Word: worshiped
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...them fashionable. The revival of Nordic traditions may be a reaction to the cultural impact of globalization. Two years ago, some descendants of the Vikings took another major step into to the past when the pagan Asa religion was granted official recognition, granting tax benefits to those organizing the worship of Odin, Thor and other Norse gods. "It's all the same movement," says Senior Researcher Else Marie Kofod of the Danish Folklore Archives. "In these years, many old traditions are revived because there is a need for it. We live in a complex and material world where people have...
...Vatican is especially wary of "Africanization," a movement in which primitive fetishes turn up in church art and indigenous theologians speculate on blending ancestor worship with the Mass. Although the church is expanding, it suffers a dire shortage of African priests: for every new man ordained, there are 10,000 baptisms. The Pope performed two priestly ordination services, underscoring the importance of recruitment. In addition, numerous Catholics cannot receive Communion because of polygamous or tribal marriages that are not recognized by the church...
...experts estimate that the disparate Identity groups count from 2,000 to 5,000 members plus several times that many sympathizers and seem to have particular appeal for bankrupt farmers and the unemployed. A handful of Identity churches, like Butler's, hold services in traditional places of worship. But the network includes little-noticed groups that meet in private homes and individuals who regularly receive audiocassettes and publications in the mail. The word is also spread through contacts in prisons, computer bulletin boards and shows on public access channels on TV cable systems, which are required...
...week earlier, 58 clerics in Lahore had signed a fatwa condemning suicide bombings against Muslims or in places of worship. But many conservative clerics declined to endorse the decree, and hard-line orthodox Sunni militants, whom authorities suspect are behind Friday's bombing, do not consider Pakistan's many Shi'ites, Sufis and moderate Sunnis "real" Muslims at all. "There is no place in Islam for such acts," insists Mufti Munibur Rehman, who signed the fatwa. Sadly, there seems to be a place for them in Pakistan...
...guru Howard Greive is on the phone from Wellington. He's not talking about the Toyota HiLux ute, whose award-winning "bugger" campaign he helped create, but about the higher echelons of the international art world. And, more specifically, that celestial plane where, every two years, they come to worship: the Venice Biennale. "Have you seen that little QuickTime?" he asks. "I must send it to you." Within seconds, the short movie teaser for New Zealand's Biennale party on June 8 is zipping across the Tasman. Fashioned by Greive and vodka sponsor 42 Below, the clip uses cheesy footage...