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  • a hatred of oppression." Although born in Cicero, New York, Gage maintained ... Her awareness that equality in law does not automatically translate ...
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  • The Epistle to the Romans is one of the books of the New Testament ... The main message of the Epistle is that salvation is available to ...
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  • [[Image:Village school in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan.jpg|thumb ... Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the ...
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  • not only as a skilled aviator but also as the first African American woman ... by racial and gender discrimination in early twentieth-century America ...
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  • Islam, and Sikhism. Within Christianity, the practice derives from the ... The religious act of foot-washing is also practiced in Islam and Sikhism ...
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  • quot;An oath to my God") was the mother of John the Baptist ... . Like several other providential women in the Bible, Elizabeth was barren ...
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  • "Hear, [O] Israel") refers to the most important prayer in Judaism ... The text of the first part of the Shema is as follows: Hear, O Israel: ...
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  • In biblical times the shofar was used as a signaling device in time ... The method of playing the shofar is similar to that of bugle, with ...
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  • Semitic mother goddess, appearing also in Akkadian sources as Ashratu ... In the Judeo-Christian tradition Asherah is considered a false Canaanite ...
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  • Catherine Booth (January 17, 1829 – October 4, 1890) was the wife ... She was born Catherine Mumford in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, ...
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  • free=19 teams in 11 sports| colors=Oxford Blue and Forest Green| ... Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey ...
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  • 26, 1902) was an activist and a leader of the early women's rights ... was an active abolitionist before she made women's issues her primary ...
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  • evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, the Mount Hermon ... Moody was a driving force in the success of the YMCA movement and ...
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  • Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... are represented in the country today. Christianity was introduced to ...
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  • The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, also known as Paul's ... Much of the letter is personal in nature, expressing Paul's joy ...
    12 KB (1,921 words) - 17:23, 28 March 2024
  • Ḥaggay or "Hag-i") was one of the twelve minor prophets and ... Like many other texts in the prophetic corpus, the Book of Haggai ...
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  • an American suffragist who was publicized in Gilded Age newspapers as a ... She is probably most famous for her declaration to run for the United ...
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  • ; "he will laugh") is the son and heir of Abraham and the ... The historicity of Isaac's story in the Bible has come under ...
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  • God for its sins: a complete disregard for the tradition of hospitality and ... Before its destruction, the region around Sodom is described as well ...
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  • 1, 1918) was an American educator and one of the leaders of the Kindergarten ... Maria Kraus-Boelté was born Maria Boelté on November 8, 1836, in ...
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