3. Christian Attitudes In American Society Flashcards
In 1215, the 4th council of Lateran in France declared that?
The Jews of their country would be required to wear a distinctive sign to display their race
A patch that bore the design of?
A wheel made of yellow or red cloth
Italy in 16th century?
All Jewish race had to wear yellow hat
Similar practices occurred in?
Spain and England
“… that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom…”
Abraham Lincoln
The United States has been known as?
“The great melting pot”
Galatians 3:28-29
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bind nor free; there is neither male nor female; for yet are all one in Christ
The ancient world was not bothered by the question of?
Race
When Paul was writing his epistles?
Many slaves were becoming Christians
Letter of Philemon
Deals with acceptance of Philemon’s runaway slave, Onesimus, who had been converted under Paul’s ministry
Race consciousness developed among Europeans during?
The colonial expansion, where white men needed a way to justify their rule over nonwhite people
James 2:1-9
Deals with discrimination of the rich over the poor
The way to cure our prejudice is to?
Let the love of God show us what it is like to be the person who suffers
Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure
H. Jackson Browne
“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.”
