Sentences with phrase «slavery issues in»

Analysts also say that William Ford, the slave owner played by Benedict Cumberbatch (who has slavery issues in the family closet), has also been rendered less sympathetic on screen than he was in the book.

Not exact matches

One of the most challenging points to get across about this issue in general is that a larger proportion of the exploitation resides inside forced manual labor, rather than in sex slavery.

if you're from the US like i am, please move far, far away so those who believe in the first amendment and support all people the freedom to believe and live as they choose so we can focus on real issues like the economy, education, and ending oppression / slavery throughout the world.

Loki, his «church» was quite literally FOUNDED on the principle that Southern slavery was Biblical and just; further, that «church» has NEVER issued a binding, formal apology for its support of slavery, racial etiquette, and Jim Crow; in fact, they were their most ardent supporters.

Cindy, I share your grief... especially remembering how Southern Baptists, Southern Presbyterians, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South separated from their northern sisters and brothers over the issue of slavery in the 19th century.

Such issues as slavery, the status of women, and political freedom, the virtues of scientific honesty and integrity, the freedom of the spirit in worship, all such ethical concerns which have grown in significance throughout Christian history are in part at least implicit in the new life, but they are not explicit, and the reason for that must be sought in the historical situation into which the Gospel came.

He placed the issue of slavery in the light that Abraham Lincoln would always see it when he wrote in 1781:

Here again, evangelical media could have a crucial role in focusing the thinking and concern of their adherents on issues like world hunger and the plight of our urban minorities — issues that correspond to the problems of slavery and child labor which 19th century evangelicals successfully attacked.

For analyses of the biblical interpretation on both sides, see Willard M. Swartley, Slavery, Sabbath, War, and Women: Case Issues in Biblical Interpretation (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983), pp. 152 - 191; Robert K. Johnston, Evangelicals at an Impasse: Biblical Authority in Practice (Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1979), PP. 48 - 76.

On issues such as women in church leadership, and other religions, we are free to come to a «developed, or even different, view» from what we find in the canon, just like William Wilberforce did with slavery; but that is ok, because the word of God is «ultimately a person, not a manuscript».

However, by 1995, the convention issued its Resolution on Reconciliation, publicly denouncing its past racism, and asking forgiveness for its role in supporting slavery and segregation — an unprecedented action by a Southern denomination.

But a cultural issue with sub-theological and anti-Christian implications, slavery, led to schism in all three groups.

We reject slavery as absolutely immoral — such rejection of slavery on moral ground clearly has its roots in the Bible, yet is far beyond the way slavery, as a moral issue or a social and economic institution, is discussed in the Bible.

Issues of polygamy and concubinage are conpletely ignored, just for starters, nor is there any recognition that Paul treats marriage the way he treats slavery — in response to a civil insitution that mandates equality.

The excellent article by Father Linus Clovis in your July / August issue contains a brief account of the attempts by several Popes to stop Catholics being involved in chattel slavery.

Sex slavery and forced child prostitution a bigger issue than most realize, and it is is huge problem right here in the United States.

Every year, the State Department issues the «Trafficking in Persons Report,» a document that tracks human trafficking, slavery, the use of child soldiers and other human rights violations across the world.

A prominent element in Gilead is the abolitionist movement, which tackled the major social issue of the 19th century: slavery.

According to Coffin (1982), it is probably the most divisive issue in the U.S.A. since slavery split the church.

When people are left out, when they're neglected, when they're not supported, and when they're not given the love they need to grow, it becomes an incubator for trafficking, and this refugee crisis, if we want to be serious about ending slavery, we can not ignore them, we can not ignore our support for this issue in that space, because otherwise, we're going to have to deal with it for years to come.

John C. Calhoun observed in 1850 that one of the strongest of the ties holding the nation together, the spiritual and ecclesiastical, was the first to give way under the pressures of the slavery issue.4 The reactions of Protestantism to the sectionalism that precipitated the Civil War, to the War itself and to Reconstruction, tell us much about its nature in America.

Instead hostility and resentment frequently motivated the ministry, especially in the denominations that had split over the slavery issue.

Our concept in the Old testament of the Bible on slavery seemed to often have no issue with it.

The GOP is following the Whigs (whose brilliant beginnings are now forgotten since they sold out against their conscience on the issues of slavery and manifest destiny) into the dilapidated dustbin of history, and will be commemorated in future history textbooks as the party whose decline began when they sold out to ignorance and religious extremism.

In the book, Webb seeks to employ what he calls a redemptive - movement hermeneutic to help distinguish between cultural and trans - cultural biblical values, specifically applying this method to slavery, gender issues, and homosexuality.

The momentous schism between the «Southern» and «Northern» Baptists occurred in 1845 amid the growing debate over slavery and related issues.

Perhaps most important, slavery is illegal in almost every nation in the world; at this point the issue isn't moral relativism as much as political and economic will.

McPherson holds the minority view that the case «did not really polarize the country any more than it was already polarized by the issue of slavery in the territories.»

Whichever scholar has the better argument, they agree that the decision focused the debate over slavery and introduced into the already heady brew of issues involved in that debate the question of the scope of judicial power under the Constitution.

In the New School, the slavery issue was constantly debated and discussed.

How should they speak kindly and graciously but communicating basically: we don't want to see your parade or your genitals in our towns for all to witness; we don't want people with penises in our girls» locker rooms; we don't want our houses of worship spray - painted pink; we don't want to associate the fight against racism or slavery with the fight for «insert LBGT issue of the day».

Henry rejected liberal versions of the social gospel which tended to be all social and no gospel, but he appealed to an earlier evangelical consensus of cultural engagement that included the work of William Wilberforce in campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade in England, the revivalist impulses of Charles G. Finney against slavery in this country, as well as evangelical concerns for suffrage, temperance, child labor laws, fair wages for workers, and many other progressive issues to which many theologically conservative Christians were once committed» before what David Moberg has called «the great reversal,» an evangelical withdrawal from such concerns.

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Once you receive your Slavery Footprint score, the app makes it easy for consumers to tell their favorite brands that they care about this issue and, more importantly, ask brands to independently assess if forced labor is used at any point in their supply chains.

Divorce was not a big issue for children in decades past, but they were often abandoned, sold into slavery, indentured into domestic service, orphaned at childbirth by their «normal» families.

There are other reasons to boycott Nestlé, such as concern over its exploitation of water resources (see Council of Canadians boycott call), treatment of dairy and coffee farmers, accusations of child slavery and labour in its cocoa supply chain and other issues (see report to the UN Global Compact office, 2009).

However, in the context of the US Civil War in which the abolition of slavery was a burning issue, and with the expansion of industrial activity, wage labour rapidly became a gauge of liberty in contrast to the model of slavery, even when Abraham Lincoln himself refused this equation (wage labour = the opposite of slavery = liberty).

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway is expected to appear before Parliament amidst issues about modern - day slavery in Libya.

The film talks about how the issue of modern slavery was first uncovered by the Sunday Times reporter George Arbuthnott, whose investigative journalism showed the true scale of the problem in Britain today.

To raise the awareness of our policy in respect of forced labour we have issued an internal memorandum on modern slavery to all members of staff.

In episode 409, skeptics Penn and Teller examine the issue of reparations - reimbursing descendants of groups whose ancestors suffered racist indignities like slavery or forced relocation.

The godfather of modern gonzo filmmaking addresses American slavery and race relations the same way he has addressed other sensitive issues: by making a boisterously entertaining movie that couldn't be less interested in sensitivity.

In this corrective to Gone With the Wind, he sticks it to Hollywood for a Mandingo - Mammy fixation that leaves the issues of slavery out of mainstream movies.

This is signature Tarantino, here combustibly exploring America's original sin — slavery, and as race issues are still not only volatile and divisive (not to mention uncomfortably handled in most mainstream platforms, with most white folks tending to prize declawed and defused fodder like The Help and Driving Miss Daisy), it's safe to say that, whatever your hang - ups, Tarantino brings it to the foreground.

Working from a script by John Ridley (Red Tails, U Turn), who adapts Northup's own incredible memoir published in 1853, McQueen creates a powerful effect by not making the film «epic» or by proclaiming itself an «pretentiously important issues movie», but by keeping the emphasis on the characters and their individual stories much more so than as a film meant to cover the topic of slavery as a whole.

Ricketts» time in the fashion industry opened her eyes to unexpected ethical questions, particularly around the issue of modern day slavery, and how the demand for more goods at lower prices perpetuated such labor practices.

Professional development needs to be provided for teachers who may not be comfortable engaging their students using new technologies such as discussion boards in their classrooms, in open discussions of difficult issues (e.g., slavery), or in examining how the video portions of a VFT act as historical sources with values and perspectives from the present as well as the past.

ALT - WORLD RENEGADE With a timely novel focusing on race and equality, Ben H. Winters turns the issue of slavery on its head in Underground Airlines.

The depiction of slavery in this book read like a time compressed, magical mystery tour via the underground railway of all of the poignant issues that slaves confronted.

This novel shows both sides of the slavery issue, what both white and black abolitionists went through, as well as how slaves were treated in the northern states that had already outlawed slavery (Diane S).