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1. Relate the religious practice of ecumenism to the overall story

Answer: The ecumenism concept defines the nature of the religious movement where the people are organized to a single matter. It is about the uniformity of the idea and the development of this idea in the group of people to make sense that all people should follow Christianity. It is considered as the only religion which could perform the feature of the human freedom and success. This story is related to the alien concept and the human race where they belong to different worlds. The only thing they understand is the language of the love and harmony. Every religion is based on the uniformity of idea. Every religion teaches the love and peace which is understood by each (Appadurai and Arjun, 1996). The ultimate need of the religion is to avoid war and clashes among races. The movie has best presented the idea related to this. The races and the other related imaginative ideas are made through the feature of emotional understanding and it’s the religion above all. The eternal peace and harmony should be developed.

2. Compare Jeriba and Davidge’s relationship as the story opens to relationships between humans who hail from different religious faiths. What factors might decide whether such relationships are harmonious or antagonistic?

Answer: Jeriba is a drac who has the skin of the reptile and belongs to a different race alien. He is more like the humanoids alien. The relationship between the Jeriba and Davidge is somehow legendary where they have different destinations and the belongings. The only thing common between them is the harmonious relation and the sense of understanding developed in them with the time and happening of different events. The lust for the blood and hold the world found in davidge’s are different representing a whole new idea of the race and religion according to the Drac.

The helping hand and the care provided to each other through understanding the need of each other have developed to understand the relational harmony between them. Another approach to define the harmonious relationship is the missionary conferences and the faith.

3. Mention a favorite scene in the story that showcases reconciliation and/or an attempt by any of the characters to better understand each other. Do you think something similar can (or should) occur to reconcile the faiths of the world?

Answer: The human race and the alien concept are completely different in nature. The emotional upbringing, ideological development and the surroundings are different in developing the conceptual basis for both races. The scene, where persons from different races are joined in a discussion after the war like conditions present the idea of harmonious relation. They needed time to exchange their self-constructed ideas and the following of different worlds. The scene, in which Davige and Drak are showcasing the reconciliation of ideological development and the exchange of theories they learn from their lives and surroundings. The world is needed to have time and provide space to understand the ideas of others also. These type of reconciliations could better provide the faith in the world and the worldly theories.

4. If this assignment were a research paper would you base your research on Nostra Ætate or Unitatis Redintegratio, or both? Why?

Answer: The religious ideas are developed with the passage of time and events attached to it. I would probably go with the idea of the Unitatis Redintegratio who has provided the concept of uniformity of the religion in the world. It is hard to believe that the people came to one or the focal point. It is not the religion but the idea behind the scene. The focus on one point might provide the ideological development of the world to a point where they will avoid war and tie into a knot. Different races involves different in opinion and the generation of clashes among people and races. Under the umbrella of one religion people might avoid clashes and difference in opinion and racial extremism would be eliminated (Castellano, 2013).

REFERENCES

Appadurai and Arjun. 1996. Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization, London.

Castellano., D. J. 2013. Commentary on Unitatis Redintegratio.

Havlin., J. 2016. Enemy Mine. Film Review. Louder than War.

Silve., C. J.2016. Enemy mine: the B-Movie that is a parable for absolutely everything.