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  2. Religion and human migration - Wikipedia

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    Religious beliefs and practices have served as significant motivations for migration, with people seeking religious freedom or fleeing religious persecution. [2] This interaction of religion and migration has led to the spread and diversity of religions around the world, as well as the emergence of new religious practices and beliefs as people ...

  3. Christian emigration - Wikipedia

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    The phenomenon of large-scale migration of Christians is the main reason why Christians' share of the population has been declining in many countries. Many Muslim countries have witnessed disproportionately high emigration rates among their Christian minorities for several generations.

  4. History of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The number of people with other religions was almost nonexistent in 1948, but rose to 5% by 2011, partially due to large immigration from non-Christian countries. The percentage of non-religious people (atheists, agnostics, and irreligious people) in the US has dramatically increased from 2% to 13%. The number of Americans unsure about their ...

  5. Sanctuary movement - Wikipedia

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    The Sanctuary movement was a religious and political campaign in the United States that began in the early 1980s to provide safe haven for Central American refugees fleeing civil conflict. The movement was a response to federal immigration policies that made obtaining asylum difficult for Central Americans.

  6. Religion and geography - Wikipedia

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    Religion and geography is the study of the impact of geography, i.e. place and space, on religious belief. [1]Another aspect of the relationship between religion and geography is religious geography, in which geographical ideas are influenced by religion, such as early map-making, and the biblical geography that developed in the 16th century to identify places from the Bible.

  7. Social and cultural exchange in al-Andalus - Wikipedia

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    There was a large loss and decline of the native Hispano-Roman Christian culture under muslim rule. Almost none of the few remaining Christians in Merida could read a church inscription in latin by the 9th century (Muslim rulers took the inscription down and carried it to Córdoba as a sign of Islamic supremacy).

  8. Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640) - Wikipedia

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    The Puritan migration to New England took place from 1620 to 1640, declining sharply afterwards. The term "Great Migration" can refer to the migration in the period of English Puritans to the New England Colonies , starting with Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony . [ 1 ]

  9. Role of Christianity in civilization - Wikipedia

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    The Bible and Christian theology have also strongly influenced Western philosophers and political activists. [8] The teachings of Jesus, such as the Parable of the Good Samaritan, are argued by some to be among the most important sources of modern notions of "human rights" and the welfare commonly provided by governments in the West. Long-held ...