Martin Luther King Jr- He began his career as a baptist preacher . He dedicated his life to achieving equality and justice for all Americans of all colors. King believed that peaceful refusal to obey unjust law was the best way to bring about social change. King was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi´s success with non-violent activism . on December 1‚ 1955 Rosa Parks ‚ an afrikan American woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man . here is when the Montgomery bus boycott
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was a response to "A Call for Unity" by eight white clergymen. His letter was a rebuttal to the clergymen’s unjust proposals. He informs the clergymen of his views and the reasons for his “direct action” on the issue of desegregation. King also attacks the “white moderate” on their actions and expresses his disappointment with their unconstitutional measures. His powerful words‚ "...it is even more unfortunate that the city’s white power structure
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Sophie Lichtas Reflection of Christianity It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. This shows us it is more important to be healthy‚ and keep healthy and therefore live longer than to spend a short lifetime earning money‚ because money will not make your life any longer. In Hinduism wealth does not belong to one person‚ but to the whole family‚ it is also passed down in generations‚ so the more money you earn the better a life style your grandchildren
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Assess the extent to which Catherine Booth has contributed to the development and expression of Christianity. Catherine Booth has strongly contributed to the expression and development of Christianity. Through developing the organisation The Salvation Army‚ Booth addressed discriminatory issues present in the Christian church such as the inequality of women and exclusion of the lower class. Booth has influenced‚ and still continues to influence Christian society by displaying female equality in
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LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY MARTIN LUTHER AND THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY II—525_B01_201320 DR. MARTIN KLUBER INSTRUCTOR GEORGIA R. BOSS CLARKSDALE‚ MS MARCH 3‚ 2013 Introduction The Lutheran Reformation was a movement in the 16th century to reform the Catholic Church in Western Europe. The Reformation was started by Martin Luther with his 95 Theses on the practice of indulgences. Luther’s action inadvertently precipitated a religious controversy
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1. Briefly describe the situation preceding Dr. King’s arrest and what prompted him to write the letter. - Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for demonstrating without a permit; his activities were described as “unwise and untimely”. He wrote the letter to show readers why he did what he did; he intended for his reasons to be known. 2. For whom does Dr. King initially write the letter? Who do you think eventually becomes his audience after being released from prison? - I believe the original
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According to the Dictionary Online (2013)‚ “Injustice is the violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.” Martin Luther King Jr. defined an unjust law in the Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)‚ “An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality
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himself‚ and take up his Cross‚ and follow me.” Jesus (Mark 8:34) Analyse how the practices and teachings of Christianity represent the above sentiment. In relation to Mark 8:34‚ the teachings of Martin Luther‚ combined with the Sacrament of Baptism and the ethical application of Church teachings on bioethics‚ all represent the above sentiment. Significantly‚ Martin Luther‚ a fifteenth century German monk‚ set to right the path the church was leading its’ adherents – to help the members
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Martin Luther and John Calvin were two religious reformers who were similar in that they both believed that religious authority rested in the Bible. But‚ they had different views of sacraments and religious doctrines. During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ Lutheranism and Calvinism began to gain a lot of attention. Both these men were leading influences of the Protestant Reformation‚ which was a time period when people began to question the church and how government and society should be adhered. The
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Martin Luther was the first person translate and publish the Bible in the common language of the German people and promoted the development of Christianity in Germany. He is one of the greatest psalmody written by the greatest man of the greatest period of German history His famous song "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" expressed to the people that the theological doctrine faithfulness and God’s faithfulness. In his observation shows that it is easy to use the God’s words‚ but more difficult to grasp
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