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- of thought associated with and inspired by the ideas of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich ... Neo-Hegelianism was prominent in Great Britain and in the United States ...8 KB (1,042 words) - 16:16, 11 November 2022
- “One Who Yawns”; often spelled Goyathlay in English) (June 16, 1829 – ... Geronimo embodied the very essence of the Apache values—aggressiveness ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- (May 20, 1825 – November 5, 1921), was the first woman to be ordained ... The honor of being the first woman to be ordained as a Christian minister ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 06:47, 31 July 2023
- Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements ... Perjury is the giving of false testimony under oath. The word comes ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- Constitutional law is the foundational body of law of nation states ... These foundational or basic laws of states or organizations, guided ...11 KB (1,572 words) - 16:59, 21 April 2021
- The Four Freedoms are goals famously articulated by United States ... Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech represented a milestone in his ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 12:27, 22 May 2021
- theologian and writer on philosophy of religion and philosophy of history ... Troeltsch also laid the groundwork for an inclusive perspective on ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... Arguably the single most important piece of legislation passed by ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- years at Princeton University, he studied the cultures of Southeast Asia ... Clifford Geertz was born in San Francisco, California in 1926. He ...9 KB (1,225 words) - 22:06, 7 January 2024
- The Social Gospel is a Protestant Christian theological teaching that ... The foremost writer among proponents was the American Walter Rauschenbusch ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 21:44, 30 January 2023
- Obscenity is either the state of being lewd and indecent, or something ... Still, most societies regard the existence of standards defining what ...14 KB (2,133 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- Cao Dai (Cao Đài) is an Asian new religious movement that emerged ... The term Cao Đài is an abbreviation of the Vietnamese name for God ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom ranks second only to the Medal of ...9 KB (1,283 words) - 22:24, 30 November 2022
- The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- who popularized European evolution theory in the United States. He studied ... Both in his books and on the lecture platform, Fiske endeavored to ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 06:36, 8 April 2024
- Political asylum is the granting of refuge to an alien in a foreign ... nor is any state required to give it. In fact, most nations have extradition ...14 KB (2,186 words) - 00:16, 12 April 2023
- Won Buddhism, Wonbulgyo, a compound of the Korean won (circle) and ... Sotaesan) attained great enlightenment in 1916 and had a precognition ...8 KB (1,141 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- The Ramakrishna Mission ( রামকৃষ্ণ মিশন Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897, who in 1893, when he attended the ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- A blue law, in the United States and Canada, is a type of law designed ... ==Coining the term "Blue Law"== The term blue law may have ...11 KB (1,685 words) - 23:53, 11 January 2023
- organizations including Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, the ... Rebecca Gratz was born on March 4, 1781, in Lancaster, Pensylvannia ...8 KB (1,118 words) - 01:42, 8 December 2022
- Ethical Culture is a nontheistic religion established by Felix Adler ... In adhering to its social and moral imperatives, the Ethical Culture ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- educator, and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement. Henry David Thoreau. Adler found ethics as the common ground for and at the ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 01:59, 26 March 2024
- The Nuer are a people located primarily in southern Sudan along the ... The Nuer today face the challenges common to all traditional cultures ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 00:41, 17 November 2022
- and politician and a founding father of the United States. He served as ... He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- 1932), a Protestant, medical missionary from the United States, who later also ... Horace Newton Allen was born in Delaware, Ohio, on April 23, 1858 ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- : This article is about Dr. William Ellery Channing, the Unitarian ... Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court ... Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria. His family emigrated to the ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2024
- and ethnographer, famous for his work on the ethnology of religion and ... Paul Radin was born on April 2, 1883, in Lodz, Russia (today Poland ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:29, 23 November 2022
- Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868), was a member ... Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont on April 4, 1792. He suffered ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- Wovoka (c. 1856 - September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, ... of white ranchers, Wovoka was well versed in both the English language and ...9 KB (1,467 words) - 14:00, 20 May 2023
- 10, 1872) was a Governor of New York and United States Secretary of State ... Although Lincoln won the Republican presidential nomination over Seward ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- Federalist No. 5, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning ... Federalist No. 5 addresses the idea of states forming regional confederacies ...14 KB (1,988 words) - 01:54, 26 March 2024
- The Yoeme or Yaqui are a border Native American people who originally ... Throughout their history, the Yaqui remained separate from the Aztec ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- and his brother, Allen W. Dulles, directed the C.I.A.. As Eisenhower's ... was what became known as brinkmanship, the ability to get to the brink ...14 KB (1,941 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues ... The family unit is not only the site of reproduction of the human ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 00:38, 25 March 2024
- songwriter, and fiddler, who was known as the "King of the Hillbillies ... Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee, the third of five children ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America ... | death_place = Covington, Louisiana, United States of America ...9 KB (1,310 words) - 18:46, 17 April 2023
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote ... Born and raised a Methodist, Smith studied and practiced many of the ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- more than 26 years from 1944 until his death in 1971. His administration lasted ... Tubman was born in Harper, Liberia to the Reverend Alexander Tubman ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious ... Smart became widely known outside the academy, at least in Britain ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province ... a written constitution, and humane laws. At the time, Pennsylvania was the ...16 KB (2,612 words) - 10:39, 11 May 2023
- model. He was a close friend of the U.S. German-born theologian ... May is best known for his work on the human struggles of living in ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 02:44, 16 December 2022
- pioneer, soldier, and statesman. He was the seventh governor of Kentucky ... Born in South Carolina, Adair enlisted in the state militia and served ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 04:05, 3 August 2022
- established for charitable purposes only. The law favors charities because ... A charity goes beyond giving relief to the poor or homeless, extending ...17 KB (2,518 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... The word blasphemy is derived from the Middle English blasfemen, which ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- The Fugitive Slave Act was a federal law in the United States providing ... The Articles of Confederation of the New England Confederation of ...9 KB (1,324 words) - 07:11, 15 April 2024
- The phrase separation of church and state is a common interpretation ... The role of religion in American public life remains an unresolved ...29 KB (4,563 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- 1916) was an American educator, dedicated to the education of young children ... Susan Blow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, as the oldest of six children ...9 KB (1,286 words) - 23:57, 26 February 2023
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (abbreviated UDHR) is a ... Eleanor Roosevelt, first chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- like purposes, and often, especially in the past, serving ceremonial ... The history of friendly societies is entwined with benefit societies ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 06:44, 15 April 2024
- Murder is the unlawful and intentional killing of one human being ... and "fetal homicide" both involve the killing of an unborn fetus ...16 KB (2,487 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's ... Despite their diversity, rites of passage all serve the same purpose: ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- and briefly a politician who became the first woman to serve in the ... At 87 years of age, Felton is also the oldest freshman senator to ...12 KB (1,826 words) - 01:42, 8 December 2022
- a wave of creative experimentation in modern dance. She and her husband, Ted Shawn, founded the influential dance school ...12 KB (1,963 words) - 23:52, 21 August 2022
- was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ... The Supreme Court overturned Griswold's conviction and invalidated ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 05:50, 25 February 2023
- was an artist, poet and writer. He was born in Lebanon and spent much of his ... ==Youth in Lebanon== According to his relative of the same name, the ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 03:34, 6 October 2022
- Advent (from the Latin Adventus, "coming," sc. Redemptoris ... Advent (and adventism) has its roots in Hebrew and Christian prophetic ...6 KB (941 words) - 06:21, 15 June 2023
- James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was a member of the ... Monroe was a popular president who ran unopposed for a second term ...18 KB (2,572 words) - 16:07, 8 February 2023
- |region1 = United States (New York) |region2 = United States (North Carolina) |pop1 = ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 00:36, 3 May 2023
- an eminent theologian and religious scholar in the German Protestant tradition ... Born in Peine (near Hanover), Rufolf Otto attended the Gymnasium Adreanum ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- for public office. Landon was a key figure in the United States Republican ... Landon was born in 1887, to John Manuel and Anne Mossman Landon. The ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 16:52, 20 July 2023
- |region2 = United States (New York, Oklahoma) |pop2 = ... The Cayuga were members of a powerful confederacy of tribes of the ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:34, 3 December 2023
- theory. Regarded as a founder of sociology in the United States, he believed ... Ross studied human nature in detail, regarding human beings as essential ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- right|William Blackstone as illustrated in his Commentaries on the Laws ... an English jurist and professor who produced the historical and analytic treatise ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- concern for monetary profit. NPOs are active in a wide range of areas, including ... Since those involved in running a non-profit organization must pursue ...18 KB (2,646 words) - 09:59, 11 March 2023
- The Ghost Dance was a religious movement that began in 1889 and was ... First performed in accordance with Wilson's teachings among the ...15 KB (2,439 words) - 18:46, 8 December 2022
- 26, 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined the Massachusetts ... that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 06:42, 27 February 2023
- October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was among the first female attorneys in ... Until her death in 1917, she worked tirelessly on behalf of the Universal ...11 KB (1,718 words) - 08:56, 27 September 2023
- a Confederate general who was once a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and ... Polk was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1806 to Sarah and William ...10 KB (1,572 words) - 08:03, 6 March 2023
- 1873) was an American educator who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America ... William Holmes McGuffey was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 18:23, 17 April 2023
- is commonly associated with Neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement. After being educated in both Europe and the United States, Brunner ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 08:14, 31 December 2020
- educator, and author, widely recognized as the founder of Reform Judaism ... Born in Bohemia, Wise was educated in Prague and Vienna, receiving ...16 KB (2,521 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
- his 1980 campaign, she was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United ... Jeane Duane Jordan was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of an ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- ; ca 1897 – October 23, 2003) was the youngest of the three Soong ... Her experiences in the United States made her an able spokeswoman ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- philosopher. Tillich was one of the most influential Protestant ... Paul Tillich appeared on the scene at the beginning of the twentieth ...22 KB (3,350 words) - 01:34, 23 November 2022
- Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 – August 4, 1886) was the ... Tilden was born in New Lebanon in New York State. He studied at New ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 20:20, 1 December 2023
- #039;s Party, Woman’s Peace Party, and the American Civil Liberties Union ... Crystal Eastman was born on June 25, 1881 in Marlborough, Massachusetts ...12 KB (1,773 words) - 06:32, 11 January 2024
- Category:Philosophy and religion Cell church refers to a church structure based on the regular gathering ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- not only as a skilled aviator but also as the first African American woman ... by racial and gender discrimination in early twentieth-century America ...9 KB (1,369 words) - 17:27, 29 September 2023
- Intermarriage is the marriage between two people of different backgrounds ... group. Whether that group is defined by religion, race, or other difference ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- historian and writer] He was a champion of the nineteenth-century ideals ... Tocqueville's insights into what made the United States successful ...22 KB (3,185 words) - 06:41, 20 July 2023
- The Westminster Confession of Faith is a reformed confession of faith ... In 1643, the English Parliament called upon "learned, godly, ...10 KB (1,440 words) - 17:22, 4 May 2023
- reference to its rites and ceremonies. Used in a more pejorative sense, cult ... During the twentieth century, groups referred to as "cults" ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:44, 11 January 2024
- Mambo is a Cuban musical form and dance style. The word mambo ("conversation ... The fusion of swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Secretary ... Born to a wealthy New York family long involved in Republican politics ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- Parochial school is a term used (particularly in the United States ... who desire their children to be educated in a God-centered environment ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2022
- [[Image:Village school in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan.jpg|thumb ... Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 22:24, 7 January 2024
- by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer in the sixteenth century, and ... Calvinism is also known for some notable experiments in Christian ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 18:38, 25 November 2023
- chemist and industrialist who emmigrated to the United States in 1799 and ... has had a major impact on American affairs. The DuPont Company was a major ...10 KB (1,478 words) - 21:44, 29 December 2021
- | religion = Buddhist |}} 1960-1965, 1970-1977 and 1994-2000, and was the world's first female ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- social worker who specifically focused on the advancement of child welfare ... One of four children, Grace Abbott was raised in a home environment ...7 KB (998 words) - 12:14, 24 January 2023
- A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society ... While the distinction between a "civil war" and a "revolution ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- A state religion (also called an official religion, established church ... The degree and nature of state backing for a denomination or creed ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- Singer was a well-known proponent of the idea that New Religious Movements ... Her research garnered the attention of respected psychological institutions ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 04:08, 6 November 2022
- – April 14, 1925) was a renowned turn-of-the century portrait painter, ... In addition to painting two United States presidents - Theodore Roosevelt ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- Anglicanism (from Anglia, the Latin name for England) describes the ... Anglicanism has its roots in the Celtic Christianity of the earliest ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 05:52, 28 July 2023
- The United States Bill of Rights consists of the first 10 amendments ... The Bill of Rights also restricts Congress' power by prohibiting ...36 KB (5,472 words) - 11:52, 3 May 2023
- – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived ... Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and attended ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- Clare Boothe Luce (April 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was a United ... from inauspicious beginnings to success in fields traditionally dominated ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- He was born British, and died a resident in England. He held elected positions ... Benjamin was born a British subject in Christiansted, Saint Croix ...16 KB (2,409 words) - 06:37, 28 February 2023
- (March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the twelfth United States Attorney ... Unlike Marshall, who had supported a broad role for the federal government ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:33, 16 April 2023
- The year 1992 marked the centennial of the beginning of the Donghak ... Japan also sent troops, unrequested, leading to the outbreak of the ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- |region1 = United States (New York) |pop1 = |ref1 = ... #039;io, Kahni'kwi'io, Other Indigenous Religion ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- Greek: Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο) is the study of differences and similarities ... As the world becomes smaller in traveling time, and larger in legal ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- civil-rights activist, a field secretary of the National Association for the ... July 2, 1925, near Decatur, Mississippi, as the third of four children of ...13 KB (2,037 words) - 03:55, 9 November 2022
- coeducational, liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded ... For Vassar graduates, both men and women, to advance the world of ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 14:40, 3 May 2023
- economist. Tobin advocated and developed the ideas of Keynesian economics ... foreign exchange transactions, now known as the "Tobin tax." This ...10 KB (1,470 words) - 08:52, 1 April 2024
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was ... During his tenure as president, Roberts pushed for European and United ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- socialist, and journalist. She worked with the National Consumers League ... Mary White Ovington was born on April 11, 1865 in Brooklyn, New York ...10 KB (1,387 words) - 16:15, 7 November 2022
- She believed that children lacked the experience needed to make ... Beecher was born in East Hampton, New York, the oldest of 13 children ...8 KB (1,133 words) - 00:09, 1 December 2023
- Cinco de Mayo in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May" ... In the United States in particular, as well as other countries worldwide ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- Jewish Rabbi, theologian, historian of religion and a leader of Progressive ... During World War I, Baeck served as an army chaplain in the German ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 20:03, 25 October 2022
- |caption=Basketweaver of the Yurok people |poptime=5,000+ ... The Yurok, whose name means "downriver people," are Native ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- and orator who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives ... While never rising to the presidency, Clay became perhaps the most ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- | nationality = United States | period = | genre = Literary fiction ... an American Jewish author and rabbi. Two of the themes that dominate his work ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 00:12, 4 December 2023
- 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a leading United States senator, vice president ... nationalist, favoring war with Britain in 1812 and a vast program of ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 16:58, 5 April 2024
- :This article is about the publisher and soldier. For the United States ... 30, 1917) was an American newspaper mogul, the owner and editor-in-chief ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 20:43, 29 January 2022
- political essay written by John Jay. It was the second of The Federalist Papers ... Federalist No. 2 established the premise of nationhood that would ...20 KB (2,888 words) - 01:53, 26 March 2024
- Indian culture. Cushing was an expert on the process of making various ... Cushing's work provided unique insights into the lives of the ...10 KB (1,434 words) - 05:03, 9 April 2024
- Apostasy is the formal renunciation of one's religion. One who ... Apostasy is distinguished from heresy in that the latter refers to ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- 11, 1925 – September 6, 2002) was one of the best known English social ... |right|250px|Michael Argyle suggested the idea that social skills ...16 KB (2,228 words) - 10:37, 10 March 2023
- was a ary statesman and patriot, leader in colonial Virginia's House ... Henry is remembered in history for his ringing "Give me liberty ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 16:44, 21 November 2022
- main_interests = Democracy, Race, Philosophy of religion, Ethics| ... University, West became a professor of Religion and director of African ...19 KB (2,834 words) - 03:31, 8 January 2024
- Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the twenty ... Harrison presidency was notable for the dramatic geographical expansion ...14 KB (2,048 words) - 09:55, 28 September 2023
- an early and courageous proponent of the separation of church and state ... A religious separatist, Williams questioned the right of the colonists ...17 KB (2,483 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- Flag of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Oklahoma [[Image:Flag of the Sac and Fox Nation.svg|none|200px]] ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- Falun Gong (Chinese: 法轮功: meaning "Practice of the Wheel ... immediate acclaim and nominated twice as the "Star Qigong School" ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He ... Hull was born in a log cabin in Olympus, which is now part of Pickett ...16 KB (2,419 words) - 03:02, 8 January 2024
- Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth ... While Fillmore is considered by many as one of the lesser United States ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 17:59, 9 November 2022
- Christian Science Monitor, The The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper ...9 KB (1,395 words) - 15:32, 30 April 2023
- Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... down, derived from custom or implied. In the United States and most ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- most well known for his work and involvement in the American Civil Liberties ... Hays was born in Rochester, New York. His father and mother, both ...9 KB (1,434 words) - 05:44, 9 January 2023
- The Northeastern United States, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau ... The first Europeans to settle New England landed in present-day Massachusetts ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum mechanics ... Paul Dirac was born in Bristol, England and grew up in the Bishopston ...20 KB (2,926 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- main_interests = Pragmatism, Psychology, Psychology of Religion, Epistemology ... notable_ideas = The “will to believe” doctrine, the pragmatic ...19 KB (2,743 words) - 00:33, 21 May 2023
- officer and explorer. Fremont mapped most of the Oregon Trail and climbed the ... Fremont was the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office ...16 KB (2,336 words) - 16:59, 5 April 2024
- Bannock is a form of flat bread, the same thickness as a scone cooked ... Adopted into Native American culture, the bannock has become popular ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 07:26, 20 September 2023
- The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations ... Methodism originated in England in the eighteenth century, among a ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- was an American statesman and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State ... his speech on U.S. policy toward Asia before the National Press Club in January ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- Number 10) is an essay by James Madison and the tenth of the Federalist Papers ... No. 10 addresses the question of how to guard against "factions ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 01:53, 26 March 2024
- February 21, 1919) was an American pioneer in the areas of feminism, abolitionism ... One of the first women in the country to be awarded a medical degree ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 16:01, 7 November 2022
- ; April 4, 1931 in Kaunas, Lithuania – June 12, 1999 in Chicago ... A brilliant scholar, he invested greatly in his students, brought ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 00:03, 9 January 2023
- and sociologist, a leading thinker of the Frankfurt School/critical ... with Adorno, and extended his analysis to the criticism of the western civilization ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- historically, a form of interpersonal status in which a man and a woman are ... However, common-law marriage is becoming a thing of the past. It is ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 00:09, 8 January 2024
- Freedom of speech is the ability to speak without censorship or limitation ... Freedom of speech is a key factor in the spread of information in ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- economist, a pioneer of Christian socialism in America, and one of the leaders ... Richard Theodore Ely was born in Ripley, New York, as the eldest of ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- #039;s immediate social group respectively. The two words also refer to the ... exogamous or endogamous rules concerning the selection of marriage partners ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 21:17, 26 May 2015
- congressman, and sixth president of the United States. The son of ... As secretary of state in the administration of James Monroe, Adams ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 03:49, 3 May 2024
- an American artist and illustrator. He was the star pupil of Howard Pyle ... In 1911 he gained national recognition with his illustrations for ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 22:57, 10 November 2022
- Mount Shasta, a 14,179-foot (4,322-meter) stratovolcano, is the second ... stands some 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) above the surrounding area. ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- The Baptist Church is a Christian denomination—or group of denominations—that ... The focus of Baptist church services is the proclamation of the Gospel ...25 KB (3,609 words) - 07:57, 20 September 2023
- Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite ˤAmmurāpi, "the kinsman is ... A great literary revival followed. One of the most important works ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 17:00, 21 January 2024
- In sociology, conflict theory states that society or an organization ... it is questionable whether this represents the ideal human society. Although ...10 KB (1,445 words) - 08:14, 14 January 2023
- Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft ... Taft was the grandson of Attorney General and Secretary of War Alphonso ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental ... The European Convention is still the only international human rights ...32 KB (4,886 words) - 04:33, 23 March 2024
- American sociologist. He was a member of the Chicago school of sociology ... As a member of the Jewish immigrant minority, Wirth understood first ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- The Caduceus, also known as the wand of Hermes, was a symbol of the ... The caduceus is sometimes used as a symbol for medicine, especially ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- Weed is a term for any plant growing in a setting where it is not ... Weeds may be unwanted because they are unsightly, or they limit the ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 22:25, 11 June 2020
- Stephen Arnold Douglas nicknamed the "Little Giant" (April ... As chairman of the Committee on Territories, Douglas dominated the ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 19:58, 9 February 2023
- diplomat, and jurist, best known as the first Chief Justice of the ... Considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 22:16, 31 October 2023
- The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region ... intertwining many different traditions. The southern and central parts ...21 KB (2,995 words) - 02:46, 15 August 2023
- other herbs or plants are used or added and the leaves are usually bound with ... and it has been practiced all over the world, its modern incarnation ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great (c. 958 – July 15, 1015, Berestovo ... The illegitimate son of Prince Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Vladmir consolidated ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- educator, diplomat, and politician during the Meiji and Taishō periods ... and students. He was critical of the increasing militarism in Japan ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- The Peace of Westphalia refers to the pair of treaties (the Treaty ... The peace as a whole is often used by historians to mark the beginning ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 19:34, 15 August 2023
- Thomas Helwys, (c. 1575 – c. 1616), was one of the joint founders ... In 1612, Helwys published the first plea for religious liberty in ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 21:16, 30 April 2023
- The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain ... The Rocky Mountains are commonly defined to stretch from the Liard ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- The Kaabah, Kaaba or Ka'bah (Arabic: الكعبة meaning: "Cube ... Muslims face the Ka'bah during their daily prayers. In the Hajj ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 21:48, 4 October 2022
- a Dutch theologian and (from 1603) professor in theology at the University ... In his early years Arminius affirmed the traditional Calvinist view ...11 KB (1,626 words) - 08:08, 18 March 2024
- The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington ... The neoclassical building was designed by John Russell Pope and completed ...9 KB (1,344 words) - 04:39, 31 July 2022
- [[Image:Beit Sur1.jpg|thumb|320px|Beth-Zur, one of the sites in the ... archaeologist, known as a key figure of the twentieth century biblical ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions ... common religious tradition or communion. In particular, the Eastern Orthodox ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- Category:Philosophy and religion Day, Dorothy [[Image:Dorothy Day, ... The Servant of God Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, ...16 KB (2,524 words) - 17:27, 30 January 2024
- Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the ... John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807, the second ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- The sociology of religion is primarily the study of the practices ... Historically, sociology of religion was of central importance to sociology ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- Deprogramming is the process of removing a person thought to be under ... Supporters of deprogramming portray the practice as an antidote to ...23 KB (3,474 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- Red Jacket (c. 1750 - January 20, 1830), known as Otetiani in his ... Red Jacket urged neutrality during the American Revolutionary War ...21 KB (3,357 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, commonly called the Thirty-Nine ... Established by Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction ...23 KB (3,516 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- cactus whose native region extends from the southwestern United States ... Although illegal in most jurisdictions, its use continues today, especially ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 02:54, 24 November 2022
- that contains tabular information in a particular field organized ... The calendar is not only a tool for organizing information and dates ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- a woman agrees to become pregnant for the purpose of gestating and giving ... Surrogacy has a long history, but was not formally recognized until ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 13:57, 28 April 2023
- In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country ... The modern state is relatively new to human history, emerging after ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
- intelligence officer who coordinated the Central Intelligence Agency ... However, the Shah's regime was oppressive and rode roughshod ...16 KB (2,440 words) - 22:33, 3 March 2023
- |region1 = United States (Wisconsin, New York) |pop1 = ... #039;kwi'io, Christianity, Longhouse Religion, Other Indigenous Religion ...23 KB (3,568 words) - 00:38, 18 November 2022
- The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, ... Liberia has recently been afflicted by two civil wars, the Liberian ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- Chastity is a virtue concerning the state of purity of the mind and ... because they are spiritually damaging to the individual and because they ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 5 December 2023
- famous for their study Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture ... Robert Lynd was born on September 26, 1892, in New Albany, Indiana ...13 KB (1,965 words) - 02:18, 16 December 2022
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- |region1 = United States -->(New York, Oklahoma)--> ... The Seneca are a group of indigenous people native to North America ...28 KB (4,085 words) - 15:59, 26 October 2023
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- The Platonic Academy originated as Plato's school of philosophy ... Scholars distinguish the Old Academy (Plato and his immediate successors ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth president of the United ... Taylor was born in Orange County, Virginia on November 24, 1784. He ...16 KB (2,480 words) - 10:32, 7 June 2023
- Hazrat Inayat Khan (July 5, 1882 – February 5, 1927) was the founder ... (he was a great-grandson of Tipu Sultan, the famous eighteenth century ...13 KB (2,071 words) - 19:28, 6 September 2022
- with Charlie Parker, was a major figure in the development of bebop, or ... and gifted improviser, building on the style of trumpeter Roy Eldridge ...17 KB (2,671 words) - 09:19, 15 January 2023
- writer, political philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the United ... Adams was born in Boston to Mary Fifield and Samuel Adams, Sr., Samuel ...14 KB (2,136 words) - 02:17, 23 December 2022
- – November 18, 1886) was a politician of the United States who served as ... Arthur had been Collector of Customs for the Port of New York. He was appointed ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- The Modoc are a Native American people who originally lived in the ... Historically, the Modoc are most known for the Modoc War between a ...23 KB (3,542 words) - 12:59, 10 March 2023
- He was the son of Theodore, a Roman nobleman. He reigned for longer ... He may have been the first Pope to refer to the Donation of Constantine ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- physicist and mathematician. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in ... Wigner is important for having laid the foundation for the theory ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 04:15, 23 March 2024
- – August 27, 1988, Ithaca, New York, United States) was a distinguished ... Black was born in Azerbaijan but grew up in London, England, where ...9 KB (1,265 words) - 00:54, 9 November 2022
- [[Image:Vestal.JPG|thumb|right|300px|In Roman times, the Vestal Virgins ... Virginity is a term used to describe the state of never having engaged ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- witch"; feminine wicce), also known as the "Old Religion," ... existed for thousands of years, originating in the pre-Christian Paganism ...23 KB (3,499 words) - 18:43, 4 May 2023
- historian, and political activist from the Yankton Sioux tribe of South ... During the time when predominantly black-white civil rights issues ...27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- Racial segregation is the separation, either by law or by action, ... by separation of people of different races in daily life when both are doing ...23 KB (3,411 words) - 22:42, 7 December 2022
- Similar to classification systems used in biology, bibliographic classification ... Library classification forms part of the field of library and information ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- The Apostles' Creed (Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum) is an early ... The Apostles' Creed was esteemed as an example of the apostles ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 15:52, 11 August 2023
- |popplace=United States (Oklahoma) |rels=Christianity, other ... The Pawnee (also Paneassa, Pari, Pariki) are a Native American tribe ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 01:45, 23 November 2022
- Reform Judaism refers to the spectrum of beliefs, practices, and institutions ... It is characterized by a liberal attitude toward the Jewish law and ...19 KB (2,867 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- Bacon is any of certain cuts of meat taken from the sides, belly, ... Bacon, like ham, which also derives from the pig, has been a common ...17 KB (2,674 words) - 05:35, 26 August 2023
- [[Image:Totem_Park_pole_1.jpg|thumb|right|100px|A totem pole located ... Derived from the term "ototeman" in the Ojibwe language ...20 KB (3,178 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- The potato plant (Solanum tuberosum) is a member of the Solanaceae ... Potatoes are the world's most widely grown tuber crop, and the ...20 KB (3,010 words) - 05:53, 30 November 2022
- The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 01:22, 3 May 2023
- – December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). He ... One of the most capable Native American opponents the United States ...13 KB (2,097 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- and theologian who is considered one of the most important philosophers ... Charles Hartshorne (pronounced, "harts-horn") was born in ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 19:09, 4 December 2023
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- 10, 1957 - May 2, 2011) was a founder of the militant Islamist al-Qaeda ... Bin Laden's name is transliterated in several ways. Most English ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- Heimdall is the sentry of Asgard and a member of the Aesir (the gods ... In some scholarly accounts, parallels have been drawn between Heimdall ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- and playwright. He has been called, “the conscience of his generation” ... to religious fundamentalism. During the “speakeasy” decade of ...15 KB (2,252 words) - 22:29, 29 January 2023
- The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Churches in full communion ... The Eastern Catholic Churches were located historically in Eastern ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- Deism (from Latin: deus = God) refers to the eighteenth-century movement ... In France, on the other hand, Deism in the person of Voltaire took ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 09:13, 28 January 2024
- support to other organizations, or provide the sole source of funding for ... A philanthropic foundation is a way to live for the sake of others ...18 KB (2,622 words) - 14:49, 28 March 2023
- The Helsinki Final Act, Helsinki Accords, or Helsinki Declaration ... On the other hand, by signing the document, the Soviet Union had also ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 17:19, 6 February 2022
- neoclassical economist, a pioneer of the marginalist revolution in ... Clark sought to discover economic relationships, such as the relationship ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 07:36, 5 April 2024
- vocal advocate of gender equality, the wife of abolitionist Henry ... Stone was born on the August 13, 1818, on her family's Massachusetts ...11 KB (1,805 words) - 02:36, 5 November 2022
- 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was one of the foremost astronomers in American ... Born the son of John P. Hubble, an insurance executive in Marshfield ...14 KB (2,031 words) - 23:56, 12 February 2024
- July 17, 1887) was an activist on behalf of the indigent insane. She created ... Dorothea Lynde Dix was born in the tiny frontier village of Hampden ...13 KB (2,071 words) - 09:38, 15 January 2023
- Völund is a mythical smith-god of the Nordic and Germanic peoples ... heroic sacrifice, and epic battles. In the history of northern Europe ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States ... The U.S. Constitution is the oldest written national constitution ...45 KB (6,615 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- and sociologist who is considered one of the founders of the modern "antipo ... While the twentieth century in many ways proved him correct, stronger ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) married into the Kennedy family and together ... Rose Kennedy raised children who sought to serve the greater purpose: ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:16, 16 December 2022
- long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, which begins ... The foundations of the modern world derive from the Classic Age as ...12 KB (1,801 words) - 12:38, 5 May 2024
- Jewish men, although some men and women in the egalitarian Conservative ... According to the Talmud, a Jewish man is required to cover his head ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- writer, lecturer, and social reformer during the early 1900s. She was born ... Gilman was born Charlotte Anna Perkins in Hartford, Connecticut, the ...12 KB (1,666 words) - 00:42, 5 December 2023
- The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes by which ... to 100,000 people escaped enslavement via the Underground Railroad, though ...21 KB (3,294 words) - 01:36, 3 May 2023
- Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and ranks sixth in ... metropolitan area was the fifth-largest in the United States. A commercial ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- prolific author. He taught at Pomona College in Claremont, California from ... and religious arenas, including the Unification Church, founded ...15 KB (2,047 words) - 10:33, 11 April 2024
- Cardinal József Mindszenty (March 29, 1892 - May 6, 1975) was the ... An opponent of both Fascism and Communism, he was elevated to the ...12 KB (1,708 words) - 21:45, 4 October 2022
- The Midwestern United States (or Midwest) refers to the north-central ... The Census Bureau divides this region into the East North Central ...28 KB (4,092 words) - 10:57, 10 March 2023
- and educator, most famous for his roles as the founder of Conservative Judaism ... Schechter came to England as a tutor of the future leader of Progressive ...13 KB (1,934 words) - 01:02, 4 February 2023
- Islam, and Sikhism. Within Christianity, the practice derives from the ... The religious act of foot-washing is also practiced in Islam and Sikhism ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- igneous intrusion or volcanic neck located in the Black Hills in northeastern ... The Antiquities Act, granting the President authority to restrict ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- or practical ethical questions during the early part of the twentieth ... Because of the complexity of each ethical issue, a philosopher often ...12 KB (1,559 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- Cosmopolitanism is the idea that all of humanity belongs to a single ... different nations. A person who adheres to the idea of cosmopolitanism in ...12 KB (1,700 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- studies on Pueblo Indians are regarded as the most comprehensive work on ... Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons was born on November 27, 1875, in ...11 KB (1,553 words) - 17:40, 13 February 2024
- generally attribute omnipotence only to God. In the philosophies of Western ... There are a variety of views of omnipotence, and the five most representative ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 00:37, 18 November 2022
- Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth ... Johnson was a United States Senator from Tennessee at the time of ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 17:51, 27 July 2023
- A goat is a member of the genus Capra of the bovid (Bovidae) family ... The domestic goat is descended from the wild goat, Capra aegagrus ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of ... The longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history, Marshall ...23 KB (3,437 words) - 06:32, 3 August 2022
- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
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