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  Uzbekistan
Christian congregations that are of mixed ethnic background are reluctant to list their Uzbek members on registration lists for fear of incurring official displeasure.
It restricts religious rights that are judged to be in conflict with national security, prohibits proselytizing, bans religious subjects in schools, prohibits private teaching of religious principles, forbids the wearing of religious clothing in public by anyone other than clerics, and requires religious groups to obtain a license to publish or distribute materials.
In November 2000, the Ambassador met with the Deputy Director of the Committee on Religious Affairs in the Cabinet of Ministers.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2001/5724.htm   (6245 words)

  
 Spain
There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report, and government policy continued to contribute to the generally free practice of religion.
To enjoy the benefits of this regime, religious organizations must be entered in the Register of Religious Entities maintained by the General Directorate of Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Justice.
Embassy officials met with religious leaders of a number of denominations during the period covered by this report.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2001/index.cfm?docid=5666   (1731 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of religious leaders in 1989
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 Apologetics research resources on religious cults and sects - Apologetics research resources on Jeffrey K. Hadden and ...
The list includes some of the most prominent scholars in the discipline: Bromley, Barker, Rodney Stark of the University of Washington, Jeffrey Hadden of the University of Virginia, and James Richardson, a sociologist of religion at the University of Nevada at Reno.
Inspired by a meeting of cult scholars and representatives from the Unification Church and the National Council of Churches, Hadden composed a memo in December 1989 that was aimed at counteracting the academic legitimacy of the brainwashing concept—as well as, implicitly, the expert witness status of Ofshe, Singer, and others.
Indeed, while Hadden talks about an "appreciation of religious diversity," in reality he promotes religious pluralism - the theory that there are more than one or more than two kinds of ultimate reality and/or truth - and that therefore more than one religion can be said to have the truth (way to God, salvation, etcetera).
www.apologeticsindex.org /h14.html   (2731 words)

  
 Why Religion Matters:  The Impact of Religious Practice on Social Stability
Religiously, the mother was far more involved than her husband, the difference in regular religious participation between the addict's parents being twice that for the control's parents....
Religious leaders, who should be in the forefront of moral and spiritual renewal, have been cowed into a strange timidity.
Many religious leaders, with the best of intentions, have concentrated on the material aspects of their work, forgetting that the most powerful help they can give is in the spiritual dimension, and that this has a significant effect on material well-being.
www.heritage.org /Research/Religion/BG1064.cfm   (12513 words)

  
 STH | Library | Guides | Religion
A list of cross-references is provided in volume 1 although cross-references are scattered throughout the set.
This is a comprehensive study of all religious experience in North America although primary emphasis is given to developments in the United States.
Indexes to authors, religious movements, and subjects are found at the end of the volume.
www.bu.edu /sth/library/guides/religion.html   (2007 words)

  
 Research Report: Wiccan Invocation: A Canary in the Mineshaft of the United States’ Non-Establishment of Religion ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The Board argued that “their practice of inviting all monotheistic religious leaders with congregations in the County is more inclusive than the practice approved” (Deposition, p.5) in the legal precedent of the 1983 Marsh v.
Keeping a list of acceptable religious groups and their clergy for public use and refusing the legitimate request to be included on this list may well be construed as an establishment of acceptable religion and may perpetuate forms of religious prejudice and discrimination.
She was presumptively excluded because of a stated governmental preference for a different set of religious beliefs and viewpoint, albeit the beliefs of a large segment- if not the majority - of the population.
www.pluralism.org /research/profiles/display.php?profile=73769   (1790 words)

  
 List of state leaders in 1989 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Egon Krenz, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1989)
Egon Krenz, Chairman of the Council of State (1989)
Czesław Kiszczak, President of the Council of Ministers (1989)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_state_leaders_in_1989   (1426 words)

  
 Welcome to Netiran!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The highest authority in the Islamic Republic is Leader, or alternatively the Leadership Council who exercises the combined supreme political and religious power and, indeed, is a manifestation of the integration of politics with religion (Article 5 of the constitution).
The first leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini, assumed his position as the founder of the Islamic republic and the theological protector (vali-e-faqih).
After demise of Ayatollah Khomeini on 3 June 1989 Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamanei was elected by the Assembly of Experts in May 1989 as the new leader of the Islamic Republic.
www.netiran.com /?fn=leader   (555 words)

  
 Report of the Special Rapporteur on
Thus, Vietnamese policy on religious matters generally reflects, on the one hand, a gradual improvement in religious freedom, but in very limited areas subject to restrictions and, on the other, the maintenance of restrictions and checks by authorities anxious to prevent the establishment of organizations capable of questioning their authority and influence.
The two prisoners confirmed that religious prisoners were not separated from common criminals, that all religious activity was forbidden, that they were not permitted to address one another by their religious names and that they were obliged to work, since that requirement was applied to bonzes also.
It emerged from the conversations with the representatives of the Catholic Church that the improvements noted in the religious field were often regarded as a sort of laissez-faire approved by the authorities which does not, however, represent any assurance or guarantee of a policy and legislation favourable to freedom of religion and its manifestations.
www.unhchr.ch /huridocda/huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.1999.58.Add.2.En?Opendocument   (9433 words)

  
 Eastern Patriarchates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
In 544, Jacob Baradaeus (a Monophysite leader) consecrated Sergius of Tella as Patriarch in opposition to the Imperial-backed Orthodox candidate.
For a listing of the leaders of the Armenian Church, an ecclesiastic organization similar in many ways to Orthodoxy, go to the Caucasus.
During the ascendancy of the Mongols, many notable leaders, including Hulegu (the first Ilkhan), belonged to this church, and though reliable statistics are not available, it is likely that this church, whose remnants today number at most a few million, boasted the largest population of any Christian denomination.
www.hostkingdom.net /orthodox.html   (1948 words)

  
 One Hand Clapping
His religious offense in the minds of the Jewish High Council was not that he worshiped a false God, but that he claimed co-identity with the one God they all worshiped.
The anonymous writer of the no-longer-active blog, Secular Islam, listed just eight verses which mentions the love of Allah (there are hundreds of such verses in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures).
Religious people are 25 percentage points more likely than secularists to donate money (91 percent to 66 percent) and 23 points more likely to volunteer time (67 percent to 44 percent).
donaldsensing.com /2003_11_01_archive.html   (11433 words)

  
 friendly dictators
In January 1986, Christian Democrat leader Vinicio Cerezo was elected President and said he had "the political will to respect the rights of man", but it didn't take long to find out that his political will was irrelevant in the face of Guatemala's well-oiled military machine.
In 1989 six priests were slain and Cristiani soon admitted his US trained soldiers had committed the murders.
But eventually, the Shah was overthrown in 1978 by an indigenous people's revolution that held sway until fundamentalist religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile and reasserted his power during the 1979 US hostage crisis.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /US_ThirdWorld/dictators.html   (9246 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of religious leaders in 2003 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
2002 religious leaders - Events of 2003 - 2004 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year See also: List of state leaders in 2003 List of international organization leaders in 2003 List of colonial...
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2002 religious leaders - Events of 2003 - 2004 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year
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 Politics1 - Guide to the Inactive 2004 Democratic Presidential Prospects
The early response from labor union leaders, however, was warm praise mixed with pleas for him to remain in the Senate instead of running for President.
Gephardt's role as leader of the House Democrats for eight years created a natural, nationwide network of supporters and provided him with visible platform from which to be heard.
For the same reason, party leaders are excluding him from the debates -- even though he qualified for federal matching funds and raised over $5 million as of fall 2003 (which placed him ahead of Clark, Kucinich, Braun, and Sharpton in the money hunt).
www.politics1.com /dems04.htm   (13615 words)

  
 List Of State Leaders In 1963 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
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 Journalists in prison, 2004
This list represents a snapshot of all journalists incarcerated at midnight on December 31, 2004.
In 1989, Ne Min, who is also known as Win Shwe, was charged with "spreading false news and rumors to the BBC to fan further disturbances in the country," and the "possession of documents including antigovernment literature, which he planned to send to the BBC," according to official Rangoon radio.
In 1989, he was active in the democracy movement in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, and subsequently spent a year and three months in prison on charges of "counterrevolutionary propaganda and organization." In 1994, he spent three years in prison on "counterrevolutionary propaganda" charges after editing a book titled The Truth About the June 4th Incident.
www.cpj.org /Briefings/2005/imprisoned_04/imprisoned_04.html   (16532 words)

  
 Possible Nominees to the Supreme Court
Samuel A. Alito, Jr., 55, is a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
Between 1989 and 1993, he was the Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the first Bush administration, helping formulate the administration's position in Supreme Court cases.
Thompson is a longtime acquaintance of Justice Thomas and was a member of the legal team that assisted Thomas during his confirmation hearings in 1991.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/01/AR2005070100756.html   (3213 words)

  
 Freedom of Religion or Belief
The International Coalition for Religious Freedom is a non-profit, non-sectarian, educational organization dedicated to defending the religious freedom of all people, regardless of creed, gender or ethnic origin.
Published by the Human Rights Resource Center, the talking points are meant to help to preachers, teachers, religious leaders, prayer leaders, and any one who may want to engage their faith community in a discussion about the values of human rights and religion.
Entries are divided by region and introduced by a regional overview; themes include the relationships between belief groups and the state, freedom of manifest belief in law and practice, religion and schools, religious minorities, new religious movements, the impact of beliefs on the status of women, and conscientious objection to military service.
www1.umn.edu /humanrts/edumat/studyguides/religion.html   (5920 words)

  
 China: Religious Persecution Persists
On both counts Chinese leaders believe that religious adherents, particularly those who express their convictions outside the aegis of central control in so-called unofficial churches, bear watching.
The history of religious activity in China, and that of ”western“ religions in particular, reinforces the official view that ”hostile elements from abroad,“ in conjunction with Chinese dissidents, intend to use religion to destabilize China, then overthrow its legitimate government.
Also victimized were cohesive religious communities which competed successfully against a party or government institution for the loyalty of the local populace.
www.hrw.org /summaries/s.china9512.html   (1190 words)

  
 People For the American Way - Individual Donors
Unlike some libertarian and neoconservative donors who either shy away from cultural and religious issues, or at the very least are not explicit in their support, Howard Ahmanson Jr.
While Hurtt bristles at suggestions that he represents the Religious Right and bills himself simply as a pro-business conservative, Religious Right leaders are not nearly so reticent.
Legatus aims to represent the Pope's religious activism and anti-communism in the workplace.
www.pfaw.org /pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=2062   (1154 words)

  
 Guide to research in religious studies--UI Libraries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
This is a selected list of sources in the Reference collection at the Main Library that are useful starting points for research in
Sources that complement and supplement those listed in this bibliography may be located through the InfoHawk database and in the card catalog.
A broader list of religious periodicals, Oxbridge Directory of Religious Periodicals (Z7753.O92 1979 Reference Alcove 12) does not list where the journals are indexed.
www.lib.uiowa.edu /ref/religbib.htm   (1003 words)

  
 Religious Voices Worldwide
There is a tendency to treat religious condemnations of abortion as irrefutable.
Beneath the public anti-choice assertions of some religious officials there lies a diversity of opinion and much tolerance regarding the practice of abortion.
Rather, they have been chosen to illustrate the fact that, within diverse religious and philosophical traditions, religious leaders and thinkers have varying views on a woman's right to choose an abortion.
www.crlp.org /pub_fac_atkrel.html   (1906 words)

  
 Master's Divinity School Accelerated Seminars Schedule
, veteran leader in the pro-life movement, and nationally recognized authority in the area of post-abortion counseling for men.
IMPORTANT: Seminar Fees listed on the Seminar Schedule are already reduced-rated based on the standard program tuition having also been paid (or being paid on a monthly payment plan).
Listed seminars that do not show an audit fee are not open for audit students.
www.mdivs.edu /seminars.html   (4316 words)

  
 CounselWorks Conference September 15-18, 2004 - Walt Disney World, Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The Purpose-Driven Life reached #1 on the New York Times Hardcover Advice list, #1 on the Publishers Weekly Religion Hardcover Bestsellers list, #2 on The Wall Street Journal Hardcover Nonfiction list, #1 on the Christian Booksellers Association Bestsellers list, #5 on Amazon.com, and #14 on the USA TODAY top-50 best-selling list.
At Saddleback, Rick created and pioneered the Purpose-Driven Church paradigm of church health, which teaches the purpose of the church is to help people fulfill God’s purposes for their lives.
More than 300,000 pastors and church leaders from over 120 countries have attended Purpose-Driven Church seminars in 18 languages, and tens of thousands of churches have adopted the PDC strategy.
www.counselworks.net /plenary.html   (1923 words)

  
 Prodiversity, Antibias Programs
Establishes a context with good introductory material for the leader or parent and presents many specific activities for young children in classroom or other group settings.
An indispensable resource for youth coordinators, teachers, religious leaders, and community members who want an easily transferable and adaptable approach to creating dynamic, diverse, and productive communities.
This program, published in 1989 by the UUA, is OUT OF PRINT, and is therefore not available for purchase.
www.uua.org /re/antibias.html   (2057 words)

  
 Journals
ABTAPL (Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries) Union List of Periodicals -"provides information on periodicals in Theology, Religious Studies and Philosophy held by 47 contributing Libraries of the Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries." Browse by title or keyword search the list.
ADRIS Newsletter - "The Association for the Development of Religious Information Systems, exists to promote organizational cooperation, to reduce unnecessary program duplication, and to share applicable research data and tasks among diverse religious groups and agencies."
Axis Mundi - student edited journal sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alberta
www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~lipton/journals.html   (2607 words)

  
 Strange Science: Timeline
This (by no means comprehensive!) list chronicles some of the major events in the history of paleontology and biology.
1555-The first edition of Alessio Piemontese's Secreti is published, listing about 350 medical recipies along with observations of nature.
Permission is denied, but he will publish Men Before Adam anonymously 14 years later, inciting both outrage and mild amusement among religious leaders.
www.strangescience.net /timeline.htm   (10887 words)

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