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 Sect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sects, in the sociological sense, are generally traditionalist and conservative, seeking to return a religion to its (perceived) original religious or political purity of principle.
Sects have many beliefs and practices in common with the religion or party that they have broken off from, but are differentiated by a number of doctrinal differences.
They further assert that sects have, in contrast to churches, a high degree of tension with the surrounding society.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sect   (610 words)

  
 SECT - LoveToKnow Article on SECT
Whichever derivation is,accepted a sect does not mean apart cutoff from the church.
, a body of persons holding distinctive or separate doctrines or opinions, especially in matters of religion; thus there are various sects among the Jews, the Mahommedans, and the Buddhists, andc.
In the Christian Church it has usually a hostile or depreciatory sense and is applied, like sectary, to all religious bodies outside the one to which the user of the term belongs.
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SE/SECT.htm   (270 words)

  
 Sect, Sectarianism
The sect's identity is further derived from its principal leader or from a distinctive teaching or practice.
While the church has compromised and accommodated its doctrines and practices to the secular society, the sect rejects all such accommodations or compromises and sets itself against both church and secular society to defend a purer doctrine and practice.
Sociologists of religion have appropriated the term "sect" as a label for a specific type of religious movement.
http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/sect.htm   (524 words)

  
 The Religious Movements Page: Conceptualizing "Cult" and "Sect"
One factor that frequently differentiates cults and sects from the established religious traditions of a culture is the belief of the latter that they are in possession of the truth, or at the very least, unique truths that other traditions to not have or have not accepted.
SECT: a deviant religious organization with traditional beliefs and practices.
Putting aside for a moment the question of whether the concepts "cult and "sect" are critical for the advancement of science, I am not convinced, that "new religious movements" achieves the goals that those who introduced it had in mind.
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/cultsect/concult.htm   (3417 words)

  
 Black Sect Tantric Buddhism Temple
Therefore, from the perspective of comparative religions, Black Sect Tantric Buddhism in China is not purely Tantric Buddhism.
Black Sect Tantric Buddhism and its followers have always regarded other religious faiths with both an open mind and the utmost respect.
The fourth stage of Black Sect Tantric Buddhism seeks to modernize the ancient Buddhist religion by reforming through contemporary concepts in order to interpret doctrines of the past.
http://www.yunlintemple.org/temple.htm   (887 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sect and Sects
She is the sole custodian of the complete teaching of Jesus Christ which must be accepted in its entirety by all mankind.
Her members do not constitute a sect nor will they consent to be known as such, because they do not belong to a party called into existence by a human leader, or to a school of thought sworn to the dictates of a mortal master.
The recognition by the Church of the sects which sprang up in the course of her history would necessarily have been fatal to herself and to any consistent religious organization.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13674a.htm   (1787 words)

  
 Gospel Link
In ordinary usage the word "sect" refers to any body of followers or adherents, ranging from the main religions of the world to small groups of heretics.
Technically, this term does not adequately describe The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
While the LDS Church meets these criteria, social scientists increasingly argue that it deviates sufficiently from conventional religious traditions to warrant even further classification outside of the church-denomination-sect typology.
http://ldsfaq.byu.edu/emmain.asp?number=169   (396 words)

  
 Japanese Buddhism
Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi fought the militant Buddhist monasteries (especially the Jodo sects) thoroughly in the end of the 16th century and practically extinguished Buddhist activities on the political sector.
During the early Heian period, two new Buddhist sects were introduced from China: the Tendai sect in 805 by Saicho and the Shingon sect in 806 by Kukai.
Website of the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2055.html   (611 words)

  
 Dead Sea Sectarians
The sect, by their way of life and beliefs, claimed to be this remnant and the true Israel.
The sect also spoke of themselves as "the elect," which would agree with the Sadducees and their position of aristocracy and their claim to be the true and legitimate heirs of Israel's priesthood.
Identifying the Qumran sect means gaining an understanding of the religious and political divisions that existed in ancient Judaism during Second Temple times and fitting the sect into the picture that emerges.
http://www.billwilliams.org/Scrolls/scrolls.html   (6271 words)

  
 TCS Daily - The Sect of Austrian Economics
To me, this is symptomatic of a sect, which focuses on doctrinal purity above all else.
I found it interesting that the "Are you an Austrian?" quiz does not distinguish between knowledge of doctrine and belief in doctrine.
A church, in contrast, tries to be as inclusive as possible.
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=111103C   (1174 words)

  
 Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
the religion in which there were no sects; the religion in which all minds were necessarily in agreement.
But a fanatic of another sect answers" It is you who are the animal, and I who am the angel."
"What my sect teaches is obscure, I admit it," says a fanatic; " and it is because of this obscurity that it must be believed; for the sect itself says it is full of obscurities.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/voltaire/volsect.html   (956 words)

  
 Black Sect Tantric Buddhism Information by BTB Master Lin Yun
Black Sect Tantric Buddhism originated from the indigenous Bon religion of Tibet before the introduction of Buddhism.
The Black Sect, already a mixture of religions, continued to encompass traditional Chinese philosophy and folk religion, Esoteric Buddhism, Taoism, Yin-Yang philosophy, holistic healing, feng shui, Confucianism, and the I Ching.
The historical development of Black Sect Tantric Buddhism can be seen as a succession of four consecutive stages, according to professor Thomas Lin Yun, leader of the religion at its present fourth stage.
http://www.fsdi.com/articles/blacksect.htm   (1094 words)

  
 Saudis Seek U.S. Muslims for Their Sect
A number of prominent religious scholars describe Wahhabism as a particularly rigid minority Islamic sect that is intolerant of other forms of Islam, unwilling to accommodate other religions and likely to create a narrow view of the world among its followers.
The sect is named for Muhammad bin Abd al-Wahhab, an 18th-century clan leader whose descendants helped the Saudi ruling family unify its kingdom in 1932.
Followers of Wahhabism believe that their faith should be spread around the world and that they have a special obligation to defend Islam, with violence if need be, in countries where it is already well established.
http://www.albany.edu/faculty/lr618/saudis.html   (1485 words)

  
 Definitions FAQ on Religious Cults, Sects, Alternative Religious Movements, Anti-cult and Countercult groups.
Theologically, sect is used of a group which has divided from a larger body or movement - generally over minor differences in doctrine and/or practice - but whose teachings and practices are generally not considered unorthodox, heretical or cultic (sociologically and/or theologically).
Often sects place unusual, dogmatic emphasis on one or two doctrines or practices.
Note that in some countries the term sect is used instead of - or interchangeably with - cult.
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/c09.html   (2636 words)

  
 Polygamist sect loses grip on towns
The leaders of the sect routinely have evicted those who differed with them over religious practices and have run off hundreds of young men because of the competition for women.
The trust was formed in 1940 based on utopian, frontier Mormon concepts of all possessions being shared within a community by the faithful.
The FLDS has no connection to the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because the Mormon Church banned polygamy in the late 1800s.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0623polygamy23.html   (944 words)

  
 BBC NEWS World Africa Profile: Kenya's secretive Mungiki sect
What is known is that the sect operate in secrecy, taking unusual oaths and saying strange prayers in forests and rivers in central Kenya.
Sociologist Ken Ouko says the Mungiki sect seem to have managed to address a social and spiritual hunger among the young slum dwellers which the church and the state have failed to feed:
Inspired by the bloody Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s against the British colonial rule, thousands of young Kenyans - mostly drawn from Kenya's largest tribe, the Kikuyu - flocked to the sect whose doctrines are based on traditional practices.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2745421.stm   (712 words)

  
 The Saved Sect
The Saved Sect does not become fanatical with the words of anyone, except for the words of Allaah and His Messenger, the one protected from sins and who do not speak from his own desire.
The Saved Sect are the people of Hadeeth, of whom the Prophet said: "There will not cease to be a group from my ummah, dominant upon the truth.
Of those who split up their religion and became sects, each sect rejoicing in that which is with it." 3
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/9958/saved.html   (2425 words)

  
 Hal Draper: Anatomy of the Micro-Sect (1973)
For them the sect is not an unfortunate necessity due to the absence of a real movement: it is their movement.
Whatever is formed by fiat will turn out to be a sect alongside the other sects, even if it is that better kind of sect which believes in not being sectarian.
One is the proposal to abolish sectarianism by a call for the unity of all the sects.
http://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1973/xx/microsect.htm   (4962 words)

  
 Black Sect: BTB Feng Shui Masters Training Program (tm)
As taught by Professor Lin Yun, Black Sect Feng Shui is a synthesis of Tibetan and Chinese Buddhist, Taoist, and folk wisdom as well as modern psychology and design principals.
Since the spiritual precedes the physical, using Black Sect Feng Shui methods creates a new beginning, repairs what has been spoiled, and increases what is already good.
Black Sect Teaching helps bring to fruition an individual's wish for positive change in accord with Universal Principal.
http://www.btbfengshui.org/black.php   (378 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Special reports The lost boys, thrown out of US sect so that older men can marry more wives
Among those purged from the sect are between 400 and 1,000 teenage boys and young men.
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints split off from the Mormon church in 1890, when the mainstream faith disavowed polygamy.
The 10,000-strong FLDS, which broke away from the Mormon church in 1890 when the mainstream faith disavowed polygamy, believes a man must marry at least three women to go to heaven.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1505997,00.html   (1169 words)

  
 The Scientology sect vs. Internet
The fight between alt.religion.scientology and Scientology is in many ways formative for what one in the very near future can and cannot do on the net: for rules and regualtions, for law and netiquette.
In this file, the sections containing OT 2, OT 3 and Ability/Dissemination of material are replaced by summaries by Karin Spaink (kspaink@xs4all.nl) because with these changes, the publication of the file on a homepage is approved by a Dutch judge.
This declaration from Steven Fishman contains many of the "secret" scriptures of the sect, for which its followers have to pay $200,000 to $400,000 to read.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/CoS   (1470 words)

  
 Sect quotes & quotations
But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power.
And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out.
“I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know”
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/sect   (324 words)

  
 BBC News AFRICA Religious sect rampages in Kenya
Members of a banned religious sect went on the rampage after three of their members were killed.
The Mungiki sect urges people to return to traditional lifestyles.
Seven people have been arrested, according to Reuters.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1853384.stm   (210 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com
It afterwards came to be used in a bad sense, of those holding pernicious error, divergent forms of belief (2 Peter 2:1; Galatians 5:20).
hairesis, usually rendered "heresy", Acts 24:14; 1 Chronicles 11:19; Galatians 5:20, etc.), meaning properly "a choice," then "a chosen manner of life," and then "a religious party," as the "sect" of the Sadducees (Acts 5:17), of the Pharisees (15:5), the Nazarenes, i.e., Christians (24:5).
Home > Dictionaries > Easton's Bible Dictionary > Sect
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/EastonsBibleDictionary/ebd.cgi?number=T3256   (127 words)

  
 ABC News: Utah Goes After Mormon Polygamous Sect
The state is seeking the immediate suspension of church president Warren Jeffs' authority, along with that of five other trustees, over the trust fund for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
ABC News: Utah Goes After Mormon Polygamous Sect
What You Should Do to Prepare for an Epidemic
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=796790   (404 words)

  
 Religious Movements Homepage: Churches of Christ
Finally in 1906 each was declared its own sect: the churches of Christ under Alexander Campbell's original ideas and the Christian Churches, or Disciples of Christ, under Stone.
The Churches of Christ have been considered the conservative wing of the Restoration movement.
Since the Religious Movements Homepage seeks to promote religious tolerance and appreciation of the positive benefits of pluralism and religious diversity in human cultures, we encourage the use of alternative concepts that do not carry implicit negative stereotypes.
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/restor2.html   (796 words)

  
 Clapham Sect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Clapham Sect was an influential group of like-minded social reformers in England at the beginning of the nineteenth century (active c.
The group's name originates from Clapham, then a village south of London (today part of south-west London), where both Wilberforce and Thornton, the sect's two most influential leaders, resided and where many of the group's meetings were held.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Sect   (353 words)

  
 PAGE ONE -- Japan Fears Another Religious Sect
Soka Gakkai was formed in 1930 as a lay arm of Nichiren Shoshu, one of 38 Buddhist organizations that claim to represent the teachings of Nichiren, a monk who lived from 1222 to 1282.
Asaki, the late assemblywoman, received several death threats shortly before her demise, according to her family.
PAGE ONE -- Japan Fears Another Religious Sect
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1995/12/27/MN62956.DTL   (1424 words)

  
 FalunInfo.Net - Falun Gong: A Practice, Not A “Sect”
I think a sect is usually considered a splinter group of an existing religion.
It is more accurate, fair, and illuminating to use such terms as “meditation practice” or “spiritual group” to describe Falun Gong, rather than the shorthand “sect.” Falun Gong does not fit into the dictionary definitions of “sect,” nor do the negative connotations of the word help the reader understand it.
FalunInfo.Net - Falun Gong: A Practice, Not A “Sect”
http://www.faluninfo.net/displayAnArticle.asp?ID=6077   (390 words)

  
 IN-SECT-ion
Sect of semblance, assembly of asexual a-sect-u-all kin
CYBER TEMPLE of THE HORUS-MAAT LODGE, soon to include a section on N'aton
http://www.crossroads.wild.net.au/insect.htm   (935 words)

  
 Encyclopedia ENCYCLOPEDIA
(???-451) 4th century bishop of Constantinople whose doubts on the divinity of Christ led to the Council of Ephesus which dealt with the Nestorian Sect.
The Arabians of our time are absolutely unacquainted with letters: but about the tenth century, and especially under the reign of Almanzor, no other people cultivated them with more success than they did.
http://www.wm.edu/history/rbsche/index.php?display=article&id=34   (14558 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited The Guardian France puts Scientology sect on trial
The Church of Scientology has described it as "an attempt to impose state atheism".
Prosecutors will charge the Church's inner temple, the Spiritual Association of the Church of Scientology in the Paris region, and its president, Marc Walter, with abuse of civil liberties, misleading publicity and attempted fraud.
Last year France became the first country to pass specific legislation against sects, creating a new offence, the "fraudulent abuse of a state of ignorance or weakness", which carries a prison sentence of up to three years and a maximum fine of £250,000.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,653557,00.html   (687 words)

  
 CESNUR - Falun Gong Updates, January-December 2000
"China's Zhu vows to 'persecute' Falungong and other 'sects'"
"Taiwan urged to invite sect leader to visit"
"China Cracks Down on Meditation Sect" (on Zhong Gong)
http://www.cesnur.org/testi/falun_updates.htm   (3708 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: sect
I have an aversion towards organised religion and especially religious factions, sects and missions.
Posts tagged Sect per day for the last 30 days.
This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged sect.
http://www.technorati.com/tags/sect   (450 words)

  
 NBC 10 NEWS - News - Sect Member Breaks Silence
It is where Robidoux lived as a member of a religious sect and it is where her son, Samuel, was allegedly starved and later died.
He said she is no longer controlled or manipulated by the sect she once belonged to.
Former Attleboro sect member Karen Robidoux commented Monday for the first time since she was charged with starving her son to death.
http://www.turnto10.com/news/2380286/detail.html?rnb   (670 words)

  
 Datenschutzgesetz 2000 (English version) - Privacy Austria
15), and in particular anybody who uses data entrusted to him according to sect.
32 and claims for damages according to sect.
This shall include rulings [Bescheide] on procedure and provisional rulings [footnote 31] [Mandatsbescheide] in the course of the registration proceedings according to sect.
http://www.dsk.gv.at/dsg2000e.htm   (15556 words)

  
 Universal Church Kingdom of God
Church said it would pray for girl's 'spiritual problem'
Sect Not Allowed to Build Cult Hall, Paris Mayor
http://www.rickross.com/groups/universal.html   (155 words)

  
 DVD Times - The Sect
This film's strengths lie elsewhere, its deeper substance contrasting with The Church's superficiality.
Falling squarely between his second and fourth feature film outings (The Church and Dellamorte Dellamore respectively) both chronologically and in terms of overall quality, I would not consider it vital viewing, but it should prove to be an unnerving and sufficiently different experience for curiosity seekers.
Although not up to his fourth (and to date final) movie, the spellbinding Dellamorte Dellamore, The Sect remains a solid effort and one that is well worth seeking out.
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=13185   (1412 words)

  
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Healing with Form, Energy, and Light : The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen
Noritake 175 16034, 43061 - Condiment Tray-4 Sect (For 7 Or 6 Piece Set) (CTR HDL)
16'X36' Left Step-Blue Solid 10 YR w/Mesh Panel w/4'x8' Step Sect
http://www.pricegig.com/Sect.html   (117 words)

  
 Research and Information Services
Our goal is to inform people of their teachings and encourage them to look to the Word of God.
We have a deep concern for those who may not be aware of the facts regarding the history or doctrines of these sects.
About R.I.S. Research and Information Services publishes books and other information regarding three related and little-known nameless sects.
http://www.workersect.org   (208 words)

  
 Animal Welfare Act Briefs
(C) The procedure is approved by the Administrator of APHIS on an individual basis (Sect.
Recommendations of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia should be followed (Sect.
The IACUC is to consist of no less than three members as follows (Sect.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awabrief.htm   (16582 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Texas town uneasy after polygamist sect moves in
With headquarters in the twin communities of Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah, the church has about 10,000 to 12,000 members, whose ancestors have practiced plural marriage for more than a century.
A rift among church elders and mounting legal pressure from both states apparently persuaded Warren Jeffs, head of the sect, to build a refuge in this isolated swath of cotton and cattle country.
That's when about 80 members of David Koresh's Branch Davidian sect and four federal agents were killed in a fiery standoff.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-07-18-polygamy-usat_x.htm   (881 words)

  
 The story of the Sect
But they were both known as lead singers and the Sect didn’t need a particular lead singer.
But in the end of 1968 the Downliners Sect had split up.
In the end of the year Downliners Sect went into the studio to record their first album which was released before Christmas.
http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/yardbird_sect/secthistory1.html   (2200 words)

  
 Resource Center - Dog Guide Access Laws - The Seeing Eye, Inc.
Penalties can include fines of not more than $100 and/or 60 days imprisonment (Sect.
Public accommodations include public buildings, hotels, lodging places, establishment for sale of food, places of resort and amusement, and all other places to which the general public is invited.
43-6-5) A totally or partially blind pedestrian shall have all rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons in any of the places of transportation or conveyance specified in Sect.
http://www.seeingeye.org/ResourceCenter.asp?sc=dg   (16013 words)

  
 the in.sect: smurf special
They want to be only three apples tall, have no sex, live in a medieval wood though they also could join the In-Sect and be happy instead.
It is hard for me to close this Blue-Light-Special with the sad news, that many, many human beings prefer to be blue - prefer to be smurfs, I think.
But as you can see on this screenshot: Celebrity lifestyle got even these little blue buddies...
http://www.in-sect.com/smurfs.html   (383 words)

  
 The Downliners Sect
A new Sect was formed in '67 and they carried on until the end of '68.
Formed in 1963 from the remnants of a Twickenham group called The Downliners.
The original group split up at the end of 1966.
http://www.geocities.com/fabgear6366/downliners.htm   (312 words)

  
 Aum Sect/Shoko Asahara
Trial of religious sect members under way in Russian Far East
AUM followers number 1,151, up 11 from August
Doomsday sect No 2 to return after jail term
http://www.rickross.com/groups/asahara.html   (1917 words)

  
 Java Programmers FAQ
[ISO C, Sect 7.9.6.1, line 21 of "the double argument"] If you seem to be having problems with floating point, the problem probably stems from the fact that floating-point arithmetic is inherently imprecise.
The compile command "javac test.java" is equivalent to java sun.tools.javac.Main test.java javac has a script wrapper just to set the heap size as a command line argument, as you can do in your own programs.
The question of floating point accuracy comes up with Java more than with C++ (for example) because of Java's decision in the println() method to print enough digits to distinguish the number from the next-closest number, rather than rounding it to 6 significant digits by default as the C/C++ libraries do.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-lang/java/programmers/faq   (16713 words)

  
 VH1.com : The Downliners Sect : Biography
Of all the British R&B bands to follow the Rolling Stones' footsteps, the Downliners Sect were
The Sect didn't as much interpret the sound of Chess Records as attack it, with a finesse that made the Pretty Things seem positively suave in comparison.
Long on crude energy and hoarse vocals, but short on originality and songwriting talent, the band never had a British hit, although they had some sizable singles in other European countries.
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/downliners_sect/bio.jhtml   (186 words)

  
 Scottish Pigeon Racing Ralston Graham Eskvalley Lofts Langholm Dumfriesshire
2003 SNFC Clermont - 1st Sect, 6th Open, 7th Sect, 139th Open, 19th Sect, 317th Open
2002 SNFC Clermont - 5th Sect, 70th Open
2003 SNFC Newbury Inland National - 12th Sect, 131st Open, 24th Sect, 250th open, 25th Sect, 256th Open
http://www.eskvalley-lofts.co.uk   (652 words)

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