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Persecution and Cosmic Conflict in Galatians
This dissertation argues that persecution in Galatians manifests the cosmic conflict between God and the present evil age. Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the topic of persecution in Galatians and the history of research. Chapter 2 demonstrates that Paul uses the theme of cosmic conflict to …
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Christian Persecution in the Book of Revelation
This dissertation will argue that the persecution of early Christ followers, as referenced in the Book of Revelation, was not a myth. The imagery in the Book of Revelation, as analyzed here, conveys a sense of Christian persecution and a culture of anxiety and animosity during the apostolic age. …
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The Rhetoric of Persecution: Mormon Crisis Rhetoric from 1838-1871
… by internal and external difficulties to give persecution sermons: speeches that fused both sacred and secular motifs to transcend the simple testimony of faith, repentance, and baptism. By analyzing these persecution speeches we can better understand how leaders such as Joseph Smith would use …
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France, Spain, and the Persecution of Protestant Heresy: A Study in Contrast
… is a comparative analysis of Spanish and French persecution of Protestants, mainly focusing on the years 1550-1650. This thesis argues that the Spanish Inquisition was the determining factor in Spain's efficient and relatively bloodless suppression of Protestantism. In comparison, France's …
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Witchcraft accusations and persecution as a mechanism for the marginalisation of women
… it is suggested that witchcraft accusations and persecution are being used as a marginalisation mechanism of women. The re-emergence of witchcraft beliefs in contemporary society and the prevalence of the violence associated with such beliefs has received little attention within academic …
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The Actual Characteristics of the Decian Persecution According to Saint Cyprian’s Letters
… and the trials and terrors of the Roman persecutions. |The purpose of this investigation is to study the actual characteristics of the Decian persecution, and its effects upon the African Church as revealed in Cyprian's letters. |The first chapter describes very briefly the important …
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The Persian Persecution: Martyrdom, Politics, and Religious Identity in Late Ancient Syriac Christianity
… (and related material) set Shapur's persecution within the context of Constantine's support for Christianity in the Roman Empire. Religious allegiances are said to have been further amplified during the Roman-Persian war over Rome's Mesopotamian provinces that followed Constantine's …
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Memoirs of the Persecuted: Persecution, Memory, and the West as a Mormon Refuge
… during these two decades used the memory of persecution to create and reinforce a communal identity as a means of resistance against oppression. The memory of persecution led Mormon writers to alter their image of the United States as a land of liberty, recasting the nation as a place of …
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Born To Be Wild: Tiger Persecution and Advocacy From 1800 to the Present
The tiger (Panthera tigris) was once abundant in many of Asia’s forests. The entire species now hovers dangerously close to extinction. Population declines within the last two centuries are blamed largely on loss of habitat, reductions in prey species, poaching, and human-tiger conflict. Modern …
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The Reaction of the the Russion Orthodox Church During the First Year of Communist Persecution
… This Communist doctrine inspired the greatest persecution ever undergone by the Russian Orthodox Church.</p> <p>Many churches and monasteries were closed; bishops, priests, monks, nuns and faithful were put to death or driven into exile. But the clergy and faithful had the will and courage to …
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The Acts of the Martyr Pionius of Smyrna in the Time of the Persecution of Decius
… the martyrs, and one of the few dating from the persecution of Decius, is the Passio Sanctorum Pionii, et Sociorum Ejus Martyrum. It relates the trial and imprisonment of Pionius, a priest of Smyrna, and his companions, Asclepiades; Sabina, a slave; Macedonia, a member of the Montanist sect; and …
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For God or Caesar? A Study of Americas' Church Reaction to Religious Persecution in the Third Reich
… reaction, Protestant and Roman Catholic, to the persecution of Christians and Jews in Nazi Germany. Reports and comments about the crisis of Church and State in Hitlerdom from January, 1933, through 1939 were drawn from six religious publications, three Protestant and three Catholic, in the …
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From protection to persecution: exploring the impact of anti-foreigner mobilisation on refugee rights in South Africa
This research explores how anti-foreigner mobilisation impedes the rights and lives of refugees in South Africa. This study does this by highlighting the anti-foreigner mobilisation movement, Operation Dudula. Grounded in a qualitative desk review, the study examines the systemic, social and …
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Ashes scattered in the wind: The Romanies as Marginalised Victims of Racial Persecution, Genocide and the Holocaust
… of oppression is the Nazi regime’s racial persecution and genocide of the Romanies during the Holocaust. However, in the Federal Republic of Germany, the devastating experiences of the Romanies during the Holocaust received minimal attention in the decades that followed. As such, this …
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Canada's righteous : a history of the Canadian National Committee on Refugees and Victims of Political Persecution
… Committee on Refugees and Victims of Political Persecution (CNCR).This thesis is a study of their work and an examination of the ideas which motivated their members to action. It will outline the activities of the CNCR which included lobbying the Government to admit refugees, publishing …
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A theology of persecution and Christian endurance: Cain, Abel, and a ‘Black Book of Acts’ among the St. Thomas Moravians, 1732-1740
… those who endure faithfully under anti-Christian persecution, as scholarly focus on their ethnic suffering has often overshadowed the abuses committed against their faith. This research brings forth a fresh articulation of Christian endurance under hostility, with the community’s Christian …
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“The Stories That We Tell”: Mormon Women, Autobiography, and the Mormon Collective Memory of Persecution as Influenced by The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt
<p>The collective memory of persecution as formulated by Parley P. Pratt in his autobiography impacted the Mormon community for generations. With the help of theorists Maurice Halbwachs, Jan Assman, and others to explain collective memory and how it is transmitted, this dissertation examines the …
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From Persecution to Detention: A reflection on the non-application of Article 31(1) of the 1951 Refugee Convention on asylum seekers in Zambia
Despite Zambia's ratification of several of international and regional human rights instruments, the country's domestic legislation frustrates its international obligations in so far as protection of asylum seekers human rights is concerned. Principally there are two main pieces of legislation …
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