21st-century Samaritans Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/21st-century-samaritans/ A platform for change Mon, 22 Aug 2022 01:43:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 We praise people as ‘Good Samaritans,’ but there’s a complex history behind the phrase https://flux.community/terry-giles/2022/08/we-praise-people-as-good-samaritans-but-theres-a-complex-history-behind-the-phrase/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:00:20 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12111 “Good Samaritan” is a label often used to describe someone acting selflessly to benefit others, even if a total stranger. Some may recognize that the phrase has its origin in a biblical story, one of Jesus’ parables recounted in the Book of Luke, Chapter 10. In this story, a traveler from the Samaritan community, a Middle Eastern […]

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