12/16/2023 0 Comments El viaje de teoIt deals with Tibetan and Japanese Buddhism, Shinto, Chinese religion (Taoism, Confuscianism and ancestor veneration), African traditional religion, Brazilian syncretism and even Mormons. It covers Indian religions, including Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs. It covers most other major religious traditions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam (and returns in later chapters to deal with different aspects of them). I can't recall that Baha'i is even mentioned once. This led me to expect that it would probably lead up to the most syncretistic religion of all, Baha'i, but somewhat surprisingly it doesn't. It covers a fair variety of religions, and most of the way through it seems to lead one down the path of syncretism, showing how each religion incorporates elements of other religions, or has points of resemblance to other religions. Because the story needs to follow the syllabus, the plot line often seems very contrived. So it turns out to be a rather didactic book, teaching about different religions, and trying to sugar-coat the pill by wrapping it in a very thin and threadbare plot. But it's not your average world tour, it's a tour of different religions. Theo has a mysterious illness and though no one knows what it is, the prognosis is not good, so his rich (very rich) aunt decides to take him on a world tour, as a last fling before he dies, or a special treat in case he lives. Theo does mature somewhat as the story progresses, but the first impression is off-putting. But this time I gritted my teeth and ploughed on. Describing a teenager as if he were a much younger child makes the character of the protagonist seem a bit shaky for a start. The first chapter reminded me of why I had never got any further on the first attempt. Then with a cleanout and rearrangement of our bookshelves it came to light again, and I thought perhaps I'd better have another go at reading it. That's probably why we bought it, because we had enjoyed reading Sophie's world and thought we might enjoy this one, but I never got round to reading it. This book was billed as a Sophie's world of spirituality, when we bought it so long ago that I could not remember. With Teo once again alone after his father is abducted, Chuy helps him find the bandits as they make their way to America. Chuy (Andres Marquez) is a "coyote" who helps Mexicans slip across the border into the United States for a price, and as he's guiding Wenceslao and Teo to their new home, they're attacked by a gang of thieves with a grudge against Wenceslao. However, he decides to take Teo with him, which alarms the youngster more than anything else. When Wenceslao is finally released from behind bars, it doesn't take him long to run afoul of the law again, and he decides to flee to the United States. Teo's father Wenceslao (Damian Alacazar) has been little more than a stranger to him often on the wrong side of the law, Wenceslao has spent most of Teo's life in jail, and the boy has been raised primarily by his uncle. Teo (Erick Caneta Guerrero) is a boy who was born and raised in Oaxaca, Mexico. Astillero Films, IMCINE, FOPROCINE, Argos Producción, Estudios Churubusco, EFD Genre Drama Synopsis A child's reunion with his ne'er do well father is cut short in the midst of a dangerous journey in this drama from Mexico.
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