Anstrengung / Effort Behalf Christen / Christians Erkenne / Recognize Evangelisch / Evangelical Gewinnen / Gain Jahre / Years Kulturell / Cultural Politisch / Political Sogar / Even Wenig / Little
One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and the cultural capital, but not the political capital.
For three years, the 'Meistersinger' score was a ball and chain to me. It went with me to every city and concert hall.
When I was 18, I suddenly became very, very religious. I became an evangelical Christian; I was celibate for five years.
My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it.
For many people, the reluctance to embrace Christianity is as practical as it is intellectual. They want to know what the benefits of Christianity are, or what's in it for them.
In the nineteenth century, many Anglican theologians, both evangelical and catholic, embraced positively the proposal of evolution.
All my films are shot on hand-held cameras. These cameras took five years to build and had to be light enough to be carried.
It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
But when one identifies the Church with a cultural and political bloc, there is the danger of making difficult the Church's contact with all those outside the bloc.
