Radical Sects Research Articles

After 1662: ejected ministers and the support for nonconformity, the first decade revisited

ABSTRACT This study reviews the development of Dissent during the first decade after the 1662 Act of Uniformity. It focuses on the laity as well as the ministers who were silenced, and on the Presbyterians rather than the radical sects. It discusses the number of ejected ministers, their continued involvement in ministry, and the crucial role of lay supporters in setting up meetings and encouraging ministers to preach. Many ejected ministers were not involved in active ministry after 1662. Others died within a few years or were incapacitated by illness or old age. A significant number, however, felt compelled to answer lay demand for an evangelical ministry, and they began preaching within months of being silenced. London was the most important centre of Dissent. The 1669 Conventicle Returns help establish the regional and denominational strength of Dissent, and that some permanent congregations already existed. There was clearly a shortage of nonconformist ministers throughout the period. From the application for licences under the 1672 Indulgence it is evident that the number of ejected ministers still active was declining rapidly, though they were being replaced by a second generation of ministers.

PEMANFAATKAN MEDIA SOSIAL OLEH GURU PAI SEBAGAI SARANA PEMBELAJARAN DI ERA 4.0

Teachers as agents of change, role models, social media as a medium and means of learning can create a pleasant learning atmosphere and motivate students to improve their abilities. They have competencies following the times. SMKN 4 Bojonegoro is a school that can apply internet-based learning and uses social media well, PAI subjects. This study aims to reveal the role of PAI teachers utilizing social media as learning in the era of 4.0 case studies at SMKN 4 Bojonegoro, about The implementation of PAI teachers in used social media as a learning tool in the 4.0 Era and the active role of teachers in utilizing social media as a learning tool in the 4.0 era. This study used a qualitative approach with a case study design, Data Collecting by using in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation techniques. Data analysis techniques include data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. Checking the validity of the findings is done by triangulation with various data, methods, and sources. The results showed that the implementation of PAI teachers in utilizing social media as a learning tool in the 4.0 era was by using WhatsApp and YouTube. Students get the PAI learning material itself and the latest PAI material. The active role of PAI teachers in utilizing social media as a learning tool in the 4.0 era is to become a subject, thereby guarding against radicalism and deviant beliefs. His efforts are to provide study materials for intolerant groups, inclusive religious practices and show wrong and radical sects and their dangers.

Pola Sosialisasi Penyuluh Agama Islam dalam Pencegahan Paham Radikalisme

This study tries to explain the socialization pattern of Islamic religious educators in preventing radicalism. The purpose of this study is to educate readers that radicalism is very dangerous to the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia and must be prevented as early as possible. The practice of socializing Islamic religious instructors carried out in a persuasive and humanistic manner using religious languages ​​by always prioritizing the values ​​of tolerance. This research is a qualitative research with a descriptive approach. Data collection techniques used are observation and structured interviews. The results of this study are: First, Islamic religious instructors conduct early detection in all remote villages. Second, instilling in the community the principle of religious moderation in order to create a harmonious, harmonious and peaceful religious life. Third, convey to the public that there is no place for radical sects in the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Totalitarian Sects within the Current Political Processes

This article studies the phenomenon of totalitarian sects entering politics. It concerns the participation of totalitarian sects in the political processes and election campaigns with the aim of getting into power, as well as the attempts of some political figures to rely on the infrastructure of totalitarian sects in order to promote themselves in the ruling structures. The author summarizes the works of Russian and international social thinkers and religious scholars, studying totalitarian sects as a relatively new social and religious phenomenon, supplementing and developing their findings. In particular, the following features are recognized as the key characteristics of totalitarian sects. A relatively recent foundation — usually with the founder still alive. A charismatic leader — the founder or successor, who has unquestionable authority. Closed information environment, filtering any external information signals. Careful regulation of the adherents' life, as well as their double code language, allowing them to recognize others in a “friend-or-foe” mode, which likens totalitarian sects to criminal communities. A rigid hierarchy that doses information about the organizations' goals to its members at different levels of initiation; adherents' compulsory financial participation and preaching activities. The author analyzes the promotion of totalitarian sects in politics using examples from Ukrainian and Russian political practices of the post-Soviet period. In particular, he studies the political activities of such structures as the Livets Ord (lit. “Word of Life”) Baptist Church, the Scientology Church, the Embassy of God sect (Sunday Adelaja), the Unification Church (Sun Myung Moon), the Living Word Baptist Church, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Last Covenant Church, Slavic neopagan groups and radical Islamist sects. The network community formed around the Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation also possesses the attributes of a totalitarian sect. Particular attention is paid to specific examples of the political involvement of totalitarian sects and their influence at different levels of government in Ukraine and in the Russian Federation, as well as the resulting damage. Considering the scale of totalitarian sects' activities in Russia — hundreds of such organizations are involved, up to 1 million people in total — the author emphasizes their use by foreign intelligence services, which poses a threat to Russia's national security.

Sects and Religious Movements in the Russian Empire in the Second Half of the XIX – First Quarter of the XX Century оn the Pages of the Simbirsk and Samara Diocesan News

Introduction. The presented article touches upon one of the serious religious problems of Russian history, the phenomenon of “sects”. The author, with the help of the provincial periodical press of the Russian Orthodox Church, tried to highlight the activities of sectarians in the second half of the 19th century until the end of the First World War. The significance of the material presented is undoubtedly, especially in the context of the emergence of new radical sects. To these days, too much depends on the experience of solving this issue, which is acute in our country. The successful resolution of religious problems is the foundation of Russia’s peaceful existence. The purpose of the article is to determine the historical place of sects and sectarianism in the religious life of provinces Middle Volga region, based on the characteristics of their condition and activities, to highlight the policy of the Russian Orthodox Church in relation to sectarians in the period under review, to reveal the special role of the church periodicals aimed at forming environment of negative perception of sects, heretics and all those who broke away from the “true Orthodox teaching”. Materials and Methods. The most important in the study, based on the provisions formulated by the above authors, is the historical method, or, as it is also formulated, the principle of historicism. In carrying out this scientific research, the author relied, first of all, on special historical or general historical methods. Research Results. The study showed that the church media, controlled by local bishops and supported by the secular authorities, carried out an anti-sectarian policy on the pages of their magazines. The Russian Church in Russia had the status of a “state religion” and a monopoly on religious consciousness, therefore it suppressed any deviations from its dogmas. The anti-sectarian tone did not change until 1917. Discussion and Conclusion. We can conclude that the topic of sectarianism is still relevant, moreover, sects continue to arise and develop throughout the world. As long as there are official religions, new sects will be born and spun off. The image of a heretic-sectarian, when necessary, is actively used in propaganda in the media today. The proposed provisions and conclusions create prerequisites for further study of this problem.

Review Essay: “Free Radical: Music, Violence and Radicalism”

Review Essay: “Free Radical: Music, Violence and Radicalism”

When Heterodoxy Became News: The Representation of the Diggers and the Ranters in Contemporary Newspapers

The years 1649-1650 witnessed the emergence of two prominent radical sects of the British Civil Wars – the Diggers and the Ranters. While the former were members of organised communities that pursued a communistic agenda, the latter were more of a loose group of individuals who produced prophetic tracts. Yet, the Diggers and the Ranters held similar heterodox views – although there were significant differences between them, and they both made a point of distancing themselves from each other; both arguably advocated and practised a form of mystical radicalism. This essay focuses on the way these two sects were represented in contemporary newsbooks, from the time of the regicide and the establishment of the Commonwealth to the passing of the “Act against severall Atheisticall, Blasphemous and Execrable Opinions” in August 1650, and the interrogation by a parliamentary committee of Ranter Abiezer Coppe for alleged blasphemy in October 1650. It draws upon a variety of weeklies, ranging from Parliamentary newspapers, and official Commonwealth periodicals after the passing of a stringent licensing law in September 1649, to underground and unlicensed royalist mercuries. It especially looks into the way the Diggers and the Ranters were labelled and what these labels tell us about those who supposedly voiced dissenting opinions as well as about perceptions of the heterodox landscape of the late 1640s and early 1650s. It also studies the basis on which newsbook writers generally condemned, rather than condoned, the alleged heretical views of the Diggers and the Ranters, and what this reveals about the religious positioning of these essential contributors to the print culture of the Civil War years.

England's First Demonologist: Reginald Scot and ‘The Discoverie of Witchcraft’ (Philip C. Almond)

<i>England's First Demonologist: Reginald Scot and ‘The Discoverie of Witchcraft’</i> (Philip C. Almond)

Boko Haram, Religious Violence, and the Crisis of National Identity in Nigeria

Since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, more than 10,000 people have died in the wake of identity-based violence mostly fought along ethno-religious lines. In 2009, a radical Islamist sect from north-eastern Nigeria, Boko Haram, started a campaign of terror that has so far intensified the apprehensive religious atmosphere in the country. While the Boko Haram crisis cannot be said to be strictly religious, this article will locate the group within the context of the mobilization and politicization of religion in Nigeria, which along with the heavy-handedness of Nigeria’s conflict management processes, informs religious militancy and sectarian violence in the country. We argue that a process of transition from a killing society to a non-killing society is needed to provide an alternative perspective to the existing pedagogy of violence for which northern Nigeria is notorious.

The Islamist challenge: Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis explained

This article examines the Boko Haram crisis of July 2009 in Nigeria. It probes the historical evolution of the radical sect, highlights the impact of the uprising, and reflects on the contentious issues stemming from the uprising. Although the general opinion is that radical sects in Nigeria are unlikely to turn into sleeper cells for global terrorism, this article contends that the fact that some of the sect's members had received training in far-away Afghanistan and Mauritania raises some serious questions.

Moravian Radicals and the Gender of God

In Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland (1798), a gothic tale in which religious enthusiasm leads to deception and murder, one of the signs of the Wieland family's impending doom is the mother's devotion to the teachings of Moravian leader Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf . Brown wrote that the loneliness of their dwelling prevented her from joining any established congregation; but she was punctual in the offices of prayer, and in the performance of hymns to her Saviour, after the manner of the disciples of Zinzendorf. The Moravians, who have recently become one of the most-studied radical sects of eighteenth-century Europe and America, were often associated with the spirit of religious fanaticism. In his deeply researched and compellingly documented book, Aaron Spencer Fogleman explains why the Moravians' shockingly explicit theology of sex and experimental notions of the Trinity's gendered characteristics elicited fearful and sometimes violent responses from the Moravians' critics.1

Debates on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Japan: Minority Voices and their Political Amplifiers

Compared to debates in the West, the debate on human embryonic stem cell research (hESR) in Japan is said to be hardly existent. According to established views, the country has no cultural canons that forbid hESR, so a debate on the status of the embryo is hardly relevant to Japanese culture. The existing debate is considered crucial to science policy-makers, though monopolized by the voices of only a few social groups. Three such minority voices are: the Anti-Eugenic Network, a feminist-cum-handicapped movement; the Japanese Association for Spinal Cord Injuries; and a few radical Buddhist sects. These three groups clearly support or oppose hESR. Nevertheless the public debate is carried mainly by political interest groups that amplify and mis-quote the minority voices. These interest groups capitalize on the hopes placed on hESR in promoting financial and political support, at the same time as they aim to cure disease. The past experiences of the three social groups with Japanese politics on health are linked to promises, risk perception and doubts about the future of hESR.

Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830–1917. By Sergei I. Zhuk. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center, 2004. xxi + 458 pp. $60.00 cloth.

Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830–1917. By Sergei I. Zhuk. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center, 2004. xxi + 458 pp. $60.00 cloth. - Volume 75 Issue 4

Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830–1917. By Sergei I. Zhuk (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004) 480 pp. $60.00

<i>Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830–1917</i>. By Sergei I. Zhuk (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004) 480 pp. $60.00

Ruling Eldership in Civil War England, the Scottish Kirk, and Early New England: A Comparative Study of Secular and Spiritual Aspects

Within early modern Christianity the idea of church government always entailed a basic contradiction. How could a spiritual body, devoted to Christ's teachings of love and forgiveness, exercise coercive authority? Given the widely accepted need of any sixteenth- or seventeenth-century government to enforce religiously based codes of behavior, churches and church officials were inevitably involved with the secular authorities in detecting and judging offenders. Inasmuch as such judgment had to include the threat of punishment, church officials of any kind were open to the charge of violating their Christian mission, which by nature was to be persuasive and educative rather than punitive, and also their Christian character, which, even among more radical Protestant sects, was to be more otherworldly than that of the laity.

Sergei I. Zhuk. Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. xx, 457 pp. $60.00.

"Sergei I. Zhuk. Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. xx, 457 pp. $60.00." published on 01 Jan 2006 by Brill | Schöningh.

Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917

Book Review| July 01 2005 Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917 Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917Zhuk, Sergei I. Roger Chapman Roger Chapman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utopian Studies (2005) 16 (2): 297–301. https://doi.org/10.2307/20718745 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Roger Chapman; Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917. Utopian Studies 1 July 2005; 16 (2): 297–301. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/20718745 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressUtopian Studies Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2005 Society for Utopian Studies2005Society for Utopian Studies Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917

Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917

:Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830–1917

:Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830–1917

Russia's lost reformation: peasants, millennialism, and radical sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917

Radical Protestant Christianity became widespread in rural parts of southern Russia and Ukraine in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917, studies the origins and evolution of the theology and practices of these radicals and their contribution to an alternative culture in the region. Arising from a confluence of immigrant Anabaptists from central Europe and native Russian religious dissident movements, the new sects shared characteristics with both their antecedents in Europe and their contemporaries in the Shaker and Quaker movements on the American frontier. The radicals' lives showed energy and initiative reminiscent of Max Weber's famous paradigm in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. And women participated in congregations no less than men and often led them. The radicals criticized the existing social and political order, created their own educational system, and in some cases engaged in radical politics. Their contributions, argues Zhuk, help explain the receptiveness of peasants in this region to the revolutions of 1905 and 1917.