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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 (4,353 words) - 09:46, 12 May 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- morranos). Many, however genuine their conversion, were subject to the suspicions ... his people are promised protection and religious freedom in return for an ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 20:23, 1 November 2023
- goal. Tormented between a strict religious temperament and his sensual ... After Tolstoy’s religious conversion, his view of art also changed ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 19:54, 7 May 2024
- The other main creation myth of the Yoruba focuses on the religious ... dissolution of many traditional Yoruba religious practices. ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- Best, who suggests that inaccurate conversion between various ancient ... category:religious figures 240137049 ...11 KB (1,665 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- a result of Mongol conquest, and relative religious tolerance of Ilhanids, ... Following the conquest of Iran, Ismail I made conversion mandatory ...23 KB (3,547 words) - 18:36, 22 December 2022
- However, in his religious views and actions, Shammai was famous for ... and Jesus: Comparisons of Two Major Religious Leaders. Fortress Press ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 13:10, 27 January 2023
- is the central sacrament of Mandaean religious life). This last term is ... on a common heritage than on any set of religious creeds and doctrines. A ...22 KB (3,408 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- Palestine and Mesopotamia, where Jewish religious scholarship was centered ... in the western Roman Empire, many of the religious leaders of Judea and Galilee ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- {{Infobox religious building |building_name=Dresden Frauenkirche ... and therefore, Augustus's conversion was spectacular and not ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 06:08, 3 August 2023
- by his Catholic mother, in a strict religious household. ... in the school, including the prize for Religious Education, and in 1870 ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- deal of information valuable both to the religious history of Judaism and ... The geniza also shone new light on the conversion to Judaism of the kingdom ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 18:19, 25 November 2023
- amount of cross-cultural and cross-religious exchange by himself learning ... in his biography, "In Henryspeak, conversion and enslavement were interchangeable ...10 KB (1,543 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2017
- Qur'an that frowned upon the type of religious tolerance and inter-religious ... They were not conquered by a great religious movement, but lost territories ...15 KB (2,322 words) - 08:17, 23 July 2023
- of the Protreptikos (Exhortation to Conversion), the Paidagogos (Moral ... and Platonism which characterized the religious and ethical thought of ...14 KB (2,240 words) - 11:08, 19 December 2023
- not be a legitimate complaint. Some religious views, too, regard land ... and actionable in tort, usually as conversion or detinue. ...14 KB (2,323 words) - 16:45, 2 May 2023
- Catholic priest, and the result was his conversion to Catholicism, to which ... to the lives of ordinary people. In the religious sphere, the triumph of ...17 KB (2,769 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- which were interpreted as proof of the conversion mentioned in Milinda panha. ... a means of alluding to his great ancestor's conversion. ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 04:28, 9 November 2022
- Roman Catholic church, equivalent to a religious ethics. Moral theology ... debate whether Constantine's conversion to Christianity was authentic ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 21:19, 9 November 2022
- it is one of the key steps in Christian conversion. Water baptism is also ... work of the Holy Ghost after initial conversion, in which the Holy Ghost ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 07:23, 23 November 2022
- He was raised following his family's religious beliefs, as attested to ... Justin renounced both his former religious faith and his philosophical ...34 KB (5,421 words) - 21:24, 4 October 2022
- 6, 1935) was an American athlete and religious figure who left a promising ... Sunday sponsored popular religious revivals and other missionary campaigns ...47 KB (7,375 words) - 22:05, 3 February 2022
- Pennsylvania. He grew up in a very religious home, his family was Byzantine ... Warhol did many paintings that involved religious themes that apparently ...20 KB (3,013 words) - 18:00, 27 July 2023
- Bourges Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges) is a cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen, located in Bourges, France. It is the seat ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 19:58, 20 November 2023
- believed and internalized, represents conversion to the Islamic faith: Ideally ... their homes and their normal lives, the religious element of life remains ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 20:40, 9 April 2023
- As a Norse deity, Freyr belonged to a complex religious, mythological ... In this mythico-religious account, Freyr had a son named Fjölnir ...27 KB (4,366 words) - 02:39, 1 December 2023
- City, was developing its own unique culture and religious pantheon. Nearchus, the admiral in charge of Alexander the Great's fleet, established ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 21:19, 29 December 2023
- own failings, and as a sacrifice for the conversion of pagans and sinners. ... Category:religious figures 240561100 ...10 KB (1,693 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- As a member of a Roman Catholic religious order which at that time was chiefly concerned with the conversion of unbelievers, he was commissioned ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- century can be traced to New Thought, a religious and philosophical movement ... Salvation Army, and other charitable and religious groups. Those who could ...34 KB (5,182 words) - 05:06, 17 June 2023
- denoting any male person who has taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy ... to focus their time entirely on their religious pursuits. However, cenotobitic ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- Another account claims a much more complex confrontation of religious ... encouraged the dance to aid in the conversion of various native populations. ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 02:50, 19 April 2023
- thirty years. Livingstone's own conversion came when he realized that ... Scotland. His father, Neil Livingstone, a religious man, journeyed from place ...18 KB (2,693 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- Dogon people had fled west to avoid both conversion to Islam and enslavement. ... Dogon art is primarily sculpture and revolves around religious values ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- in Latin America, most of whom are rather religious and pious in nature. Especially ... where you experience such a "conversion" to the oppressed ...31 KB (4,535 words) - 22:27, 25 October 2022
- at St Petersburg. Lossky called for a Russian religious and spiritual reawakening while pointing out post-revolution excesses. At the same time, Lossky ...12 KB (1,405 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- is home to numerous historic mosques and religious establishments. ... is home to numerous historic mosques and religious establishments. Tashkent ...23 KB (3,205 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- was strongly motivated by an aversion to religious persecution, and stood ... Collins was strongly motivated by an aversion to religious persecution ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 05:24, 31 July 2023
- in their daily life. As part of their religious tradition, sacrifices are ... Muslims. The multi-ethnic and multi-religious State of Chitral ensured ...33 KB (5,027 words) - 17:07, 14 May 2024
- the beliefs and practices of an organized religious institution. Among these ... experiences of a different category than religious problems. Cowley & ...22 KB (2,987 words) - 12:19, 4 February 2023
- were followers of a controversial religious sect that flourished in ... as the failure of peaceful attempts at conversion, the Vatican launched the ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 00:09, 1 December 2023
- The Conventicle Act of 1664 prohibited religious assemblies of more than ... which to suppress those who opposed the conversion. Charles endeavored to ...35 KB (5,347 words) - 02:10, 13 January 2023
- Many of his subjects distrusted his religious policies and supposed despotism ... of Indulgence of 1684 granted greater religious liberty than did William ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- of worldly life, and establish religious harmony. Buddhism Masters ... salutary practices as the four means of conversion: giving, kind words, helpfulness ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- Palace in 1895, is the city's largest religious gathering. Ndar’s museum offers panoramas of Senegal’s history, such as exhibitions of ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- separating philosophical inquiry from religious practice altogether. ... is compatible at all with revealed religious truth has existed in Judaism ...28 KB (4,179 words) - 03:01, 1 August 2022
- on all sides. It hosts numerous important religious, cultural and historical ... and a meter guage line, scheduled for conversion under Project Unigauge ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- Recent Sultans have called for peace and for religious harmony, as ... One of the most revered religious scholars of the region, Usman dan ...23 KB (3,525 words) - 07:17, 15 April 2024
- space was added to the hotel through the conversion of a defunct Manufacturer ... *Biermans, John T. The Odyssey of New Religious Movements, Persecution ...16 KB (2,157 words) - 21:59, 14 November 2022
- Beyond its religious influences, the Rule of St Benedict has been ... nuns had to take extremely strict religious vows of Stability (to remain ...25 KB (3,878 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- classically draws no distinction between religious, and secular life. Hence ... that colonialism, which often replaced religious laws with secular ones ...36 KB (5,852 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- that originated with doctrines and religious, political, and ecclesiological ... universities, which were still basically religious institutions. ...23 KB (3,274 words) - 08:17, 2 December 2022
- George Fox (July 1624 – January 13, 1691), founder of the Religious ... the membership and activities of the Religious Society of Friends, primarily ...29 KB (4,689 words) - 10:15, 13 December 2023
- The royal baptism triggered the conversion of most of Jogaila's ... such model behavior to Wladyslaw's conversion. == Ruler of Lithuania ...51 KB (7,629 words) - 23:06, 1 April 2023
- of local sainthood, that is where the religious conceptions of the faithful ... to the Church's continuing conversion project. However, abuses ...17 KB (2,634 words) - 19:27, 25 November 2023
- physical manifestations related to religious faith) concern questions ... bearer such as membership in a specific religious cult or a certain level ...21 KB (3,372 words) - 18:00, 21 October 2022
- The conversion of these Jews to Christianity soon became suspect, ... had been a Talmudic scholar before his conversion and used his knowledge ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 16:11, 6 November 2022
- Israel" for criticizing his public conversion to the religion of Baal ... of the Elijah tradition by other religious faiths. For example, Islam ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- orthodox Christian, culminating in his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1922. ... Man contributed to C. S. Lewis's conversion to Christianity. In a letter ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- who devoted themselves to the organized conversion of the American natives. ... study and writing, nor the practices of religious life. Committed to the ...15 KB (2,393 words) - 19:13, 26 November 2023
- industry as well as diplomats, representatives of religious organizations and some business people. English is the official language. The major ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- In his later years, his religious feelings appear to have deepened ... Judah Ha-Levi is best known as a lyricist and a religious poet. His ...27 KB (4,480 words) - 20:50, 4 October 2022
- During the Cultural Revolution the Hui people, along with other religious ... and promised them political autonomy, religious freedom and the right to ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- political structure, legal codes, and religious practices. They also document ... stone monuments to commemorate conquests, religious ceremonies and other important ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- form of the relationship between the religious and political spheres. ... authorities limiting the powers of religious authorities either bringing ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- The Shakers are a Christian sect, an offshoot of the Religious Society ... The Shakers are famous for their ecstatic religious dances and work ...23 KB (3,664 words) - 10:17, 26 January 2023
- writing from that time onward reflects religious themes. ... writing from that time onward reflected religious themes. ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- written immediately after Undset's conversion, takes place in a historical ... In Norway, Undset's conversion to Catholicism was not only considered ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 19:59, 27 July 2023
- In October 1540, Melanchthon took an important part in the religious ... in public, and made them the basis of a religious education. These two, by ...46 KB (7,311 words) - 03:55, 24 November 2022
- and cultural tradition. However, as a religious group they refer to themselves ... ire of the monarch Misdaeus by of his conversion of Misdaeus' wives ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- After her conversion, she was anxious to pursue evangelical missionary ... to salvation."Dawson, 274. Such religious allegory, although not ...47 KB (7,022 words) - 16:12, 7 November 2022
- cause for reflection that many people of religious conviction supported slavery ... assume a more active role in both religious and civic affairs. Belief ...36 KB (5,445 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- present, while emphasizing the value of religious ideas, such as faith and ... In an interview with John Tusa on BBC Radio 4, she said of her conversion ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- The Pharisees were a religious and political movement of ancient Israel ... held direct political power as well as religious authority. Although the ...22 KB (3,391 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- The most important religious site in Athens was the Temple of Athena ... supreme court, except in murder cases and religious matters, which became the ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- which humans define themselves: social, religious, cultural, spiritual, mental ... A major factor in that period of time has been the conversion of vast ...14 KB (1,986 words) - 10:40, 11 March 2023
- so that he could devote himself to the conversion of unbelievers in distant ... women who had previously lived in Cathar religious houses. Soon afterward ...19 KB (2,876 words) - 19:37, 22 December 2022
- (present-day Turkey), who before his conversion was a great persecutor ... Paul had been an observant Jew until his conversion (30-33 C.E.) when he was ...56 KB (9,113 words) - 00:50, 23 December 2022
- of the Royal Society. He held strong religious convictions and published ... In 1886, Stokes, who was a religious man throughout his life, was ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 10:37, 13 December 2023
- Furthermore, these women became religious role models for the young ... * Even Eve. “Even Eve says Hi and writes about her conversion to ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 12:30, 24 January 2023
- yet generally accommodated the diverse religious practices that existed ... and man’s place in it, and exhibited a religious sensitivity and a sense ...16 KB (2,530 words) - 03:10, 6 November 2022
- in the phenomenally diverse religious and cultural landscape of India. Hindu community, would hamstring their religious convictions. That led to ...25 KB (3,703 words) - 06:10, 8 March 2024
- especially notable within the context of religious belief and practice. Such ... Although many religious followers and texts confirm witnessing "miracles ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- popular in local churches, Jackie's religious roots didn't run deep ... little is known about the circumstances of his conversion. ...11 KB (1,721 words) - 01:11, 8 February 2023
- and led these groups into political and religious alliances with members ... of infant baptism, an act that had both religious and political meaning, ...44 KB (6,423 words) - 10:32, 10 March 2023
- resulting in widespread Christian conversion among those who sought ... , Hinduism, or Buddhism. The Torajan religious belief (aluk) was not legally ...36 KB (5,331 words) - 23:49, 9 January 2024
- local education authorities to plan for conversion. Over that ten-year period ... schools" were controlled by religious authorities. ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- Lane, London and, after an adolescent conversion to Roman Catholicism, was ... name name, John, probably marks his conversion to Roman Catholicism at ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- century, as in past times, hundreds of religious groups claim that the millenarian ... C.E. Christianity was among the numerous religious traditions that deviated ...47 KB (6,873 words) - 18:00, 9 November 2022
- mosque in Medina, which doubled as both a religious and political center for ... Conversion of non-Muslim houses of worship into mosques began during ...42 KB (6,416 words) - 12:31, 7 May 2024
- over forty convents and one thousand religious. Isidore's parents ... stifled at the very outset, and religious discipline was strengthened. ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- seventeenth century, it was known for its religious tolerance and became a ... these great rivers and by the (previous) religious dominance of Catholics ...42 KB (6,042 words) - 16:24, 11 November 2022
- to join the Seneca community. Rather than conversion, the Quakers sought to serve. They built schools and taught agricultural techniques—necessary ...15 KB (2,354 words) - 19:04, 14 January 2023
- the language of the Qur'an) through conversion and cultural assimilation ... Ghassanid and Lakhmid kingdoms. With the conversion of the Himyarite kings ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- exile were called upon to change their religious beliefs more than once ... policy was to be generally tolerant of religious and political dissenters ...54 KB (8,435 words) - 08:15, 4 August 2022
- and denieth that wonderful and singular conversion of the whole substance ... Elizabeth I, as part of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, gave royal ...30 KB (4,681 words) - 02:14, 2 May 2023
- to a more inward focus as a result of a religious epiphany. ... Kierkegaard and Reinhold Niebuhr. His conversion influenced his work significantly ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 22:02, 3 May 2023
- with other former heads of state and religious leaders of diverse faiths ... since the bible continuously calls us to conversion and repentance, not to ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- prior to the king's well-publicized religious reforms (c.f., 2 Kings ... human history. Instead, it represents the religious aspirations of a society ...21 KB (3,366 words) - 19:07, 20 November 2023
- Cromwell was a religious man, and had a profound sense of divine destiny ... legacy, his re-admission of the Jews, his religious tolerance (albeit limited ...31 KB (4,911 words) - 00:22, 18 November 2022
- Reformation Church searched for authentic religious art with which to counter ... The realism returned with Caravaggio’s first paintings on religious ...56 KB (8,917 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- groups of mercenaries who disregarded the religious sides on several occasions ... were replaced by Arab Muslims. While the conversion to Islam was always encouraged ...48 KB (7,486 words) - 21:14, 23 July 2022
- influenced later American statesmen and religious leaders to see a divine ... made him one of the most influential religious leaders in America. Mather ...26 KB (3,857 words) - 08:24, 10 January 2024
- Martin Luther and Søren Kierkegaard. His religious studies portrayed a particular ... in general. By probing the dimensions of religious experience, Heidegger sought ...24 KB (3,594 words) - 16:31, 6 November 2022
- become a union territory because of its religious and cultural differences ... Spreading of Buddhism" importing religious ideas from north-west India ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- truth. In his extensive writing about religious pluralism, he argued that ... the margins of society but was not deeply religious at this period in his life. ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- "Jesuits") is a Roman Catholic religious order known for its rigorous ... influential in the pacification, religious conversion and education of the ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
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- that Saint Paul experienced his dramatic conversion experience. ... leading out of the city, near the tombs of religious figures. ...36 KB (5,471 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- comprises the pre-Christian legends and religious beliefs of the Scandinavian ... most vivid creation accounts in all of religious history and a representation ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg the conversion of poor sinners." ... constitute one of the most significant religious controversies of the twentieth ...15 KB (2,588 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
- 18, 2020. Also famous for his work on religious and political philosophy ... but he primarily concentrated on religious and philosophical subjects ...34 KB (5,166 words) - 17:56, 10 November 2022
- between administrative and religious authorities (known as shamans ... :Tombs of the seventeen century and a collection of religious art ...19 KB (2,779 words) - 06:44, 11 January 2024
- His conversion to Christianity perhaps took place about 197–198 ... basis. They gave a picture of the religious life and thought of the ...57 KB (8,333 words) - 20:17, 31 January 2024
- pertains to Vishnuvardhana's conversion from Jainism to Vaishnavism ... Category:Sites of religious pilgrimages 175025480 ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- statues, and other syncretic Romano-Egyptian religious symbols, burial niches and sarcophagi, as well as a large Roman-style banquet room, where memorial ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- an abyss, and that without an immediate conversion,” he felt that he “should ... “would admit that this sacrifice had a religious motive, because they considered ...28 KB (4,307 words) - 07:21, 16 June 2023
- a lacemaker. Both her parents were very religious. Louis had attempted to ... faith. She wrote of the delight at her conversion and the spiritual restlessness ...22 KB (3,790 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- the heart as well as the mind. His conversion experience on May 24, 1738 ... The First Great Awakening was a religious movement in the 1730s and ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- declared the settlement a place of religious freedom. Williams held ... from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views, settled at the tip ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- for their faith meant that burgeoning religious community found itself ... Indeed, visiting these ascetic exemplars provided religious seekers ...22 KB (3,506 words) - 20:42, 21 April 2023
- promoting social justice, fostering inter-religious work, and advocating respect ... Valdus, or Waldo, because he received his religious notions from the inhabitants ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- Though his lifestyle often belied his religious convictions, he nonetheless ... was deeply hurt by his daughter's conversion to Protestantism upon her ...26 KB (3,891 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- marriage vows, unprincipled ambition and religious imposture." ... English elite. Following England's conversion to Protestantism, Irish ...16 KB (2,466 words) - 01:09, 2 July 2020
- of human nature and misapplication of religious beliefs. Some Irish Catholics ... religion. Some Protestants insisted on conversion prior to giving any food ...20 KB (3,010 words) - 05:53, 30 November 2022
- Ashoka's (304-232 B.C.E.) mass conversion of his Mauryan empire to ... over the south. From this time forward, religious movements of the South ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 10:17, 26 January 2023
- set aside for personal avocations and religious devotions, hence the title ... poetic ideas. Certain sources also see a conversion of Boccaccio by Petrarch ...15 KB (2,382 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- The term cargo cult describes any new religious movement that owes ... Over the next fifty years, religious activity characterized as cargoist ...28 KB (4,339 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- heritage and sometimes enforcing conversion to Christianity. The cultural ... of Nantes, which offered a high degree of religious toleration for French Protestants ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- ), who were responsible for the religious and funerary practices ... According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Magi were the first religious ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- quality that goes beyond any mere religious dogma, but because of the ... be said that watching Bresson is to risk conversion away from the cinema. His ...22 KB (3,559 words) - 03:13, 15 December 2022
- with my fellow creatures, that which is religious, and that which is philosophical ... and the “Faraday constant” is the conversion factor that makes it possible ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 16:54, 9 November 2022
- was modelled after Confucianism, and the religious thinking was oriented toward ... still outlawed proselytizing for religious conversion, so the missionaries ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- is a word used in mythological or religious contexts to denote a being ... Serpents and trees also play a role in the religious stories and mythology ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- toward or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group ... distinct group, regardless of their religious practice, viewing them ...52 KB (8,069 words) - 12:28, 14 October 2023
- powers. Although it was ostensibly a religious conflict between Protestants ... tended to have overlapping political and religious loyalties. Now, it was ...41 KB (6,305 words) - 18:37, 30 April 2023
- female artists to paint historical and religious paintings, often including ... Other notable works from this period include The Conversion of the ...17 KB (2,585 words) - 10:58, 16 August 2023
- #039;s novels, and the third as a highly religious spokesman and writer of ... in his youth and remained so until his conversion to Christianity in 1931 ...27 KB (4,330 words) - 19:28, 24 November 2023
- While Christmas began as a religious holiday, it has appropriated ... under these laws. In spite of their conversion, they adapted many elements ...30 KB (4,439 words) - 14:09, 7 May 2024
- With Bohemia's conversion to Christianity in the ninth century ... the Church, staffed bishoprics, and other religious institutions. ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- was a Shi`i Muslim cleric and marja (religious authority), and the political ... Musa. For generations, they had been religious scholars and jurists. Khomeini ...50 KB (7,539 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- adapt to China's unique cultural and religious contexts and incorporate ... religion were loosened after the 1970s. Religious practices are still often ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- a sacred grove of trees used for Soninke religious rights. It also contained ... The war was justified as an act of conversion through military arms ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 23:55, 6 December 2022
- time they were at the beginning of their conversion." The last codices ... astronomical and astrological tables, and religious references. The specific ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- In exchange for conversion to Christianity and getting baptized the ... of the Table of Ranks, trial by jury, religious toleration, freedom of ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 20:28, 23 June 2020
- give to the periphrases his letters employ for conversion. ... with nations allied on either side of the religious spectrum. Gediminas ran ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 06:32, 18 April 2024
- Male circumcision is a religious commandment in Judaism, expected ... that the convert was insincere in his conversion, which was a capital crime. ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- themselves from mainstream society for religious reasons. They do not join ... Amish groups do not proselytize, and conversion to the Amish faith is rare ...35 KB (5,323 words) - 07:31, 25 July 2023
- nearly all Tibetan paintings were religious. Tibetan visual art consists ... century are dedicated to the depiction of religious subjects and subject matter ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- in Europe. These were understood as a religious duty to spread Islamic ... scholars stress the Ottoman history of religious toleration and suggest ...23 KB (3,403 words) - 05:56, 18 November 2022
- people who recognized his potential as a religious leader made many attempts ... As accounts of religious life in ancient Persia are limited and conflicting ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
