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- revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening ... Finnney ignited a wave of spiritual transformation among a sector ...24 KB (3,726 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a head ... Timpani evolved from military drums to become a staple of the classical ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- died January 20, 287) was a Christian saint and martyr, who is said to have ... Though Sebastian's name is the subject of an elaborate etymology ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 20:50, 17 April 2023
- American modern dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, who founded ... determined to make a better life for herself and child. She moved numerous ...17 KB (2,746 words) - 08:42, 23 July 2023
- The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are referred to as the synoptic ... the three gospels in content, arrangement, and specific language is widely ...41 KB (5,932 words) - 20:32, 29 January 2024
- educator, social reformer, economist and theological writer, and Anglican ... Whately was a liberal theologian and actively supported the removal ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 01:50, 14 December 2022
- Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins ... First, philosophers of language inquire into the nature of meaning ...51 KB (7,646 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- various mystically-oriented groups and their teachings, which were ... The origins of gnosticism are not clearly known, but there is general ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- was an English lawyer, author, statesman, and a Catholic martyr. During ... in the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI, and was later declared the patron ...28 KB (4,440 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- Free will is the power to exercise control over one’s decisions ... The principle of free will has scientific and religious implications ...51 KB (8,066 words) - 10:37, 11 April 2024
- The Final Solution of the Jewish Question (German: Die Endlösung ... Mass killings of over one million Jews occurred before the plans of ...14 KB (2,250 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2024
- are the basis for creating group solidarity and political action. It is especially ... Many contemporary advocates of identity politics take an intersectional ...40 KB (5,610 words) - 14:15, 4 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics the “Psychological School,” is a school of economic thought that advocates ...22 KB (3,203 words) - 19:14, 22 August 2023
- Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night, and ... sermons regarding the perceived dangers of popery, while during increasingly ...26 KB (3,787 words) - 03:37, 27 July 2023
- done in order to facilitate the study and analysis of history, understanding ... To the extent that history is continuous and not generalized, all ...29 KB (4,535 words) - 16:10, 29 December 2020
- Saint Teresa of Ávila (known in religion as Teresa de Jesús, baptized ... rich nuns had private apartments, jewelry and pets, and where the nuns were ...22 KB (3,548 words) - 03:48, 30 April 2023
- 1882), was a German theologian, philosopher, and historian. Bauer was associated ... Bauer was also a pioneering figure in the development of biblical ...21 KB (3,103 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... The Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created ...32 KB (4,861 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
- The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the ... Members of all branches of the U.S. military are eligible to receive ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- The Ninety-five Theses (95 Theses) or Disputation on the Power and ... is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 ...38 KB (5,692 words) - 21:06, 29 January 2024
- The Sacred Heart is a devotional representation of Jesus' physical ... is predominantly found in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. Additionally ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 18:34, 22 December 2022
- ) is one of the largest financial services provider in the world, ... in Germany when the Nazi party came to power and has been criticized for collaborating ...22 KB (3,101 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- Crime and Punishment (Преступление и наказание ... original creation. Torn in two (the root of his name, "raskol' ...21 KB (3,343 words) - 06:23, 11 January 2024
- The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- Schuman was a Christian Democrat (M.R.P.) and an independent political thinker ... Schumans's concept of supra-national democracy and his vision ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- 1930 – July 13, 2010) was principal owner and managing partner of Major ... He was a pioneer of modern sports ownership and is remembered for ...36 KB (5,317 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- Altruism is the selfless concern for the welfare of others. Altruism ... Altruism can be distinguished from a feeling of loyalty and duty. ...27 KB (4,209 words) - 08:39, 23 July 2023
- The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational prayer book of the Church ... The Book of Common prayer is considered to have significantly contributed ...28 KB (4,558 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States ... possibly for San Marino's Statutes of 1600, whose status as a true ...45 KB (6,615 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- Optimism (from the Latin optimus, best) and pessimism (from the Latin ... But optimism and pessimism are not limited to such a psychological ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 00:57, 18 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Terrorism is a term used to describe violence or other harmful acts ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry ...40 KB (6,352 words) - 23:16, 8 February 2022
- third largest religion, following Hinduism and Islam. Abrahamic religions ... followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- ) was a series of protests and political events that took place in ... The protests were prompted by reports from several domestic and foreign ...52 KB (6,953 words) - 10:39, 11 March 2023
- novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason. Known for his barbed ... As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and ...34 KB (5,298 words) - 04:37, 18 November 2022
- Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610 ... Caravaggio was considered enigmatic, fascinating, rebellious, and ...56 KB (8,917 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- Lady Jane Grey (July 1536 – February 12, 1554), a granddaughter ... Lady Jane had a reputation as one of the most learned women of her ...32 KB (5,051 words) - 22:48, 21 October 2022
- extending back to the Greco-Roman world and culminating in the Nazi Holocaust ... The dominant form of anti-Semitism from the nineteenth century until ...52 KB (8,069 words) - 12:28, 14 October 2023
- was a well-known Russian revolutionary, and one of the leading figures ... he “converted” to anarchism in 1865 and helped to formulate many of ...43 KB (6,370 words) - 17:48, 9 November 2022
- different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians ... despite the fact that it is composed of multiple churches or denominations ...73 KB (10,603 words) - 12:23, 7 May 2024
- They are the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful pop ... The Beatles popularity led the "British Invasion" of United ...38 KB (5,974 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law national, ethnic, racial, or religious group of people either entirely or a ...35 KB (5,250 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. He was the first ... Bernstein was one of the first classical musicians to recognize the ...27 KB (3,897 words) - 22:15, 20 December 2023
- " refers to the belief in a religious (and often political) savior figure ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος, alternatively, ... which have experienced most if not all of these characteristics, the ...24 KB (3,679 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- In its modern sense, as used in astronomy and navigation, the celestial ... In the Aristotelic and Ptolemaic models, the celestial sphere was ...58 KB (9,037 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... 1552 by Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish priest and missionary and founding member ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- philosopher who wrote widely in the areas of sociology, social psychology ... Facing the problems of the Holocaust by the Nazis and the mass murders ...41 KB (6,139 words) - 17:57, 30 April 2023
- for God (or the gods), with the purpose of delivering a divinely inspired ... the Mari tablets, discovered on the banks of the Euphrates in northern Mesopotamia ...39 KB (6,126 words) - 09:20, 28 June 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences [[Image:Rembrandt-The return of the prodigal son.jpg|thumb|300px|right ...31 KB (4,680 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- | order=7th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1829 ... | date of birth= March 15, 1767 | place of birth= Waxhaw, South Carolina ...39 KB (5,930 words) - 17:50, 27 July 2023
- Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical ... hierarchies long before the establishment of formal states, realms, or empires ...78 KB (10,754 words) - 22:08, 30 March 2023
- The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe ... At first, Prester John was imagined to be in India, with tales of ...29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- Shaivism (also spelled Śaivism) refers to a cluster of religious ... With approximately 200 million adherents, Shaivism is one of the most ...34 KB (5,141 words) - 19:47, 14 April 2020
- as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- , Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) (March 9, 1839 – March 16, 1881) ... Mussorgsky was born in Karevo in the province of Pskov, 400 kilometers ...18 KB (2,697 words) - 19:26, 9 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Counterculture is a term used to describe a group whose values and ...27 KB (4,003 words) - 08:31, 10 January 2024
- Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is ... As might be expected with a man of this stature, partial understandings ...78 KB (12,289 words) - 02:54, 1 August 2022
- Luksemburg) was a Polish revolutionary of Jewish ancestry. She rose up ... political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary. She was a theorist ...25 KB (3,897 words) - 19:13, 16 December 2022
- developed to explain the relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ... the consubstantiality between the Father and Son was officially confirmed ...42 KB (6,496 words) - 11:56, 9 May 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and ...34 KB (4,876 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- to as Hollywood (from the place name of its birth), is the industry ... were dominated by the oral, then written, and finally printed word. Cinema ...22 KB (3,307 words) - 22:38, 4 July 2022
- Thutmose III (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis III and meaning ... Thutmose III was the son of Pharaoh Thutmose II and Aset (sometimes ...45 KB (7,145 words) - 14:03, 14 January 2024
- Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern region of the ... The majority of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis ...43 KB (5,977 words) - 17:20, 12 May 2024
- The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic ... The effects spread throughout Western Europe and North America during ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- The instrument's controlling section usually consists of two ... The sound of the instrument is often associated with eerie situations ...52 KB (7,562 words) - 23:57, 12 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Category:Communication Censorship is the editing, removing, or otherwise changing speech ...26 KB (3,779 words) - 01:42, 13 January 2023
- | order=38th President of the United States | date1=August 9, 1974 ... | date of birth=July 14, 1913 | place of birth=Omaha, Nebraska ...30 KB (4,525 words) - 17:06, 28 August 2021
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian ... the "Writings" or Ketuvim, one of the three main sections into ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- The America’s Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta ... During the year of the first World's Fair, American boatbuilders ...31 KB (4,811 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to ... More concretely, the Equal Protection Clause, along with the rest ...45 KB (6,808 words) - 12:57, 12 February 2022
- 1925 - November 25, 1970), a Japanese author and playwright, famous for both ... Mishima actively engaged in martial arts and tried to live a life ...26 KB (3,997 words) - 18:56, 9 November 2022
- Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the ... amusements while neglecting the problems of the Roman city and empire and ...39 KB (6,311 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 ... author, lawyer, inventor, violinist, and the founder of the University ...48 KB (6,926 words) - 21:19, 30 April 2023
- Intellectual property (IP) refers to the intangible creations of the ... The main purpose of intellectual property law is to encourage the ...48 KB (6,876 words) - 22:55, 5 February 2023
- Satan (meaning "accuser") represents the arch enemy of God ... The concept of an anthropomorpized demonic figure (or archetype) is ...27 KB (4,237 words) - 16:57, 23 December 2022
- a generic term referring to the continuation of existence after death, typically ... Is death the end, or is there something of people that survives after ...65 KB (10,516 words) - 06:08, 16 June 2023
- a Franco-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence ... His work made use of frequent homages and references to film history ...63 KB (9,163 words) - 20:22, 22 September 2023
- generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the ... The TVA's jurisdiction covers most of Tennessee, parts of Alabama ...28 KB (4,146 words) - 03:01, 19 April 2023
- The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched ... Turkey invoked its role as a guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict ... The Catholic Church is the largest Christian Church and the largest ...80 KB (12,653 words) - 04:49, 16 December 2022
- The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, "S.J.," "S ... the Pope but their intellectual independence and separate leader in the order ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- ) is a term used in a variety of different contexts. Originally, the ... refers to scriptural texts that fall outside of the Biblical canon. However ...29 KB (4,388 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. 1225 ... for those studying for the priesthood (Code of Canon Law, Can. 252, §3). ...35 KB (5,231 words) - 18:38, 30 April 2023
- ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... Pedagogy, literally translated, is the art or science of teaching ...26 KB (3,614 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his literary ... (which he calls sodomy), child rape, crime, and blasphemy against Christianity ...57 KB (8,573 words) - 17:01, 30 June 2023
- Major-General Orde Charles Wingate, Distinguished Service Order (DSO ... Perhaps the most important aspect of Wingate's legacy is that ...43 KB (6,762 words) - 01:10, 18 November 2022
- that comprises Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- Ferdinando Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo ... with critics accusing the prosecution and presiding judge of improper ...47 KB (7,315 words) - 18:33, 22 December 2022
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God the things that are ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- 1844 – August 25, 1900) is known as one of the main representatives of ... If a philosopher is to be a pioneer of thought, trying to open up ...52 KB (7,901 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 ... One of the most significant British politicians in recent political ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 04:09, 6 November 2022
- 22, 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist and poet. Beckett's work ... Beckett is a unique figure in the history of Western literature. Born ...30 KB (4,732 words) - 01:16, 21 April 2023
- Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October ... Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer ...55 KB (7,618 words) - 00:27, 26 February 2023
- The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of ... The Walk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ...43 KB (6,309 words) - 19:40, 23 July 2022
- Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self ... hypnosis, meditation, channeling, prayer, and altered states of consciousness ...33 KB (4,676 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- Justin Martyr (also Justin the Martyr, Justin of Caesarea, Justin ... evidently stirred up a sufficient quantity of controversy (either through ...34 KB (5,421 words) - 21:24, 4 October 2022
- persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s ... (1968), Le Mans (1971), The Getaway (1972), and Papillon (1973). In addition ...50 KB (7,471 words) - 00:44, 26 February 2023
