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Protests that followed the killing of George Floyd and May

started with a focus on police brutality.

But six weeks later, a dominant theme is the removal of monuments and memorials.

Protesters have torn down or vandalized dozens of statues connected to the Confederacy and to other historical figures like Christopher Columbus, for example.

Meanwhile, many governments and universities said they would also remove monuments or renamed buildings,

and the efforts have gone global, with statues being toppled in recent weeks in the UK, in Belgium, South Africa,

and elsewhere around the world.

Once revered religious figures have also been targeted.

Several statues of Saint-Huniposherra, the Banished priest to evangelized California, have been

torn down because there are allegations that he approved the enslavement of Native Americans at his missions.

And on Friday, the University of Pennsylvania said it would remove a statue of revivalist preacher George Whitfield from its campus because of his advocacy of slavery in Georgia.

Well, this isn't the first time that statues have been torn down on mass, made widespread

protests.

To take one example, after Constantine, allowed Christianity in the Roman Empire, Christians

tore down so many statues in Athens that they reportedly became known as, quote, the people

who move that which should not be moved.

Early church Christians battled each other over religious iconography.

Reformation Christians inspired another round of eager statues smashing and memorial removal.

We're going to be talking about how much are these earlier Christian battles over statues like

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