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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: [[bigoted]] [[adherence]] to a sect or narrow-minded [[doctrine]] or [[practice]]

*1: [[bigoted]] [[adherence]] to a sect or narrow-minded [[doctrine]] or [[practice]]

Sometimes a [[group]] that is under [[economic]] or political [[pressure]] will kill or attack members of another group which it regards as [[responsible]] for its own decline. It may also more rigidly define the [[definition]] of "[[orthodox]]" [[belief]] within its particular group or organisation, and expel or [[excommunicate]] those who do not [[support]] this newfound clarified definition of political or religious 'orthodoxy.' In other cases, [[dissenters]] from this orthodoxy will secede from the orthodox organisation and proclaim themselves as practitioners of a reformed [[belief]] system, or holders of a perceived former orthodoxy. At other times, sectarianism may be the [[expression]] of a group's [[nationalistic]] or [[cultural]] [[ambitions]], or exploited by [[demagogues]].

Sometimes a [[group]] that is under [[economic]] or political [[pressure]] will kill or attack members of another group which it regards as [[responsible]] for its own decline. It may also more rigidly define the [[definition]] of "[[orthodox]]" [[belief]] within its particular group or organisation, and expel or [[excommunicate]] those who do not [[support]] this newfound clarified definition of political or religious 'orthodoxy.' In other cases, [[dissenters]] from this orthodoxy will secede from the orthodox organisation and proclaim themselves as practitioners of a reformed [[belief]] system, or holders of a perceived former orthodoxy. At other times, sectarianism may be the [[expression]] of a group's [[nationalistic]] or [[cultural]] [[ambitions]], or exploited by [[demagogues]].

The phrase "sectarian [[conflict]]" usually refers to [[violent]] conflict along religious or political lines such as the conflicts between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Nationalism Nationalists] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland Unionists] in Northern Ireland (religious and class-divisions may play major roles as well). It may also refer to general [[philosophical]], [[political]] disparity between different [[schools]] of thought such as that between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam Shia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni_Islam Sunni] Muslims. Non-sectarians espouse that free [[association]] and [[tolerance]] of different [[beliefs]] are the cornerstone to successful [[peaceful]] [[human]] [[interaction]]. They espouse [[political]] and [[religious]] [[pluralism]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarian]

The phrase "sectarian [[conflict]]" usually refers to [[violent]] conflict along religious or political lines such as the conflicts between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Nationalism Nationalists] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland Unionists] in Northern Ireland (religious and class-divisions may play major roles as well). It may also refer to general [[philosophical]], [[political]] disparity between different [[schools]] of thought such as that between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam Shia] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni_Islam Sunni] Muslims. Non-sectarians espouse that free [[association]] and [[tolerance]] of different [[beliefs]] are the cornerstone to successful [[peaceful]] [[human]] [[interaction]]. They espouse [[political]] and [[religious]] [[pluralism]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarian]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Heresy]]'''''

*'''''[[Heresy]]'''''

*'''''[[Apostasy]]'''''

*'''''[[Apostasy]]'''''

==Quote==

==Quote==

''Sectarianism'' is a [[disease]] of [[institutional]] religion, and [[dogmatism]] is an [[enslavement]] of the [[spiritual]] nature. It is far better to have a religion without a [[church]] than a church without religion. As religion becomes [[institutionalized]], its [[power]] for [[good]] is curtailed, while the possibilities for [[evil]] are greatly multiplied. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=99:6]

''Sectarianism'' is a [[disease]] of [[institutional]] religion, and [[dogmatism]] is an [[enslavement]] of the [[spiritual]] nature. It is far better to have a religion without a [[church]] than a church without religion. As religion becomes [[institutionalized]], its [[power]] for [[good]] is curtailed, while the possibilities for [[evil]] are greatly multiplied. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=99:6]

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[[Category: Political Science]]

[[Category: Political Science]]