INTRODUCTION The eighth beatitude announces an eschatological blessing on those who are persecuted not so much because they are persecuted but because they are committed to righteousness in spite of being persecuted. Many feel victimized or persecuted but 1Peter 3:13 reminds us‚ “Who can harm you if you devote yourselves to doing good? If you suffer for the sake of righteousness‚ you are blessed.” Thus‚ the struggle against the unrighteous‚ unjust oppressive structures must continue remaining in
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For me‚ religion is a fascinating institution to examine in the context of women’s rights and feminism. Growing up in a liberal-leaning Conservative Jewish synagogue; I have not been raised with the same religious ideology as those who have been raised Christian‚ the dominant religion in our country. Though it may not be the most creative choice of website for this paper‚ for me‚ the Family Research Council (FRC) is my first true investigation into a pro-life‚ Christian organization. The pro-life
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By: Stephanie Cairns - SOR The Second Most Important Man Towards Christianity Question: Analyse the contribution that Paul of Tarsus had on the development and expression of Christianity. Paul of Tarsus or Saint Paul is considered by many Christians today to be the most important disciple of Jesus‚ and beside this the second important found in the development of Christianity. Saint Paul had a major impact on the spread of Christianity‚ contributing to the underlying unity of the religious
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and pride within the community‚ and maintain the oral‚ cultural‚ and historical traditions of the religion. Rituals often stem from the practice of the followers to re-enact‚ or remember a significant event within the religion’s history. Attending synagogue‚ maintaining purity‚ resting on the Sabbath day‚ holding a Seder on Passover‚ circumcising a male infant (as per the covenant Abraham made with God)‚ the holiday of Hanukkah‚ and bar/bat mitzvahs for 13-year olds are all manifestations of the Practical
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“Auschwitz was the largest and highly organized death camp in history. It was actually three camps: a concentration camp‚ a death camp‚ and a slave labor camp. It was 19 square miles‚ guarded by 6‚000 men‚ and was located in the Polish town of Oswiecim. It was opened June 1940 and initially held 728 Polish prisoners. By 1945‚ more than 1.25 million people had been killed there and 100‚000 worked as slave laborers” (Peter Chen). First off‚ genocide is a term used to describe horrendous massacres
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History exam - WW2 What happened to the Jews? After Germany conquered Poland in 1939‚ the persecution reached terrifying new levels. Polish Jews were rounded up and forced to live in ghettoes‚ where disease and starvation were constant threats. Why were the Jews persucuted ? Also in 1933‚ the Nazis began to put into practice their racial ideology. The Nazis believed that the Germans were "racially superior" and that there was a struggle for survival between them and inferior races. They saw
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healed the sick‚ casted out demons and raised people from the dead. However‚ Jesus did not reject anyone who came before Him in need of healing or restoration. Mathew 9:35 states‚ “And Jesus went about all the cities and villages‚ teaching in their synagogues‚ and preaching the gospel of the kingdom‚ and healing every sickness and every disease among the people”. He portrayed no biasness or discrimination. His healing was not based on selectivity but rather he was more concerned on fulfilling part of
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In 539 B.C.‚ Cyrus the Great entered the city of Babylon. It was when he claimed it his own that the Babylonian exile was ended. Though after being exiled for seventy years‚ it has left its impact on Israel. Once Cyrus let the Jewish captives go‚ Ezra and Nehemiah had a long road ahead of them. When they returned they started a “seemingly impossible” task of building their city back up from the disaster. The Judean territory was devastated by this exile because only a small amount of the population
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In explaining the nature and impact of Nazi propaganda‚ terror and repression on the Jewish community one must acknowledge the underlying anti-Semitic sentiments prevalent in the nationalistic German society. Anti-Semitism was the central‚ consistent theme of Nazism‚ and from the time Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933 to the end of the Second World War in 1945 he exploited these sentiments through propaganda by making the Jewish population a scapegoat for national frustrations. These feelings
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all signs of the middle ages. Continuation of the history of buildings in Essen starts again in the late 1800 when the Essen City Theatre is officially opened in 1892 as a gift from the industrialist Friedrich Grillo. A few years later in 1913 a synagogue is built by Edmund Körner‚ it is one of the biggest Jewish meeting houses in Germany. Two good future sightseeing opportunities come when in 1922 the Essen Kunstmusseum is created and is today’s Folkwang College for Music‚ Theatre and Dance. The
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