Word: exclusivist
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...wishes to argue that the Christmas tree is an exclusivist Christian symbol because the Church or a large number of the Church’s followers have associated it with a Christian festival—regardless of history or the masses of proclaimed non-Christians who exchange presents and have a tree on Dec. 25—there should also be protests against any Halloween parties (which even the name will tell you has been associated by the church with the subsequent All Saints’ Day). Similarly, the Star of David or the menorah seen in many houses...
...poem without any religious nature beyond the mention of the word “Christmas,” a legend little-commemorated outside of some European circles was suddenly made into a “jolly old elf” with the power to make some seethe with anti-exclusivist fervor. Since Santa Claus was not widely associated with Christmas in America until a bit over a century ago, it should give some people pause to hear that it is an integral part of Christianity. However, Pforzheimer House Committee President Teresa L. Bechtold ’02 believes that, regardless...
...would have thought that an undergraduate at Harvard College had learned by sophomore or junior year the difference between exclusivist and xenophobic uses of cultural group patterns, on the one hand, and pragmatic solidarity uses of cultural group patterns, on the other hand...
...underground church. Malawi President-for-life Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda, a staunch elder in Malawi's Presbyterian Church of Central Africa, has become increasingly angered by the "devil's Witnesses," their unwillingness to join his ruling Congress Party, their refusal to take loyalty oaths, and their exclusivist claims to religious truth. A Congress Party convention in September demanded that the Witnesses be expelled from their jobs and property, and since then party zealots have been carrying out the mandate with fervor. One company with 200 employees was shut down because it refused to fire a Witness who worked...
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