed to survive the Holocaust passed away over the years and as the years went on, people stopped talking about the heartrending events that took place. Perhaps for this reason, Elie Wiesel and Simon Wiesenthal wrote their respective books “Night” and “The Sunflower,” both of which are intense memoirs of their experience in the Holocaust. Apparently, it seems that the authors are afraid that such a catastrophic event may take ...

1. Summarize the central themes, theses, issues, or arguments of the reading assignment.

The chapter Warriors and Brothers by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious

Understanding (2007) discussed the religious violence that occurred and continues to occur in Nigeria and how two religious leaders – namely, Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye from the Islam and Christian faith, respectively – are playing a big role in promoting peace and reconciliation in their country.

The chapter described how the conflict started during the British colonization when the northern part of Nigeria, which mostly had a Muslim population, was ruled indirectly by the British while ...

Drug addiction and brotherly love. Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin.
Drug addiction and brotherly love. Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin.
African American literature frequently reveals the suffering of people who live in the world full of racism. The Western society used to put African American people in unfavorable conditions throughout the whole history and life in this condition may lead to tragic circumstances. The following essay concerns the story named “Sonny’s Blues” which was written by James Baldwin. It will discuss the main themes of the story which are struggling of people who live in the ...

“Great Expectations” is a luminous piece of literary work by British author Charles Dickens. This novel was written in 1860’s and is completely recited in the first person. This is one of highly acclaimed novels of Dickens. The author raises some relevant issues in his novel and presents the same before readers in a vivid manner. This paper aims to propose a discussion on the novel, “Great Expectations” and further discusses Dickens writing style, various symbols and themes of the novel.

Plot Summary

The story is knitted around a young boy named Pip, who is orphan and lives with his elder sister. One day ...

- Bathsheba Everdane’s relationships with Farmer Boldwood and Sergeant Troy do not succeed.
- There is no true love between Bathsheba and the two men.
- Although she takes long to realise it, Bathsheba’s true love is Gabriel Oak.
- A good marriage is founded on mutual love between the partners.
- Body
- A marriage should be based on honesty, patience, forgiveness and the willingness to help each other.
- People who plan to marry to ensure that they are both truly in love with each other.
- Relationships ...

A Saint on Death Row by Thomas Cahill

A saint on death row is a story that was written by an Irish-American author Thomas Cahill. In this tragic and heart wrenching story of a death row inmate known as Dominique Green, Thomas brings out the injustices and flaws that surround the American legal system. The issue of racism also comes up because the death row inmate (Dominique Green) was African American.

About the Author

Thomas Cahill is an American scholar born in New York in 1940 to Irish- American parents. Cahill grew up in Queens and the Bronx. He studied at Greek and Latin Literature, scripture and theology as well as medieval ...