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Peddler of paradise.(Reverend Sun Myung Moon)
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Recently I witnessed a spectacle unlike anything I have seen in twenty years: a mass wedding celebrated by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. On April 27, 2002, in the ballroom of a large hotel on the fringe of America's capital, I watched as Moon formalized the wedding vows of--or so he claims--some 144,000 couples. What made the ceremony doubly striking was the claim that at least one partner of all the couples involved was a member of the clergy of a vast range of faiths and denominations.
The occasion inspired an overwhelming feeling of deja vu; just twenty years ago, ...
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Ancient Greek Religion.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian
; Ancient Greek Religion. By Jon D. Mikalson...therefore, Ancient Greek Religion is a primer written along...exceptions, especially as religion is an extremely conservative...classical culture, Greek religion is rooted in pre-Greek institutions, Minoan cult, and the ...
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Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, And Christianity, 100 BC to AD 200.(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch
; ...Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, And Christianity...become the Judeo-Christian religions of the western world. Christianity...Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, And Christianity...how it differed from the Greeks, and relationship of the...Animal ...
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A companion to Greek religion.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 9781405120548 A companion to Greek religion. Ed. by Daniel Ogden. Blackwell...archaeologists discuss various aspects of Greek religion during the archaic, classical...and magic; and intersections of Greek religion with literature, philosophy...
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Greek religion and culture, the Bible, and the ancient Near East.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 9789004164734 Greek religion and culture, the Bible, and the ancient...traditions into ancient Greece, uses Greek evidence to elucidate biblical stories...and the Near East and the influence of Greek culture on Hellenistic Judaism and emerging...
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PARISHIONERS SUE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH.(RELIGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; Byline: KEVIN ECKSTROM Religion News Service Lay activists in the Greek Orthodox Church filed suit in New York this week, accusing church leaders of imposing a harsh new constitution that ignores the...
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Greek East and Latin West (religion/history).(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch
; Greek East and Latin West (religion/history) Rev. Dr. Andrew Louth...Russian Orthodox priest Andrew Louth, Greek East and Latin West: The Church AD...Manzikert in 1071. Examining the "Greek East" and "Latin West" branches...
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READING THE BIBLE IN GREEK ENLIGHTENS WORK.(RELIGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...its most profound form, go back to the Greek language in which it was first penned...language. ``Reading it in its original Greek is like seeing the world in color...began teaching a four-month series on the Greek New Testament for members of his congregation...
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ENVIRONMENT-RELIGION: GREEK SOAP OPERA ON HIGH SEAS AMAZES GREENS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...Take a large helping of Greek politics, a healthy dose of religion, assorted stories about dying...the cruise ship Preveli. The Greek Orthodox Church hired the Preveli...and religious thinkers to the Greek island of Patmos to compare...
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Young voices in tune with church choir; Scholarship program helps attract new members to St. Sophia Greek Orthodox group.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...bring young people back to the St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church youth choir, membership...over a decade. To maintain and cultivate Greek culture, Serras and several other members...pride among young churchgoers in their Greek heritage and language, Serras said. These...
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LAY GROUP ASKS WIDER ROLE IN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...receptions, speeches, awards, concerts, dinners and other social events usually characterize national conventions of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas. But this time, something different is in the offing, and it may jar the customarily graceful...
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