crossed barriers and are sung in many churches across America as spirituals. However‚ such songs as Wade in the Water‚ Swing Low‚ Sweet Chariot‚ and Follow the Drinking Gourd‚ were once used as an important tool of survival by the slaves of the antebellum era. The content of many Negro spirituals consisted of a religious theme. However‚ Negro spirituals were not intended to be religious. The primary purpose of Negro spirituals was to mislead an overseer or the plantation owner. Slaves were
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criticism; devotional works; spiritual journals and three volumes of letters. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from the British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders. He was also one of the famous Radical leaders of India during the Indian National Movement. As a poet he developed his own vision of human progress and spiritual evolution. His early poems
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Page 787 2. Autobiography of Omar ibn Said‚ Slave in North Carolina‚ 1831. MOST of the slaves who were imported into the American colonies‚ and into the United States before 1808‚ were brought from that part of the African coast which lies east of Cape Palmas‚ or still further south‚ but a considerable number came from the regions of the Gambia and Senegal rivers. These were mostly Mandingos‚ but partly Fulas. The Fulas are not precisely negroes‚ but seem to be a mixture of negro and Berber
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MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY By Maia Ivaldi Memories from school When I was younger‚ people used to ask me what I would like to become when I grew up and I answered that I wasn’t sure but what I did know was that I would never become a teacher as my mother‚ but two years ago that changed. My life began in a very cold night in June‚ to be exact on 26th 1986‚ in the city of Buenos Aires. I lived there the first three years of life with my parents and my older brother. My father was a furniture
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1978 * The Wine of Astonishment‚ 1982 * Jestina’s Calypso and Other Stories‚ 1984 * Growing in the Dark‚ 2003 * Is Just a Movie‚ due for publication in August 2010 on SUMMARY The book is about Eva and Bee Dorcas‚ members of the Spiritual Baptist Church. It is about their experiences of being persecuted for their religious affiliation and the faith that they have in Ivan Morton to change their situation. The character Bolo is also at the forefront of this story because he embodies
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Gabriel Urantia and went back to his home yoga center. When Vikram began this journey‚ his goal was to expose the falsehood of gurus and spiritual teachers. He said he did not have a problem with spirituality but with spiritual leaders. These spiritual leaders‚ in Vikram’s mind‚ were just illusions. Vikram’s intent was to reveal to people that “no one is more spiritual than anyone else” and that these gurus are phonies. He wanted to know if people could find the same peace in a made-up religion that
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According to Taylor (2002)‚ spiritual awareness is important for a nurse or a nursing student if he or she wants to be effective in healing or as a provider of spiritual care. This is because religious and spiritual dimensions of life influences the lives of many people (Wong‚ Hockenberry‚ Wilson‚ Perry‚ & Lowdermilk‚ 2006). By assessing the spiritual aspects of patients and families‚ nurses strive to meet the spiritual needs of individuals‚ which provide strength through holistic nursing care (Wong
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Where other esoteric or foreign-born spiritual practices have veered off course‚ endured only in the margins of society‚ or failed altogether‚ yoga has thrived. Theories abound as to why Americans have taken to yoga. Maybe it’s because yoga‚ with its quiet poses and careful breathing‚ provides the perfect ballast to stressful American lives. Maybe it’s because yoga offers a cure for American body-hating Puritanism. Or maybe it’s because yoga offers spiritual transcendence‚ an hour at a time‚ all
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Put on the full armor of God‚ so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood‚ but against the rulers‚ against the authorities‚ against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God‚ so that when the day of evil comes‚ you may be able to stand your ground‚ and after you have done everything‚ to stand. 14 Stand firm then‚ with the belt of truth buckled
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