A Peaceful New Religion Movement

1:6 How are the political aspirations of Judaism given a spiritual fulfillment in Acts? What two interrelated traditions echo in question of the disciples about restoration of the kingdom to Israel? How does Acts confirm the hopes of the disciples?

The New Christian Right were a group of people in the protestantism took an part in the political affairs actively. Many issue came out during that time period that were contrary to the purpose of Christianity. In essence, the protestant tradition was the foundation of the American civilization.

The First Great Awakening, was a religious revitalization movement that came through the Atlantic region, and even more so in the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, forever impacting American religion & is widely known as the most important event for American religion during the eighteenth century. The First Great Awakening was inspired by an English Methodist known as George Whitefield along with other ministers, when many people in the rural areas rejected the Enlighted and rational religion that came from the Cosmopolitan pulpits and port cities. George Whitefield began this movement with speaking tours through the colonies (“The Great Awakening”).

Milagros Canjura was around seven months pregnant when found shot to death outside her Bay Shore home in Long Island, NY. The 31-year old rented an apartment with her husband (whom friends say was in jail) in the Stein Drive community (LINK 4). Family members say that Canjura was heading to work when the suspect parked right next to the home walked up to the car and opened fire. The victim’s body was found dumped on the beach. Officials say this is a retaliation hit from the gang MS-13 who had a reputed member murdered. Officials also state that this gang has a history of revenge killings involving family members.

For a person to die from the poison, it would take about five minutes, it was not a peaceful death either. Jones ended up not taking the poison like the rest of the members. He was later found with a self-inflicted gun shot wound in his head. It is not exactly clear why he did not joun the rest of them by taking the poison. These events shocked the world, people did not understand how one man could be so influential to convince a whole town of people to take their own lives. It was a horrific scene, images of hundreds of bodies that were covered all around the grounds of the compound quickly hit the media. Families lying together, holding hands, mothers holding their children, even notes were found with their bodies, declaring their final words and who they want their belongings to go to. Throughout all the course of these events, nine hundred and eighteen people died on November 18, 1978. It was widely talked about, people even started saying the phrase, "Drink the kool-aid", meaning that they were being brainwashed. There are several documentaries, interviews, and movies in connection with the events that occurred at Jonestown. Survivors spoke out about the conditions there and what they were told into believing. Jim Jones' own son is one of the survivors

(McCormick Maaga) He would hold what he called White Night events where he would force the followers to drink fake poison wine to test their loyalty. Jim Jones would even fake heart attacks or act like he was getting shot during the White Night events to see who would try to help him, and who would run. Deborah Layton Blakey lived in Jonestown for a few months before leaving in the spring of 1978. After Blakey escaped she attempted to get government officials involved in the problems going on in Jonestown, with little success. Blakey described the suicide plans in an interview “We were informed that our situation had become hopeless and that the only course of action open to us was a mass-suicide for the glory of socialism. We were told that we would be tortured by mercenaries – were we taken alive. Everyone, including the children was told to line up. As we passed through the lines, we were given a small glass of red liquid to drink. We were told that the liquid contained poison and that we would die within 45 minutes. We all did as we were told.” (Ulman & Abse 1983, 653).

I do think something like the Great Awakening could occur today. The Great Awakening was a significant religious movement that apprised the minds of colonists in aspects of religious faith and belief, liberty, equality, and self-reliance. They based ideas on new lights and old lights, concerning the change in faith of churches. For example, Nathanael Henchman was a minister in Lynn, Massachusetts. He blamed George Whitefield for breaking up all of New England’s churches and "declared that George Whitefield is a dangerous man, harmful to the religion of Jesus Christ." The excerpt from Henchman's letter expresses his perspective as a Congregationalist (Old Lights) who stated Whitefield's revivals to influence the people and stop peace and

909 Found dead in Jones town,Guyana South America from Kool aid flavored cyanide, screams headline news November, 18 1979.What seems to be a peaceful New religion movement started in California for People in search for Hope and relief in Desperate Times from the Social inequalities, Unjust Killing, poverty ,and despair during the late seventies to early eighties.In the beginning people promise utopia “a perfect society” tens to hundreds of single mothers ,blacks, homosexuals and families all alike dropped their lives to flocking onto planes for a vision of the good life. Over a thousand people joined the “Peoples Temple”. This entire Religious Movement was run by one man said to be the by followers “Deliver of Peace ,Shepherd of his sheep,Father,

Chapter 14 in the book Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective of the Past by Herrry H. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler is mainly about Muhammad, the prophet, and his world, the expansion of Islam, economy and society of the early Islamic world, and its values and cultural exchanges.

The family members called the U.S government and asked them to investigate Jonestown. The U.S government told California Congressman Leo Ryan about Jonestown and he decided to go there himself and make sure that everyone was okay. He took a newspaper reporter and a cameraman with him. When he got there one of the cult members threatened to kill him if he did not leave. Ryan decided to go back to the U.S, and fifteen other Jonestown members wanted to go with him. As they were boarding the plane, Jones sent over gunmen who killed Ryan, his cameraman, the reporter and some of the people trying to leave Jonestown. The rest managed to escape. When Jones heard that they escaped he told his followers that they could no longer live in peace and that they would all have to sacrifice their lives so they could live in another world of peace together. At exactly 5:00 p.m .the mass suicide started. Jones and his aides put sedatives, cyanide, and tranquilizers in grape flavored Kool Aid and gave it to everyone in Jonestown. The people who would not drink it were forced by the other followers.909 people drank the poisonous drink and all of them died, 232 of those people were children. By 7:00 p.m., all 909 people where dead. Jones himself did not drink the Kool Aid. He was shot in the head, either by himself or his aide is undecided.

Ever since I was young, the Jewish value of Tikkum Olam (or repairing the world) has been important. My upbringing emphasized the importance of service to my community and the world around me. I volunteered in my Jewish, local and regional communities beginning in elementary school. It was natural for my passion for community service to strength as I grew older. I have never felt that spending time helping others was a chore, because it just never occurred to me that volunteering was unusual. In my local community I have volunteered with Us together, an organization that works towards easing the transition of refugees to Ohio through employment health and other services. Also on my Israel trip this summer I had the privilege of visiting a senior

The message of peace is a fundamental universal concern which is relevant throughout our world today. Peace is not merely the ‘absence of war’, but a state of mind in which a sense of tranquillity comes from actively working towards right relationships with individuals and God. To understand the way in which Muslims and Christians view peace it is imperative to understand the source of the teachings for each religion. The principles teachings of peace for Both Christianity and Islam are primarily found in the sacred texts of both religious traditions. Christianity looks to the bible and specifically the New Testament for teachings about peace, whereas Islam focuses’ on the Qur’an and Hadith to guide their beliefs of peace. These sacred

909 Found dead in Jonestown,Guyana South America from Kool aid flavored cyanide, screams headline news November, 18 1979.What seems to be a peaceful New religion movement started in California for People in search for Hope and relief in Desperate Times from the Social inequalities, Unjust Killing, poverty ,and despair during the late seventies to early eighties.In the beginning people promise utopia “a perfect society” tens to hundreds of single mothers ,blacks, homosexuals and families all alike dropped their lives to flocking onto planes for a vision of the good life. Over a thousand people joined the “Peoples Temple”. This entire Religious Movement was run by one man said to be the by followers “Deliver of Peace ,Shepherd of his

All that considered, I believe that Marx insists that the freedom of religion the liberal society certainly provides headway, or as Marx puts it: `a big step forward’ (Marx, 1978) towards freedom for Jewish believers and other non-Christian congregations. Similarly with other rights that liberalism considers to be of importance, ‘such as the rights to equality, property, security, and the legal institutions that embody them.’ (Sayers, 2003) Even though these are traits of the bourgeois society, they must also, along with religious freedom, be considered relatively and in a historical context. In the instance of the right to property, Marx displays that it assures to all people, or more accurately all white men at the time Marx wrote it, the

Some of these radical Islamist Imams are also so entrenched that it would be difficult to remove them, especially when police and government authorities do not have power or desire to deal with them. They open schools for children, community centers in neighborhoods, and perform other services that are expensive for the government. Since this saves the government money, they are content in letting the Islamist radicals stay, but in reality their service to the community is designed to show young, impressionable Muslims that Islamism is not negative. Since this has been going on for decades, radical clerics are now so deeply rooted in society that it would be difficult for them to be removed and still keep the societal good they bring their