Apostasy
Apostasy (; Greek: ἀποστασία ápostasía, "a defection or revolt") is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person. It can also be defined within the broader context of embracing an opinion that is contrary to one's previous religious beliefs. One who undertakes apostasy is known as an apostate. Undertaking apostasy is called apostatizing (or apostasizing – also spelled apostacizing). The term apostasy is used by sociologists to mean the renunciation and criticism of, or opposition to, a person's former religion, in a technical sense, with no pejorative connotation. Occasionally, the term is also used …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 April 2023 English
The Elizabethan settlement, and the Church of England that emerged from it, made way for a theological reformation, an institutional reformation, and a high political reformation. It was a reformation …
Christie and Michael Gauvreau 23 Evangelism and Apostasy The Evolution and Impact of Evangelicals in Modern …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 August 2022 English
In June 1949 the Soviet state arrested seven farmers from the village of Bila Tserkva. Not wealthy or powerful, the men were unknown outside their community, and few had ever …
Christie and Michael Gauvreau 23 Evangelism and Apostasy The Evolution and Impact of Evangelicals in Modern … their sig- nature on a government record a form of apostasy. Even if they had signed, this would not have …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 5 July 2022 English
A Canadian-built mission house in the heart of Seoul became the heart of the emerging South Korean democratization movement, while a Korean minister rose to serve as the spiritual leader …
Christie and Michael Gauvreau 23 Evangelism and Apostasy The Evolution and Impact of Evangelicals in …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 31 January 2022 English
Religion is fundamental to contemporary Puerto Rican society. The first synthesis of the religious history of the island, Communities of the Soul explores religion in Puerto Rico and the beliefs, …
Christie and Michael Gauvreau 23 Evangelism and Apostasy The Evolution and Impact of Evangelicals …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 January 2022 English
In the wake of the devastating First World War, leaders of the victorious powers reconfigured the European continent, resulting in new understandings of nation, state, and citizenship. Religious identity, symbols, …
Christie and Michael Gauvreau 23 Evangelism and Apostasy The Evolution and Impact of Evangelicals …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 December 2021 English
The concept of vocation in an early modern setting calls to mind the priesthood or religious life in a monastery or cloister; to be “called” by God meant to leave …
Christie and Michael Gauvreau 23 Evangelism and Apostasy The Evolution and Impact of Evangelicals in …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 June 2021 English
The French Jesuit Isaac-Joseph Berruyer's Histoire du peuple de Dieu was an ambitious attempt to connect the ideas of the Enlightenment with the theology of the Catholic Church. A paraphrase …
Christie and Michael Gauvreau 23 Evangelism and Apostasy The Evolution and Impact of Evangelicals in Modern …
School of Public Policy, University of Calgary · 18 January 2021 French
The Federal Court, the RCMP, CSIS, the provinces and territories, and numerous for-profit and non-profit consultants, lawyers and service providers may also be involved in the process. [...] Relevant for …
Claim type(s) Sexual orientation Iran Religion: apostasy or conversion to Christianity or Zoroastrianism …
desLibris · 15 September 2020 English
Since Nozick sees rights as boundary conditions on the permissible treatment of others, he argues that to reject this conception of rights would entail either a rejection of all morality …
been before. But the rumors of my deviation (or apostasy!) from libertarianism were much exaggerated. …
PPF: Public Policy Forum · 23 April 2020 English
The rise of the Internet (and a host of other science and technology breakthroughs) tossed many of the old assumptions, as did the stunning rise of China and the relative …
INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY FOR CANADA 47 This may sound like apostasy to some readers, but is an opportunity to strengthen …
