Cultural Themes it seems run according to the seasons and the religious events of the society. It is no surprise that this year, Christmas season there is even a movie being vigorously hyped called “ATONEMENT.”
I plan to explore this theme myself in the coming weeks. New Years 2008 will represent a new direction. The below is from Wikipedia”
The atonement is a doctrine found within both Christianity and Judaism. It describes how sin can be forgiven by God. In Judaism, Atonement is said to be the process of forgiving or pardoning a transgression. This was originally accomplished through rituals performed by a High PriestYom Kippur (Day of Atonement). In Christian theology the atonement refers to the forgiving or pardoning of sin through the crucifixion of Jesus Christ which made possible the reconciliation between God and creation. Within Christianity there are numerous technical theories for how such atonement might work, including the ransom theory, the Abelardian theory, and the Anselmian satisfaction theory.
