Search results for "Religious conversion" - New World Encyclopedia
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- tax. Buddhists had the starker choice of conversion or expulsion. ... In foreign relations however things this conversion had no effect ...11 KB (1,536 words) - 16:11, 12 February 2024
- Emperor Basil II. He then ordered the conversion of Kiev and Novgorod to ... After his conversion, and with the Byzantine Empire now his ally, ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- of his followers quickly interpreted his conversion as a mystical act which ... Sabbatai's conversion was devastating for most of his followers ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 17:24, 30 January 2024
- in Göttingen in 1921, that caused her conversion. Stein, then 29, was vacationing ... Most of her writing on women came from the period between her conversion ...16 KB (2,393 words) - 20:38, 8 August 2023
- of social institutions—family, kinship, religious, and economic organizations. ... Firth wrote extensively on the traditional religious thoughts and ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- martyr of Britain. Shortly after his conversion, he allowed himself to ... brief, being executed shortly after his conversion. However, several miracles ...10 KB (1,607 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- notably the foundation or restoration of religious houses. ... She dedicated herself to prayer and other religious exercises and carried on ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
- he read the Bible and experienced a religious conversion. His distrust of reason ... from cover to cover and experienced a religious conversion. ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 14:40, 1 August 2022
- missions, parliamentary reform, and religious liberty, he is honored ... of reform is derived from roots in conversion to an unpopular "sect ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- The miji constitutes a collection of religious chants performed by ... socially inferior. The ongoing conversion in Ziro has led to the ...11 KB (1,672 words) - 05:57, 11 August 2023
- him to lay a firm foundation for their conversion, though he did not see ... *Carver, M. O. H. The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in ...11 KB (1,722 words) - 05:16, 31 July 2023
- This background can be either religious (such as a Christian marrying ... of the planet, views towards inter-religious and inter-racial marriage ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- Religious exclusivism is the doctrine that the adherents of a particular ... to come." In Christianity, religious exclusivism is seen in ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- who had undergone a profound religious conversion and was gathering ... Loyola had undergone a profound religious conversion and was then gathering ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- in the theology of "instant conversion" that was, at that ... of "high emotion" alienated the religious establishment, it won many ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 15:41, 6 May 2023
- an antidote to supposedly coercive religious conversion practices by "cults ... argue that they are not opposed to religious conversion per se, but only to ...23 KB (3,474 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- not fully satisfied as to his own "conversion" until an experience ... underpinnings for it in his work on the religious affections. At the same ...24 KB (3,948 words) - 00:21, 4 August 2022
- ==Cultural and religious legacy== [[Image:Bowl Iran sabz.JPG|thumb ... the Hanafi school of thought. The mass conversion of the Turks to Islam eventually ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 11:36, 6 September 2022
- of some methodologies for the religious conversion of inductees to new ... likened the personality changes to religious conversion experiences recounted ...29 KB (4,296 words) - 22:37, 20 November 2023
- Shortly after his conversion to Christianity, Montanus began traveling ... century, about 20 years or so after his conversion to Christianity. A respected ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:12, 9 November 2022
- of the Fulani through conquest and religious conversion. jihads, or holy wars. In continuing religious conquest, they took over ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- with legal authority in a number of religious and civil matters both ... had been established as the political and religious center of ancient Israel ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 17:59, 29 September 2023
- Owen became the boy's source of religious and aesthetic development ... death, during which time he had a religious conversion experience. The death ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- later sonnets and devotionals, reflect religious themes and sentiments. Rossetti's poems are studied by religious scholars because of ...11 KB (1,551 words) - 21:11, 10 December 2023
- to provide a synthesis of previous religious teachings. Its founder ... denounced Manichaeism in his post-conversion writings, and eventually ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- and debates, they formed the Jewish Religious Union in London. Liberal ... the amount of Hebrew used in their religious services and are incorporating ...19 KB (2,867 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- of the house of God"), on his conversion he assumed the name of ... to a leader but joined the Muslim religious community, of which he ...14 KB (2,336 words) - 06:48, 14 June 2023
- one or more persons regardless of their religious faith. They are often given ... ;Conversion This has been the content of many messages. However, the ...28 KB (4,419 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- States. He had a paradigmatic personal conversion from rationalist skepticism ... Adams, New York, but after his dramatic conversion experience at the age of ...24 KB (3,726 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- and morals offensive to many (especially religious believers) it is worth ... :Till the conversion of the Jews. :My vegetable love should grow ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 17:58, 27 July 2023
- sometimes given to a period of heightened religious activity, primarily in ... the means of informing the public on religious manners and was akin to ...15 KB (2,094 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- interact and engage in constructive Inter-religious Dialogue. They have begun ... Other religious categories used to group the world's religions ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- For instance, a charismatic leader in a religious context might promote an ... leadership and the onset of new religious movements has been closely ...16 KB (2,186 words) - 01:46, 4 December 2023
- aspects of Islam's development as a religious-social-political system ... After his conversion to Islam, he remembered with shame and regret ...21 KB (3,473 words) - 01:32, 3 May 2023
- He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious studies. In 1967, he established ... a popular readership. His defense of religious studies as a secular discipline ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- had to endure slavery and her personal religious experiences formed a personality ... with the Van Wagenens, she underwent a religious experience that began her ...14 KB (2,065 words) - 22:05, 30 January 2023
- early 1500s, Pfefferkorn condemned Jewish religious tradition as intolerably ... several pamphlets alleging that Jewish religious writings such as the Talmud ...12 KB (1,811 words) - 07:19, 5 April 2024
- Camp meetings were outdoor religious gatherings that became a prominent ... churches in the new settlements created a religious vacuum in rural areas. ...15 KB (2,238 words) - 18:58, 25 November 2023
- under severe threats, declared his own conversion to Islam. A great disillusionment ... on his head; and thus his supposed conversion to Islam was accomplished. ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:16, 26 January 2023
- up his faith with action, abandoning the religious tolerance of his predecessors ... (jurisprudence) usually controlled by the religious scholars and of siyasin ...35 KB (5,433 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- Germany around 1380. He was educated by a religious order called the Brethren ... the works that influenced them at their conversion. General Charles George ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ... holy water) ceremony of Sikhism and other religious washing rituals. ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- and his 12 companions set about the conversion of pagan Scotland and much ... and soon became one of the largest religious centers in western Europe ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- bridge-building role to play in promoting religious tolerance and dialogue; ... Hassan's studies did not end with his conversion. He continued ...21 KB (3,293 words) - 08:37, 25 January 2023
- purposes. It is also used in some religious ceremonies. ... * Conversion to isonitrosocamphor: : [[Image:Camphor-Isonitrosocamphor ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 18:58, 25 November 2023
- An icon is a religious image or representation of an object, deity ... entered Kievan Rus' following its conversion to Orthodox Christianity ...14 KB (2,018 words) - 20:09, 26 July 2023
- a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. Pascal was ... ===Religious conversion=== Biographically, we can say that two basic ...29 KB (4,620 words) - 18:12, 31 October 2023
- which can be comparable to religious conversion. The concept of incommesurability ... between scientific knowledge and religious knowledge; each type of ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- 1, 1814 – June 1, 1864) was a Chinese religious prophet and leader of the ... == Conversion to Christianity == Hong recovered and returned to his ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- well-known proponent of the idea that New Religious Movements (NRM), or "cults ... twentieth century, at the time when New Religious Movements, including the ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 04:08, 6 November 2022
- as capital. Many scholars argue that his conversion was a pragmatic measure ... C.E. His rise to power was facilitated by religious strife within the Songhai ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:15, 4 February 2023
- displayed one of the world's most religious states. Almost all the ... Wat, possibly world's largest single religious monument. Many of the temples ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- Indonesia has several flourishing religious communities that have ... In order to preserve and to celebrate Indonesia's rich religious ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- apostasy is called an apostate. Many religious faiths consider apostasy ... refers to the corruption of specific religious doctrines but is not a ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- the most part, Indian Christians rejected religious exclusivism and have chosen ... passed laws restricting or prohibiting conversion to Christianity. ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- had failed. Many schoolteachers and religious missionaries arrived in ... a white supremacist, a result of his conversion to states' rights ...18 KB (2,758 words) - 00:57, 13 January 2023
- The moon played a key role in Mesopotamian religious culture. As it ... for his lack of attention to his religious duties in the capital. ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 08:45, 9 October 2022
- resistive to the attempts at Christian conversion. However, in later years ... a head when the former, prompted by the religious leader Handsome Lake, accused ...21 KB (3,357 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- Südfeld, a Hebrew poet. His family were religious Orthodox Jews and he attended ... Nordau's conversion to Zionism was eventually triggered by the ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 00:57, 9 November 2022
- May 31, 1919 – December 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the ... he warned that extracting and reducing religious practice to only these ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- and their son gave early evidence of a religious vocation. ... called me to be a Franciscan for the conversion of sinners and heretics ...12 KB (1,816 words) - 17:58, 25 October 2022
- of Noah") refer to seven religious laws that were given by ... a person who prefers to proceed to religious conversion, a procedure that ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 09:58, 11 March 2023
- of Palermo in Sicily. After a powerful conversion experience, he became a ... he underwent a spiritual crisis and conversion in Jerusalem that turned ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 05:54, 5 April 2024
- Emperor, and tried to promote the Roman religious traditions of earlier centuries ... of his rejection of Christianity, conversion to Theurgy (a late form ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 21:10, 4 October 2022
- responsible for numerous advances in the conversion of the British Isles, including ... explicitly credits the saint with the conversion of the Pictish king, Adomnán ...21 KB (3,411 words) - 19:21, 22 December 2022
- ==Early life, family, and religious experiences== Ellen Gould Harmon ... following year, she experienced a religious conversion at a Methodist camp ...20 KB (3,079 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- refers to initiatives aimed at greater religious co-operation, among different ... be a single Christian Church to restore religious unity ...23 KB (3,375 words) - 18:04, 12 February 2024
- grown increasingly unpopular in Jewish religious circles for his Hellenistic ... goes on to testify to Agrippa about his conversion experience and his belief ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- but more rights than other non-Muslim religious subjects. ... Conversion by a dhimmi to Islam was generally easy, and almost without ...49 KB (7,384 words) - 10:21, 29 January 2024
- the sixteenth century. After a spiritual conversion during his convalescence ... some of the traditional forms of the religious life, such as physical ...26 KB (4,095 words) - 19:47, 22 December 2022
- Many other ethnic and religious groups also live in diaspora in the ... migrations, and, to a lesser extent, religious conversions to Judaism ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- as a right for all citizens; he promoted religious tolerance and core universal ... sangha). Its account of Ashoka's conversion (see below) is also different ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- These writings pushed him towards a religious life. Mary's godly ... Bunyan fiercely disagreed with the teachings of the Religious Society ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 04:30, 3 August 2022
- After the deaths of three of his children and the conversion of a ... on a wide variety of themes, both secular and religious. ...14 KB (2,169 words) - 06:29, 14 June 2023
- The later chapters discuss Paul's conversion, his ministry, and finally ... and gain converts among the Jewish religious establishment, Stephen ...37 KB (5,957 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- Weeds have even found their way into religious and literature texts as ... With the conversion of land to agriculture producing areas of open ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 22:25, 11 June 2020
- John Knox (1514?–1572) was a Scottish religious reformer who took ... other man Scotland owes her political and religious individuality" ...27 KB (4,483 words) - 14:37, 18 August 2023
- 039;s humanist approach and Gandhi's religious approach were frequently ... and reservations for Dalits and other religious communities. In 1920, he ...34 KB (5,057 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- In 348, to escape religious persecution by a Gothic chief, probably ... Scholasticus attributes to Ulfilas the conversion of many of the Goths under ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathen, that just ... of Christians to use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens. This short ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- of expression almost entirely used for religious purposes now fell into ... later Middle Ages. They often interrupted religious festivals, in an attempt ...17 KB (2,612 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- messiah Shabbetai Zevi's conversion to Islam. It was in keeping ... did not require the abrogation of any religious ceremonies or of even a ...23 KB (3,822 words) - 05:22, 26 August 2023
- Druz or Druse) are a Middle Eastern religious community whose traditional ... life is in danger. The Druze permit no conversion, either away from or to ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 21:14, 30 January 2024
- a great tragedy within both secular and religious communities. ... or nationalistic Hindus are opposed to conversion and several attempts have ...24 KB (3,633 words) - 20:00, 15 March 2023
- In religious discourse, Inclusivism designates a particular theological ... liberation). However, paradoxically, a religious group may achieve collective ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- of her death after only a year of religious life, having contracted ... time. This began a regular course of conversion between her and her Lord ...8 KB (1,399 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- Dead Souls. However, Gogol underwent a religious conversion which caused him to "repent" of his former views. Belinsky viewed Gogol’s ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:08, 18 November 2022
- Press, 2006); Barbara Yorke, The Conversion of Britain: Religion, Politics ... such as at Burghead, or associated with religious foundations.The interior ...35 KB (5,272 words) - 05:13, 24 November 2022
- Georgia, encounter with the Moravians, conversion at Aldersgate, and controversies ... with the first stirrings of his awakening religious consciousness. His mother ...47 KB (7,298 words) - 14:06, 7 May 2024
- a strict disciplinarian. Gabriel's religious philosophy is strict and ... start of his career as a preacher. His conversion comes as he forms a relationship ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- Christians (and Nubians before their conversion to Islam) were traditionally ... the Copts have survived as a distinct religious community forming today ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 03:00, 8 January 2024
- did criticize certain elements of his religious practice (such as his adherence ... he followed the early apostolic model of conversion, by offering "them ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- the Netherlands was in the process of religious revolt during the Eighty ... insisted upon the need of Jewish conversion to Christianity before ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 06:43, 5 November 2022
- hopeful themes following Eliot's conversion to Christianity. In 1928 ... Sanskrit and Pāli to read some of the religious texts). ...25 KB (3,801 words) - 02:02, 27 February 2023
- #secondary socialization—through schools, religious institutions ... to reflect a changed social milieu. Religious conversion and joining the military ...15 KB (2,362 words) - 17:02, 21 November 2020
- #039;s occupation, the family was a religious one. Growing up amid poverty ... music from just after his spiritual conversion in 1957 until the early ...23 KB (3,362 words) - 00:37, 3 November 2022
- embraced a very different kind of religious and political spirit from ... he would have experienced a return to the religious and political ethos of ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 04:57, 3 August 2022
- priests never arrived to be their religious leaders, leaving the Yaqui ... mixture of American Indian and Catholic religious thought. The Yaqui deer ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- or be expelled. This act of misplaced religious zeal destroyed what has ... of Granada signed later that year assured religious rights to the Islamic believers—but ...18 KB (2,888 words) - 19:02, 7 March 2024
- === Religious awakening === Before dawn, he wakened his father to announce ... in the accounts of his Christian conversion, and the accounts of his ...21 KB (3,248 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
