POLSCI 14

RELIGIOUS

MOVEMENT
-GROUP 3
INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION
OF RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT

RELIGION
-Any socially organized pattern of beliefs and practices
concerning ultimate meaning that assumes the
existence of the supernatural.

RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
·It is a type of social movement that aims to alter/change existing
religious organizations or establish new religious groups.
·An organized effort to cause or prevent change.

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
-Public or Private organizations built around a religious ideology.
INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION
OF RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT

TYPES OF RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT

1. ENDOGENOUS RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS

- constitute efforts to change internal character of the religion.

2. EXOGENOUS RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS

- attempt to alter the environment which the religion resides.

3. GENERATIVE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS

- seek to introduce new religions into the culture or environment.
WHAT IS THE REASON WHY RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
EXISTS?

-RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL REFORM

WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS?

·They look for means to deal with the new struggles or to

simple voice their needs. Religious movements provide
both practical and psychological support for people with
their social, cultural, and economic problems.
 EXAMPLES OF
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
“Silsilah” in the Movement is taken as an inspiring and key concept to describe Muslims, Christians and
people of other living faiths who are moving together as one universal family, moving towards a common
vision and mission of dialogue and peace.

Recognizing the uniqueness of each religion, people are called to undergo a process of spiritual growth
by continuously discovering God’s dialogue with humanity. It is a call to live the spirituality of life-in-
dialogue and to witness God’s presence in the plurality of cultures and religions as a habitat and an
experience that leads to dialogue and peace.
BIRTH OF SILSILAH

- Touched by an experience of conflict between

Muslims and Christians in Mindanao and
inspired by God’s dialogue with people of all
cultures and religions, Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra
PIME, with a group of Muslim and Christian
friends, started officially the Silsilah Dialogue
Movement in Zamboanga City on May 9, 1984.
HARMONY CHAIN
INITIATIVE
This is a special interfaith initiative of meditation and prayer
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for dialogue and peace from Mindanao to the world. It is a spiritual chain
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of peoples of different cultures and religions responding to God’s dialogue
with humanity to sustain our cry for peace.
When the Philippine Government through then President Joseph Estrada
declared “total war” in Mindanao in the year 2000 as a solution to the Moro
problem, the Movement’s quiet response was expressed in the slogan “Cry
Peace with Your Life-in-Dialogue.”
THE HARMONY PRAYER
INITIATIVE IS:
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A SPIRITUAL CHAIN OF PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT

CULTURES AND RELIGIONS.
A RESPONSE TO GOD’S DIALOGUE WITH HUMANITY TO
SUSTAIN OUR CRY FOR PEACE.
 HARMONY VILLAGE
A 14 hectare farm and woodland nestled on a hill in Pitogo, Sinunuc located 7
kilometers from the city proper West Coast of Zamboanga City.
The Village has an abundance of silent places for meditation, a Christian
Prayer House, a Muslim Prayer House, Day Care with extension service to the
nearby communities, Library, Conference Hall.
 MYDA- MUSLIM YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE

VISION

Muslim Youth Development Alliance(MYDA) is a

community- based organization that is spearheaded by
Muslim youth leaders of Zamboanga City that envisions of
having a pool of muslim youth that are holistically ready
and develop to spearheaded and promote peace, unity,
knowledge and Islamic teachings for the development of
oneself, family and the community.
 MYDA- MUSLIM YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE
MISSION

Muslim Youth Development Alliance (MYDA) has the core mission to be the catalyst in:

Sharing the teaching of Islam as the religion of peace in accordance to the Quran and the
Sunnah;

Capacitating Muslim youth and their community so they to reach the utmost potentials

To provide an avenue to the Muslim youth amplify their voice in issues, decisions that
affect them;

To instill values that are important in mounding oneself, and;

To help the local government in solving prime issues that concerened and affecte the
muslim community.
 MYDA- MUSLIM YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE

ESTABLISHED

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Already registered in Local Youth Development

Counzil (LYDC) of Zamboanga City

One of 20 registered organization.

 NATIONAL
RELIGIOUS
MOVEMENTS
 IGLESIA NI CRISTO
(CHURCH OF CHRIST)

Iglesia ni Cristo is a national religious movement in the

Philippines that was founded in 1914 by Felix Y. Manalo. It is
a Christian denomination that emphasizes the restoration
of the original church established by Jesus Christ. -
Emergence: It emerged as a response to the perceived
corruption and doctrinal deviations of existing Christian
churches in the Philippines during the early 20th century.
 IGLESIA NI CRISTO
(CHURCH OF CHRIST)

The primary goal of Iglesia ni Cristo is to propagate its unique

interpretation of the Bible and to establish the true church as the
sole path to salvation. It also seeks to promote moral values, social
welfare, and unity among its members.

Iglesia ni Cristo has experienced significant growth and influence

in the Philippines. It has established numerous local congregations
and has expanded internationally. The movement's success can be
attributed to its strong organizational structure, effective evangelism,
and ability to meet the spiritual and social needs of its members.
 EL SHADDAI
El Shaddai is a national religious movement in the Philippines that was founded
in 1984 by Mariano "Mike" Z. Velarde. It is a charismatic Catholic movement that
emphasizes personal conversion, faith healing, and prosperity gospel teachings.

El Shaddai emerged as a response to the social and economic challenges faced

by many Filipinos during the 1980s. It provided a sense of hope, empowerment,
and spiritual renewal to its followers.
 EL SHADDAI

The movement aims to bring about personal

transformation and spiritual renewal among its members.
It seeks to address the material needs of its followers and
promote a sense of prosperity through faith.
 EL SHADDAI
El Shaddai has gained a significant following in the Philippines
and has become one of the largest religious movements in the
country. It holds regular prayer rallies and has established various
charitable initiatives. While it has faced criticism and
controversies, its ability to provide spiritual comfort and a sense
of community has contributed to its overall success.
 JUL 16, 1054 CE:
GREAT SCHISM
-INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
 The Great Schism of 1054 was when
Christianity split into Western
Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. The
Reformation of the 16th century is
another example of when Western
Catholicism split into Roman Catholicism
and Protestantism.
Further schisms split both the Roman
Catholic Church and the Protestant
Church into numerous smaller sects and
religious groups.
JIHAD
MOVEMENT
JANUARY 1827
 on 11 January 1827' (Aqeel, nd: 95), Syed Ahmad
Shaheed came into contact with certain Afghans
coming from Kabul. They narrated Sikh atrocities
towards Muslims of North-Western India. On this
occasion, he decided to wage Jihad against to
liberate Muslims from the clutches of brutal rule of
Sikhs.
WHY THERE'S A NEED TO STUDY THE
DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS
MOVEMENTS IN THE
SOCIETY?
 IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
1. Human Understanding - to deepen
our understanding of others and
ourselves, even as we pursue other
realms of knowledge.
- to explore religious ideas from a
variety of perspectives.

2. Cultural Influence - to learn more

about how different aspects of human
life have been and continue to be
shaped by changing religious notions.
 IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS

3. Global Insight - to cultivate our ability

to understand and interpret other
people’s religious traditions.

4. Interdisciplinary - opportunity to
learn about a range of disciplinary
approaches, and, even more
importantly, the connections and
linkages among them.
 Understanding the purpose of
Religious movement
Religious movements may be understood as a subcategory of social movements,
that is organized efforts to cause or prevent change. There are three discrete types
or categories of religious movements. First, endogenous religious movements
constitute efforts to change the internal character of the religion. Second,
exogenous religious movements attempt to alter the environment in which the
religion resides. Third, generative religious movements seek to introduce new
religions into the culture or environment
 ·Religions consist of beliefs, symbols, practices, and organizations.
Endogenous movements seek to change one or more of these aspects
of a religion.

·Some endogenous movements have had monumental impact on both

history and culture—for example, the great schism that split Christianity
into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy in the eleventh
century; and the Reformation, which developed in the sixteenth century
and split Protestantism from Roman Catholicism. Other movements,
while important to the participants, have been of little cultural
significance.
·Endogenous movements frequently result in a schism—the division of the
religious organization into two or more independent parts. Protestantism
has been particularly schism-prone. Melton (1996) has identified more
than 750 Protestant groups in North America alone. New religious groups
formed through the process of schism are known as sects.
·Exogenous movements constitute a second general type of religious
movement. They are concerned with changing some aspect of the
environment in which a religious organization exists.
All religious organizations bring four imperatives to the
environments in which they exist: (1) survival, (2) economic
viability, (3) status, and (4) ideology (Hadden 1980).

·As long as these interests are secure, the religious

organization exists in equilibrium or harmony with its
environment. This is the normal relationship between
religions and the culture. In sociological literature, these
groups are identified as churches, or denominations.
·a religious group that has slightly
different beliefs from other groups
that share the same religion:
Protestantism and Roman
Catholicism are both
denominations of the Christian
faith.
The third type of religious movement is
generative—a deliberate effort to produce a
new religious movement. Either new
religions are introduced to a culture
externally by missionaries, or they are
products of innovation (invention) by
members of the culture.

New religions are not necessarily newly

created.
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THANK YOU
-GROUP 3