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71Conditional preservation of the saints — The Five Articles of Remonstrance Conditional election Unlimited atonement Total depravity …
72Poland — /poh leuhnd/, n. a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. 38,700,291; ab. 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Cap.: Warsaw. Polish, Polska. * * * Poland Introduction Poland Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around …
73Constitution of Japan — Japan This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Japan …
74Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi — Gandhi redirects here. For other uses, see Gandhi (disambiguation). Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi …
75Maqaam — (also known as maqām) or maqaamat (plural), translating to stations in arabic, is a term that references the various stages a Sufi s soul must attain in its search for God.[1] The stations are derived from the most routine considerations a Sufi… …
76New Life (Meher Baba) — Meher Baba with disciples begging during his New Life period 1949 1952 The New Life was a period of renunciation, pilgrimage, and spiritual adventures undertaken by the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba on October 16, 1949.[1] Baba selected… …
77monasticism — /meuh nas teuh siz euhm/, n. the monastic system, condition, or mode of life. [1785 95; MONASTIC + ISM] * * * Institutionalized religious movement whose members are bound by vows to an ascetic life of prayer, meditation, or good works. Members of …
78Gandhism — (or Gandhianism) is a collection of inspirations, principles, beliefs and philosophy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi), who was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian Independence Movement.It is a… …
79Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von — born Aug. 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe Weimar German poet, novelist, playwright, and natural philosopher. In 1773 Goethe provided the Sturm und Drang movement with its first major drama, Götz von Berlichingen, and …
80ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
