THE VATICAN REPORT SECTS OR NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: A PASTORAL CHALLENGE May 3rd‚ 1986 FOREWORD In response to the concern expressed by Episcopal Conferences throughout the world‚ a study on the presence and activity of "sects‚" "new religious movements‚" [and] "cults" has been undertaken by the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity‚ the Secretariat for Non-Christians‚ the Secretariat for
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The New Age Movement Although the New Age movement is not technically a religion ‚ eight to nine percent of people that do not believe in organized religion find the New Age as their replacement. The New Age movement is very difficult to describe although not impossible. It is a complex sociological phenomenon that can be perceived in many ways. Basically‚ what another person sees‚ the other may not. The New Age movement is best understood as a network of networks. A network is an informal
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The New Age movement is hardly novel! Its philosophy is rooted in ancient traditions‚ often based on mystical experiences‚ each within a different context. | Anthropologically‚ there have always been (wo)men within "primitive" societies who were looked upon as possessing special knowledge and power. Medicine men‚ or shamans‚ had undergone a spontaneous catharsis‚ or were initiated and felt called upon to maintain contact with the spirit world for the clan. When communities became more complex
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Essay 2 The 1960s through the 1980s brought about much change in the United States as a new style of thinking changed the landscape of American culture. These changes were the result of a changing world in which a more educated and younger American population differed in ideology than that of the generation before them. Not everybody was happy with the social changes that occurred during this time. A group referred to as the “New Right”‚ which consisted of conservative business bigwigs‚ christian
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The causes of the influx of the new religious movements in Uganda New Religious Movement (NRM) New religious movement (NRM) is a term used to refer to a religious faith or an ethical‚ spiritual‚ or philosophical movement of recent origin that is not part of an established denomination‚ church‚ or religious body. The term NRM comprises a wide range of movements ranging from loose affiliations based on novel approaches to spirituality or religion to communitarian enterprises that demand a considerable
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cultural movement that extend over the 1920’s and defined African American literature. It caused an outburst of creativity in black artist and writers. It was influenced by African Americans migrating from the south seeking better opportunities. This movement was created to give blacks a voice and a place in society. This movement started a revolution one which change the discourse of blacks and helped reshape their culture. This movement was known as the New Negro Movement. Before the new negro movement
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Assess the view that cults‚ sects and New Age movements are fringe organisations that are inevitably short-lived and of little influence in contemporary society. (33 marks) There are in fact a range of debates about the nature of cults‚ sects and New Age movements. Some sociologists suggest that they are fringe organisations in the sense that they appeal to only a minority of the population‚ however Heelas found a large increase in New Age activity in his Kendal research. Other sociologists‚
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Tell me about your Lunar New Year In Chinese and many other Asian countries‚ people celebrate the Lunar New Year. With me‚ the Lunar new year is the most important holiday of the year when all of the family’s member gather together after a hard-working year. It’s 11.59 PM on December 30th in the Lunar Calendar. In just a minute‚ New Year’s Day began with a bang. Fireworks are displayed‚ all of my family drank champagne‚ kissed and hugged together. We all yelled “Happy New Year “-a word to say
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New Movements in the Visual Arts Something of the feverish activity in the visual arts during this period can be gauged by the sheer number of movements and styles that followed one another in rapid succession: Impressionism‚ post-Impressionism‚ Fauvism‚ and Expressionism‚ culminating in the birth of Cubism around the time of World War I. all of the movements form important stages in the transition from traditional artistic styles to present-day art‚ much of which rejects any attempt at Realism
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elsewhere‚ assess the view that most people today see spirituality and religious belief as purely private and personal matters. In society today religion can be seen in two different ways‚ as a private and personal matter or something to share with your community. Some sociologists would argue that religion and spirituality is a private matter because of televangelism‚ which is where people watch their religions services on television or go on online churches in the comfort and privacy of their own
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