Sentence examples for modern passion from inspiring English sources

Medieval liturgical performances developed into modern passion plays.

Dramaturgical difficulties aside, this modern Passion has inspired Adams's most thrilling score.

Our modern passion for fact-collection and box-ticking rather than a deep comprehension of the world around us would have horrified him too.

The fairytale Mr Potter had promised became a play of court intrigue and modern passion: a sort of offcut from Othello.

Outwardly austere, seething with inner drama, this is the only modern Passion that breathes the same air as Bach's, and its neglect defies comprehension.

Arcand's masterpiece depicts a fiery young actor battling church hypocrisy as he attempts to mount a modern passion play which genuinely reflects the radicalism of the Gospels.

Michael Sheen is celebrating winning best actor at the Bafta Cymru awards for his role in the film version of a modern day passion play.

NATE CHINEN LINCOLN BREWSTER: 'JOY TO THE WORLD: A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION' Mr. Brewster was one of the heroes of Christian rock in the noughts: a serious guitarist, an able post-grunge songwriter — his songs almost clinically lift you — and a singer who works a serviceable Bono-ish, Thom Yorke-ish, modern-rock passion into every track.

Moving among styles ranging from Lutheran hymnody to blues to Broadway, this modern-day Passion will move many listeners to tears even as it reaches beyond tragedy to peace, understanding and forgiveness.

Sexual love is revealed in its prim modern guise, where passion gives way to collegiality and Astrid and Adam are buddies.

The pervasive influence of science is most apparent in modern criticism's passion for total explanation of the texts it brings under its microscope.