In a stunning affirmation of the artistic impulse, they made beauty out of abjection, and that, at least, is a triumph. |
This sublimeness combines with their abjection to overwhelm them and raise them up. |
The Vera Icon clearly shows the humiliation and abjection of the incarnate Christ. |
Immediately we turn to expressions of hope and faith, of God's history of faithfulness, before turning to words of abjection and humility. |
His intensely physical lead performance careens from raving belligerence to groveling abjection. |
Standing firmly on the side of the poor, Bloy embraced the Beatitudes ' inversions, rewriting abjection as election. |