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    its lack of abolitionist initiative. Quoting Isaiah, Douglass writes, “I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.” In the same article, “Nemesis,” Douglass echoes Paul’s Romans epistle, attending to creation’s groaning under the weight of racial slavery and its war: “The land is now to weep and howl, amid ten thousand desolations brought upon it by the sins of two centuries against millions on both sides of…

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    Martin Luther single handedly started the Reformation and lead a new start for people everywhere. He is still considered one of the most influential person today, even after so many years. Because of him more people got an education and stood up for what they believed in. Even when he was young he realized that the church was wrong. His ideals greatly differed from those of the church so he broke away and started his own religion. Because of the differences he ended up changing religion and the…

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    Max Weber’s perspective on religion compared to Emil Durkheim varies in many ways. Both theorists emphasize on two different approaches when studying religion. Weber was an anti-positivism and Durkheim was positivism. Meaning the subject matter being studied related to different concepts involving natural science and social science. Durkheim was focused on the systematic approach of religion. Weber was writing from a point of view coming from his father being a successful “business man.” Max…

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    Aphra Behn's novel Oroonoko: A True History (1688) is a work of travel fiction that is split between two narrative voices; beginning with a first person narrative supported by Behn's interesting use of personal voice and progressing to the third person observations of Oroonoko as both a prince and as a slave, Behn creates a realistic and somewhat believable piece of fiction. As a result of this duo narrative, the perspectives of the narrative voices dominate the text, and therefore influence the…

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    and rose from the dead three days later. After his ascension to Heaven, his apostles traveled around, preaching. That started to make everyone change their ways and convert to Christianity. One of the apostles Paul, wrote a series of letters called epistles that spread the belief that non-Jews could become Christian. Gentiles soon found their way to God. Many religions were accepted in Rome, but Christianity was not. Followers of the religion would be persecuted for their belief in God. These…

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    The Roman Catholic Church experienced a major split in the early 16th century. Humanism, which expanded the power of writing and reasoning beyond religious scholars, along with the consequences of plagues and wars, and the secular involvement and corruption of the Church led many to lose credibility in the what-was-then-current establishment of Christianity. One of the people that were unhappy with the church was Martin Luther, who in the early 1500s posted his Ninety-Five Theses on a church…

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    Philippian Religion

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    Introduction There’s a reality attached to being a follower of Jesus. It’s that in your ministry at some point or another, there will be people who will dislike what you’re doing. Likely because you’re involved in the liberation of people they once had some power over. Regardless of the reason, as one who lives like Christ, you will be faced with adversity. They will search for your wrongs and attempt to use them as reasons for why you shouldn't be listened to. However, much like the story of…

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    Luther even sided with the noble’s response to the violence citing that the peasants deserved to be punished for their actions (CITE). Luther sided with the nobility due to St. Paul’s the Divine Rights of Kings in Romans 13:1-7 (CITE). In this epistle, it is said that all authorities are appointed by God, and should therefore not be resisted. Luther saw the nobility as appointments chosen by God and in turn, believed the rebels were doing the devil’s work by rebelling against these…

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    Religion is a large puzzle piece in common culture. The Roman empire was initially notorious for paganism, which through the test of time became ostracized. Christianity lurked within the Roman empire and was inferior early on as believers were often persecuted. Once Christianity began to pervade the government there were conversions seen among some of the officials. In time, Christianity took root and was eventually made the state religion in Rome. The values and ideals of the two religions…

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    Thessalanta Letters

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    The Thessalonian epistles are some of the earliest letters written by Paul, 50-51 A.D. This early church community displayed a passionate hope in God and his promises as the awaited the return of Christ, however, constant and expanding persecution by the Romans began to…

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