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| | Proselytism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In the Bible, the word proselyte denotes a person who has converted to the Jewish religion, without overtly negative overtones. | | | It generally describes attempts to convert a person from one point of view to another, usually in a religious context. | | | All humans have the right to have religious beliefs, and to change these beliefs, even repeatedly, if they so wish. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proselytization
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| | The Freedom of Proselytization |
| | The belief that proselytizing is necessary is inherent in universalizing religions including Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. | | | Others might further argue that those who proselytize are intolerant of potentials and should not be allowed to continue with their "hate crimes." Many supporters of this argument would claim that one cannot objectively evaluate religions on the basis of truth and that being unable to judge means that all religions are equally true. | | | These religions are known as universalizing religions, and attempts to convert are referred to as proselytization. |
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http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~mboos/writings/the_freedom_of_proselytization.htm
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| | PEDDLERS OF DIVINITY |
| | Advocates of the Christian social gospel were innovative and tireless proselytizers for a liberalized faith. | | | Groups such as the Disciples of Christ, led by former Baptist ministers Alexander Campbell and Barton Stone, proselytized for "no creed but the Bible," believing themselves to be the contemporary manifestation of the ancient church. | | | He specifically rejected the role of proselytizer, but his celebrity presence served to spread his hopes for ecumenical peace and harmony. |
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http://web.uccs.edu/pharvey/peddlers_of_divinity.htm
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| | Baha’i Proselytization in Malwa, India |
| | Their reason for choosing this city was based on their desire to proselytize among Hindus, as very few members of this religion had entered the Baha'i Faith, and Varanasi was the hub city of that tradition. | | | Before the advent of mass teaching, proselytization campaigns were under the direction of one of the National Spiritual Assembly's sub-committees. | | | Such an insight becomes extremely significant in relationship to any discussion of Baha'i proselytization in India for the primary reason that until the beginning of the mass teaching era the manner in which Baha'u'llah was presented in the subcontinent was essentially rooted in this tradition. |
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http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/vol5/indiabf.htm
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| | Chapter 3 - Proselytization in Provincial Muslim Kingdoms |
| | The Pala rulers of Bengal were Buddhists and Buddhism, in spite of the damage caused to it by Bakhtiyar Khalji, remained prevalent in the land until at least the fourteenth century. | | | However, it was during the reign of Sikandar Butshikan (1394-1417), that the wind of Muslim proselytization blew the strongest. | | | A year before the dawn of the fifteenth century, Timur had claimed to have invaded Hindustan to destroy its infidels and idolators. |
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http://www.bharatvani.org/books/imwat/ch3.htm
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| | UN & Religious Proselytization Petition |
| | We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned about inter-religious conflicts fomented by the proselytizing activities of certain Christian and Islamic sects, who appear to be locked in a race to convert the entire world’s population into their respective monotheistic faiths. | | | We believe that the large majority of Muslims and Christians do not harbor such grand aspirations and are opposed to the proselytizing schemes of their organized religions. | | | We are troubled by the likelihood of major clashes of civilizations resulting from the exclusive truth claims of monotheistic religions. |
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http://www.petitiononline.com/unchr900/petition.html
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| | Among the manuscripts are a number of Buddhist genres of religious writing which detail the specifics of the dominant form of Buddhist preaching, the liturgical ceremony known as the “popular lecture” (sujiang) performed by monks for the well-being of both monks and laymen. | | | Contrasting with the lack of research on Buddhist proselytization in China is a wealth of cultural artefacts which has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of medieval Chinese culture and the role of Buddhism in its development. | | | In contrast to extensive research in Western religions on the role of preaching in the development and spread of Abrahamic traditions, historians of religion have neglected the role of proselytization in the growth and transmission of Buddhism. |
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http://www4.ncsu.edu/~dnschmid/proposal.htm
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| | ISM, Inc. Welcome |
| | Today, a proselytizer is defined as one who induces an individual to convert to another faith, political party, institution, or cause. | | | NAFSA has formally addressed the proselytization of internationals on a number of occasions. | | | However powerful the stereotype might be, however widespread the misconception, they are both nonetheless incomplete mirrors of nature. |
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http://www.isminc.org/idea/proselyte.html
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| | Asia Times Online Community and News Discussion - Proselytization In India: An Indian Christian's Pe |
| | My reading of the history of early Christianity leads me to believe that the Western churches' obsession for converting others to Christianity is based more on their historical tradition of using proselytization as an instrument of statecraft for the extension of their political and mercantile influences, than in furthering the spiritual welfare of their flocks. | | | The theological beliefs of the original Indian orthodox churches along with their Egyptian, Armenian, Syrian and Ethiopian counterparts as well as the Greek and Russian orthodox churches (known as the Eastern Orthodox) seem to have survived in tact over a span of over 1600 years. | | | Such meddling in the internal affairs of the ancient church resulted in the formation of a proselytizing group called the CMS; which is now part of the Church of South India (CSI). |
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http://forum.atimes.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1983
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| | VOLUME I - PART IV - CHAPTER I. - CONCLUSIONS (FINDINGS) |
| | It seemed to be an ugly performance and a travesty of religion” (P. 420, Christian Proselytism in India by Parekh). | | | We find that the Roman Catholic Church engages itself in the recruitment of labour and uses it as a means of proselytization. | | | The World Missionary Conference held at Tambaram in 1938 expressed itself deeply moved by “the cry of the multitudes for deliverance” and proclaimed “the great need for a true and living faith” (page 16, Tambaram Report). |
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http://www.bharatvani.org/books/ncr/8vipiv.htm
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| | Blogger: Email Post to a Friend |
| | Dictionary.com gives this definition of proselytize: "To induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith." | | | Presbyterians clearly affirm evangelism - and if we're faithful to Christ, we are everyday bearing a clear, invitational witness to Christ to those who follow any other way. | | | In a recent meeting with PCUSA Moderator Rick Ufford-Chase, Rick asked me to help him understand the difference I see between proselytism and evangelism. |
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http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=5057860&postID=109665277275958873
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| | Reply to Mr.Faqi Hussain - Reader comments at DanielPipes.org |
| | But this, or something like this, is what ALL proselytizing religions claim. | | | Because Hindu "religion" is happily free from the clutches of a single book and a single prophet, there is no question of inducing someone to convert to it, either by distributing literature or otherwise. | | | Fraudulently claiming veracity for patently unsound postulations and forcing them down the throats of hapless victims is the very epitome of knavery of the most despicable kind. |
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http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/26414
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| | REPORT FOR THE UNIVERSITY SENATE |
| | Religious instruction, religious proselytization, conducting religious services, or projects requiring a specific religious belief or affiliation would no longer be acceptable service-learning experiences. | | | Please note: Religious instruction, religious proselytization, conducting religious services, or projects requiring a specific religious belief or affiliation are not acceptable as service-learning experiences, since they are generally viewed as constituting a violation of the Establishment Clause of the | | | Committee Recommendation: that the University Senate approve that religious instruction, religious proselytization, conducting religious services, or projects requiring a specific religious belief or affiliation are not acceptable as service-learning experiences |
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http://www.uwec.edu/Usenate/APCIssues/ServiceLearningRevision.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Proselytization and Communal Self-Determination in Africa (Religion and Human Rights Series): Books: ... |
| | This book on proselytization in Africa is part of a wider project addressing issues of conflict between competing claims to religious freedom, on the one hand, and "communal" self-determination, on the other, in the context of three regions of the world: Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. | | | popular proselytization, human rights paradigm, proselytization efforts, sweeping limitations, spirit possession ceremonies, practice any religion, religious intervention, limitation provisions, nondiscrimination provisions | | | Amazon.com: Proselytization and Communal Self-Determination in Africa (Religion and Human Rights Series): Books: Adbullahi Ahmed An-Na'Im,Abd Allah Ahmad Naim |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570752613/mandlanet
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| | ConstitutionParty.com Article: "Faith Based Initiatives" Bill Prohibits Free Excercise of Religion |
| | Encouraging people to trust in God is indeed "proselytization." For those religious based organizations choosing to receive federal funding, such "insignificant" things such as these will have to be eradicated from their funded social welfare activities. | | | HR7 is explicitly clear that no instruction, worship or proselytization shall occur in any church or faith-based organization program that receives federal funding. | | | Such organizations are commanded to eradicate such things from the program that is federally funded and keep things like prayer, worship, spiritual instruction and godly encouragement separate from that program. |
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http://www.constitutionparty.com/news_print.php?aid=57
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| | Michael Williams -- Master of None: Proselytization and Free Speech 2 |
| | Michael has been writing a bit about religious proselytization as an issue of free speech, and raised the point of Secular Humanism in public schools as a form of proselytization so ingrained into the culture that it's no longer even... | | | While I certainly would like to convince her that my beliefs are correct, I don't think that the best way to do that would have been to start quoting the Bible to her. | | | Beth isn't the only one who has expressed the idea that people shouldn't try to "convert" others, and so I thought that presenting a reasonable argument to the contrary would be a valuable thing to do. |
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http://www.mwilliams.info/archives/003467.php
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| | I agree that any religion should be free to do the former: to make itself available to those not already born into its congregation, by embracing seekers, and even proactively providing information. | | | ironically, one of the main criticisms Jesus Christ had of Jewish pharisees of his day was their proselytizing (Matt. | | | But, if religion isn't going to go away, then I'd like to see many, many religions coexisting - the world needs alternatives to Christianity and Islam. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/boards_mini/index.asp?pageID=13&boardID=43196
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| | Scientology Proselytization |
| | Scientology proselytization is therefore distinctly different than that practiced by most other religions. | | | Those who will not accept Scientology will be "deleted" by the same "simple expedient". |
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http://www.solitarytrees.net/racism/infilt.htm
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| | Participation in HUD Programs by Faith-Based Organizations; Providing for Equal Treatment of All HUD Program ... |
| | Specifically, a participating organization may not use direct HUD funds to support inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization. | | | (2) Organizations that are directly funded under the CDBG program may not engage in inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization, as part of the programs or services funded under this part. | | | (2) Organizations that are directly funded under the HOPWA program may not engage in inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization, as part of the programs or services funded under this part. |
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http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/January/Day-06/i133.htm
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| | Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week |
| | And the going and telling of that involves looking someone face to face and explaining the tenets of my religion, one of which is a heaven and a hell. | | | Another Republican, Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas, said: “I, too, am a Christian, and one of the basic tenets of my faith is that I must share that faith. | | | Hostettler did that in a terse statement, but in the end the Obey amendment was defeated and a substitute passed that merely called on the Air Force to explain what it was doing to promote diversity. |
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http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11050
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| | Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith : Book |
| | Not many people find themselves at the inception of a social movement that becomes as influential as "the Moonies." This is a fascinating glimpse at the church as it grows better and better at performing the job Lofland´s title describes. | | | Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith Reference Book. | | | Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith : Book |
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http://www.pagenation.com/an/082900095X.html
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| | Wren's Nest - Article Detail |
| | But I'm sorry, it's one thing to go on a mission to a country that is struggling and try to set up a church while helping the population... | | | I despise opportunistic religious "charities" who give aid, but only with strings attached...that is IMO the highest degree of disrespect for people who are already traumatized by crisis. | | | Following the devastating tsunamis that struck South and South East Asia and left more than 160,000 dead, relief groups, both secular and faith-based, from around the world, have rushed in to rebuild and rehabilitate affected communities. |
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http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=12111
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| | Testered Platform |
| | The Mogao caves near Dunhuang embrace a variety of stylistic elements and iconography which reflect trends and influences of both Central Asia and the heartland of China over a thousand year period. | | | I will demonstrate how this testered platform not only reflects interacting discourses of Chinese authority, learning, and ethnicity formative in reshaping Buddhist art in the Mogao caves, but also represents ritual and liturgical practices of the period. | | | The Crimson Canopy: Buddhist Proselytization in a Literati Mode |
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http://www4.ncsu.edu/~dnschmid/platform.htm
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| | Qatar |
| | Non-Muslims may not proselytize, and the Government formally prohibits the publication, importation, and distribution of non-Islamic religious books and materials; however, in practice individuals generally are not prevented from importing Bibles and other religious items for personal use. | | | Converting to another religion from Islam is considered apostasy and is technically a capital offense; however, since 1971 there is no record of an execution for such a crime. | | | The Government has given legal status to many Christian churches, allowing them to open banking accounts and sponsor clergy for visas. |
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http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24460.htm
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| | ENSLAVEMENT AND PROSELYTIZATION |
| | That is why in the early years of Muslim rule priests and monks, Brahman and Buddhist teachers, were generally slaughtered and their colleges and universities sacked. | | | After a few generations the Indian Muslim forgot the circumstances of his ancestors’ enslavement and conversion; he began to take pride in his new faith because it opened up for him new avenues of rise and gave him a share in the rulers’ or masters’ wealth and loot. | | | This was in response to the policy of enslavement and proselytization practised by the sultans and their governors in all the centuries of Muslim rule. |
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http://www.bharatvani.org/books/mssmi/ch6.htm
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| | People For the American Way - No title |
| | And the fact that SR 1 would prohibit the use of public funds for worship or proselytization would not prevent indirect subsidization of such activity and would not preclude a religious organization from furnishing publicly-funded services in a surrounding replete with religious symbols and messages, conveying a message of government endorsement of religion. | | | Moreover, the fact that SR 1 would require that publicly-funded services be provided without regard to a recipient’s religious affiliation or beliefs would still permit religious organizations to discriminate against recipients on other bases, including sexual orientation and marital status. | | | Public funds should not be used to subsidize discrimination, nor should the taxpayers of Georgia be compelled to support the work of any religious denomination. |
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http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9486
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| | Direct Grant Programs; State-Administered Programs; Admin of Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Ed, ... |
| | 76.532) from using their grants and subgrants to pay for inherently religious activities, such as religious worship, instruction, or proselytization; and for equipment or supplies used for religious worship, instruction, or proselytization. | | | 75.532(a)(2) relating to the prohibition on use of grants to pay for equipment or supplies to be used for religious worship, instruction, or proselytization. | | | 75.532(a) and 76.532(a), which prohibit them from using their grants and subgrants to pay for (1) religious worship, instruction, or proselytization, and (2) equipment or supplies to be used for those activities. |
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http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/proprule/2003-3/093003a.html
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| | Islamica Community Forums - Proselytization Eats Away At Muslim Majority In Kyrgyzstan |
| | It said they entice the Muslim people away from their religion by money, presents and lucrative work contracts abroad. | | | In addition to circulating thousands of illustrative brochures, books and videos, they have built churches in the aforesaid northern governorates, added Mamayusupov. | | | The committee put at 40 the number of Catholic and Protestant proselytizing organizations operating in the north, chief among them are Svideteli Egovi and Adventists of the Seventh Day. |
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http://www.islamicaweb.com/archive/t-19771
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| | A Tribute to Hinduism |
| | He said the game plan came to light during a debate in the main session when African leaders blamed some Christian organizations for destroying their culture, religion and wealth. | | | We were taken aback and hurriedly convened a meeting of likeminded religious leaders the next day," Dr, Modi said. | | | Modi and Singhal said the Indian delegation accepted the declaration but differed only on the interpretation of Section 18 which he said some Christians see as a right to proselytization. |
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http://www.atributetohinduism.com/articles_conversion/59.htm
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| | proselytization and srivaishnavism |
| | Let me dwell on this proselytizing matter once more, for in my mind it has some very fundamental implications. | | | Mani writes that anyone, irrespective of age, gender or faith can convert to Srivaishnavism by undergoing samASrayaNam through an AchAryan. | | | Some members did agree with me on a couple of other things that I'd mentioned, such as the issue of vadamozhi, and about proselytization. |
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http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/jan99/0111.html
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| | Arizona Summer Wildcat - Proselytization: godly or just God-awful? - Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| | Sure, you've probably already been told that you can say no to drugs, sexual advances and Krispy Kreme donuts, but what about that guy in your class who's been pressuring you to convert to his religion? | | | Journalism freshman Max Stettner worships during Shabbat at the Hillel Center early Saturday evening. | | | The University Religious Council is reminding students that "no" should be enough, and has identified lines that religious organizations shouldn't cross when proselytizing on campus. |
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http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/97/158/01_16.html
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| | Spero Forum - Baptist, Protestant, and Catholic Discussion - Ecumenical Movement - Kudos Where They Are Due |
| | Regardless of that, it gave me perspective on the ecumenical movement as it is understood by the Catholic Church through its many quotes and explanations (many of which I am nowhere near prepared to understand). | | | Further, the authors themselves admit — and it is also sadly true — that Catholics know very little of what the Church teaches. | | | For how many Protestants today can it be said that they stubbornly defend their false opinions in the face of vigorous Catholic proselytization when it is a sad truth that there is little vigorous Catholic proselytization? |
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http://www.speroforum.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1707
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| | A HISTORY OF THE AGAKHANI ISMAILIS |
| | In this chapter we shall observe the circumstances that influenced this shift and its definitive effects upon the religious beliefs of the Agakhani Khojahs today. | | | They had introduced the faith of their ancestors to the converts of Pir Sadr- din. | | | This transmutation in the history of proselytizing of the Khojahs, who were now observing Ithna'ashriyya rituals is fascinating as well as eye-opening. |
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http://www.mostmerciful.com/book-4.htm
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| | Proselytization : Proselytising |
| | Proselytization is the attempt to win people to a particular cause, belief, or religion. | | | At times the word has taken on a negative meaning by those who object to any attempt to convince others, and because of historical patterns of the use of force in word and action in the attempt to convert others. | | | The new friend did not asked to meet her, and the atmosphere was one of polite culture slight, and she was not interested in the. |
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http://www.termsdefined.net/pr/proselytising.html
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| | Mirror of Justice: Proselytization Clarification |
| | Many reasonable people, in many religious traditions, have expressed concerns about aggressive and otherwise unworthy "proselytization" efforts. | | | By "exposing" "unworthy" efforts, I meant only to say that I have no problem using anti-fraud laws, etc., to expose charlatans who prey on the vulnerable ("Join my Church of the Unbreakable Ankle and send me all your money!"). | | | Changing Minds: Proselytism, Religious Freedom, and the First Amendment |
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http://www.mirrorofjustice.com/mirrorofjustice/2004/04/proselytization.html
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| | The Proselytization Questionaire |
| | I'm giving you this paper to save us both some time; you see, I'm not a Christian, although I used to be. | | | Justify your answer with quotes from the Bible. | | | If you're reading this paper, it means I've given it to you because you were proselytizing to me and you are a Christian. |
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http://www.chiefmojo.com/questionnaire.html
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| | Re: proselytization and srivaishnavism |
| | The rituals and ceremonies, I agree are a essential part of our tradition and should be performed only for the pleasure of Bhagavan. | | | In reply to: Mani Varadarajan: "Re: proselytization and srivaishnavism" |
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http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/jan99/0156.html
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| | Beliefnet.com |
| | Actually, the rule about proselytizing is there to keep "overly enthusiastic" evangelists of all religions from filling the forums with lengthy conversion attempts. | | | I am saddened that bnet has to make a rule about proselytization. | | | Prosyletizing is not simply espousing our beliefs, which we are certainly free to do, but it is trying to convert someone to our beliefs. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardID=41197&discussionID=226748
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| | Participation in Education Department Programs by Religious Organizations; Providing for Equal Treatment of All ... |
| | For example, some suggested that the explanation given of ``inherently religious activities'' as ``religious worship, instruction, or proselytization'' is unclear or incomplete. | | | For that reason, we proposed to remove the regulation prohibiting grantees and subgrantees from using their grants and subgrants to pay for an activity of a school or department of divinity. | | | Technical amendment relating to the prohibition on use of grants to pay for equipment or supplies to be used for religious worship, instruction, or proselytization. |
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http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2004-2/060404a.html
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| | Linkmeister: The Service Academies, too? |
| | The 14-page report listed incidents of mandatory prayers, proselytizing by teachers, insensitivity to religious minorities and allegations that evangelical Christianity is the preferred faith at the institution. | | | The report's authors were told that cadets who refused to attend chapel after dinner were marched by upperclassmen back to their dorms in a ritual called "heathen flight." They found that teachers introduced themselves as "born again" Christians and invited students to be saved as well. | | | Religious intolerance is systemic and pervasive at the U.S. Air Force Academy and, if nothing changes, it could result in "prolonged and costly" litigation, according to a report (pdf) issued Thursday by a group advocating strict separation of church and state. |
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http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/001359.html
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| | Poll: Are Wicca 101 Books Proselytization? (The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum) |
| | Wicca and a few other Neo-Pagan religions often claim that they do not proselytize (i.e. | | | Are some Wicca 101 books really a mild form of proselytization? | | | Some people take a look at the contents of the large number of Wicca 101 books on the market and wonder if some of the many Wicca 101 books really aren't a mild form of proselytization. |
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http://www.ecauldron.com/polls/cldpoll22.php
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| | Zzzptm Dot Com |
| | The Empire refused to acknowledge the validity of other forms of Christianity, and would not recognize Arian, Nestorian, or non-Chalcedonian creeds as Christian, even though they flourished on the fringes or outside the pale of the Empire. | | | The Frankish rulers of Gaul began to forbid persons converting to Judaism to get a tax break (many tax collecters in the region were Jewish and would cut some slack for their co-religionists). | | | Around the same time, Jewish proselytization was viewed as a severe problem in Spain and Southern Gaul. |
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http://www.zzzptm.com/lss-christianconversion.html
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| | The Coalition Against Religious Discrimination |
| | Government-Funded Employment Discrimination - the 1996 provisions explicitly permit religious organizations to discriminate on the basis of religion or religious beliefs in hiring for government programs and taxpayer-funded positions. | | | While the 1996 language says that government "funds" cannot be used for proselytization, it fails to prohibit a privately-funded employee from proselytizing a beneficiary during a government program. | | | Proselytization in a government program - the 1996 language is even worse than H.R. 7, because it does permit proselytization of beneficiaries in programs that are directly funded by the government. |
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http://www.americanhumanist.org/press/coalitionreligious.html
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| | The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles |
| | These statements reveal a significant chasm separating the Jewish community and PC-U.S.A. But however tempting it may be to entrench ourselves behind defensive and divisive rhetoric, for the sake of Israel, our long-standing friendship with the Presbyterians and our common values and concerns, we must strive to mend bridges rather than burn them. | | | The General Assembly defeated an attempt to cut off funding for "messianic" congregations, which target Jews for proselytization and conversion. | | | One of the rabbis I spoke to observed that, when taken together, the refusal to suspend funding for proselytization of Jews and the statement opposing the security barrier suggest that PC-U.S.A. believes that "Jewish souls are worth saving, but not Jewish lives." |
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http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=12660
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| | NJJN - Legislator says GOP pols ignore intolerance at Air Force Academy |
| | That statement calls for greater respect for religious rights, but also “simply urges commanders to use their best judgment on questions of proselytization,” she said. | | | Last week Israel offered an amendment to a defense authorization bill expressing support for personal religious expression at the academy but also demanding “corrective action reports” on “coercive proselytizing, intolerance, and intimidation” at the school, he said. | | | The issue of religious coercion at the United States Air Force Academy is starting to reverberate on Capitol Hill with what one Jewish legislator said are ugly overtones. |
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http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/60205/washairforce.html
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| | The Bush Watch |
| | In practice, this would mean that only those who say worship and evangelism are not central to their task could receive funding. | | | Around the same time in 1999, Olasky used his column in World magazine — an evangelical Christian publication for which Olasky is the editor — to declare that “Christianity is Jewish” and to quote Benjamin Disraeli as saying in 1863, “The Jews owe everything to the church” (March 27, 1999). | | | [Senator Ashcroft and the other authors of the measure understand] that their measure allows worship, instruction, and proselytization to go on and even be intermingled with provision of government-funded social services, as long as those specific activities are privately funded
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| | Union for Reform Judaism to Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| | The 216th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted 431-62 to "initiate a process of phased selective divestment in multinational corporations operating in Israel" and also failed to pass a motion that would end the funding of messianic congregations that target Jews for proselytization and conversion. | | | As you know from the meeting you had with Jewish leaders in Washington this spring, this - like Israel - is a survival issue for our community. | | | Our concerns are only exacerbated when the Overture on Israel is read together with the continued funding for messianic congregations which falsely advertise and target Jews for proselytization and conversion. |
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http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/meta-elements/texts/cjrelations/news/URJ_july_30.htm
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| | History News Network |
| | That claim goes WAY beyond anything I said. | | | But since NOT all right wingers DO proselytize, my point can be made stronger: if not all right wingers proselytize and there are a tiny number of them in sum, then given their larger numbers, proselytization by a relatively SMALL number of left wingers will constitute a bigger problem than proselytization by right wingers. | | | I made no quantitative claims about "majorities" or "minorities." I'm merely committed to saying that proselytization takes place--to such a degree as to constitute a problem. |
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| | Comeuppances of Christian proselytization - Reader comments at DanielPipes.org |
| | No evidence presented here tells us that Muslims have succeeded at using the public schools for actual proselytization. | | | The first part of the article refers to Muslims who want to monitor curriculum content. | | | The second part of the article refers to clearly unconstitutional uses of the public schools for purposes of proselytization. |
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http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/18687
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