Philip Yancey's book The Jesus I Never Knew shows primarily his two views of Jesus. ... The book looks three aspects of Jesus. ... In the second chapter the very human conditions of Jesus' birth are displayed.He imagines the impact of the virgin birth on a first century Jewish community, noting that under Jewish law Mary could have been stoned for becoming pregnant while betrothed to Joseph. ... Yancey notes that Jesus' genealogy is traced back to Abraham, the founder of Israel; Jesus was circumcised according to Jewish custom; and he worshiped in the Jewish temple. ... Yancey ...

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"This book was written to illuminate the Jewish side of its very early debate with Christianity by taking a fresh look at what Jewish sages saw as their issues in what was at stake (2)." ... Basser's book is, if nothing else, extremely organized. ... The book in its entirety is not intended for the casual scholar of religious studies. In this respect, Basser is losing valuable audience, in both profit from those not buying his book, as well as with people who purchase the book, yet they aren't receiving the full benefit of Basser's intentions because they may not understand m...

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This is obvious from a note King Henry VIII wrote to Anne Boleyn stating how after a busy day at Parliament he wishes to be "in [his] sweetheart's arms, whose pretty ducky's [dugs, breasts] [he] trust shortly to cusse [kiss]"2. ... This change is seen in "The Book of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England." This book of prayer caused more confusion within the people and started more uprisings. ...

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In particular, he notes that his Master, Captain Auld, was one Christian who would vocally justify his abuse of slaves with a passage from the Bible that he misconstrued. ... Likewise, there have been other second sources on Frederick Douglass's book "The Narrative" that concurs with Douglass's stand on his religious beliefs during the times of slavery. ... Even though Douglass states how religion was used in a negative way towards the slaves in his book, he does however differentiate Christianity identity. ... In the same way, author Booker T. ...

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Even on its own terms, the psycho-cult explanation is barely coherent: reporters were compelled to note, almost grudgingly, that cult members died "willingly"--indeed with a certain quiescent joy--and that Applewhite let his followers mingle rather freely with the world at large, even giving lapsed believers bus fare home or driving them to the airport when they lost their faith. ... In recent years, major publishing houses have issued handsomely packaged translations of gnostic scripture and, in one case, even a collection of meditations called A gnostic Book of Hours. ...

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Despite God's declaration of equality, it is crucial to note that the Roman Catholic Church for centuries continues to uphold this disabling ideology of the domination and subordination of women, even though it out-rightly contradicts scriptures which ought to have been the church's guidebook. ... Karen O'Connor in her book "Gender and Women's Leadership: A Reference Handbook", Volume 1" (2010) examines the exclusion of women from the leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. ...

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