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In the Book of James, a first-century letter written to an early Jewish Christian audience scattered outside Palestine, the author instructs his readers to accompany faith with good works. His was a readership dealing with religious and political persecution, including power imbalances between the rich and poor and the internal challenges — doubt, discouragement, disengagement — that such external threats posed on the spiritual lifeblood of a burgeoning community.

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