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  2. Racial segregation of churches in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 88% of the members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are white, 5% are black, 3% are Asian, and 4% are Latino. [36] The Presbyterian Church in America is more diverse, with 80% of its members being white, 6% being black, 3% being Asian, 6% being black, and 5% identifying as mixed or another ...

  3. Black segregation and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ...

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    Black segregation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a part of the religion for over a century. The LDS church discouraged social interaction or marriage with Black people and encouraged racial segregation. The practice began with church founder Joseph Smith who stated, "I would confine them [Black people] by strict law to ...

  4. Mary Church Terrell - Wikipedia

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    Mary Terrell (born Mary Church; September 23, 1863 – July 24, 1954) was an American civil rights activist, journalist, teacher and one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. [1] She taught in the Latin Department at the M Street School (now known as Paul Laurence Dunbar High School )—the first African American public ...

  5. Black theology - Wikipedia

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    Black theology arose as an affirmation of black Christians in response to critiques from a range of sources, including black Muslims, that claimed Christianity was a "white man's religion", white Christians that saw black churches as inferior, black Marxists that saw religion as an unscientific tool of the oppressor, and black power advocates ...

  6. Ecclesiastical heraldry - Wikipedia

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    Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano. The personal seal of Martin Luther is now a recognized symbol of Lutheranism. Ecclesiastical heraldry refers to the use of heraldry within Christianity for dioceses, organisations and Christian clergy. Initially used to mark documents, ecclesiastical heraldry evolved as a system for identifying people and dioceses.

  7. Black people and Mormonism - Wikipedia

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    During the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, the relationship between Black people and Mormonism has included enslavement, exclusion and inclusion, and official and unofficial discrimination. [ 1]: 1–5 Black people have been involved with the Latter Day Saint movement since its inception in the 1830s. [ 2]: 37 Their experiences have ...

  8. Race and appearance of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The race and appearance of Jesus, widely accepted by researchers to be a Judean from Galilee, [ 1] has been a topic of discussion since the days of early Christianity. Various theories about the race of Jesus have been proposed and debated. [ 2][ 3] By the Middle Ages, a number of documents, generally of unknown or questionable origin, had been ...

  9. St Bride's Church - Wikipedia

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    St Bride's Church is a Church of England church in Fleet Street in the City of London.Likely dedicated to Saint Bridget perhaps as early as the 6th century, the building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, though Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire during the London Blitz in 1940 and then was faithfully reconstructed in the 1950s.