The Book of Ruth

What happens to a girl and the woman she will become when she's given a biblical name

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A Brief List of Evil Done by Christians as Christians

Numerous massacres of whole villages and sometimes islands (such as the St. Brice’s Day Massacre in England where all people of Viking descent were rounded up and slaughtered in Oxford, England)—usually pagans, who were often forced to convert to Christianity and then killed Christians targeted and demolished pagan temples and killed the priests and worshippers as soon as Christianity had legal sanction in 315 ACE by Constantine. Christians destroyed the great library at Alexandria, Egypt

Dr. Ruth J. Heflin

My doctoral work was spent studying American cultures and their influences--both what has influenced them and what they, in turn, influence. In particular, I have studied American Indian cultures and religions, including Latina/o cultures and beliefs.

My greatest assets are my keen curiosity and open mind.

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A Brief List of Evil Done by Christians as Christians