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Spanish America
SPANISH AMERICA The missionary effort in the regions of the Americas controlled by Spain provided a pretext for converting peoples beyond the Mediterranean. The Catholic missionaries relied heavily on the efforts of Portuguese and other missionaries in the Old World as models for successfully... Read more |
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Hare Krishnas
Hare Krishnas , communalistic religious movement, officially known as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Founded in New York City (1966) by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977), the movement was based upon the philosophy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1533). He taught... Read more |
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Socialist Party of America
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Boy Scouts of America
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Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee
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Central America
Central America narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. Historically, geographers considered it to extend from the natural boundary of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, S Mexico, to... Read more |
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mescaline
mescaline Psychedelic drug obtained from the dried tops of the peyote cactus, Lophophora williamsii. In North America, mescaline is used in some Native American religious rites.... Read more |
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Miracles
MIRACLES. Miracles, miracle workers, and their stories are found in the life and literature of all ancient societies and are not limited to religious texts. In ancient Greece figures like Epimenides, Pythagoras, and Apollonius of Tyana were all renowned for working miracles. To this day, healing... Read more |
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orientation
orientation in architecture, the disposition of the parts of a building with reference to the points of the compass. From remote antiquity the traditional belief in the efficacy of religious ceremonials performed at dawn toward the rising sun has influenced the orientation of temples and other... Read more |
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Quakers
Quakers Sources Radical Roots. The Society of Friends, or Quakers as they are better known, have always stood apart from the mainstream of American religion. Because of this, they offer some important lessons about the range of religious beliefs and practices in early America. During the... Read more |
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Moral Majority
...Religious Right, in 1979.A...and pro‐America” political...and lesbian rights movement...indication of the Religious Right's imminent...Martin , With God on Our Side: The ... |
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Christian Coalition
...parental rights,” and prayer...maturation of the religious right was indisputable...Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement; Pentecostalism...William Martin , With God on Our Side: The Rise of the ... |
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With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America.
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America" is a six-hour documentary...often blatant activities of the Religious Right - that is, for this show...conservatives who ... |
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`GOD GULF' REVVING UP RELIGIOUS WARFARE HOWARD DEAN'S GRASP FOR FAITH AS...
...new round of religious warfare and...hypocrisy at home. America is riven today by a "God gulf" of distrust...with heartland religious values, and...Republicans to wage religious warfare by...empire can rise without ... |
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AMERICA WILL RISE AGAIN; Hurricanes, financial meltdown, ruinous wars - and a...
...constitutional right to life, liberty...consciousness of Middle America, even after the...destabilising blow to America's collective...a hallmark of America. My family connections...wealthy Upper East Side to the kind of...across class, ... |
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AMERICA WILL RISE AGAIN.(Editorial; Opinion, Columns)
...constitutional right to life, liberty...consciousness of Middle America, even after the...destabilising blow to America's collective...a hallmark of America. My family connections...wealthy Upper East Side to the kind of...across class, ... |
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The Religious Right and Politics; How Evangelicals Are Reshaping America
...nation under God," the United...20th century, religious conservatives...God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America" (beginning...growing civil rights ... |
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Fear of God
Fear of God [The Religious Test: Why...is a very religious country...to be as religious or as unreligious...of either side aspire to...case that America's tiny...they were to rise to the top...is clearly ... |
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The left finds its voice; As the religious left rises up, joining...
...the Christian right and reviving...crusades on civil rights and the Vietnam...the Christian right versus the secular...the flag of the religious left. In Minnesota...was on their side. The chorus of liberal religious voices ... |
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Interview with ''With God on Our Side'' producers Van...
...documentary ``With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America'' _ not for...could look at the religious right in America and get beynd...the ... |
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How 'hero' Blair could convert Middle America
...the seas rise, the skies...is probably right about his environmental...convert Middle America, the America that drives...muscular as Middle America. Public opinion...They worship God. The US is a religious ... |
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The Glorious Rise of Christian Pop: With big best sellers, new movies and...
...boot, sweating right through his...its music to God while goofing...On the mammon side, the rise of Christian...growing segment of America's religious population...directly to God, referred to...to sing ... |
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