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What is Revitalization Movement? What are the stages of Revitalization Movement? It’s a deliberate, organized, effort by members of society to construct a more satisfying culture. The Revitalization Movement stages include homeostasis or steady state, increased individual stress, deviant, the system or the establishment and cultural distortion.
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Give three examples of Revitalization Movements (other than ISKCON). Iroquois Religion of Handsome Lake, the Ghost Dance Religion of Sioux and the Cargo Cults of Oceania are other examples of Revitalization Movements besides ISKCON.
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What is the importance of a “charismatic prophet” for a Revitalization Movement? Charismatic prophet himself has undergone a personal …show more content…

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How does the split between shias and sunnis inform the present conflict in Iraq? In Iraq majority people are Shiite in Iraq. Under Saddam who was Sunni, Shiite’s were persecuted. Shiite violence against Sunni is partially revenge and want to make sure Sunni’s don’t come back to dominate even though both share Islam. The conflict in Iraq is created because of division in Islam but its not related due to death of prophet Mohamed.
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Explain why Black Madonna is a force of Polish nationalism? In Poland spirit of religious nationalism results in collapse of Communism and there was a religious symbol that really became symbol of Polish nationalism called Black Madonna.
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How is politics in India relevant to the study of religious nationalism? The rise of Hindu political party the BJP and the conflict in Ayodhya is that temple was built over Ram’s birth place was destroyed and masque was built over it so Hindu nationalist destroyed masque and began to rebuild temple.
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In what ways are American and French secularism different? American secularism is very open minded about expression of religion in terms of dress, beard, hair, etc. French takes opposite approach by excluding any kind of religious symbolism in public places supported by gov’t. In America it’s all about individualism.
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Explain the religious dimensions of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Protestants want to maintain their

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