Definition of religious movement Religious movement
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| religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms | ||
| social movement, front, movement the side that is seen or that goes first | ||
| islamism a fundamentalist Islamic revivalist movement generally characterized by moral conservatism and the literal interpretation of the Koran and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all aspects of life | ||
| akhbari a religious movement by Arab Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iraq that is opposed to the Usuli; "Akhbari Shiism has never promoted political control" | ||
| usuli a religious movement by Persian Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iran that is opposed to the Akhbari; "Usuli Shiism produced the politically active caste of priests that is a distinctive feature of Iranian Shiism" | ||
| counter reformation the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected); many leaders were Jesuits | ||
| ecumenical movement a movement aimed to promote understanding and cooperation among Christian churches; aimed ultimately at universal Christian unity | ||
| gallicanism a religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church | ||
| chabad-lubavitch, lubavitch movement, chabad, lubavitch a form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule; the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement | ||
| oxford movement 19th-century movement in the Church of England opposing liberal tendencies | ||
| pietism 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion | ||
| protestant reformation, reformation a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches | ||
| taleban, taliban a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior" | ||
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