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| Â | Encyclopedia: List of religious organizations |
 | | A new religious movement or NRM is a religious, ethical, or spiritual grouping of fairly recent origin which is not part of an established religion and has not yet become recognised as a standard denomination, church, or religious body. | | | Religious organizations can be classified in many different ways, like organizational structure, teachings, source of inspiration, origins, their age, acceptance by society, intensity of controversy surrounding the organization, number of adherents etcetera. | | | The THC Ministry, founded by Roger Christie from the Religion of Jesus Church, is a religion which considers cannabis to be a sacrament. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-religious-organizations
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| | Amazingly Asheville - A Religious Guide List of area churches and religious organizations by denomination. | | | Religious Registered Organizations Alphabetical list of all religious registered student organizations with contact information and web site links. | | | Religious organizations can be classified in many different ways, like organizational structure, teachings, source of inspiration, origins, their age, acceptance by society, intensity of controversy surrounding the organization, number of adherents etcetera. |
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http://www.serebella.com/encyclopedia/article-List_of_religious_organizations.html
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| Â | New Religious Movement Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ HigherPower.org |
| | A new religious movement or NRM is a religious, ethical, or spiritual grouping of fairly recent origin which is not part of an established religion and has not yet become recognised as a standard denomination, church, or religious body. | | | Disaffected former members of these organizations have worked to expose what they believe is the "truth" about the groups in question, though the methods used by some of these former members have been known to be polemic, hostile and verbally abusive. | | | Some scholars, especially in sociology of religion, use the term "new religious movement" to refer to any non-mainstream religion, while others use "new religious movement" for the majority of benign alternative religions and reserve "cult" to label groups—whether religious, psychotherapeutic, political or commercial—they believe to be extremely manipulative and exploitative. |
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http://higherpower.org/encyclopedia/New_religious_movement
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| Â | Adherents.com: Largest Religious Bodies |
| | This list is only an attempt to list religious bodies, that is, organizations which have a recognized, central leadership or convention, and a body of individual members or adherents. | | | Also, this is not a list of world religions or branches of religions. | | | Some religious bodies are mostly regional but are not part of a broader formal global communion representing their movement precisely: the great majority of their branches are located in a limited region, and there are no separate "sister churches" in other parts of the world. |
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| Â | Religion - InformationBlast |
| | This may reflect a large-scale disillusionment with organized religion that is occurring in much of the Western world (see Religion in Modernity). | | | Shamanistic religions are a broad category of religions based around worship of ancestors or spirits rather than "Gods." Shamanistic religions typically are limited to small geographical areas and rarely achieve national or international organization. | | | Most western discussion of religion tends to emphasize the formal aspects of religion, such as the organization of its institutions, ritual forms of worship, and the nature of its deities. |
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| Â | Religious Organizations - |
| | The ADA's exemption of religious organizations is very broad, encompassing a variety of situations. | | | engaged in operating religious organizations, such as churches, religious temples, and monasteries... | | | Learn a religious prayer with The Four Spiritual Laws of Christianity. |
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http://organizations.fabug.com/index.php?k=Religious-Organizations
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| | Discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs is illegal. | | | To enjoy the benefits of this regime, religious organizations must be entered in the Register of Religious Entities maintained by the General Directorate of Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Justice, which is updated regularly. | | | Their list of concerns includes public financing, expanded tax exemptions, improved media access, removal of Catholic symbols from some official military acts, and fewer restrictions on opening new places of worship. |
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http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24434.htm
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| Â | NCSE Resource |
| | We concur with judicial rulings that the teaching of the religious beliefs of the creationists in the public school science curriculum is unconstitutional. | | | Uphold religious neutrality in public education, oppose all government mandated or sponsored prayers, devotional observances, and religious indoctrination in public schools; and oppose efforts to compromise the integrity of public school teaching by the introduction of sectarian religious doctrines, such as "scientific creationism," and by exclusion of educational materials on sectarian grounds. | | | Opponents of the Act, including religious leaders, educators, and scientists, challenged the constitutionality of the Act in the federal courts (McLean v Arkansas Board of Education) and in 1982 the law was declared unconstitutional. |
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http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/4650_statements_from_religious_orga_3_13_2001.asp
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| Â | Church of Scientology: Information From Answers.com |
| | It is my strongly held religious belief that all mental problems are spiritual in nature and that there is no such thing as a mentally incompetent person — only those suffering from spiritual upset of one kind or another dramatized by an individual. | | | There are many independently-chartered organizations and groups which are staffed by Scientologists, and pay licence fees for the use of Scientology technology and trademarks under the control of Scientology management. | | | Although Religious Technology Center is a separate corporation from the Church of Scientology International, whose president and chief spokesperson is the Reverend Heber Jentzsch, Miscavige is the effective leader of the religion. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/church-of-scientology
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| Â | Interfaith Dialogue: the source book |
| | So whether you are new to interfaith dialogue or you’ve been in the field for years, What the World Needs to Know about Interfaith Dialogue …is a critical tool to help you work in harmony with people of other faiths. | | | So, if a devout Jew is meeting with a pious Muslim, the technique shows how you build genuine bridges of understanding and unity between them. | | | The product of 25 years of research and practice, What the World Needs to Know about Interfaith Dialogue, is a comprehensive ebook that covers virtually every aspect of dialogue between diverse religious groups. |
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| Â | Learn more about Mysticism in the online encyclopedia. |
| | Elements of mysticism are present in many religions and philosophies. | | | Examples of major traditions and philosophies with strong elements of mysticism are Vedantic Hinduism, Tibetan and Zen Buddhism, the Christian Gnostic sect(s), the Eastern Orthodox hesychasm, the Sufi school of Islam, the Judaic Kabbalah and many aspects of the New Age movement. | | | Some mystics claim that there is a common thread of influence in all mystic philosophies that is traceable back to a shared source. |
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http://www.onlineencyclopedia.org/m/my/mysticism.html
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| Â | NEWS OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICT & INTOLERANCE - 2004-April |
| | We also have a list of religious tolerance news for this month. | | | The persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses, along with all other religious groups, continues in Uzbekistan and is compounded by the authorities lack of knowledge of faiths. | | | Uzbekistan bans all religious teaching by unregistered religious organizations or private individuals. |
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| Â | Religious Support for Equal Marriage Rights |
| | Many religious organizations and people of faith have definitions that are probably different from yours. | | | Unlike some religious definitions, civil definitions of marriage do not usually mention childbearing, sexual relations, living arrangements, or religious beliefs or observance. | | | Many religious organizations, including some that do not recognize religious same-gender marriage, either directly support civil marriage for same-gender couples, support equal rights for same-gender couples, or are opposed to the denial of equal rights for same-gender couples. |
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http://www.iwgonline.org/marriage
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| Â | The best List of religious denominations Online |
| | This includes a list of religious groups and campus chaplains, with includes an extensive list of places for many religions and denominations. | | | list of religious bodies, if they have over 1 million members, which many do.) Religious bodies are often called "denominations... | | | community is divided into a number of religious denominations as well as "branches" or "movements." Each ideas within Judaism, such as Maimonides 's list of the Jewish principles of faith. |
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| Â | Interfaith Resources |
| | Religion Depot -- A listing of most of the world's religions from the perspective of the point of origin and the source of influence (what religion did it adapt from, and the religions that it spawned). | | | Interfaith Cooperation -- List of links to various religion and ethics websites. | | | The Interfaith Council of Greater New York is inclusive in its membership, opening its doors to all faith traditions and to any individual interested in fostering peace and unity among the various faith traditions of the New York metropolitan area. |
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http://www.ubfellowship.org/interfaith_links.htm
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| Â | Religious Organization Resolutions |
| | If your religious organization is not a Muslim group, establish relationships with the Arab and Muslim members of your community by contacting their local houses of worship and utilizing contacts that may already exist in your coalition of civil liberties supporters. | | | Invite a group of potentially interested congregants and religious leader(s) to an initial meeting. | | | The following is a set of recommendations and possible steps to take in order to pass a resolution or other statement on behalf of your religious organization affirming its support of civil liberties. |
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| Â | New Nations Added to List of Religious Freedom Violators Christianpost.com- Christian News Online , Christian World News |
| | Meanwhile, the USCIRF reports that in Uzbekistan, a restrictive law on religion is severely limiting the ability of religious communities to function in the predominantly Sunni Muslim country. | | | In a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State, the Commission recommended the names of the three countries be added to the list of “countries of particular concern” in addition to the eight countries previously designated last year. | | | In the recent WEA report, the RLC stated that government officials were known to place harsh restraints on religious activities of unregistered and even registered, non-Muslim congregations. |
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http://www.christianpost.com/article/missions/1588/section/new.nations.added.to.list.of.religious.freedom.violators/1.htm
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| Â | The Watchman Expositor: Index of Cults and Religions |
| | In most cases the group claims to be Christian, but because of their aberrant beliefs on central doctrines of the faith (God, Jesus, and salvation), the organization is not considered by Watchman Fellowship to be part of orthodox, biblical Christianity. | | | Some teach a form of the Serpent Seed doctrine, believing that Jews are descendants of Eve’s alleged sexual relations with the serpent (Genesis 3) and are thus not fully human. | | | Other religious leaders have historically claimed to hold the office or ministry of Christ including Unification Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon. |
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| Â | Student Religious Organizations |
| | This is a list of student religious organizations active at Lehigh as of Fall 2005. The chaplain’s office maintains this list for informational purposes as a service to the Lehigh community. | | | The chaplain’s office does not endorse religious organizations, but encourages students to express their own religious views while respecting and exploring the religious views of others. | | | The purpose of the Lehigh's chapter of UBF is to propagate the gospel of Jesus to Lehigh students by studying the Bible and to encourage them to live according to the teachings of the Bible. Susan Hong is the president and computer science professor Bill Pottenger is the advisor. |
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| Â | Sidley Austin Our Practices Religious Institutions |
| | Churches, religious schools and universities, religious broadcasters, religious health care institutions, and religiously-affiliated philanthropic and community organizations have benefited from our depth of experience, not only with the constitutional and statutory protections for religion generally, but with many other features of the legal landscape that affect these institutions' ability to carry out their missions. | | | For a complete list of religious institutions alerts and publications, please click here. | | | Sidley's nationwide religious institutions practice has assisted a diverse array of religiously affiliated organizations with legal issues and problems that uniquely affect those organizations. |
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| Â | Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Hinduism |
| | Includes a list of rituals, festive calendar, mailing list, and daily a "panchagam". | | | Venkateswaran about Hinduism, and the approach of the Hindus to interfaith dialogue and cooperation. | | | Hindu Caste System - An article by Dr. Subhash C. Sharma on the natural evolution of various professions in ancient India before and during Vedic times, explaining that the original Hindu vocations were not based on heredity or birth. |
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| Â | Services of the Ames Interfaith Council |
| | Guide to Religious Organizations—The Council maintains a list of religious organizations in Ames (names, addresses, and phone numbers), along with a current pastoral list and information on e-mail addresses, websites, and times of religious services. | | | Twenty-two different religions and Christian denominations are included in the offerings, and 27 local religious organizations are available to provide speakers. | | | With the permission of the organizations listed, this information is distributed along with the Speakers’ Bureau descriptions. |
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| Â | The Guardian Angel Store - New Nations Added to List of Religious Freedom Violators |
| | Meanwhile, the USCIRF reports that in Uzbekistan, a restrictive law on religion is severely limiting the ability of religious communities to function in the predominantly Sunni Muslim country. | | | In a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State, the Commission recommended the names of the three countries be added to the list of “countries of particular concern” in addition to the eight countries previously designated last year. | | | In the recent WEA report, the RLC stated that government officials were known to place harsh restraints on religious activities of unregistered and even registered, non-Muslim congregations. |
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| Â | Cults, Mind Control, Fundamentalism Info, News + Help: FACTNet |
| | At Narconon International in Watsonville, the treatment center nearest the Bay Area, eight of the nine members of the board of directors promote Scientology on the Web or are listed as having completed religious courses. | | | FACTNet belongs to a community of organizations that are concerned with systemic abuse in religious organizations, sects and cults. | | | The law demands special disclosures by tax-exempt organizations such as churches; and the public has a right to know the details of any agreement relative to a church's tax exemption. |
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| Â | Publieke Omroep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Apart from these eight major broadcasters, (a small amount of) airtime is given to smaller organizations, which represent religions, have educational programs, or received airtime for other reasons. | | | The amount of broadcasting time for the "religious" broadcasting organizations is assigned roughly proportional to the number of members they have. | | | IKON (Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland): A small broadcaster representing a diverse set of nine Christian churches. |
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| Â | Western mystery tradition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The concept of Initiation plays a very important role in the Western mystical tradition, and most people who are related with this tradition are initiated in one or more mystical organisations. | | | However, the true Tradition, seems to focus on individual spiritual progress through initiation into some sort of brotherhood, group rituals, study of philosophy and the cosmic laws and their practical application with the aims of alchemy, meditation, divination and ritual magic. | | | Today the tradition is undergoing an import of Eastern ideas, mainly Taoism, Tantra, Buddhism, Hinduism and Yoga, which began mainly by the Theosophical Society of the 19th century and now is continued by many people with syncretic or eclectic backgrounds. |
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