The Bible is the best-selling book of all time, and with good reason. Because the stories written in it have changed the way many think and even believe when it comes to the greatest power in this world. The Bible has very specific views on things like slavery, who humans should treat each other, and ultimately social justice. It has been one of the most important foundations for enabling social reform in modern history and in the history of the entire world. However, in history lessons we forget how important ancient texts changed people. If you look at history, you find that it is the strength of great people who used their wisdom to bring about change for those who could not do it themselves. Through examination of the Bible and other assigned readings, attention will be focused on the relationship between slavery and the Bible. It has to do with dominion over men and the slavery of one's soul. The goal is to accurately show how the Bible has been used throughout our history as part of the defense of the oppressed to obtain their justice and philosophically to free one's soul. Ideas that will be considered will include the origins of the movement, how slavery was addressed in the Bible, how it influenced the biblical worldview, and how it changed things culturally over time. The importance of why slavery and the Bible are connected is to look at how it is part of social justice. To understand the relationship, the origins of the movement must be brought to light for all to understand. It is common knowledge that slavery exists in the Bible, but that it justifies the act is incorrect. In reality it has the opposite effect. The stories found in Exodu... center of paper... Perhaps they are recognizing the liberation of their soul to God from the shackles of spiritual bondage coming from themselves instead of infliction on other people. The two concepts most clearly are the first, the bondage of people by the people, and the second, the bondage that people can have upon themselves by not surrendering to the love of God. Just as has been done here, people have contemplated the lyrics for years creating a negative or positive view of what they truly mean. Works Cited Cahill, Thomas. The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels. New York: Nan A. Talese, 1998. Print.Anderson, Bernhard W. The Unfolding Drama of the Bible. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988. Print.Coogan, Michael D., ed. The New Oxford Annotated Bible New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha. 4th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2010. Print.