The cults which we have so far considered are the outstanding forms of modern free religious movements, but they do not begin to exhaust the subject matter. Even the outstanding cults have their own border-lands. New Thought is particularly rich in variants and there are in all American cities sporadic, distantly related and always shifting movements - groups which gather about this or that leader, maintain themselves for a little and then dissolve, to be recreated around other center... Read More

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Widely loved speaker and pastor David Foster urges readers to shed the labels others so often place on us, especially the most dangerous label of all: mediocre. All labels are libels, and this one is the most insidious. When we believe the opinions of others about us, we can't fail to measure up to their meager expectations. But there are ways to break free, to go through life dancing, twirling, testing our limits, embracing the best God has in store for us. As an old proverb has it, "... Read More

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For too long the subject of religion has been politicized by the right and largely ignored by the left, as American churches have become increasingly more concerned with what people do with their bodies than with their souls. Now Kathleen Kennedy Townsend issues a spiritual call to arms to all those who feel that churches in America today-Catholic and Protestant alike-are ...

The traditional role of the church in this country has been to promote the welfare of those in the comm... Read More

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ITALIAN fashion company Calzedonia today bought its flagship UK Tezenis store at Oxford Circus for Pounds 22.9 million -- a 12.5% premium on its value at the end of March in a sign the London property market is turning.

The Verona-based firm, which hired model Gisele Bundchen as the face and body of its summer range, bought Spirella House on the corner of Oxford Street and Regent Street in a mark of i... Read More

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Byline: GILLIAN WELSH

It used to be that the only accessory you really had to have was the "it" bag, be it a Fendi baguette or Louis Vuitton's Monogram Multicolore. Nowadays, however, showing how fashion forward you are isn't just about dripping the right bag from your arm; it's about donning every accessory under the sun.

To be truly "on fashion" means acquiring all the accoutrem... Read More

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