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74The Sinai Covenant: A Nation Begins
Thou shalt have no other gods before me (Ex. 20:3) Thus begins the covenant that would unite a nation. From semi-nomadic traditions, a disparate people became conscious of their unity through the Sinai...
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68Women and Patriarchal Religion
In discussing women’s issues and history, it is important to analyze and discuss the influence and impact of patriarchal religion. In many nations, patriarchal religion is the primary...
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65Huineng the Sixth Patriarch of Zen
The Sutra of Huineng and the Diamond Sutra There seem to be a lot of Buddhist hubs around at the moment, so I thought I'd join in the fun by posting this brief (actually not quite so brief !) hub on the...
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67Womens' Equality In Islam: It Does Not Exist!
Sahih Bukhari: A'Hadis Volume 1, Book 6, Number 301: Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: Once Allah's Apostle went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) o 'Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitrprayer. Then he passed by...
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69Quiverfull: How to Give a Liberal Feminist the Whompin’ Heebie Jeebies
When I was a little kid in the early 1970’s, I loved (LOVED) the album Free to Be You and Me, in which Marlo Thomas and her leftie friends (like Alan Alda, Tommy Smothers, and football legend Rosey Grier)...
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48Happy Father's Day, Father.
When I thought of your sky as just a roof to play under You smiled at me with sun When I ran on your ground to kill your white moth You whispered my name in the wind When I knelt by a sorrow carved in...
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78Jacob Wrestles With A Man
Commentary on the "wrestle" that Jacob, the prophet of God, has with "a man" as contained in the account of Genesis. Who exactly is this "man"?
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59What is the Christian view on homosexuality between animals?
The conservative Christian view on homosexuality between humans is well known: Lev 20:13 "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act;...
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58God of All
Why do Christians use the personal pronoun “he” to refer to God? Isn’t calling God a man just as heretical as calling God a woman? God is neither man nor woman, for both find their origin in...
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67Zoolander: From an Academic Perspective
Zoolander (2001) is a satire of the fashion industry, but the fact that the gender representations in this film are meant to be a funny parody does not make them less valid as object of analysis. Drawing on...
