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unity and religion
The religion, in fact, is an expression of the unity of the group, small or large.
The Bahá ' í Faith () is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá ' u ' lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind.
Three core principles establish a basis for Bahá ' í teachings and doctrine: the unity of God, the unity of religion, and the unity of humankind.
Because of theological statements like this, many past Egyptologists, such as Siegfried Morenz, believed that beneath the polytheistic traditions of Egyptian religion there was an increasing belief in a unity of the divine, moving toward monotheism.
* Sometimes as a synonym for ecumenism, i. e., the promotion of some level of unity, co-operation, and improved understanding between different religions or different denominations within a single religion.
Syncretism may involve the merger and analogising of several originally discrete traditions, especially in the theology and mythology of religion, thus asserting an underlying unity and allowing for an inclusive approach to other faiths.
It states his wish " for unity and comprehension in religion ".
Therefore he took pains to safeguard unity in doctrine by theological formulas of union, but these were made as broad as possible and were restricted to the needs of practical religion.
Unity, under this ideology, is seen as an essential feature of the nation and the nation-state — unity of descent, unity of culture, unity of language, and often unity of religion.
However, he failed to achieve unity in matters of religion.
He said that the credibility and endurance of India's unity and democracy are founded on its tradition of tolerance, and spoke of the need for Hindus, who form the majority, to express the traditional spirit of their religion.
# The principle of (" Whose realm, his religion ") provided for internal religious unity within a state: the religion of the prince became the religion of the state and all its inhabitants.
In the former aspect, a shared religion can be seen to contribute to a sense of national unity, a common bond among the citizens of the nation.
Enthusiasm for evangelical religion and admiration for the Anglican Church they held in common, and Bunsen was the instrument naturally selected for realizing the king's fantastic scheme of setting up at Jerusalem a Prusso-Anglican bishopric as a sort of advertisement of the unity and aggressive force of Protestantism.
Upon taking up residence at Rideau Hall, Vanier asked that a bilingual sign be placed at the main gates to the royal and viceroyal residence and that a chapel for offering Mass be constructed somewhere on the property, two requests that reflected two dominant forces in Vanier's life: religion and Canadian unity.
Lastly, compared to the Patriarchates in Constantinople, Rome, and Alexandria which for various reasons became mired in the theology of imperial state religion, many of its Patriarchs managed to straddle the divide between the controversies of Christology and imperial unity through its piety and straightforward grasp of early Christian thought which was rooted in its primitive Church beginnings.
The police took no action despite a potential charge under Section 298A ( 1 ) of the Penal Code for causing disharmony, disunity or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill will, or prejudicing the maintenance of harmony or unity, on grounds of religion.

unity and politics
The interaction between the two main factions is largely complementary with each faction possessing a particular expertise and both committed to the continued rule of the Communist Party and not allowing intra-party factional politics to threaten party unity.
" Another development which brought about a radical change in Indian politics was the espousal of Hindu-Muslim unity with the Lucknow pact at the annual meeting of the Congress in December 1916.
Burmese politics: the dilemma of national unity.
" By the mid-1970s ," according to The Continuum Political Encyclopedia of the Middle East, " the idea of Arab unity became less and less apparent in Arab politics, though it remained a wishful goal among the masses.
The resurgence in Celtic language and identity, as well as ' regional ' politics and development, has contributed to forces pulling against the unity of the state.
Politic about politics, Station Island is less about a united Ireland than about a poet seeking religious and aesthetic unity ".
In their attempts to represent the emperor as a figure of national unity, proponents and detractors of the Third Republic used the legend as a vehicle for exploring anxieties about gender and fears about the processes of democratization that accompanied this new era of mass politics and culture.
While the BJP opposed the Sikh militancy that was rising in the state of Punjab, it also blamed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for her divisive and corrupt politics that fostered such militancy at the expense of national unity and integrity.
His work is based on assumptions similar to Mackinder: the unity of world politics, and the unity of the world sea.
The President is intended to represent national unity and guarantee that Italian politics complies with the Constitution.
Valpy's feature on Rae included a comment by Arlene Perly Rae that he could return to politics if there was a national unity crisis.
Other scholars have seriously questioned this conclusion, arguing it oversimplifies the politics and unity of labor leaders and the major parties.
Leon Trotsky, now exiled from Stalin's USSR, argued that the first policy was disastrous because it prevented unity against the far right, and that the second was disastrous because the terms of the struggle would be dictated by mainstream liberal parties, and that Communists would have to subordinate their politics within the alliance.
Although there have been divergent interpretations concerning this work, there is broad agreement that " The Concept of the Political " is an attempt to achieve state unity by defining the content of politics as opposition to the " other " ( that is to say, an enemy, a stranger.
This unity did not extend to national politics, as opposing politicians often faced detainment under SLPP rule.
The ISO viewed the MDC as a united front, with the aim " Firstly to facilitate maximum unity between revolutionaries and reformists " and " Secondly ... as a platform to increase the influence of revolutionary politics and to build a revolutionary organisation ".
On 6 September, at the conference in Stuttgart, US Secretary of State James F. Byrnes delivered a Restatement of Policy on Germany, referring to the need for German economic unity and the development of its economic powers, as well as the strengthening of the Germans ' responsibility for their own politics and economy.
He preferred emphasizing practical notions about the importance of national unity, principled leadership, liberal politics, enlightened journalism, the social responsibility of business and industry, and scientific and technical progress that added to the cultural improvement of humanity.
" In his federal and state government capacities, Johns has worked exclusively with Republicans, but he also has been a staunch critic of what he sees as excessive partisanship in American politics, which he says is precluding greater national unity on critical national issues.
Gaillard is painstaking and impartial in his statement of facts, and his style is correct and elegant, but the unity of his narrative is somewhat destroyed by digressions, and by his method of treating war, politics, civil administration, and ecclesiastical affairs under separate heads.
As governmental organizations developed in Russia, and unity of the empire became one of the leading tenets of Russian politics, clashes between the Russian and Finnish governmental organizations grew frequent and led to the attempted russification.
Unlike parliamentary elections in Iceland, presidential elections are not fought on the basis of party politics ; instead, candidates attempt to use their personalities to attract supporters and appear as a living symbol of national unity.
It placed itself strongly in the left-wing of Italian politics, often working for the unity of all the parties of the Italian left ( thus proposing the adoption of an American-style electoral system based on first-past-the-post voting and the transformation of Italian institutions toward a presidential system ), but also often being rejected by certain areas of the left itself, especially those linked with the Italian Communist Party, due to the Radicals ' strong belief in libertarian policies, both socially and economically speaking.

unity and spirit
Apart from spirit there could be no community, for it is spirit which draws men into community and gives to any community its unity, cohesiveness, and permanence.
Every community, if it is alive has a spirit, and that spirit is the center of its unity and identity.
Chastity's importance in traditional Christian teaching stems from the fact that it is regarded as essential in maintaining and cultivating the unity of body with spirit and thus the integrity of the human being.
Benedict states, that the fullness of a person is achieved by a unity of soul and body, but neither spirit nor body alone can love, only the two together.
By the 17th century, Osei Kofi Tutu I ( c. 1695 – 1717 ), with help of Okomfo Anokye, unified what became the Ashante into a confederation with the Golden Stool as a symbol of their unity and spirit.
* Wholistic human nature ( fundamental beliefs 7, 26 )— Humans are an indivisible unity of body, mind and spirit.
Belichick chose neither, asking that the team be introduced all at once in the spirit of unity.
The underdog Patriots demonstrated team unity in the face of a formidable foe, just as Americans felt a spirit of national solidarity in the recovery from terrorist attacks.
The leader of the historic Spanish reactionary conservative movement called the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right declared his intention to " give Spain a true unity, a new spirit, a totalitarian polity ..." and went on to say " Democracy is not an end but a means to the conquest of the new state.
Under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer, it helped forge an alliance between the formerly belligerent Vulcan, Andorian, and Tellarite states, and forged a spirit of unity and cooperation in the Alpha Quadrant, culminating in a formal union in 2161.
For the opening performance, it was intended that the soloists should be Galina Vishnevskaya ( a Russian ), Peter Pears ( an Englishman ) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ( a German ), to demonstrate a spirit of unity.
In the spirit of Wilhelm von Humboldt the constitution emphasized the autonomy of the university and the unity of teaching and research.
These dimensions are: ( 1 ) a shared, motivating group purpose ; ( 2 ) action, progress and results ; ( 3 ) collective unity or team spirit ; ( 4 ) individual selection and motivation.
Probably we should connect with this the statement that Xenocrates called unity and duality ( monas and duas ) deities, and characterised the former as the first male existence, ruling in heaven, as father and Zeus, as uneven number and spirit ; the latter as female, as the mother of the gods, and as the soul of the universe which reigns over the mutable world under heaven, or, as others have it, that he named the Zeus who ever remains like himself, governing in the sphere of the immutable, the highest ; the one who rules over the mutable, sublunary world, the last, or outermost.
" O God, by whose grace thy servants the Holy Abbots of Cluny, enkindled with the fire of thy love, became burning and shining lights in thy Church: Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit of love and discipline, and may ever walk before thee as children of light ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth, one God, now and for ever.
Capito was always more concerned for the " unity of the spirit " than for dogmatic formularies, and from his endeavours to conciliate the Lutheran and Zwinglian parties in regard to the sacraments, he seems to have incurred the suspicions of his own friends ; while from his intimacy with Martin Cellarius and other divines of the Socinian school he drew on himself the charge of Arianism.
Etymologist Dave Wilton says, " Some time during the war, Chad and Kilroy met, and in the spirit of Allied unity merged, with the British drawing appearing over the American phrase.
Others say it came from the words atin muna, signifying a policy, unity of feeling and sentiments among the residents that bolster their spirit in the fight against their enemies during that time.
" We have to remember that behind the various caprices of modern historical theories, and as a more profound and primordial reality, there stands the unity of blood and spirit of the white races who created the greatest civilizations both of the East and West, the Iranian and Hindu as well as the ancient Greek and Roman and the Germanic " ( The Doctrine of Awakening, p. 14 ).
Dating from 1914, the " The Whitman Hymn " was written and composed by President Penrose to create school unity and spirit.
He tries to emphasize unity amongst the Romans by featuring the spirit of Romans ( Sutherland 254 ).

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