And like any church, Adventism of course has its sectarian movements and offshoots. |
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The spirituality in Star Wars is so universal that many world religions, from Adventism to Zoroastrianism, have found their beliefs reflected in the movie. |
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There is also no monolithic Seventh-day Adventism. |
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Adventism began in the 19th century in the context of the Second Great Awakening revival in the United States. |
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During the 1990s the Worldwide Church of God engaged in a process of doctrinal reevaluation that led it to renounce the beliefs it had inherited from Adventism and join the larger Evangelical movement. |
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Seventh-day Adventism emerged at a time when many Protestants were divided into Calvinist and Arminian camps, the former emphasizing predestination and the sovereignty of God, the latter human choice and God's election. |
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In 2010, Adventism claimed some 22 million believers scattered in various independent churches. |
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