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1Persecution and the Art of Writing — is a book containing five previously published essays, all dealing with the relationship between politics and philosophy, written by Leo Strauss. The thesis of the book is that many ancient and early modern political philosophers, in order to… …
2Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust — Memorial to gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism in Cologne. Its inscription reads: Totgeschlagen – Totgeschwiegen (Struck Dead – Hushed Up). In the 1920s, homosexual people in Germany, particularly in Berlin, enjoyed a higher level of… …
3Persecution of Bahá'ís — Bahá í Faith Central figures Bahá u lláh The Báb · Abdu l Bahá Key scriptur …
4Persecution of Christians in the New Testament — see also [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=489 letter=C search=Christianity#1631 Jewish Encyclopedia: Christianity in its relation to Judaism: Early Christianity a Jewish Sect] ] The New Testament and other Christian texts depict the… …
5Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada — Walter Tarnopolsky, Canada s leading legal authority on civil liberties, stated:Jehovah s Witnesses appeared in Ontario about 1882 under the name Bible students and soon spread throughout Canada. During both world wars they suffered much… …
6Christian debate on persecution and toleration — This article gives a historical overview of Christian positions on Persecution of Christians and the History of persecutions by Christians, and more generically on religious persecution and toleration. Christian theologians like Augustine of… …
7delusion of persecution — mistaken idea that one is being persecuted …
8Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
9biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
10Witch trials in the Early Modern period — Punishments for witchcraft in 16th century Germany. Woodcut from Tengler s Laienspiegel, Mainz, 1508. The Witch trials in the Early Modern period were a period of witch hunts between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries,[1] when across Early… …
