While in exile, he wrote strong polemics against many anti-Latinist Orthodox theologians, particularly George of Cyprus, who had succeeded to the patriarchal throne as Gregory II.
However, strong polemics against some of the key 12-step concepts are also presented (e.g. the understanding of alcoholism as a "disease" and the concept of "powerlessness") [ 28, 29].
For implicit polemic and strong portrayal of character, however, Indra Sinha would be the choice.
To make this point inescapably clear, the next section is a strong argument - a veritable polemic - against authority-based scriptural theisms in general, those of the Abrahamic faiths (which are largely responsible for the remaining upheaval and war in the world) in particular.
Like "Top of the Lake," "Rectify" and "Broadchurch," among others, "Happy Valley" is no polemic, but strong emotions lurk beneath its surface.
"Nigerian citizens have been waiting in vain for an effective decisive action from the presidency beside the usual: 'We condemn this act…' But the president is waxing strong in his Pentecostal polemics and total reliance on prayers to solve the country's security failings," says Nigerian writer Victor Ehikhamenor.
Mendieta's life and art, Ms. Viso said on a recent visit to New York, have aroused strong passions -- from the polemics surrounding the Cuban refugee experience to the scandal attending her violent death in 1985, at 36, which transformed her into a feminist cause célèbre.
His chapter on his mother — especially the riveting account of how he learned of her death — suggests narrative talents that are all the stronger when divorced from political polemic.
His chapter on his mother especially the riveting account of how he learned of her death suggests narrative talents that are all the stronger when divorced from political polemic.
Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune says that roughly half of "Lone Survivor" is "standard-issue Hollywood … But the other half — the hour or so of writer-director Peter Berg's film dealing specifically with what happens when four men are cut off in Taliban country, scrambling under fire — is strong, gripping stuff, free of polemics, nerve-wracking in the extreme".
