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  Woman Muslim Leaders throughout the Times
A member of the Quaish Tribe in the Kingdom of Kindah, she was one of the leaders of the opposition to Muhammed.
The daughter of the religious leader, Imam al-Zayel al-Nasir Li Din Allah, she and her tribe took San'a by force of arms in the mid 15th century.
She was the undisputed leader of the pirates in the western Mediterranean.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /Muslim_Leaders.htm   (7634 words)

  
  Universalist leaders
Raised in a Universalist household, their political and religious views were liberal and reformist.
Afterwards, she became a leader of the woman suffrage and temperance movements, and a popular lecturer on social reform.
She was the only missionary sent to Scotland by the Universalist Church, and in 1880 the first woman to be ordained as a minister in the United Kingdom.
www.bright.net /~wbehee/UniversalistLeaders.htm   (3630 words)

  
  A TWO-TRACK THEORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
The inequity entailed in preventing religious individuals and groups from receiving benefits and funds that are freely available to secular individuals and groups made the development and application of neutrality analysis inevitable.
For example, religious organizations could exercise government power and government could directly encourage and fund religious worship in a regime of neutrality so long as these were done on a religiously even-handed basis—that is, on the basis of secular criteria.
Although the secular component of the education offered by a religious school may be quite high in comparison to the religious component, it necessarily constitutes less, perhaps substantially less, than the entire educational experience, combining secular and religious components, offered by the school.
www.bc.edu /schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bclawr/43_5/03_TXT.htm   (5974 words)

  
 America as a Religious Refuge: the 17th Century (Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, Library of ...
They enthusiastically supported the efforts of their leaders to create "a city on a hill" or a "holy experiment," whose success would prove that God's plan for his churches could be successfully realized in the American wilderness.
Religious persecution, as observers in every century have commented, is often bloody and implacable and is remembered and resented for generations.
Although an accommodation between the two sides was sealed in 1598 by the Edict of Nantes, religious privileges of Huguenots eroded during the seventeenth century and were extinguished in 1685 by the revocation of the Edict.
www.loc.gov /exhibits/religion/rel01.html   (2291 words)

  
  Recent Publications
The levy papers and levy lists contain names of individuals who were compensated by the county government for a variety of services, ranging from caring for an indigent pensioner to bringing in squirrels' or wolves' heads for a bounty.
Lists of contributors to the building of St. Thomas' Church, or to the sufferers of the Boston fire, reveal the religious affiliation of those named.
Information pertaining to husband and wife is listed individually and includes: age, occupation, number of marriage (if other than first); father's name, place of birth and occupation; and mother's name, place of birth and occupation.
www.heritagebooks.com /recent_publications.htm   (13399 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Female Ancestors
Lists the maiden name of mothers in South Holland 1695-1812.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in.
An alphabetical list of nurses sent to military hospitals in the east.
www.cyndislist.com /female.htm   (2231 words)

  
 With Friends Like These - Prison Fellowship
In the year before the State Department last month added Saudi Arabia to its official list of persecuting countries, staff members from the department's religious-freedom office visited the kingdom five times—more than any other country they examined in the world.
Hanford added Saudi Arabia to the U.S. list of egregious persecutors on Sept. 15, a Saudi court charged him with possession of alcohol, pornography, and preaching Christianity.
The chief of the kingdom's religious police said non-Muslims may worship as much as they wish but must keep it private: "We will not allow them to publicly practice their religion in this country," he said.
www.breakpoint.org /listingarticle.asp?ID=2792   (1265 words)

  
 Seminary Collections
This scroll was donated by an alumnus who served as U.S. Council in Jerusalem at the end of the nineteenth century.
This is the first edition of a work that was written to defend the Great Awakening in colonial New England (1740s), of which Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a leading figure.
This document, "The Barmen Declaration," was drafted by leaders of Protestant German churches in opposition to the popular movement to accommodate Christianity to National Socialism.
www.scils.rutgers.edu /~source/seminary_list.htm   (707 words)

  
 Biblical Archaeology
Abraham and Lot were two wealthy tribal leaders, especially after their visit to Egypt.
This cliche list of five names is also used in the Table of Nations of Genesis 10 for the southern limit of the promised land.
The religious motifs of the storm god Baal that these texts provide us with are useful in many areas of biblical studies.
www.christianleadershipcenter.org /bibarch3.htm   (6638 words)

  
 Religious Faith and Economic Growth: What Matters Most—Belief or Belonging?
Second, the Center is intended to educate policymakers and the general public on the relationship between religious practice and other aspects of economic and social life.
"Less religious" is measured either by participation in organized religion (e.g., church attendance) or by certain indicators of religious belief.
Poland is the one communist country that was extremely religious during the communist period, before 1990 in particular.
www.heritage.org /Research/Religion/hl841.cfm   (6584 words)

  
 CUA School of Theology and Religious Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The formation of religious identities is the organizing principles of lectures and class discussion: thus, the thematic thread unifying this introductory course in the question of what constitutes American and Catholic identities throughout the eveolution of Church and society.
The Church under the Habsburgs: church and state, religious controversies; the Church under the Bourbons: church and state, reactions to the Enlightenment, the case of the Jesuits, conflicts with the liberal movement, Concordat of 1851, the Revolution of 1851, and popular religion and spirituality.
The religious life of men and women in seventeenth- to nineteenth-century Europe as perceived through the major themes of modern historical sociology, and interpreted in the inner context of faith and spirituality.
religiousstudies.cua.edu /courses/courses_grad.cfm   (10584 words)

  
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Claiming that the action was needed to protect the assault team attacking the private residence listed in their "arrest warrant", the agents first "secured" an entirely separate residence.
"Senior leaders will throw subordinates under the bus in a heartbeat to protect or advance their careers." Many of the surveyed officers, mainly majors and a few lieutenant colonels, were upset by what they see as the Army leadership's exaggeration of the combat readiness of the service.
While the leaders of several major alternative health organizations are remaining silent on the matter, a major threat to your Health Freedom is fast approaching....
www.xmission.com /pub/lists/roc/archive/roc.200005   (17736 words)

  
 Colony and Empire Guide
This general introduction might be simply to ask students to articulate their notions about the Revolution as starting points for inquiry; or, perhaps, students could read about the opening hostilities at Concord and Lexington and list questions that come to mind (leading ultimately to questioning the origins of the ideas the legitimized all the rebelliousness).
While few colonies actually elected their own governors, and only in New England had covenant theology been the basis for the establishment of governments, the role of traditional self-rule through representative governments in developing opposition to Parliamentary taxation was significant in every colony.
Leaders of the protest movement in all the colonies were well versed in whig theory, and used it extensively to justify the rebellion.
www.connhistory.org /col_guide.htm   (4036 words)

  
 beginnings.html
The history of prehistoric societies is based on oral traditions, religious myths recorded at a later date, and material remains — pottery, tools, building ruins, etc. found by archeologists.
Religious beliefs often tend to be of very long duration; they shape a culture's values even after the formal religion has gone into decline.
Evidence of religious activities comprises some of the oldest records we have for humans, back in the Paleolithic era — cave drawings.
www.loyno.edu /~seduffy/beginnings.html   (1124 words)

  
 Origins of Amana - The Amana Colonies National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
The Amana Colony in Iowa was established by German-speaking European settlers who belonged to a religious group known as the Community of True Inspiration, which traces its origins to Himbach, Germany in 1714.
The initial plan was that after some time the land would be divided among the people according to their contribution of money and labor.
However, leaders saw that the disparity in wealth, skills and age would make it difficult for all to purchase a portion of land--the community would fall apart as a result.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/amana/origins.htm   (962 words)

  
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The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List translated by Sampson S. Lloyd, 1885 First Book: The History Chapter 1 The Italians At the revival of civilisation in Europe, no county was in so favourable a position as Italy in respect to commerce and industry.
The lukewarmness and treachery of the leaders and members of this league were the cause of the subsequent subjugation of Milan and the fall of the Tuscan Republic.
The inmates of religious houses kept up no feuds like the nobles, nor harassed their vassals with calls to military service, while their lands and cattle were less exposed to rapine and extermination.
www.efm.bris.ac.uk /het/list/list1   (14744 words)

  
 History of the YMCA
Y leaders were urged to become more businesslike in both their appearance and their operations, a topic raised by Y boards since the 1920s.
It would be impossible to list all of the individuals and organizations contributing to this document.
That year, Lord Baden-Powell and others held the first training conference for Scout leaders, the Scout Master's Training School, at the Silver Bay Association, which was well known for hosting retreats and meetings for the leaders of the YMCA movement (the YWCA and other organizations also used Silver Bay for similar purposes).
www.ymca.net /about_the_ymca/history_of_the_ymca.html   (10203 words)

  
 Religion in America - Research Guide
Selective introductions to research, listing some of the most useful and important works on their subjects, often with descriptive and evaluative annotations.
Below are listed those microform sets that directly apply to topics concerning religion in America.
Working with religious leaders, it helps contemporary religious communities with their economic concerns by placing those concerns within an historical context.
gethelp.library.upenn.edu /guides/rels/relinamerica.html   (2101 words)

  
 Cambridge Ritualists
The need for a religious purpose and a religious hero was a major concern throughout Eliot's career.
Contrasts the works of Harrison with those of Frazer: hers were “technical studies of classical religious history” while Frazer’s works took a wider frame of reference in calling attention to universals of mankind.
Harrison was Crum’s mentor at the time; the two travelled to Greece together in 1901, and Harrison gave her a suggested reading list to prepare for the Tripos.
web.uflib.ufl.edu /cm/history/CambridgeRitualists.html   (9768 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
In 1750, they were generally listed among the white settlers, although other families were listed also occasionally as mulattoes.
He is listed in 1800 as a white person with one juvenile white male and a slave in the household.
Davidson lists the Driggus family of the lower Maryland shore as fls, but the same name, spelled Drighouse, was a major component of the Northampton Indian tribe when the reservation land was distributed in 1812.
www.heite.org /Indians/invisibleindians.html   (12076 words)

  
 Religious Education for children in the Diocese of Erie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
List some titles of Jesus (e.g., Messiah, Savior, Lord, Son of God, Son of Man, etc.) to show that Jesus is both fully human and fully divine.
Evaluation is essential to the development of religious education programs that effectively meet the needs of the Church and the students we strive to call to deeper faith.
It is recommended that a team of leaders (both adults and young people) meet well in advance to plan each of these days.
www.eriercd.org /education5a.asp   (9758 words)

  
 Course List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Italian painting, sculpture, architecture, and the graphic arts between 1600 and 1750 with emphasis on Caravaggio, the Carracci, Artemesia Gentileschi, Bernini, Algardi, Borromini, the Tiepolo family, and Piranese.
Historical overview of the built environment of cities of Asia from antiquity to the present; architectural and urban legacy in its social and historical context; exploration of common themes that thread through the diverse geographical regions and cultures of Asia.
A study of spaces, objects, and images within the context of religious belief and practice in Japan between 1300 and 1600, when great Zen monasteries grew up alongside older Buddhist/Shinto religious "megaplexes" and new salvationist sects spread throughout Japan.
www.wisc.edu /arth/crslist.html   (3672 words)

  
 AllFaith.com Religious Studies: The Fourth Great Awakening Part Two
As credence in the organized Church continued to wane, many religious leaders sought to bolster their authority during the Romantic Period by stressing the cultural and traditional social aspects of the Church.
As an unintended result of this philosophical and religious maneuvering, the Church lost much of its vitality and moral certitude in the minds of the public as a spirit of spiritual relativism was embraced (RE 91).
While one may well disagree with Madam Blavatsky's presentation and interpretation of the various religious and spiritualist topics she addressed (for instance her bizarre understanding of the Buddhist doctrine of annihilation), her influence in the field of religion cannot be underestimated (IU,1.290).
www.allfaith.com /Religions/awake2.html   (6917 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
A list of links to these may be found in the [23]sources section of the [24]General Reading List (if you are reading this at [25]www.scjfaq.org, you can simply click on the "Sources" button in the header navigation bar).
It is more than a list of do's and don'ts: Each chapter discusses the philosophy, history and the reasons why these laws and customs came to be.
For the FAQ, the request has the form: send faq partname For the reading list, the request has the form: send rl partname "Partname" is replaced by the name of the part, as shown in the general index.
www.faqs.org /ftp/pub/faqs/judaism/reading-lists/conservative   (4399 words)

  
 HIST - History
HIST 208 Leaders of the Twentieth Century 3 Explores lives of men and women who dominated the stage of world events in the mid-20th century: e.g., Churchill, Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Hirohito, Hitler, Golda Meir, Roosevelt, Stalin, Margaret Thatcher and Mao Tse-tung.
Covers religious beliefs, rituals, death and burial practices of ancient man and construction and use of religious edifices.
HIST 641 Technology and Civilization I 3 The religious, aesthetic, military, political and economic origins of Western technology from prehistoric times to the Renaissance and the interplay of technology and culture.
www.udel.edu /provost/ugradcat/ugradcat95/26/list/47.html   (5135 words)

  
 WHMC-Columbia--Religion--COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS
List of books, including prayer book, Bible, theological works, grammars, foreign language dictionaries, Greek and Hebrew lexicons, the classics, and poetry; prices of books, clothing, and goods in the 1820s; tuition payments; allowances to children for furniture and sundries; and cash, 1832-1847.
List of subscribers to the school, rules and regulations, membership in each of the schools of the Belleview Society, list of books used, and attendance and achievement records of pupils.
She speaks of the religious conversion to Christ of several of her neighbors which took place "on the mountain." Reference to the conversion of a hundred or more others as well.
www.umsystem.edu /whmc/invent/desc-religion.html   (14030 words)

  
 New Books on Quaker History Nov. 2006
With their roots in the mid-seventeenthcentury, both communities maintained their religious and social norms throughoutthe eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, while standing outside the hegemony of the Anglican Church and being subject to various forms of discrimination.
Among the several appendices area geographical listing of selected friends of the fugitive, a list of noted Underground Railroad sites administered by the National Parks Service, a bibliography of slave autobiographies, and lyrics to selected Underground Railroad songs.
The biography also expounds upon Boulding's philosophy of education, her role as a member of the Religious Society of Friends, her espousal of the conceptual evolution of cultures of peace, and her theoretical work in women's studies and peace research.
www.haverford.edu /library/fha/FHAbooklist2006.html   (2979 words)

  
 Zinzendorf And The Moravians
From early childhood his love and zeal had been drawn toward the person of Jesus Christ, and it was his most ardent ambition to give his life to His special service.
They continued to be a considerable body till the seventeenth century, when the fury of the Thirty Years' War and the strokes of special persecutions reduced them to a remnant.
Grant that his usage was understood to be an accommodation, and that in styling the Holy Spirit Mother he wished principally to indicate the cherishing office of this Divine Person; still, the choice of such terms savored of unwholesome license.
www.edwardtbabinski.us /sheldon/zinzendorf_moravians.html   (1247 words)

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