The Rastafarian movement rejected the religious beliefs and customs of the Christian religion as a means of liberation. ... Babylon successfully kept the Blacks from their true identity, as leaders that they ought to be, until the birth of Rastafarians in Jamaica. ... Likewise with the religion aspect, the Rastafarian movement urges one to liberate socially, also with the aid of reggae music. ... This is also a social mark in the Rastafarian movement along with the smoking of the marijuana. ... It would be fair to say that the Rastafarian movement is by far regarded as a liberation movement, i...

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A Back-to-God movement then started with new religious movements surfacing. ... But when a person encounters a new religious movement, such a simplistic definition may not be enough to help him evaluate it. ... Leaders of new religions know that to command respect, they must command a substantial following. Society dismisses cult leaders without a large following as "religious nuts- (Stoner and Parke 24). ... Cult leaders, who almost always live in kingly splendor, need a large membership for monetary support. ...

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The intellectual commitment became the foundations of his actions as a civil rights leader. Just as King's commitment to nonviolence was based on the teachings of Jesus, so the rest of his participation in the civil rights movement was grounded in his Christian faith. ... Then those people introduce him to their leader, who is Elijah Muhammad. ...

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The cultural and social vortex created by the founders of Passion Christian Conferences precipitates an insincere form of worship and a false religious movement. ... This relaxation of conservative religious constraints in the counterculture movement empowered the founders of movements like Passion to recreate a new form of worship in their own light. ... Passion leaders utilize social media, television, and the Internet, as a mechanism to engage the cultural and social themes of the young generation. ... Oppenheimer states that in order for a movement or religion to be sustainable in a new cu...

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As a result, people began to question the authority of the magistrate and what had made them special as religious leaders. ... In the turn of the 19th century, another revival movement spread through the nation. ... Around this time the evangelicals Jerry Falwell and Ed Dobson preached to convince Christians they had a higher calling than to protest in the Civil Rights Movement. In addition to that, the 1960s brought the Vietnam War, student rebellion, the hippie movement, flower children, recreational drugs, and the complete detachment of religion from politics. ... This is just how Martin Lu...

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The Pilgrimage of Grace can be read as a movement of social and economic protest against taxation, as well as, the effect the Dissolution of the Monasteries wrought on the northern society. It can be regarded as a popular movement; rebelling actively against the destruction of the monasteries, and the catholic faith, and its aims were to: uphold monasticism, as well as, attacking the royal supremacy and calling for Mary I to be legally recognised legitimately. ... It is important to note, that Robert Aske, the leader of the rebellion, referred to his followers as pilgrims, not rebels, therefor...

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The Puritan belief found its roots from the Holy Reformation and the Protestant movement. ... He didn't believe in democracy rather that he had been picked by God to serve as the leader of affairs in Boston. ...

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Many people view this movement as a way for Christians to sneak their religion into public schools through a back door. ... If students are raised with morals then someday they will be leaders of the country that will positive role models in that their actions are honest and noble. Would you rather have leaders with ethical values or one of which is conformed to the world in that he seeks to please his own desires and puts himself before others, lies, steals, and cheats? Let the Ten Commandments be examples to our children to rise up and become righteous leaders of future....

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Board of Education first initiated the movement to take God out of our public schools, and since then we have done so. ... Not that I am at all condoning other religions, but maybe if other religious leaders stepped up and voiced their opinions, not just the atheists, then we would be able to conduct all kinds of religious practices in public. ...

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Both of the texts highlight the abuse of power by political leaders, as well as power of media images to control public opinion and also emphasizes that the prevailing representation of people and politics at a given time is a function of power instead of truth. ... The tracking shots of camera follows the movement and activity of this group, editing and use of jump cut shots show unexpected but deliberate rapid transitions from one shot to another. ... In conclusion, the topic of prevailing representation of people and politics at a given time is a function of power rather than truth has hig...

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. * China Church Leaders Sentenced * House Churches - A Family In Hiding... * Some Christians Resisting China's Crackdown On Religion .. * 70 Christians Have Disappeared Or Been Secretly Arrested .. * China House Church Leaders Shaken by Cult Kidnappings (Mandate) Just looking over these few headlines gives quite an impression of what faith in China is like. ... Correct me if I am wrong, but that statement is terrible to be coming from a newly elected leader of Christianity in China. ... There has been a recent growth in the house church movement, which is being credited to Bible distrib...

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All the similarities that were talked about above came into view at the first ever Millennium World Peace Summit of religious and spiritual leaders, and lead one step closer to finding a way to formulate a "global spiritual body that may one day speak for all religions-. ... Adviser for local leaders C. ...

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For instance, Confucian teaches that good government is important and leaders should not be chosen because of relationships but on the basis of characteristics of ability and virtue and that the purpose of government should be for the happiness and total welfare of the people. ... My interest has been peaked to the point where I plan to study more about Islam, specifically the Islam movement in the United States. ... Lastly, I believe that in today's society there is so much negatively surrounding religion, religious organizations, and religious leaders that it is understanda...

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Religion and science have always been on shaky grounds with one another. Leaders of the Christian Church saw much science as a blatant attack on God, and a way to condone non-religious life. If God could be disproved in some way, then there would be no one to which humans would be responsible. Li...

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Although He never intended to create Christianity, He began a religious movement that turned into Christianity (Simmons Study Guide, 16). ... Perhaps many more religions will continue to be created as other charismatic leaders, such as Christ, deepen the exploration of their own identity and relationships. ...

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Like most Tea Party-backed congressmen Congressman Steven Palazzo continues to underrepresent his district and follow the Tea Party current. I'm from Hattiesburg Mississippi and part of the Mississippi 4th Congressional District. People in my area have painfully watched as our old congressman Gen...

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American Buddhism is a religious movement significantly larger than many Protestant denominations (Prebish, 1). ... Unlike the hierarchy existent in religions such as Christianity, Buddhism allows women to become leaders and teachers of the religion (Tanaka, 290). ...

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Although He never intended to create Christianity, He began a religious movement that turned into Christianity (Simmons Study Guide, 16). ... Perhaps many more religions will continue to be created as other charismatic leaders, such as Christ, deepen the exploration of their own identity and relationships. ...

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Cornell West effectively argues that the Constantinian Christian movement as being a largely unnoticed factor behind the political and religious decisions influencing America's political direction. ... He is an advocate of speaking the truth when in power and adamantly against charismatic leaders who are not candid with their constituencies. ...

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The person who actually found and started the Shaker movement was Ann Lees, often referred to as Mother Ann by her followers (Sammlung, 2001). ... When she got in prison for refusing to pay tax for something that did not seem right to her, she started to have visions about forming a religious group, and that is when she joined the Shakers and became the leader of that religious group. Her visions she was keep getting during their movement basically founded and set forth the Shaker's beliefs (Bowman, 1995). ...

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The Human Relations movement began with the Hawthorne Studies. ... Elton Mayo was the inspiration for the famous Hawthorne studies and the founding father' of the Human Relations movement - the first major impact of social science on management thinking. ... Being the Best Practices for Employers, they will develop future leaders from within their hotel, and provide more opportunities for their employees to gain experience and skill for current as well as future, demands. ...

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In political terms, secularism is a movement towards the separation of religion and government (often termed the separation of church and state). ... However instead of strikes being are associated with intimidation, coercion and infringement on other people's freedom of movement, and as long as hartals inflict severe costs on the nation as a whole, attempts to justify hartals by invoking principles of "freedom" do not come across as convincing or credible. ...

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A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power;...have, in turn, divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and oppress each other than to co-operate for their common good" (Madison, 1787). ... Also Martin Luther King, a reverend, led the civil rights movement in a hostile culture to gain rights for the minority. These were all Christian leaders, figh...

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A crusade is a war fought with a religious purpose and at the calling of a religious leader. ... For the extremists in the Nazi movement it was not enough to remove Jewish people from Germany, they believed that Jews around the world would continue to plot the destruction of the German people. ...

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Spirituality, although it has always been surrounded by mysticism and uncertainty, has been an integral part of the human psyche since the emergence of the modern man (Buckman 31). There is evidence that even Homo sapiens from the Paleolithic era (ca. 120,000 BC - 8,000BC) believed in a spiritual wo...

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