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The Paradox of Christianity and Slavery

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The Paradox of Christianity and Slavery

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  2. Introduction • Christian whites have shown some mistreatments to blacks. • Even Christianity teachings, they did nothing. • They did not see the evils in slavery as well as suppression of black people. • They instead used theological explanations in the bid to justify slavery institution. • The contradictions were an illustration of the paradox of slavery and Christianity. http://www.premiumessays.net/

  3. Paradox • It is the view of something or a situation that is comprised of 2 opposing things. • They appear impossible, but might actually be possible or true. • The whites were aware slavery was harmful to the blacks. • They justified their actions by focusing on particular Bible teachings selectively. http://www.premiumessays.net/

  4. Charles Hodge of Princeton • He was a conspicuous theologian. • He pointed that in the Old Testament slavery was allowed a divine command. • In the New Testament, it was forbidden. • Hodge argued slaving as a wicked crime. • He said the same as impeaching God’s word since slavery was consistent with Christianity teachings. • Belief of nothing wrong with slavery was hypocritical. • It contradicted moral principles of Christianity http://www.premiumessays.net/

  5. Fredrick Douglass • He was a literate African American. • He had managed to escape slavery. • Fredrick explored the relationship between slavery and Christianity. • Religious slave owners who had converted to Christianity were the worst slave masters. • He stated religion gave them religious sanctions as well as support for their cruelty. • The slaveholders were convinced by religion that slavery was right. http://www.premiumessays.net/

  6. They Believed God supported it and granted them authority to abuse, murder and oppress their slaves. • Slave owners ignored Christianity teachings. • It demanded masters to treat slaves well. • Douglass also criticized Black people. • They were under the delusion that God required they should submit to slavery. • To him, the slaveholders were not true Christians. • He also noted foundation of slavery and oppression lay in the power, pride and greed of man. http://www.premiumessays.net/

  7. The works of W.E.B Du Bois • Du Bois was born in Massachusetts in 1868. • He was an African American historian, sociologist and civil rights activist. • He illustrated the contradiction in conception of freedom by the whites. • Freedom is looked upon as applicable on the white. • it excludes the Black South Africans on racial grounds. • Smuts uses racial prejudice to justify oppression of blacks in South Africa. • He however but advocates for human rights across the globe. http://www.premiumessays.net/

  8. Works Cited Carter, Robert. “Racism and Psychological and Emotional Injury: Recognizing and Assessing Race-Based Traumatic Stress.” The Counseling Psychologist, 35.1 (2007): 13-105. Print.  Hughes, Richard. The Vocation of the Christian Scholar: How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 2005. Print. Lee, Adam. “The Connection between Religion and Slavery.” Patheos, 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. http://www.premiumessays.net/

  9. Pyke, Karen. “What is Internalized Racial Oppression and why don’t we Study it?: Acknowledging Racism’s Hidden Injuries.“ Sociological Perspectives, 53.4 (2010): 551-572. Print. Smith, Nicole. “The Narrative of the Rise of Fredrick Douglass”:  An Analysis of Hypocrisy and Opposing Representations of Christianity. The article myriad, 6 Dec. 2011. Web. 4 Nov. 2013. Sultana, Mark. Self-deception and “akrasia”: A Comparative Conceptual Analysis. Roma: Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana, 2006. Print. http://www.premiumessays.net/

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