YEAR 10 Religious Education ORAL Presentation Class Task Topic: “Sects and Cults” A cult is a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object. Cults are generally considered to be extremist of false‚ with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian‚ charismatic leader. One example of a cult is Scientology‚ created by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard‚ beginning in 1952 as a successor to his earlier self-help
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wanted to find a new value of their skin color in order to brake with old stereotypes. As E. Patrick Johnson states‚ during the time of Harlem Renaissance‚ blackness was perceived as a sort of a weapon to fight with the white dominance. During the time of slavery‚ African Americans were excluded from political and cultural life and‚ that is why‚ they decided to actively stand up against this subordination and exclusion (Johnson‚ 2003). 1.8. New Negro Movement New Negro Movement is a term coined
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Witness is a Cult September 7‚ 2010 HU300-11 Jehovah Witness is a Cult There are many different types of religions that are practiced on a daily basis. Each one of these religions believes their beliefs are correct and other religions are false religions. One certain religion that seems to be talked about the most is called Jehovah’s Witnesses. This religion seems to have more history of myths than any other religion out there. The witnesses have been stereotyped as being a cult. Some people
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groups of people such as homosexuals African Americans and women were changing in American. This movement taking place was called the movement to the New Left. The New Left is a political movement is often grouped in with the Hippie movement‚ meaning that it was a time period where America was challenged to widen their views and move away from the forms of the traditional thinking. The New Left movement changed America in significant ways. One way was the start of gay rights. In modern society‚ homosexuals
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themes to most of the world ’s religions. While subscribing to this philosophy‚ they also share another more sinister philosophy - that of extremism. We would like to look into the three major religions of Islam‚ Judaism and Christianity (including cults) and how that they all have a history of extremism and also extremist activity today. We would like to study why extremists believe what they do so we can better prepare for them. Islam Extremism Islamic history has been a product of culture and
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“Greek civilization was the daughter f the east‚ and Roman civilization was the product of Greek education” (Turcan‚ 2). The Cults of the Roman Empire by Robert Turcan tells the history of the cults of ancient Rome‚ ho they came into being‚ why people worshiped within their constraints and how they eventually branched out into new cults with borrowed deities and rules worship. This particular study is important and relevant today because it is an example of how everything in history evolves from
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Cult Activities and Psychological Manipulation Cultic activity is all around us and we don’t even know it. People around the world are being psychologically manipulated (brain washed) in these cults and they are not even aware of the control that someone has over them. As I checked out the links on the Ex-Cult Resource Center Website I found some very interesting information as well as the different types of cults‚ some religious and some not religious. It is sad that manipulation would
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with the thought of racism amongst African Americans. To name a few‚ African Americans experience racism through racial inequality‚ racial profiling‚ and police brutality. The Black Lives Matter Movement in particular brought the attention to police brutality in America. Known to be the new Civil Rights Movement‚ Black Lives Matter was created because of the injustice amongst people of color when it comes to police killings. According to the Guardian‚ blacks killed by police this year were more than
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Cult of the Virgin in the Gothic Era: Was there another side to the Virgin’s image? In the Gothic era‚ when it was popular for artist to create images and symbols of the Virgin Mary‚ began the Cult of the Virgin. Many artists focused on the Virgin Mary with Christ as the main topic in their art work. Did all the creations made of the Virgin portray her as good? Could some of the artists want to give a negative interpretation of the Virgin that could have only been seen through the artist’s eye
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put into the baby’s tongue. Gifts are given to the poor in thanks to Allah for the new child. After seven days‚ the Aqiqah ceremony occurs‚ which involves shaving the baby’s head‚ naming the child‚ and donating to the poor. For boys‚ after eight days Khitan (Circumcision) may take place. In some families‚ religion is ignored as parents are non- believers. In others‚ religion is central to their way of life: religious belief is passed on to the young person and rituals are observed. Prayer or meditation
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