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Mission In this chapter, Justin Gonzalez elaborates further on the history of the early Christian church, as recorded in Acts, re...

5, "First Conflicts with the State," begins by pointing out that early Christianity had a violent beginning.i The first section ex...

Pliny and Trajan This is the first section of chapter 6, "Persecution in the Second Century," and it deals with the actions of Pl...

Lofty Criticism As mentioned in the previous chapter, due to the Roman policy towards Christianity throughout the second century ...

this chapter is on describing the variety of backgrounds and experience that informed early interpretations of the gospel message....

chapter by explaining that the writings of the apologists were all in response to specific topics, such as issues dealing with per...

of Early Christians Gonzalez begins this chapter by pointing out that surviving documents by the leaders of the church or those d...

Gonzalezs text, "The Great Persecution and the Final Victory," focuses on Christian persecution under Diocletian, which is charact...

Constantine, Chapter 13 From Rome to Constantinople: This section describes the rule of Constantine from his initial victory and ...

New Order, Chapter 26 The Barbarian Kingdoms: Gonzalez points out that while, the Roman perspective was that the invaders were si...

managers, it actually has its roots in the Bible. Jesus is the quintessential example of a servant leader and He taught His apostl...

only in extremes. Right versus left; rich versus poor; conservative versus liberal: all these factions are at each others throats ...

and glorification. By a calling a person essentially is pulled out of a world "of sin and into union with Christ. This gives him a...

It might be contended that the development...

for our humanity". While religion can function to challenge and change prevalent social beliefs, it must also be remembered th...

20:9-16. Slave gangs were often used by large landowners. The author points out that this custom would have existed during Jesus l...

strictly forbidden. Supported by the assertion that "the life of a person is not his - rather, it belongs to the One Who granted ...

believe Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is the son of God, or the human incarnate of God (Hasan, 2009). However, in Islam, Jesus is regarde...

In six pages post 1870 Europe is examined in a series of short essays with topics including Mussolini and Fascism, the foreign pol...

In five pages this paper analyzes the character of Morgaine along with the differing standards of Christianity and paganism within...

Carwin is only described as "dark," not Indian, and the fact that Wieland is set in the heart of civilization and not out on the u...

demonstrates her own fall from grace. It is because of her distraction with evil -- the Misfit, whom she deems is a quality and u...

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how religion and the church evolved in a consideration of John Wesley, William Carey, Isaac ...

This paper contrasts and compares the perspectives of 'the other' as conceptualized by Christianity and Judaism. Five sources are...

of the "second death," the experience of the absence of God and thus of a meaninglessness without light. (Ryan, 1997) Aspects...

In five pages this paper examines how the Sermon on the Mount preached by Jesus represents and reflects Christianity beliefs and t...

This Christianity Today article on the author's views of war is reviewed in four pages. There are no other sources listed....

same. "Transcendence is experienced as addressing man and charging him with responsibility..." (Werblowsky 12). Once a person ha...

In five pages St. Augustine's Confessions is examined in an overview that includes the theologian's views about the natural, physi...

In seven pages Christianity is examined in terms of the importance of shrines, holy wells and healing sites like Lourdes. Four so...