The Biblical Metanarrative Essay

“Character of Negroes” One of the many ways slavery has been justified is through characterizing “Negroes” as individuals of low morality and as individuals who are animalistic. An example of such forms of justification could be seen through “Tom’s Mistress and Her Opinions” in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. In “Chapter VII: Moral Character of Negroes” from An Appeal in Favour of that class of Americans Called Africans, Lydia Maria Child. Marie St. Clare, the mistress of Tom is very quick to reiterate some of the common complaints that Park cites in Child’s work. In the chapter “Tom’s Mistress and Her Opinions” Mrs. St. Clare is very insistent on complaining particularly about Mammy. The reason as to why she is so persistent against Mammy can be attributed to two reasons. One is that she has been socialized with grand narratives and the other is that she is jealous of Mammy’s bond with her daughter. Tom’s mistress is influenced by social and emotional factors in claiming that her slaves are lazy and “unfeeling” (Child). In Uncle Tom’s Cabin Marie St. Clare is a reflection of the grand narrative of Southern America in the nineteenth century. A grand narrative refers to the dominant tale of an issue or event. Grand narratives can be dangerous when it starts to evolve from simply a tale and into “knowledge”. It is not dangerous only because the voice of the marginalized is suppressed, but also because it can work to create a stereotypical image of the marginalized…

women “were generally regarded as inferior participants in the worshipping community” (2). As the social status of women can be viewed as subordinate to males, they can too be regarded as items of trade, used to barter for goods and money. Although the authority of women is present in the homes and domestic responsibilities, the men were noted to have more social power and social responsibility. Because the Bible is often viewed as a patriarchal text, many feminists and scholars refuse to…

Young Earth creationism is the belief where the world was created in 6, 24-hour days, and the age of the world is approximately 6000 years old. The Young Earth creationism uses the great flood to show how it makes sense. Making the world and everything on it young. This ideal that the earth is young is not a new ideal and has been around since between 700 and 735 AD, when a monk by the name of Venerable Bede claimed the creation of the world was in 3952 BC. Many other people have placed the…

In the book of Doctrine, the authors, Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears, go over 13 core doctrines of the Christian faith. In this report we will be focusing on Chapter 2 of the book, which focuses on the biblical teaching of Revelation: God Speaks. In today’s day and age communication has become a necessity for our everyday lives to run smoothly. While there are many different ways that we as the human communicate, the question of how do we hear God is frequently posed. Does He speak through my…

Thus, I’d say the curriculum supports the main claims of the publisher: “Deep Truth, Bold Faith, and Changed Lives.” It accomplishes this because each lesson prints the biblical passage, summarizes and explains the passage, poses questions to students for further theological reflection, confronts students to make practical applications to life, and encourages student to have deeper fellowship with God daily by its supplemental “quiet hour daily devotions”. Its approach to Christian…

So right now he his recalling the story (perhaps the kings were in their home town) to others that he “would do it again” even though they went through the hardship, depression, and mental emotion. Furthermore, they asked a question “Birth or Death?”(36). May be they assured themselves that indeed there was a “Birth.” In addition, their lives change as a result of this journey by concluding that birth and dead was not different. Perhaps the bitter agony of birth represents the mother suffering…

This article deals with various intervention strategies that incorporate Scripture in psychotherapy, providing examples of a fictional client, George. This article is written to increase Christian counselors’ awareness of diverse Scripture interventions and to stimulate “divinely inspired creativity” in the further development of strategies (Garzon, 2005). At the beginning of the article, the author introduces the case of George and mentions ethical issues. He highlights the importance of…

The New Testament of the Holy Bible is a collection of twenty-seven writings that have been deemed as canon by the early church. The term canon comes from the Greek word kanṓn representing a carpenter’s rule. The current list of books first appeared in a festal letter from Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria, in 367. Athanasius wrote this letter in an attempt to clarify the true writings that defined the true message to the Christians of his period. Other Christian schools and sects followed…

that Scripture is revelatory is necessary due to the differences of contexts and cultural settings. He states the attention to hermeneutics convinces many that there is no single, sure meaning for any text (ix). Therefore, the revelatory power of the text is recognized and given the true form that reflects and shapes the interpretation of the text. Brueggemann description of revelatory scripture opens the door for me as a pastor to realize that, “Scripture as revelation is never simply a final…

Reading Ehud became an example of the Israelites’ lead to exile. With the process of disobedience, the story is not surprising as I predicted that the Israelites would expose themselves to wrong influences, leading themselves to disregard God’s commandments and to live how they want to live. While it is true that humans have fallen short of sin, it never gives them or us the excuse to commit sins. Despite what God says to them, the Israelites have become an example of the disobedience of God’s…