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A religious reform (from Latin re-: "back, again", and formare: "to form"; i.e. put together: "to restore, reconstruct, rebuild") aims at the reform of religious teachings. It is not to be confused with an organizational reform of a religious community, though mostly this is a consequence of a reform of religious teachings.
[35] [verification needed] "The fathers of the Church forbade the Hindus under terrible penalties the use of their own sacred books, and prevented them from all exercise of their religion. They destroyed their temples, and so harassed and interfered with the people that they abandoned the city in large numbers, refusing to remain any longer in ...
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
Some people who reconstruct report a feeling of spiritual growth and maturity. Religious deidentification is a reduction in religious identity or religious beliefs. Deidentification may be broken up into: Disbelief in core tenets of religion, as for example an atheist or agnostic; Disengagement from emotional connection with the spiritual or divine
When the boy's distraught parents asked the Prophet if they could compel their son to stay, he told them that there is no compulsion in religion, as stated in the verse. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: When the children of a woman (in pre-Islamic days) did not survive, she took a vow on herself that if her child survives, she would ...
In the many new nation-states being formed in Eastern Europe of the Late Middle Ages, some kings and princes pressured their people to adopt the new religion. [107] And in the Northern crusades , the fighting princes obtained widespread conversion through political pressure or military coercion even though the theologians continued to maintain ...
Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others. Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliating with another.
Inspirational back-to-school quotes “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ― Robin Williams, “Dead Poets Society” “Everything is hard before it is easy