| 单词 | Christian |
| 例句 | “Didn’t you hear what Mrs. Scatcherd said? It’s their Christian duty.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I didn’t get it at home. I remember in third grade, coming home with straight A’s on my report card, and my parents, being fundamentalist Christians, said, ‘Be careful. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Franz, a devout Christian, had spent most of his adult life in the army, stationed in Shanghai and Okinawa. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them promised to come; some offered their talismans—a branch from a peach tree, a Christian cross, a red paper with good words written on it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t believe that we worship the same God as Christians and Jews do; we simply refer to that same God as Allah. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I had a vague idea that being Christian had something to do with worshipping Yesu, a God who wore a crown of thorns. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The Pythagorean idea of a perfect and mystical world, unseen by the senses, was readily accepted by the early Christians and was an integral component of Kepler’s early training. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We have already mentioned that medieval Christians were fond of going on pilgrimage. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Then by chance Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say “Christians.” Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z In the years immediately before the founding of the Royal Society two new sets of arguments for Christian faith were pioneered. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The brothers were an exception in Qunu: they were educated and Christian. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And since I had been born in a Christian nation, I accepted this Deity as the only one. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The Christian Democratic Union, a non-Communist party pushing for reunification with West Germany, emerged victorious. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Christian Brothers looked like a bottle of wine: it had a long, slender spout and a simple off-white label. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Ma says that old people in Kaintuck thought it was witch-talk to the Devil, talk they didn’t want Christians to understand.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Christian was traveling to outer Pennsylvania to sell these weird daggers and swords he inherited from his grandfather to this collector.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t Christian, plus I’m afraid she repeat it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Havens is now living in a house owned and supported by the Christian Union and is trying to reach not just other evangelicals but nonbelievers as well. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z People seem to think that if Jesus could stop a lion from gobbling up a poor lame girl, he must be staying awake pretty good for the Christians—ha! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your full Christian names and address, Madame. Perhaps you would prefer to write them yourself?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dammit, Trotter. Don’t try to make a stinking Christian out of me.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The Ottoman Empire was at its peak under Sulaiman and a serious threat to the eastern parts of Christian Europe. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Like how three brothers who are adopted by three different families—one Muslim, one Hindu, and one Christian—could discover each other as grown-ups and team up to save a woman who gets kidnapped. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Tea Cake had more good nature under his toenails than they had in their so-called Christian hearts. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The Pope assured Christians that anyone who died, even along the journey, would have his sins forgiven and earn a special place in paradise. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I thought about how being Christian doesn’t mean that everything is perfect all the time, or that you don’t face any struggles. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “No, but back when the Christians hid from the Romans down in the catacombs, they used to scratch pictures of bees on the walls. To remind each other that when they died they’d be resurrected.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Christian Brothers, hands-down, by the biggest margin of all. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z At the suggestion of a blind Christian she was once taken by train to kiss the tombs of saints and martyrs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mathematicians don’t need prudence; Christians, lawyers and scientists do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The offending piece was Theodora, a setting of a libretto by his friend Thomas Morell, which itself was based on an account of the early Christian martyr by Robert Boyle, the founder of modern chemistry. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This latter, written by a local minister, was “aimed at those Christians who were afraid not to read any printed word about Jesus.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But it would appear that for unknown centuries, until the Christian missionaries came, heroism was enough. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the glow of the stadium lights, Ivory Christian helped Boobie adjust to a pair of crutches that was too small for him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Travis is a Christian. Don’t worry. Now can I fix you something to eat?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z There was Crazy Mary, whose family were Christian converts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We weren’t Black or white or Muslim or Christian, we were athletes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The little Jewish delicatessen was full of Christians buying Jew rye bread. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In his sophomore year, though, his evangelical a cappella singing group, a Christian twist on an old Ivy League tradition, interceded. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Milo had at his disposal sumptuous quarters inside a salmon-pink palace, but Yossarian and Orr were not allowed to accompany him inside because they were Christian infidels. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Frederick’s successor, his son Christian, was only 11 when the King died, and the Danish nobles elected four of their number to serve as Protectors until he reached the age of 20. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He might be destined for Hell, but he certainly looked like a Christian when he prayed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Now we even had a name, Christian Cultural Group, and we had spread all over the Cibao area. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Christian had already been there for months, weighing only about twenty-two pounds, his lungs filled with TB bacilli and an oxygen mask continually strapped over his mouth. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Mammachi, though annoyed at his drunkenness, wasn’t averse to listening to bardic stories about herself and her family’s Christian munificence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Fowles thought this over before offering, tactfully, “For certain, Mrs. Price, there are Christians and then there are Christians.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Englishman was John Dowland, a Londoner and exact contemporary of Shakespeare who spent some of his most fruitfully creative years as the extravagandy paid official lutenist to King Christian IV of Denmark. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This Christian spirit, however, was far from being shared. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “They have many souls living there, far more than here. Too many to count. But I assure you they are Christians.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I got to know the Old and New Testaments very well, and I learned a lot of Christian values from the missionaries at that school. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I never celebrated it with my Irish family, so it doesn’t bother me, but the girls mutter under their breath all day long: it’s not Christian, it’s not American to keep them from their families. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Many Christian commoners were tricked into believing that their religion and their cause made them superior to those they fought against as soldiers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like that was the only thing left to do. m o o o . . . from Bow-Wow and Plucky, on the Christian Cyberkidz Network: . Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The world isn’t the safest place ever, we know that because of Christian and everyone else dying on the daily. But I should’ve shown you some risks are worth it.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Our Christian charity has come back to us sevenfold,” he declared, taking liberty with mathematics, gleefully slapping the thighs of his khaki pants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course! You should know that, my Christian friend! Saints are martyred!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Christian mystics devoted much energy to deciphering the number 666, said by John the Apostle to designate the name of the Beast of the Apocalypse, the Antichrist. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Or rather, since Christians are so fond of capital letters, a Story. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The Great Comet of 1466—yet another return of Hailey’s Comet— panicked Christian Europe; the Christians feared that God, who sends comets, might be on the side of the Turks, who had just captured Constantinople. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an even more obvious metaphor for Christians, as it was easy to think of God as a legislator imposing laws on nature and to personify nature as obeying him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My more familiar English or Christian name was not given to me until my first day of school. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Think of how the Church supported colonialism. And the Crusades. Even the Nazis said they were Christians." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Their only respect was for what they would have described as “good Christian colored women.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I need a job,” my mother insisted, “and haven’t you noticed that all the Christians have jobs? Besides, going to church won’t mean that I will stop worshipping your religion.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z What was at stake in the ‘Apology’ was not just the reasonableness of Christian faith, but the reliability of all the claims made by philosophers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Velutha was fourteen when Johann Klein, a German carpenter from a carpenter’s guild in Bavaria, came to Kottayam and spent three years with the Christian Mission Society, conducting a workshop with local carpenters. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And as my extreme weakness prevented me from getting up and going to him, I lay there, penitently whispering, “O God bless him! O God bless this gentle Christian man!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure the idea of adventure is even Christian,” Dill said as he thumbed through the book. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Informed by Livingston, who was on sabbatical at Caltech, that Charles Christian “C. C.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I have in the past been accustomed to addressing underservants by their Christian names and saw no reason to do otherwise in this house.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I was still child enough to consider a Christian name like a plume in the hat, though from the very first he had called me by mine. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Moments later he was introduced as “the Reverend Ivory Christian.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Therefore, on the part of God and of the Christians, I beseech you to be their friend, for such is God’s will, and it will be for your good.’ Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Hindus and Christians are idolaters. They have many gods.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Eager to go meet the representatives of the Christian God, I said to my mother, “Can you take me to the tent without Papa finding out?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z All this while inspecting Mama Tataba with Christian tolerance, taking his time to formulate the message. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In Jolfa, they were allowed to be Christian and to build churches. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z This struck a lot of people as a good deal, and they swarmed to the Holy Land, often slaughtering fellow Christians on the way. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I was ashamed of my mother, but see, love didn’t come natural to me until I became a Christian. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christian Union’s immediate goal, he said, was to recruit campus missionaries. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Thus, the value of being a Christian is infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “And what kind of word is February? They taught you to count the days by the Christian calendar in Lublin?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole way to school my mom flips between the oldies and the Christian radio station. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The phrase ‘in model’ is extremely rare, but a single sheet published in 1651 is described in its title as a summary of Christian doctrine ‘in model’: it is a wall-chart. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My parents were Christians, and on Sundays we went to church. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A standard argument was that a Christian needed moral certainty of the truths of their faith, since the fate of their soul was at stake. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I knew the temple that I could build if I could really get to those Christians. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just about to forbid him to set foot on the property when Clara convinced him that this was hardly the time to place his political enmities before the peasants’ Christian fervor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These domestic crusades terrorized poor people and, at the same time, got them involved in what was painted as a holy adventure: turning all Europe into a Christian land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z A reverse snuffed out perfectly by Ivory Christian for no gain. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The only music I knew, still, was Christian music from church, the only music allowed in my mother’s house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “But I thought you were a Christian,” I said to my mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though my mom is Christian, my father grew up Buddhist, and so my parents didn’t force religion on either me or my brother. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The Christians liked being able to borrow money from the Jews, but they hated paying it back and often they didn’t. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Most Christians and Muslims believe in a heaven and a hell, though there’s a lot of disagreement within both religions over what, exactly, will get you into one afterlife or the other. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z At the time, marriages between Jews and Christians were uncommon and usually frowned upon by both sides. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The black Christians we “fished” to our Temple were conditioned, I found, by the very shock I could give them about what had been happening to them while they worshiped a blond, blue-eyed God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the One to whom the Jews referred as The Messiah, the Christians as The Christ, and the Muslims as The Mahdi. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The new owner made my father the official liaison, akin to a translator, between himself and the Christian Poles still allowed to work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z They didn’t want him to prosper, because he was a God-fearing white Christian man. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew that, according to many Christians, I was a descendant of Ham, who had been cursed, and that I was therefore predestined to be a slave. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Its Muslim inhabitants were tolerant of Christians and allowed Christian pilgrims to visit their city. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Less than a month before I was due, I attended the August gathering of our Christian Cultural Group in Salcedo. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was just curious, having no particular intention to leave the Christian faith. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z You are surrounded by as many Christians in Oklahoma as Muslims in Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z For example, the Pilgrims who colonized Cape Cod could be considered a Protestant Christian cult because their beliefs were in opposition to Catholicism and other dominant Protestant religious thinking of the time. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I became a member of the Students Christian Association and taught Bible classes on Sundays in neighboring villages. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In 529, Christians closed the school of Athens— the last link to the academies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He founded Truman’s chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and friends could depend on him to get them home safely from parties because he did not drink. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She obsessively read Christian’s final, frantic texts and hated herself for not waking up to any calls. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You get washed up and sit right down and eat. It isn't Christian to throw out good food, and I’m not going to carry that bowl of mush to Salem by hand.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Members of the hoity-toity Mount Zion Baptist Church mingled with the intellectual members of the African Methodist Episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal Zion, and the plain working people of the Christian Methodist Episcopal. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Being a Christian doesn’t make voodoo stop existing.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t repeat it—not fit for a lady’s ears. Not fit for Christian ears, neither. Pastor Tom would swallow his tongue if he could hear them boys talking trash on the rig.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z No one would have admitted that the Christian and charitable people were happy to think of their oppressors’ turning forever on the Devil’s spit over the flames of fire and brimstone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christian Crusades in the Holy Lands failed, as the Europeans could not hold on to any sites taken from the Muslims for very long. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z But time has passed, and in that time the Christian world has revealed itself as morally bankrupt and politically unstable. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z That was followed by a cannon shot from Christian ten yards out. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “And keep away from Christian girls. Get me?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But medieval Christians were quick to realize that this line of inquiry could only lead to unsavory theories. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “If you are religious, I mean a Christian, worship your Lord today, because you might not have another chance. Dismissed.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And if he, good Christian, scion of a striving class, patron saint of the twice as good, could be forever bound, who then could not? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a face that needed soap and water and Christian tolerance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z "But I feel bad punishing a good Christian woman who is too stupid to know where her husband was." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But today, our self-righteousness, our fear, and our anger have caused even the Christians to hurl stones at the people who fall down, even when we know we should forgive or show compassion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I sat frozen; I did not know that tongues could be Christian, too. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Moments later, Christian dribbled into the box and faked to his left, a move that left the North Atlanta goalie tangled in his own limbs, before shooting right: another goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When they captured Jerusalem, they were less hospitable: Christian pilgrims entering Jerusalem could expect to be killed, tortured, or sold into slavery. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z One way was by lending money to Christians, often at a high rate of interest. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “So I can beat the Christians to the punch. They also call this car ‘Sammy’s Jewish Submarine.’” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Peruvian doctors were following WHO protocol, retreating Christian with standard first-line antibiotics that had failed to stop the TB in the first place. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z You can’t just sashay into the jungle aiming to change it all over to the Christian style, without expecting the jungle to change you right back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, she said, “No, I’m a Christian. I don’t believe in those things.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We were agrarian, unsophisticated, industrious people, Jews and Christians alike, whose lives revolved around family, our religious calendars, and the seasons of sowing and reaping. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z For Christians, its imperfections go back to the Fall. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Well, eventually you’ll need someone spiritual to talk to. I have no doubt about that. Are you currently affiliated with any Christian organization?” he asked. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Angels wear clothes and wings and are Christian. Cupids wear bows and arrows; they are naked and pagan.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “A fine Christian thing to do! Now I was also wondering, Elijah, if you know anything about a word called tithing?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Teaching such an ancient Sapiens English, persuading him of the truth of Christian dogma, or getting him to understand the theory of evolution would probably have been hopeless undertakings. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And then we discovered the best ‘ ‘fishing’ ’ audience of all, by far the best- conditioned audience for Mr. Muhammad’s teachings: the Christian churches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It helped me to hear the Christian way, because I needed help, I needed to let Mameh go, and that’s when I started to become a Christian and the Jew in me began to die. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My bike was stolen during Easter vacation, and Father gave Mother’s bike to some Christian friends for safekeeping. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z If you were young in the 1940s, this Christian was your Messiah. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Yeah. She was born a week after Christian died.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Take him up to the Christian Brothers, tell them I sent you, tell them he is a bright boy and ought to be going to secondary school and beyond that, university. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Can it be blasphemy to hate what’s wicked and cruel? It’s not only Julius. It’s everything. It’s the circus. It’s the animals. It’s the Christians!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The warders called us by either our surnames or our Christian names. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse still, they were Half-Hindu Hybrids whom no self-respecting Syrian Christian would ever marry. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Jews and Christians alike are waiting, the whole world is waiting, and many are waiting for death. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Chester chirped the second verse of “Onward Christian Soldiers,” and finished with a soaring “Amen.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Ill ~ “This needle gonna hurt?” asked Ivory Christian as he lay on a table in the trainer’s room. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw how since the sixteenth century, the so-called “Christian trader” white man began to ply the seas in his lust for Asian and African empires, and plunder, and power. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, my good Christian,” Jacob replied, eliciting a smirk from Jeanne, “it was because of a fire.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We were not nearly so easy to enter as a Christian church. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry. Christians go to heaven when they die.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I don’t believe those men are Christians, Brother Gerald, because they yelled at her to shut up with that blankety-blank Jesus tune. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Chalmers has been a steady donor to Christian causes, and he bought a plot of land in Oregon, where he plans to build a retreat center. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They were such weird songs it took me a while to realize they followed the tunes of Christian hymns, “Onward Christian Soldiers” and “What a Friend I Have in Jesus,” which made my skin crawl. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesus appears to Saul and the persecutor of Christians nonpareil cries out, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to go to the Christian Brothers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Before you criticize him for discouraging me from Christian theology, keep in mind that he and my mom had negative experiences with organized religion. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He bandages cuts and bruises, passes the time of day with cops, and since a good half of the girls are Christian Scientists, reads aloud his share of Science and Health on a Sunday morning. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheriff Charles said, “Now look. Mercy’s a good Christian hospital but they don’t want to see all you...Negroes showing up at once. I’ll take the mother and father. Road’s still not good.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z If that’s how “Christian” philosophy is interpreted, if that’s what Gandhian philosophy teaches, well, then, I will call them criminal philosophies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Today few Christians would endorse this argument, but that doesn’t make it any easier to assign the correct degree of blame to their ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z White Christians have also forgotten several elementary historical details. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Clearly people had more positive associations with the name Christian Brothers than with E & J. That only deepened the mystery, because if Christian Brothers had a stronger brand, why were they losing market share? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Like Yuko and Kathy, Mary was an American, born into a Christian household, who had converted to Islam as an adult. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The Christian Union has bought and maintains new evangelical student centers at Brown, Princeton, and Cornell, and has plans to establish a center on every Ivy League campus. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “But he can’t be a Hindu, a Christian and a Muslim. It’s impossible. He must choose.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There were still a few hands up, including Jules’s and Aileen’s, but Mr. Hale went on about the battle in Milton’s mind between individualism and the moral order of a Christian universe. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As far as I knew, everybody I “hung out with” was a Christian teen, and even if some of them maybe weren’t so convinced, not a one of them was talking about their doubts. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z A memory washes over me—Maddy’s sleepover birthday party in fourth grade, when her favorite younger cousin asked if I’m going to hell because I’m not Christian. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She couldn’t resist the opportunity to do her Christian duty. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He lives with a charming Christian lady who’s quite a bit younger than he is. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z For the Christians, everything is all about Jesus and the Bible. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The choir was summoned and sang a modern arrangement of “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” with new words pertaining to graduates seeking their place in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Their explanation that “the Good Book say, ‘Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, and be exceedingly glad’ ” did not in the least minimize the condescension of their fellow Christians. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To address these perceived threats, an idea emerged that allowed the church to grant privileges to “Old Christians” and excluded anyone who converted from other religions. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Would it not be better, then, if our bodies were civilized, improved, and put to some legitimate Christian use? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z For in the entire kingdom of England there could have been no poorer Christian souls than my mother and I. I had few friends and none I completely trusted. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “At the beginning of the description of the Count’s wife—her Christian name, to be exact. But I confess that I still do not see the point.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christian religion gained influence in Europe over several centuries, gradually overcoming the old religions practiced by the people living there. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z That’s how Sima felt in England as her daughter claimed to be a Christian just days before they went back to Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “You . . . you Sunday Christians,” she called after them, as if it were the worst thing she could think of. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Dina listens to conservative talk radio, belongs to a fundamentalist Christian church, and has a “Guns don’t kill people—abortion clinics do” bumper sticker on her car. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Mostly from evangelical Christian sites, which have bought Nathan’s devil claims wholesale. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s Christian that we invite her, don’t you think?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The Christians, cowed by the power of Greek philosophy, chose Aristotle over their Bible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Frenzied, the magistrate screamed, “And I know you all agree with me! This is a Christian village. Jews are a blight!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The Europeans who came ashore at Cape Cod in November of 1620 carried a view of the world that was based on the teachings of Christian religious reformer John Calvin. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Since they were unarmed, they were attacked without danger to any Christian. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Remember, Hannahleh, we open our door to remind ourselves of the time Jews were forced to keep their doors open to show the Christians we were not practicing blood rituals. Hah!” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As in Christian’s case, he knew he couldn’t step on toes or force his views on anyone, not without offending important people. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They used to feed Christians to the lions, and now Adah uses that phrase ironically, referring to how I supposedly left her to be eaten up on the path. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christian concept of speciation placed God firmly at the epicenter; all animals created by Him sprayed outward from the moment of creation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She was used to his gentle jibes about her social-service faith and she would have responded to say that she was not even sure she believed in a Christian God that could not be seen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes when a Christian Pole wanted to describe a chaotic event, he would say, "It was like a Jewish congregation." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The noise from his collision echoed loud, as if he were sitting inside a Christian church bell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He concluded, therefore, that in Christian belief, “the fretfulness of a child is an infinite evil!” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Work out the Christian math of how you give a little and you get it back a hundredfold. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t, I’d probably still be a brainwashed black Christian. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “What did you do there? Did you eat food sacrificed to idols? Did you desecrate your Christian tongue?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was like imperial Rome, like the Christians and the lions, violent, visceral, exciting, crazy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There were Ponzi schemers and Christian cultists, Tabernacle fanatics and mathematical geniuses. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She believed that if you were a good Christian you would go to heaven. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Fought in ad 451, against the now Christian Roman Empire and their allies, the encounter was a rare occasion on which Attila and his heathen Huns were beaten. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z For a millennium or so there were ancients and moderns, which corresponded roughly to pagans and Christians. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I hope you don’t mind my asking,” Douglas said, “but I noticed the statue outside, and are you guys Christian? I thought you were Indian.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This enemy who tells you that you are both supposed to be worshiping the same white Christian God that—you are told— stands for the same things for all men! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And raised conscious, in rejection of a Christian God, I could see no higher purpose in Prince’s death. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Christians stoned and beat them with clubs when they were practicing their religion. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “I see. Hopkins. Now how do you spell her Christian name?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Was Emerson a Christian or a Jewish name? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Angelina had recently written a pamphlet titled An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But as with everything, they should look at the matter from both sides: would Christians act any differently if they were in our place? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I told my father, “He’s a better Christian than you are,” and walked out of the house. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z ‘I presume Mr. Marx was a Christian church man?’ asked the preacher. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I mean, it’s not that she doesn’t like anything. It just has to be Christian. Really Christian,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z By conversion or conquest, Islam, the religion of Muhammad, won over nearly all the lands of the ancient world: Egypt, Persia, India, and the Christian Mediterranean. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Luke and I were selected to be on the Christian Television Network. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “It is our duty as Christians to lead you to the Lord. Without deliverance and healing, the Gospel is just good advice, not good news.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Around the time the playoffs started, Texas Christian University, a Southwest Conference school, spoke to Ivory. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t really know any alternatives to being Christian. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I prayed that even though I was Christian and he was whatever he was, I prayed that God would still let him hold me once we’re both dead. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He said life would have been much easier if he’d been a Christian or could become one after the war. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When the Christian guys talk, I recognize their stories from my childhood, though I try to close my ears. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She was like a friend, a sister— not like a Christian, more like a Jew. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z One day over lunch Ethel announced that when she was old enough, she intended to spread the Christian word to African primitives. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Think about other patriotic songs you know and the ways a covenant between the American people and the Christian god is reflected in those lyrics. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “For me, it was a jolt. The worst thing as a Christian is to go through life asleep.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My parents, meanwhile, were looking for a Christian church, specifically a Free Methodist church like the one we had attended in Africa. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Just try being the smartest and most Christian seventh-grade girl in Bethlehem, Georgia. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I want you to forgive Dove like a Christian.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Physics was taught by Christian Doppler, the redoubtable Austrian scientist who would become Mendel’s mentor, teacher, and idol. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But Dennis was a Christian man and a serious man and so were his friends. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christians in Holland are also living in fear because their sons are being sent to Germany. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Luthuli was a teacher, a devout Christian, and a proud Zulu chief, but he was even more firmly committed to the struggle against apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their decision to raise us as atheists was no different from another family's decision to raise their kids Christian or Jewish. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The Islamist government in Khartoum didn’t make life easy for the Christians who moved to the capital looking for work, food, and housing. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But at this point in his life, communism held no appeal for George, who considered himself a devout Christian. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As they marched to the Holy Land, Christians noticed “certain ripe plants which the common folk called‘honey cane’ and which were much like reeds.... Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z On the other side of the earth, Peachy Helen’s parents had believed their Christian denomination was “chosen” too. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And here is the part that gets hard to believe: Sima, my mom, read about him and became a Christian too. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Nor would they be led astray by the packaging for Christian Brothers, or be as easily confused by the difference between something they truly don’t like and something they simply find unusual. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Benton, you have somehow lost sight of your mission as a Christian. I’m sorry, but we will not be sending you anywhere else.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I go downstairs wearing a thick Christian smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z All over Harlem during the hour or so before that, Christian church services were dismissing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The growing economic power of the South has helped lift evangelical Christians into the middle and upper middle classes, just as earlier generations of Roman Catholics moved up in the mid-twentieth century. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He then turned to me and shouted, “As for you, if I ever see you playing with those Christian children, I’ll skin the hide off you!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Reconquista. Christians taking back Spain from the Muslims. Trying to push them all the way back to Africa.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And then the congregation went out into the world, where most Christians were flexible about such strictures but still considered themselves devout, and justifiably so. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes; Jews were required to attend Jewish schools, etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In some cities outside the Northeast, evangelical business owners list their names in Christian Yellow Pages. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Elijah Muhammad is no prophet,” says one of the Christian guys. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the early Christians, the Norsemen measured their life by heroic standards. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My family was Christian, and we went to church every Sunday. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She don’t take to so much Bible study and don’t like me having visitors, even if they good Christians.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It made it easier to lure Christians and Muslims onto the aliens’ dinner plates, but it also upset a lot of contemporary readers here on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z John studied the label with the devout attention a good Christian might give to the holy sacrament. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about the town of Nogent-sur-Oise? It burned this week. A fire started by Christians in the Jewish quarter. People died.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Contractors had begun erecting two of the firm’s newest, tallest Chicago skyscrapers, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Temple and the Masonic Fraternity Temple, at twenty-one stories the tallest building in the world. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “So while we’re here in the temple of Christian coffee, do you still have the snake verse memorized?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Evangelical Christians would ring the doorbell to ask blundy whether or not I was ‘saved.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He would not raise his fist against the Lombard, for it would be a serious crime for a Jew to strike a Christian. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But he stressed that he had ho regrets about his crimes, “because it was all a result of what happens to thousands upon thousands of black men in the white man’s Christian world.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The courts were run by Christians and seldom resolved lawsuits in favor of Jewish moneylenders. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “According to Greg Comstock, they do all kinds of community service projects. It might also be nice for Cammie to hang out with some Christian teens.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Next the preacher called upon the Christians who were not members of any church to stand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christian churches could not abandon their belief in miracles and angels, but Christians could certainly retreat from their insistence on the reality of witchcraft, demonic possession, poltergeists, levitation and second sight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z During the heyday of the Ku Klux Klan, its members took pride in publicly disparaging anybody who wasn’t a conservative white Christian. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z What he doubted is that you can prove the truth of the Christian religion or of any religion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Introduced was a careful sentence to bring della Porta’s discussion of the soul in line with Christian teaching, and all references to the world soul, the anima mundi, were now carefully turned into quotations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She knocks on the door at the Christian Brothers and says she wants to see the superior, Brother Murray. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Hmmm. I don’t mean it that way. Listen, my darling, if you’re going to be religious, you must be either a Hindu, a Christian or a Muslim. You heard what they said on the esplanade.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But Christians did control fertile islands in the Mediterranean, such as Sicily, Cyprus, and Rhodes. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The conservative Christian political movement seldom developed in poor, rural Bible Belt towns. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He was also a devout member of the Moravian congregation, a Christian denomination that accepted the Bible as the sole source of faith and practice. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It was wrong of this Christian God to let His avatar die. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Look for inspiration in the lives of the early Christian martyrs,” Father Mulrooney said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z His emerging Christian faith, though, did not square with the time line of his life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z This is a Christian country in a Christian civilization. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Before she leaves, Joy gives me a book of stories by Hans Christian Andersen. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He has devoted every waking moment to living a Christian life. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There were Christian songs and proud songs about what it means to be a Southern Sudanese. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They are mostly Ivy League graduates whose regular alumni contributions he hopes to channel into the Christian Union. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Like Clarkebury, Healdtown was a mission school of the Methodist Church, and provided a Christian and liberal arts education based on an English model. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Major Christian Piercy had fled Philadelphia after his son and an apprentice caught the fever, bribing a stagecoach driver to take him and his family to south Jersey. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean technically Christian. I mean like Our Lord.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She reread and committed to memory the commandment: in no circumstances should a nurse communicate to a patient her Christian name. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “But as a Christian. Did you really get anywhere with him?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Over time, a growing number of suffragists objected to the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s judgmental approach to reform. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It strikes me now as a typically Christian scene. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The women and children of the village wore blankets dyed in ocher; only the few Christians in the village wore Westem-style clothing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As a Christian, he wouldn’t know that my first name was a talisman. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “If that will be your married look, I, as a Christian, will soon give up the notion of consorting with a mere sprite or salamander. But what had you to ask, thing,—out with it?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Ivory Christian, filled with so many tortured feelings about the whole thing, didn’t show any emotion one way or another. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They tease Sonia, telling Ben about the year she had refused her gifts after taking a Hinduism class in college, coming home and protesting that they weren’t Christian. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And in the Bible it says Thou shalt not kill but there were the Crusades and two world wars and the Gulf War and there were Christians killing people in all of them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The visitor from outer space made a serious study of Christianity, to learn, if he could, why Christians found it so easy to be cruel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard “Hairless Christians”, and that is what they were to her for many years. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He has done all these things, which our Christian church has spectacularly failed to do. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z When Minta, or Minty, whose Christian name was Harriet, went back to the Cooks, she soon learned that she was to stay indoors and learn to weave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In their prelapsarian innocence, he believed, they had been quietly waiting—waiting for millennia—for Christian instruction. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You are, and will remain, as you have been designated. Your Christian name is of no interest to me. Now kindly sit down, Nurse Tallis.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A devout Christian, he tried his best to follow God’s teachings all his life. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Lord, I want to be a Christian, In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian, In my heart, in my heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “My mother always said never expect church members to be perfect. Christians are still people.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Jackson then launched into a sermon on God's will, which he described as patently proslavery, based on several passages in the Bible and the pronouncements of every Christian minister in Georgia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Liberation theology meant that the Christian faith carried an obligation to promote social justice, and from its own resources the Church had a duty to help the poor wherever and whenever possible. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It was startling to me that an unusual number of the requests came from groups of white Christian ministers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But everyone was so generous and welcoming that I tried to keep an open mind about my potential as a Christian. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The Dikoris were members of the Moro tribe, a mostly Christian group numbering close to one hundred thousand, and among the largest ethnic groups in the Nuba. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z There were moments when Ivory Christian loved the game he tried so much to hate. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1095 Pope Urban II rallied the Christians of western Europe to set out on a great mission to take back those sacred lands. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There are many resistance groups, such as Free Netherlands, that forge identity cards, provide financial support to those in hiding, organize hiding places and find work for young Christians who go underground. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The expected value of being a Christian would then be 0 x ∞, and that was gibberish. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “No more irrational than belief in a Christian God you cannot see.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She sank to her knees, closing her eyes, and Hanako could see she was praying, like she had at the Christian revival meetings in the Jerome camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Christian saw a need to make economies in just about every area of state activity, and among many other things immediately withdrew the mainland estates granted to Tycho by Frederick II from his stewardship. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z This time, however, instead of “Rock of Ages,” he launched into a stirring performance of “Onward Christian Soldiers.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I told them that I was a Christian and had always been a Christian. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were playing some Christian school from downtown Birmingham, a team stocked with huge, gargantuan apemen with thick beards and a strong distaste for turning the other cheek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Flanking it on foot were the Cowgill brothers, who had all grown up to be good Christian men, except for Ernie, who was in jail. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, during the Middle Ages the only Westerners who studied math were the Christian monks. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z God, if he pleases, can be free from all of them: he has made Christians witnesses to that fact... The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The most respected authority of all, the Christian God in the Bible, sanctioned slavery in several passages from the Old Testament. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “She finds out that she has dropped the handkerchief and immediately takes steps to conceal her Christian name.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the majority of the population had—by choice or by force—become Christian, the church saw Europe’s Jews and Muslims as threats to its power. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Just the opposite. She told me what a good Christian you are.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A few moments later, Christian Jackson of the Fugees shook himself free on the right side, dribbled downfield, and fired a line drive into the top right corner of the net: goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Ethel thought that if they were cursed, they required Christian guidance all the more. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was surprised that this woman, whose Christian name is Catherine, saw me in this light She has a little girl, Tashi, who plays with Olivia after school. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They believed that by virtue of being white and Christian, they were superior to the Indigenous peoples they encountered. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He is resting peacefully in the slave burial grounds and we made certain he had a Christian service and paid fifteen dollars for a marked grave. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “My mom let me use that song for my Christian pole dancing routine.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z But the Jews of today were not warriors—how could they be in their cramped alleyways, surrounded and outnumbered by Christian soldiers and Christian knights? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The Christians had only one god, but he was said to be all-powerful, commanding all lesser gods. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Could this be true of civilized white Christians? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My high school, staffed by the Christian Brothers, offered a more ‘Protestant’ education. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would like to pray outside without getting my pants dirty. And I’m attending a Christian school without having received the proper baptism of Christ.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In spite of his Christian stoicism, when she went up and addressed him, and smiled gaily, encouragingly, even fondly in his face, his hand would tremble and his eye burn. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He goes on to say that this kind of religion, which declines wisdom, even though it may call itself Christian, is in reality as anti-Christian as is atheism. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Long Count tracks time from a starting point, much as the Christian calendar begins with the purported birth date of Christ. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She’s not very tight with her own parents, and Christian’s parents live in Florida. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z At the Christian Union conference in 2005, he was pleased to hear doctors talk about praying with their patients and traveling as medical missionaries. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The Christian church sowed racism—blasphemously; now it reaps racism. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And half the houses on the Christian side of town had burned, too. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Now I realize that I have become like a Protestant Christian. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christian church became infected with racism when it entered white Europe. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In that Christian institution, breasts were not acknowledged. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He finds that there are four main parts to becoming an Evangelical Christian. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Shannon had grown up in a conservative Christian family in a small town near Rochester. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Ay, Pedrito, how can we be true Christians and turn our back on our brothers and sisters—” “Your first responsibility is to your children, your husband, and your home!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “All I know is that those awful shutters have been painted a Christian color.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I’ve worshiped with thousands of other Christians in the Yoido Full Gospel Church, the world’s largest Christian congregation, in Seoul, Korea. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was such a sad case of a brainwashed black Christian ready to do battle for the white man— who wants no part of him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This is why today we can educate our children to become Christian or Buddhist, capitalist or socialist, warlike or peace-loving. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He early decided that the conventional Christian belief in the Trinity was a misreading of Scripture. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, it’s sad, very sad that the old adage has been confirmed for the umpteenth time: “What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does reflects on all Jews.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “This time we told people which glass was Christian Brothers and which glass was E & J. Now you are having sensation transference from the name, and this time Christian Brothers’ numbers are up.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Me? I have never set foot in that nasty place and I never will, not till I turn Christian and they feed me to the lions,” the nurse replied. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z To many evangelical Christians, the reason for their increasing worldly success and cultural influence is obvious: God’s will at work. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The growing Christian Church was consolidating its power and attempting to eradicate pagan influence and culture. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Franklin then had the Algerian argue that the enslaved Christians were “better off with us, rather than remain in Europe where they would only cut each other’s throats in religious wars.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I imagined it beckoned the Muslim faithful to the mosque, much like bells summoned us Christians to church. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The priest broke it when he said, with pride in his voice, “Piscine is a good Christian boy. I hope to see him join our choir soon.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I was relieved when the pastor politely explained that since I wasn’t baptized in the Truth he wasn’t going to impose the ethics of a Christian on me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He said it was because they didn’t suffer from Inbreeding like most Syrian Christians. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For ten minutes or more, he had deliberately been standing just out of conversation range of the other boys, his back against the free Christian Science literature rack, his ungloved hands in his coat pockets. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She went on, “The Christians don’t think the circus is right. They’re against it.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Before making them Christians, they must first be made human.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Your daughter’s a Christian,” she said to my mom, who was furious. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We have some eighty-five affiliated organizations across the South, and one of them is the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “There have been Christians and Muslims in India for centuries! Some people say Jesus is buried in Kashmir.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stone droned ... a Christian can rid himself of the frustrations of modern living by ... coming to Family Night every Wednesday and bringing a covered dish . . . abide with you now and forevermore, Amen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He believed as firmly as Arthur did, as firmly as the benighted Christian, that there was such a thing as Right Finally, there was the impediment of his nature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. The prayer will have to be done by somebody else. If they kill you, they can burn me. I shall take my death as meekly as any Christian queen.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Whereas bebop took from Christian’s playing style the inspiration of his free-flowing solos, rock and roll took the sound of his accompanying - ‘rhythm’ - guitar grooves. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But the Doctrine of Discovery, which was ingrained in the mind-set of European colonizers, assured Christians that whatever land they saw was theirs to occupy and use. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, what a terrible thing it would be if all Christians thought like that,” he says in his serious voice. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z My parents pay more atten- tion to the gods of the mountains and sun and rain than to the Christian God. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were Christians so I won’t describe them to you, or I could get them killed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Our journey ended here, where different strangers, different Christians, hate us — but they take our money. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Father stepped over the children and pulled up a chair, which he sat in backwards as he loves to do whenever he has a good Christian argument. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But gradually we recruited other black people—the “good Christians” whom we “fished” from their churches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t care what they think over there,” said Ivory Christian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For those who believe the smallpox is but the expression of the Christian God’s will, there is no cause for aught but celebration in a death, which is a liberation from this flesh. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z By the end of the week the mantel had still not been dusted; it had, however, come to serve as the display shelf for a sizable collection of Christian paraphernalia. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Like should stick to like. You don’t see Jews calling in Christian doctors,” said Evy, thinking she had made a telling point. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He immediately called King’s new home office, the headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And I believe that when they shatter the body they shatter everything, and I knew that all of us—Christians, Muslims, atheists—lived in this fear of this truth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The worst, for some reason, are the Visible Christians—like the ten-person table, all jolly and sanctified after Sunday night service, who run me mercilessly and then leave me $1 on a $92 bill. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The pamphlet described him as a “card-carrying member of the ACLU,” which it said was the equivalent of being “against everything moral, ethical, righteous, holy, Christian, Godly and patriotic.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She refused to be pacified, but I had shown myself in a favorable and Christian light. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Several days later, starting linebackers Ivory Christian and Chad Payne found jersies with the numbers of Irving Nimitz’s starting running backs on them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a small, pretty, Christian black woman with freckles and brown eyes that missed nothing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the Christians they met spoke unfamiliar languages and wore unfamiliar clothes, the Crusaders assumed they were some kind of Muslims. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z A man of immense dignity and achievement, a lifelong devout Christian, and a man with a dangerous heart condition, was treated like a barnyard animal by men who were not fit to tie his shoes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For medieval Christians, the existence of such a chain of humans provided a most powerful and original understanding of original sin. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As Brother Fowles told us a long time ago: there are Christians, and there are Christians. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, it was necessary for the Pope to tell Christians not to dig up Jewish corpses and hold them for ransom. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The hand I held when my goddaughter was born, and the many mornings and evenings after Christian died. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z That’s when I began to suspect that he was not a Christian, but a Jew. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Christian Brothers’ boys wear tweed jackets, warm woolen sweaters, shirts, ties and shiny new boots. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But Father Martin made me understand that the stories that came before it—and there were many—were simply prologue to the Christians. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “You know yourself, Mrs. Dowdel, boys will be boys. They’s high- spirited. They’ll settle down in time and all be good Christian men. Their maw and I have set them a good example.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “We are, but being a Christian will help us get sponsors faster. Many refugees are sponsored by church groups. Christians like to help other Christians.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know you don’t realize the enormity, the horrors, of the so-called Christian white man’s crime. . . . “Not even in the Bible is there such a crime! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Although it grew out of swing and the pioneering electric guitar figures of Charlie Christian, early rock and roll announced its intention to go light on improvisation and heavy on rhythm guitar. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She had no idea how to pray to the Christian god, so she was forced back upon her old ones. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z There was arena-style seating and a rock band jamming out with the latest Christian contemporary pop. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Compared to Carter, the Permian defense had no individual talent at all except for Ivory Christian at middle linebacker and Hill at safety. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z England now had no excuse; the abolitionists would force their countrymen to face the question: Was England a nation built on Christian beliefs or on treating people as property? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Reverend Leon L. Myers — pastor of the Anaheim Christian Church and founder of the local Men’s Bible Club — turned the Ku Klux Klan into one of the most powerful organizations in town. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z They didn’t know that I was a practising Hindu, Christian and Muslim. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z That was the one time our Christian neighbors treated us differently, as if we Jews suddenly were their enemies. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z When a crime is committed by a Christian, do they mention his religion? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And they also didn't understand why we had so many friends who tried to convert us into becoming Christians. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Maybe he’s been in Africa so long he has forgotten that we Christians have our own system of marriage, and it is called Monotony. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a devout Christian, comfortable with telling people that he had been saved. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I said to my dad, “Are you really a Christian now?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Caesar Nero,” the name of the first Roman Emperor to persecute the Christians, had a value of 666 in the Hebrew system, as did the word for “Latins” in the Greek system. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d both been brought up Christian, had gone to a rigorous Christian elementary school. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “If you laugh, can I use all the blood of your Christian children for terrible Jewish ceremonies? That’s what Red thinks Jews do.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Elijah began to speak of the Christian religion, of Christians, in the same soft, joking way. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z In the Nuba region, some fifty different ethnic groups, including Christians, Muslims, and practitioners of traditional African religions, lived in peace. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Now that I know more about Jacob, I understand why—I’d never seen a Jew and a Christian holding hands before, either. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He had not had good luck, recently, with young Christians. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Even at that young age, I just couldn’t believe in the Christian concept of Jesus as someone divine. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That mission was supported by McKissick’s neighbor and colleague the Reverend Douglas Moore, now a board member of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, influential Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to the Christian Union, Havens’s present quarters as a ministry intern at Brown are actually more upscale than his home in St. Louis. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Like most of the Ivy League universities, Brown was founded by Protestant ministers as an expressly Christian college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A few days later Mam tells me give my face and hands a good wash, we’re going to the Christian Brothers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I am glad you admit the fact so freely, Madame. Will you now tell me your reasons for so doing and also for altering your Christian name on your passport.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she, too, sang, All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Sunnis said, No, no, the new thing to do is like the Christians. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When she’d been a Christian, she had felt connected, too; but when she left the Church, she felt loose and free and light, in a universe without purpose. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Plato, Ptolemy and all the Christian astronomers before Kepler had assumed that the planets moved in circular paths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christian, however, looked forward to a heaven of eternal joy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They confirmed the missionaries’ axiom, that to be Christian was to be civilized, and to be civilized was to be Christian. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “All along this Christian journey,” I had sung so many times, “I want Jesus to walk with me.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z According to the Christians, the Jews are blabbing their secrets to the Germans, denouncing their helpers and causing them to suffer the dreadful fate and punishments that have already been meted out to so many. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The Christians released him finally with detailed instructions as to his course of conduct for the coming week. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Platonists and their Christian successors held the peculiar notion that the Earth was tainted and somehow nasty, while the heavens were perfect and divine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunday mornings in this year of grace 1965, imagine the “Christian conscience” of congregations guarded by deacons barring the door to black would-be worshipers, telling them “You can’t enter this House of God!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Gradually, I saw the chastisement of Allah—what Christians would call “the curse”—come upon Reginald. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z All minds except Father’s, that is, who frequently takes the name of Brother Fowles in vain, feeling certain now that all the stones in his path were laid by this deluded purveyor of Christian malpractice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His insistence on the compatibility of the new science and Christian faith was an expression of his deepest convictions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t explain to them that terrorists who commit heinous acts in the name of religion don’t understand their faith at all, including the white Christian terrorists within our own country. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Other donors to the Christian Union are members of local elites across the Bible Belt. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z If my father had been Christian, it would have made no difference. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The idea presented a question; there were both Christians and Muslims on the team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The missionary ladies of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church helped Momma prepare the pork for sausage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, choosing the Christian envelope is equivalent to choosing to be a devout Christian. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Except if you say, “I’m a Christian now,” in your school, chances are the Committee will hear about it and raid your house, because if you’re a Christian now, then so are your parents probably. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z After Independence they found they were not entitled to any government benefits like job reservations or bank loans at low interest rates, because officially, on paper, they were Christians, and therefore caste- less. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z More short than Syrian Christian, despite her best efforts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Most pollsters agree that people who identify themselves as white evangelical Christians make up about a quarter of the population, just as they have for decades. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z That fall, I packed my bags and left for Houghton College, a Christian university not far from home in New York. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “You already are, Piscine—in your heart. Whoever meets Christ in good faith is a Christian. Here in Munnar you met Christ.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If you are a faithful Christian and there is no God, you just fade into nothingness when you die. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Lots of Christians think the world is only six thousand years old,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I was surprised that this woman, whose Christian name is Catherine, saw me in this light. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Christian wasn’t the main case Farmer had been asked to consult on today. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The Christian Union is the brainchild of forty-year-old Matt Bennett, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Cornell and later directed the Campus Crusade for Christ at Princeton. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Twenty percent of Kerala’s population were Syrian Christians, who believed that they were descendants of the one hundred Brahmins whom St. Thomas the Apostle converted to Christianity when he traveled East after the Resurrection. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But advantages wear out; she needed a new struggle, another opportunity to show those who might gossip that she had still another unfortunate burden which proved that, above all else, she was a Christian woman. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “No. My mother was a Muslim. My father is a Christian lord. He fights in the Reconquista.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Gave you a list, did he? I suppose Onward, Christian Soldiers is on it?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Christian was offended at Tycho’s high tone and the way he treated the King as an equal, and not least by this haughty phrase, which implied that Tycho might refuse a royal request. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Also, where the Nationalists whom we had “fished” were almost all men, among the storefront Christians, a heavy preponderance were women, and I had the sense to offer something special for them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed of the day people would respectfully address him as “Dr. Christian.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z So all of a sudden my mom had a six-year-old saying she was a Christian, which—if you didn’t know—was a crime in Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I think I might be becoming a Christian.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Indeed, plainsong developed gradually and separately all over Christian Europe according to local tastes and traditions. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Charles’s grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, had made fun of Unitarianism, saying it was a “featherbed to catch a falling Christian.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As Cathy Cohen has observed, ministers and members of black congregations have helped to develop what she calls the “indigenous constructed image of ‘good, black Christian folk.”’ The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And God’s given us apartheid as a way of ensuring our survival as a pure Christian race. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “That used to be a temple to Jupiter. The Christians changed it to a baptistery. The Roman ghosts don’t like that.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The fear of the void was so great that Christian scholars tried to fix the Bible to match Aristotle rather than vice versa. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I wish you had more Christian friends from church.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “When I’ve tried so hard to raise them Christians. Let me find the right key, Jason,” she said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He applied there, he said, out of a sense of “nonconformity” and despite his mother’s preference that he attend a Christian college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We have Christians, Muslims, and atheists among us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like saying you are Christian and you practice Christianity. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z As a grown man, I understand now, understand how her Christian principles and trust in God kept her going through all her life’s battles, but as a boy, my faith was not that strong. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed out that in the Bible, rich believers helped support the apostles, just as donors to the Christian Union are investing strategically in the Ivy League today. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z When, after a thousand-year stupor, European thought shook off the effect of the sleeping powders so skilfully administered by the Christian Fathers, the problem of infinity was one of the first to be revived. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Equable emirs collected taxes for the British, and the British, in return, kept the Christian missionaries away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The first period of hegemony was that of Chavin, which from about 700 b.c. to the dawn of the Christian era controlled the central coast of Peru and the adjacent mountains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As those light-skinned Christian Europeans became interested in conquering other places, they took with them the assumptions that they were inherently superior to many of the peoples they encountered. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z That means the righteous, Christian thing about going north with Cap’n Buck is that by bringing thieves back to pay for their sins, we’s helping to right a great wrong. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I am surprised, however, at what he is carving: fat Buddhas hanging on the Christian Cross. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z However, the existence of so many key documents that refer to the Christian god tells us the separation is not as clear as we might think it is. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Because Jewish doctors are more sympathetic than Christian ones at a time like that.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He shouted at my grandmother, a sweet, soft-spoken woman and devout Christian named LaVaughn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The regent said when Sabata was older, he would entrust the future king to Reverend Harris, who would train him as both a Christian and a traditional ruler. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the damage to his legs from MDR, Christian could actually run! Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I can imagine that some churchgoers may have been unsettled by this little old lady in a head scarf hanging out among a bunch of Christians. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I sat on the side of my bed and rustled through the drawer of the night table, through the tissues and reading glasses and Christian Science leaflets belonging to one of Francis’s aged female relatives. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They were interested in Ivory Christian, and they were particularly interested in two other black players who were only juniors, Hill and Comer, because it was never too early to start laying the foundations. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Through email, Farmer dutifully kept track of Christian’s progress and eventual recovery, but he hadn’t seen him or his family until this moment. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “The holy greyhound? A holy dog? Christians worship dogs?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The boy thieves— what choice did they have with no homes or families—only workhouses that pretended Christian charity and dealt out despair? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I would love to believe that the principles were Faith, Hope, and Charity, but this is clearly not so for most Christians, or for what we call the Christian world. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Let me just turn the temple of Christian coffee into a black pit of lies. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Dill had a peculiar genius, honed over his years of friendship with Lydia, at turning any band into a Christian band on the spot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Their buying power fuels the booming market for Christian books, music, and films. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Those original white “Christian traders” sent into China millions of pounds of opium. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Even worse, Christian mobs were killing and maiming Jews in brutal pogroms and riots. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He said he’d never be able to feel like a Christian, but that after the war he’d make sure nobody would know he was Jewish. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Fanaticism in war, of the type that drove recorded Christian and Islamic conquests, was probably unknown on Earth until chiefdoms and especially states emerged within the last 6,000 years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Those meetings introduced him to an even more promising pool of like-minded Christians, the New Canaan Group, a Friday morning prayer breakfast typically attended by more than a hundred investment bankers and other professionals. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Poppy had done this as a teenager himself, with his Arab Christian friends. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to travel to Buenos Aires and Spain, Germany and Colombia, but then she met Christian and got pregnant and found happiness in her new world. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Now I’m fifteen and must think about maturing into a Christian lady. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Although according to the Christian faith this ceremony gave him a clean slate, he did not have a blank canvas on which to paint his life. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Before the Christian era Judaism was my religion, the nuns said. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in the history of the Christian church, people had been told by the Pope that killing people was not only permissible, but a religious duty. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Utah ugly, Christian ugly, ugliness couched in dog whistles and toothy white smiles. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And this did not apply only to Negroes, who were no more “simple” or “spontaneous” or “Christian” than anybody else—who were merely more oppressed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z What comfort could he get from a Christian service? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She really dug this one song, this Christian revival number, and whenever it came on she’d drag me into the living room and make me dance with her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Nature” was God’s creation—and to be safely consistent with Christian doctrine, natural historians had to tell the story of nature in terms of Genesis. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “While Christians kneel before a white man! They are the flunkies of a foreign god. They are the nightmare of all non-white people.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Dad says,This is not India.This is a Christian country. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There were Christians among us, like Kiowa, who believed in the New Testament stories of life after death. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But with the rise and spread of Islam, those holy lands were no longer ruled by Christians. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z A year later, King Christian IV was crowned and soon began to make his presence felt. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Jews were also slaughtered as this volunteer army of “Christian soldiers” headed to the Middle East. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z He gave permission for missionaries to do their work in the southernmost part of Sudan, and that is how my family became Christians. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Before you started that everyone called him his Christian name, Moses. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Breedlove considered herself an upright and Christian woman, burdened with a no-count man, whom God wanted her to punish. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z But unlike the early Christians, who had freed themselves to interpret parts of the Old Testament as metaphor, Maimonides was unwilling to Hellenize his religion completely. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Aunt Ruth was not either of these kinds of Christian. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z If a Christian is stopped at the airport for trying to bring a gun on a plane, is the Western world notified that a Christian was arrested today and is being questioned? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She and her three sisters had attended church three times a week, rarely watched television, and had each enrolled at Christian colleges after high school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The Christians were outcasts—enemies to the state. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Even when Regulus made laws forbidding the pagan religion and compelling people to be Christian for their own good, they kept to the old wicked ways. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Enid Simdars embraced the strictures of Christian Science, a faith that taught that the material world and all the evil that attended it were illusory, that the only reality was spiritual. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But how many Christians do you know who give a tenth to the church? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And what is the greatest single reason for this Christian church’s failure? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was terrified I would meet a Christian who would shout at me, “What are you doing here? How dare you enter this sacred place, you defiler? Get out, right now!” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When the two got too cuddly, Sasha would get between them and shout, “Leave room for Jesus!” at the top of their lungs, like the chaperone at a Christian prom. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Tell him I worship the Christian god now, and that god hates him as much as I do!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every Southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At my request we were married in that room by the village chief, in a ceremony that was neither quite Christian nor Bantu. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The West has always helped to keep the Christian government in power. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sex Pistols’ songs are no more discordant than, say, ‘Lovely yet ungrateful swain’, a Vauxhall Gardens song of Johann Christian Bach. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called ‘Christian’ white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z People will reach out to her and offer their condolences, much like they did when Christian passed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Collected Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen,” she read aloud. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They worshiped in Christian churches, in ceremonies that honored African gods. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She made clear that, as Christians, she and James were prepared to accept God's will. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Christians who could prove blood purity might live in dire poverty but could claim a certain amount of equal status with aristocrats. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The notion of blood purity based on a family’s history of being Christian traveled to what came to be called the Americas. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z A year from now, she wouldn’t be sitting in a Christian coffee shop across from friends who resented her ambition, that was for sure. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The Permian lead at halftime was only 7-0, and the team could not afford to have an exhausted Ivory Christian at middle linebacker. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo also remembered that sometimes at night, Father would read to him from amazing adventure stories byjules Verne and a collection of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales, which were Hugo’s favorites. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Jews haven't been able to own businesses for months now, but his wife is a Christian and he transferred the papers to her name. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As for my mother, despite openly and proudly calling herself a Christian, her tribal beliefs continued as strong as ever, latently when things seemed to be going right, and actively when things were going wrong. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Christian! Look at you!” he exclaimed, his face bright red. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Catholics, Protestants, Christians, Baptists...they all believe in the same things, I think. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds—some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, and even atheists! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wouldn’t be very Christian of me to let a heathen into my house, and not share His word.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nothing was absent, not even the painful retching of Ivory Christian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He and I went away to a Christian camp, at Dad's insistence: Youth Truth ’n Spirit, up in the Poconos Mountains. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They then called on all responsible and law-abiding blacks to help the government thwart attempts to turn South Africa —a Christian, civilized, peace-loving multinational democracy—into a Russian satellite. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivory Christian acted like a bride at the wedding, each step slow and measured, luxuriating in the applause and the hundreds of eyes beckoning to him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe that God now is giving the world’s so-called “Christian” white society its last opportunity to repent and atone for the crimes of exploiting and enslaving the world’s non-white peoples. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Church leaders became focused on how far back a person’s ancestors had been Christian, believing that the longer a person’s Christian bloodline, the purer and cleaner it must be. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z As the Christian Crusade once went East, now the Islamic Crusade is going West. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was founded in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1914, by rural and working- class Christians who believed that the Holy Spirit had moved them to speak in tongues. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We were Christians, but we were mimicking the ways of the Israelites when they wandered in the desert without a home. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Both they and the Christians experimented with using their slaves to run the plantations. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “I went to Tabernacle instead. You know, the Christian school? Anyway, Dad didn’t want me having any bad influences.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She was an actress, this was a theater, and it was Good Friday, the most solemn day on the Christian calendar. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I think he’s being as mean as Karen in the Hans Christian Andersen story. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Christian,” she said, looking at the boy, who sat on the grass with his arms around his knees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Their client, Christian Brothers, wanted to know why, after years of being the dominant brand in the category, it was losing market share to E & J. Their brandy wasn’t more expensive. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was cold but sunny, and so she walked all the way down Commonwealth Avenue, past the restaurants where Dev had kissed her, and then she walked all the way to the Christian Science center. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The words always gave me strength and courage: All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The black man needs to reflect that he has been America’s most fervent Christian—and where has it gotten him? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in something of a bind, for I really could not say—could not allow myself to be stampeded into saying—that I was a Christian. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Jews joined them, as did a group of Christians called Nestorians, who had their own ancient and scholarly traditions. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z And inside the playpen is Penny, who doesn’t have her Colombian mother’s light brown skin tone, but is instead very pale like Christian was, except right now she’s red from screaming. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Beatrice told her son that she liked pork—it was one of her favorite foods—and that as a Christian she was free to eat it as she pleased. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He never let us read anything but the Bible and the Christian Observer on the Sabbath, and once talked Mr. Tuttle into locking up everybody’s Sunday Atlanta papers at the depot till Monday morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z What else is a good Christian woman going to do when a Negro comes flying out from between the legs of the richest white woman in Haller County, Kentucky? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z At the time, I told you, it was illegal for Muslims to become Christian, and more illegal for Christians to preach to Muslims. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The energy that was buried with the rise of the Christian nations must come back into the world; nothing can prevent it. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z On Friday nights, he is a host for a Bible-study and dinner party for seventy or eighty Christian students, who serve themselves heaping plates of pasta before breaking into study groups. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Most of the children here are Christian, like Celina Aunty, but some are Hindu, and two are Muslims. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Only a few of the neighbors stood by Mami—Doña Ana, whose daughter watched us, Doña Zena, whose Christian beliefs didn’t allow for envy, and Doña Lola, who valued everyone equally. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It may be that Ivory Christian hates football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s still much better to be a Christian. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For this reason, and not out of neglect, as was later said, the hatbox was stowed away in the basement, where it awaited a more propitious moment to be given a Christian burial. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Government-backed henchmen demanded that Christians convert to Islam and change their Christian names to Muslim ones. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Behind me Horse whinnied into the clear Christian air. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When the invasion comes and the bombs start falling, it’ll be every man for himself, but this time we feared for those good, innocent Christians who are helping us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Catholicism, the genesis of Christianity as we know it to be presently constituted, with its hierarchy, was conceived in Africa—by those whom the Christian church calls “The Desert Fathers.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Nelson explained again and again, with Rachel and Adah and me looking over his shoulder, that it was Independence now and our family didn’t get paid extra for being white Christians. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As a devout Christian, he was the perfect person to discuss how the ANC had sincerely strived for racial harmony. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our household was not Christian; my father insisted that we worship only the tribal gods of his ancestors. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z How can you, who profess to be Christians, not allow the love for humanity to flow from the walls of your Sunday assembly to the community? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Unitarianism was a lenient Christian faith at the center of social reform in England. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, I ignored Margaret’s ravings and continued to disgrace her Christian house. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In both the Christian Crusades against Muslims and England’s invasion of Ireland, “religious” warfare easily became genocidal. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The women sing Christian hymns as they walk, and some carry guitars, or they carry sacks of charcoal or salt balanced on their heads. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jerusalem, the holy city of the Jews and the Christians, had fallen. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Mummy, yes, he is a Christian,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z On Payne’s back, dying for a little piece of the meat as well, was Ivory Christian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I ain’t a very good Christian, so you know where that leaves me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With the tassels of my tzitzis tucked into my pants and my newsboy cap pulled low, I was indistinguishable from any Christian. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As the Jews pitted their Western sensibilities against their Eastern Bible, the same battle was under way in the Christian world. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I’m that rare thing, a Christian left-wing nut,” she had told Ifemelu when they first met. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One was that it had to do with the large population of Christians in the state. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But the arguments and the very language were identical, except that Jackson used Christianity to justify enslavement of the Africans, while the African used Islam to justify enslavement of Christians. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “But I want to pray to Allah. I want to be a Christian.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z While the faith of the Mbekela brothers did not rub off on my father, it did inspire my mother, who became a Christian. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were also amongst the first to become Christians, to build better houses, and to use scientific methods of agriculture, and they were wealthier than their Xhosa compatriots. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “No reason at all. I’m just being a good Christian.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z After the children's march in the streets of downtown Birmingham, Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference drew heavy criticism for putting children in harm’s way. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “His arguments blind the eyes of good Christians with tricks of the Devil.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Like their Christian counterparts, they refused to believe in the infinite or the void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I don’t care how tough the convict, be he brainwashed black Christian, or a ‘ ‘devil’ ’ white Christian, neither of them is ready to hear anybody saying Jesus wasn’t white. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “When the empire collapsed, the building was turned into a Christian cathedral.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z From my own point of view, the fact of the Third Reich alone makes obsolete forever any question of Christian superiority, except in technological terms. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “They are people who preach the teachings of the Christian God.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it because you are a mambo—a Vodou priestess who held ceremonies in the courtyard of a Christian NGO building? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I prop up a framed picture of Lidia and Christian that was tipped over. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z For Catholics, this moment signifies you have been fully welcomed into the Christian faith community, and that you have pledged to let God’s love and grace guide you always. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Europe was overwhelmingly Christian, and society structured itself around the belief that God’s rule over mankind was absolute, as was a king’s rule over his realm and a husband’s rule over his household. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z More precisely: a former mosque, with minaret torn down and Koranic inscriptions plastered over to provide a fresh canvas for the Christian saints that are, even now, being painted on the interior. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I had never thought much about religion or God, despite having grown up Christian. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Black-skinned tribes who were either Christian or practiced traditional religions and who spoke dozens of languages dominated the southern half. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sundays, blacks had the choice of more than a dozen churches of various Christian denominations. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When I use my Christian name it works as though someone else spoke it to me, it has more power. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And his first publication, in 1836—with his captain— was a letter in the South African Christian Recorder arguing for increased funding for Christian missionaries. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But that implied that God was not omnipotent—a forbidden thought in Christian theology. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Short of breath I said, “Father, I would like to be a Christian, please.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It is in defeat that we become Christian.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The person on the left is Boethius, a Christian from about a thousand years later, who is using Arabic numerals. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In the papyrology collection of the Sackler Library at the University of Oxford is the world’s oldest surviving Christian hymn, featuring a form of now undecipherable notation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Gnadenhütten massacre was proof to Indigenous people that even being Christians and pacifists would not protect them. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Jenny, I am going to call you my most noble Christian Queen. Will you be strong?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite attending a nominally Christian school, I had not yet been inside a church—and I wasn’t about to dare the deed now. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z So I started to sing: All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I would attend services on Sunday, and I enjoyed the old-fashioned, Bible-thumping style of these Zionist Christian ministers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Chacko said that the high incidence of insanity among Syrian Christians was the price they paid for Inbreeding. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If Christian civilization was so wonderful, why were its inhabitants all trying to settle somewhere else? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “People are not so interested,” Kim Sang-hun, the director of the Database Center, told the Christian Science Monitor after his organization published the book. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z According to a number of early cosmologies and the Jewish/Christian/Muslim tradition, the universe started at a finite, and not very distant, time in the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s nice. He seems like a good Christian man. And the boy need a man’s hand.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The principal point of contention among the women of the town appeared to be whether or not I had done a “Christian” thing. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One reason for his dilemma was that he was a Christian. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z On the basis of these promises, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the leaders of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights agreed to a moratorium on all demonstrations. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “If any of those Christian white traders behaved the way their Bible tells them to live, they would all go broke.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted me to wear the T-shirts of Christian rock bands and to go to the summer camps, the rallies, to talk the talk and walk the walk. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Thus, there gathered a loud convocation of such of our number as claim familiarity with appropriate rites of burial—a meeting of palaver-men, Christian New Lights, obeah priests, and new-made cunning-workers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z With the exception of the Dutch Reform Church, which supported apartheid, and the Lutheran mission, all Christian churches opposed the new measure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They shouted and gestured in their lanes like any Christian would in any other alley of the city. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I said, “This isn’t the South. This is New York, and I’m a new Christian bffore God and I’m not living in sin anymore.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take care how you go, Isabel. Many people think it is a fine and Christian thing to help the prisoners. I do not think my niece is one of them.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lidia picks up almost instantly, but there’s still this pause before she answers, a lot like in the weeks after Christian died. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I thought I was a Christian but I’m not. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I am so lucky, not to be a Christian,” she said aloud. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He bandages cuts and bruises, passes the time of day with cops, and since a good half of the girls are Christian Scientists, reads aloud his share of Science and Health on a Sunday morning. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They served two hundred people Christian Brothers Brandy out of an E & J bottle, and E & J Brandy out of a Christian Brothers bottle. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Soft begging words to Ganesha and the Buddha, to Kali-Mary Mercy and the Christian God... she was praying to anything at all, begging the Fates to let her walk from the shadow of death. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He came to our house once, and afterward my father asked, as he asked about everyone, “Is he a Christian?”—by which he meant “Is he saved?” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Yes. First off, neither of us is Christian. Second off, spending the summer chasing after idiotic roadside attractions is not going to fix anything. Third off, crucifixes remind me of her.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z |
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