be writing for this course‚ and its focus is on Mary of Magdala. A focus which I find to be apt‚ in many ways Mary of Magdala represents what we have been exploring throughout the semester. How is the Gospel “good news” for wo/men? Honestly‚ if we only scratch the surface‚ it is not. Wo/men are unnamed‚ unrepresented‚ set aside‚ and disregarded in the vast majority of this collection of books which is at the center of our religious tradition. Mary Magdala is a quintessential example of how what
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Queen Latifah Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18‚ 1970‚ in Newark‚ New Jersey. Dana was only 8 years old‚ when her Muslim cousin gave her the nickname Latifah‚ which means delicate and sensitive in Arabic. Queen Latifah was raised in Baptist faith‚ she sung in her church choir‚ played basketball‚ and started rapping in high school. Queen Latifah lost her brother in a motorcycle accident‚ she hit a depression stage afterwards‚ got arrested and charged with possession of a gun and
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of Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (August 30th 1797- February 1st 1851) was born in London England and was an editor‚ dramatist‚ essayist‚ and novelist best known for her novel Frankenstein (1818). Her father‚ William Godwin‚ was a political philosopher‚ and her mother‚ Mary WallStonecraft‚ was a philosopher and feminist. Mary Shelley’s mother died when she was 11 days old due to complications from child birth. Although Mary received little formal education‚ her father tutored her on a
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this paper I will share the life of Mary Magdalene‚ the faithful disciple she was to Jesus all the way to the very end and how God wants us to model our lives in the same fashion. Mary Magdalene’s life as we know it begins in her native city of Magdala. “Magdala is the Greek form of mighdol or “watchtower‚” probably named for the tower that guarded the city.” (The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible‚ 1975‚ p. 105) It is believed that Mary received her last name Magdalene by designation
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"Traveling Through the Dark‚" by William Strafford and "The Black Snake‚" by Mary Oliver use animals to express their thoughts in these poems. The animals play an important role in determining what the writers want to convey through its function‚ the relation between the speaker and animal‚ as well as the tone of the poem. Strafford does a great job of illustrating the function of the animal in "Traveling Through the Dark." The deer is dead on the side of the road from a hit and run and the speaker
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memorable and courageous woman who died for her beliefs. She was a very well educated woman. She was a Quaker and a very outspoken one may I add. She was also a supporter of Anne Hutchinson‚ a very prominent woman in America back then. She was hung for defying a Puritan law which banned Quakers from the colonies. This woman’s name was Mary Dyer. Not much is known of Mary Barrett Dyer’s early life. On October 27th‚ 1663 the first known history of Mary Dyer was noted. She married William Dyer‚ a
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Queen Panda Pt. 1 It’s a dark cloudy day and the wind is calm‚ a rolling fog sweeps through the grounds of Castle Panda. The ruler of this land is the beautiful‚ graceful‚ and talented Panda Queen whose name is Chevi. She is believed be the incarnation of the great goddess by many‚ so she’s tended for as such. A gentle rain begins as she sits at her throne‚ looking out at her kingdom. "Excuse me your highness‚ but you have a visitor! He claims to be a king‚ from a distant‚ empty land. We aren’t
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The Head of Anubis I chose to travel to the Smith College Art Museum in Amherst‚ Massachusetts. At the museum‚ they had one large exhibit featuring Ancient Art. The exhibit consisted of many paintings‚ and different types of pottery from the Roman period. There were about ten sculptures in the Ancient Art exhibit‚ but the one piece that caught my eye was the Head of Anubis sculpture. This sculpture was the only piece from Egyptian descent and gave the room an ominous feeling. My chosen piece
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Perseverance In My Life – ‘You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me’ It was a Monday morning like any other‚ cold‚ and the little light that was present squeezing its way through the sky’s grey veil. It was on these bitter twilight mornings that I apprehensively pulled my half-asleep body out from my overwhelmingly warm and comfortable bed. Leaving the house‚ late as per usual‚ I took the normal route through the park on my now daily routine journey to college. The 15-minute walk turned out to be a 10-minute
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Due: April 20‚ 2012 How I Got Smart The essay “How I Got Smart” by Steve Brody explains how as a young boy he hated school until his sophomore year. Brody’s grades until then were horrible and upsetting to his father to see (152-153). Then he found a passion for knowledge and education through a girl named Debbie whom he fell in love with‚ was much smarter. Brody gets an idea and purchases an encyclopedia (first volume) to win her love by being smart (153). On several occasions
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