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  2. African and African-American women in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    African-American women mainly worship in traditionally black Protestant churches, with 62% [ 1] identifying themselves as historically black Protestants. Many hold leadership positions in these churches and some lead congregations, especially in the American deep south. Black women also have served as nuns in the Catholic Church [ 2] in the ...

  3. List of women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Tamar #1 – daughter-in-law of Judah, as well as the mother of two of his children, the twins Zerah and Perez. Genesis[ 190] Tamar #2 – daughter of King David, and sister of Absalom. Her mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. II Samuel[ 191] Tamar #3 – daughter of David's son Absalom.

  4. Madalyn Murray O'Hair - Wikipedia

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    Ashland University ( BA) South Texas College of Law ( LLB) Madalyn Murray O'Hair ( née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) [ 1] was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state. In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her.

  5. Women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Women in the Bible are wives, mothers and daughters, servants, slaves and prostitutes. As both victors and victims, some women in the Bible change the course of important events while others are powerless to affect even their destinies. The majority of women in the Bible are anonymous and unnamed. Individual portraits of various women in ...

  6. The Bible and slavery - Wikipedia

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    The Bible contains many references to slavery, which was a common practice in antiquity. Biblical texts outline sources and the legal status of slaves, economic roles of slavery, types of slavery, and debt slavery, which thoroughly explain the institution of slavery in Israel in antiquity. [ 1]

  7. Queen of Sheba - Wikipedia

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    The Queen of Sheba, [ a] also called Bilqis[ b] (Yemeni and Islamic tradition) and Makeda[ c] (Ethiopian tradition), is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for the Israelite King Solomon.

  8. Delilah - Wikipedia

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    Delilah was a woman of Sorek. [2] She is the only woman in Samson's story who is named. [5] The Bible says that Samson loved her (Judges 16:4) but not that she loved him. [5] The two were not said to be married [5] and the idea that they had a sexual relationship is, in the words of Josey Bridges Snyder, "at most implicit in the biblical text". [6]

  9. The Woman's Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Woman's Bible is a two-part non-fiction book, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy that woman should be subservient to man. [ 1] By producing the book, Stanton wished to promote a radical liberating theology, one that stressed ...

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