[This book shows that] people acting for the glory of God have formed our modern culture. [The author] shows that the Christian conception of God resulted ... in the Protestant Reformation, the rise of modern science, the European witch-hunts, and the Western abolition of slaver…
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Ideas about God, argues Rodney Stark, have shaped the history & culture of the West. He examines the Reformation, the rise of science, witch-hunts & the abolition of slavery to demonstrate his case.
Ideas about God, argues Rodney Stark, have shaped the history & culture of the West. He examines the Reformation, the rise of science, witch-hunts & the abolition of slavery to demonstrate his case.
Slaves were ubiquitous in the first- and second-century CE Roman Empire, and early Christian texts reflect this fact. This book argues that enslaved persons engaged in leadership roles in civic and religious activities. Such roles created tension within religious groups, includi…
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Introduction: Conceptualizing slavery in global Africa -- Issues of enslavement -- Ethnicity, culture and religion in global Africa -- Experiences of the enslaved in Africa -- Regulation and patterns in collaboration in the slave trade -- Enforced migration -- Pawnship, slavery …
The collective significance of the themes that are explored in Slavery in the Global Diaspora of Africa bridge the Atlantic and thereby provide insights into historical debates that address the ways in which parts of Africa fitted into the modern world that emerged in the Atlant…
Mehr als 400 Jahre lang erlitten schwarzafrikanische Männer, Frauen und Kinder während des transatlantischen Sklavenhandels schlimmste Formen der Versklavung und Erniedrigung durch Katholiken und das westliche Christentum. Damals wie heute glaubte niemand an die tiefe Verwicklun…