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- 291: The Spanish Inquisition
- ... Such legends fueled the expulsion of the Jews from France and England, and then the later expulsion from Spain in 1492 AD. In fear of persecution, thousands of Jews flocked to churches to convert to Christianity. The government of Spain started raiding Jewish communities, in search of wealth plunder. The new groups of newly converted Christians were called Marranos. They made up another large portion of the Hispanic population. For a while the Marranos had their full rights restored again. Many of them still practiced Judaism at home though, out of view of the government. The Jews had to convert to Christianity, if they did not, they had the choice of leaving the country or dying. After the Jews were banned from Spain and the Inquisition was constituted, the Marranos became the objects of attack for the ...
- 292: The Renaissance Period
- ... Raphael portrays Saint George as a brave warrior fighting against dragon right outside of it’s lair. In contrast to the action of the painting, the background is peaceful and serene. In the story of Christianity, symbolizing the triumph of Christianity over all. Raphael stayed in Florence until he decided to go to Rome where he could branch out and away from his two competitors. Once in Rome, Pope Julius II immediately commissioned Raphael because of ...
- 293: 19th Century Romanticism in Europe
- ... to explore nature was infinite and without any restriction based on rules, law or doctrine. This invariably led to a re-introduction into religion and mysticism; people wanted to explore the unknown. The Genius of Christianity, written by Rene de Chateaubriand, offered a contrast to Science. He found Christianity to be "the most poetic, most human, the most conducive to freedom, to arts and literature..." of all the religions and deduced that Science was lacking this element which could benefit mankind. The middle ages ...
- 294: Why Rome Fell (a condensed version)
- ... glory. These are especially obvious in his chapters on Constantine. In them Gibbon accuses the emperor of destroying Rome for his own personal glory. Another cause would have to be the anti-Roman nature of Christianity. Gibbons argues that the ‘insensible' penetration of Christianity was fatal to the empire by undermining the genius of a great people. On a pessimistic note, Gibbon also lists as a ‘causes' the inevitable collapse of all human institutions, some arguments on the corrupting ...
- 295: The Role of Entertainers as Educators
- ... uniform use of music throughout the church (Young "'). Through chants which were all the same, they spread identical teachings. Christian psalms and hymns in Apostolic times were sung to spread the knowledge and faith of Christianity. In fact, Christianity was promoted from the start by music. Churches were for long the only centers of learning, with monks teaching all lessons through music (Young "9). Through the use of sacred music, monks and clergy successfully ...
- 296: The Role of Entertainers as Educators
- ... use of music throughout the church (Young 31). Through chants which were all the same, they spread identical teachings. Christian psalms and hymns in Apostolic times were sung to spread the knowledge and faith of Christianity. In fact, Christianity was promoted from the start by music. Churches were for long the only centers of learning, with monks teaching all lessons through music (Young 39). Through the use of sacred music, monks and clergy successfully ...
- 297: Racism: Issue In Institutional Racism
- ... English became acclimated to their surroundings and realized that the Indians were living on valuable land, it was only a matter of time before guns and shackles replaced treaties and handshakes. In the name of Christianity and capitalism, the English colonists quickly turned their backs on the short lived missionary zeal that characterized the early colonial period. Now, the “savage Indians” were viewed as unable to save themselves and extermination would ... an important theoretical point in my argument. All political systems are rational, in the sense that there is a logic and a thinking that guides those making the rules. White supremacy and its associated beliefs (Christianity, patriarchalism, etc) provided the rationale for the creation of a system of duality that institutionalized racism. Robert Smith writes about the inherent contradiction of espousing the self-evident equality of men and their God-given ...
- 298: Romanticism in the 19th Century
- ... to explore nature was infinite and without any restriction based on rules, law or doctrine. This invariably led to a re-introduction into religion and mysticism; people wanted to explore the unknown. The Genius of Christianity, written by Rene de Chateaubriand, offered a contrast to Science. He found Christianity to be "the most poetic, most human, the most conducive to freedom, to arts and literature..." of all the religions and deduced that Science was lacking this element which could benefit mankind. The middle ages ...
- 299: Black Supremacy
- ... saxons have been notorious for mistreating all races other than it's own. Malcolm X felt "the white man had been actually nothing but a piratical opportunist who used Faustian machinations to make his own Christianity his initial wedge in criminal conquests"(563). The earth is burdened by the white man! That is the true meaning of what Malcolm X is stating; the words Faustian machinations, meaning evil plotting, implies the ... the earth will be leveled by our attempts to gain it." --Eldridge Cleaver Works Cited Asante, Molefi. Afrocentricity. Trenton: Africa WP, 1992. Cleaver, Eldridge. Soul on Ice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Davies, Alan. Infected Christianity: A Study of Modern Racism. Montreal: Mcgill-Queen's UP, 1988. Perry, Bruce, ed. Malcolm X: The Last Speeches. New York: Pathfinder, 1989. X, Malcolm. "Learning to Read." rpt. in Rereading America. ed. Gary Colombo ...
- 300: The Influence Of Writers On Charles Darwin
- ... itself (Karp, 1968, p.14). However, fossil records show that this theory of one original parent was not probable (Karp, 1968, p.14). His opposition toward any form of organized religion and his rejection of Christianity was considered to be superficial and eccentric (Chancellor, 1973, p.21). His tendency to theorize and create wild speculations without testing his theories caused his reputation as a scientist to suffer. By the end of ... 1968, p.17). In his early days at Cambridge University, Darwin was heavily interested in the works of William Paley (1743-1805) a famous theologist in his time. Paley's works which include Evidences of Christianity and Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy were required reading at the university. However, Darwin was most impressed by Natural Theology at the time. In this paper Paley examined the mechanism of the earth, its ...
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