“Have you ever wondered... how religious movements get started? Usually, we think of them as a product of highly charismatic evangelists... but the spread of any new and contagious ideology also has a lot to do with the skillful use of group power.” ThinkingUseReligionReligiousGroupsMovementProductsSpreadIdeologyContagiousSkillfulCharismaticEvangelists Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“THE NINETEENTH CENTURY SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY WAS DUE PRIMARILY TO A NEW BURST OF RELIGIOUS LIFE EMANATING FROM THE CHRISTIAN IMPULSE. . . . NEVER IN ANY CORRESPONDING LENGTH OF TIME HAD THE CHRISTIAN IMPULSE GIVEN RISE TO SO MANY NEW MOVEMENTS. NEVER HAD IT HAD QUITE SO GREAT AN EFFECT UPON WESTERN EUROPEAN PEOPLES. IT WAS FROM THIS ABOUNDING VIGOR THAT THERE ISSUED THE MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE WHICH DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY SO AUGMENTED THE NUMERICAL STRENGTH AND THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY.” ChristianGivenReligiousChristianityInfluenceEffectsCenturyMovementWesternSpreadDuesImpulseEnterpriseLengthMissionaryNineteenth CenturyVigorCorrespondingReligious Life Author:Kenneth Scott Latourette
“The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have been flown for religious ideals.” HumansHas BeensReligionReligiousHuman NatureHighestIdealsBraveryWingsCharitySpreadDevotionFlight Book:The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature
“The Muslim Brotherhood is a global movement whose members cooperate with each other throughout the world, based on the same religious worldview - the spread of Islam, until it rules the world.” WorldReligiousMovementMembersIslamSpreadBrotherhoodWorldviewMuslim Brotherhood Author:Mohammed Mahdi Akef
“Liberal humanists now seem to dominate the fields of art, journalism, and communication, which are powerful and uniquely able to spread anti-Christian thought.” ArtSeemsAbleChristianReligiousPowerfulFieldsCommunicationSpreadJournalismAnti Christian Book:A Nation Without a Conscience Source: A Nation Without a Conscience
“The traditional religious right's failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of the more extreme dominionist school.” SchoolReligiousPrayerExtremesSpreadTraditionalFuelAmendmentsPublic SchoolConstitutional Amendments Author:Jon Meacham