Adamism — is a fictional culture in Peter F. Hamilton s science fiction The Night s Dawn Trilogy series. Distinguishing characteristics of Adamism include the use of genetic engineering and nanotechnology and a cultural / religious opposition to the use of … Wikipedia
Pre-Adamite — hypothesis or Preadamism is the religious belief that humans existed before Adam, the first human being named in the Bible. This belief has a long history, probably having its origins in early pagan responses to Abrahamic claims regarding the… … Wikipedia
Isaac La Peyrère — Isaac La Peyrère, or Pererius, (1596 1676) was a French Millenarian and formulator of Pre Adamite theory. Born into a Huguenot family in Bordeaux, and possibly of Jewish descent, La Peyrère was a lawyer by training and a Calvinist by upbringing,… … Wikipedia
Christian Identity — For the general identity of an individual with certain core essential religious doctrines, see Christianity. Christian Identity is a label applied to a wide variety of loosely affiliated believers and churches with a racialized theology. Many… … Wikipedia
adamisme — [ adamism ] n. m. • 1866; de Adam ♦ Hist. relig. Hérésie des adamiens ou adamites, hérétiques nudistes du IIe s., adversaires du mariage (mouvement repris en Bohême au XVe s.). ● adamisme … Encyclopédie Universelle
British Israelism — Not to be confused with Israelis in the United Kingdom. British Israelism (also called Anglo Israelism) is the belief that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost… … Wikipedia
ADAMITES — Terme désignant les membres de deux sectes différentes, l’une gnostique, l’autre de la fin du Moyen Âge. La première eut pour fondateur Prodicus, disciple de Carpocrate (IIe s.). Soucieux d’imiter Adam avant la chute, les adamites allaient… … Encyclopédie Universelle
adamiens — adamisme [ adamism ] n. m. • 1866; de Adam ♦ Hist. relig. Hérésie des adamiens ou adamites, hérétiques nudistes du IIe s., adversaires du mariage (mouvement repris en Bohême au XVe s.) … Encyclopédie Universelle
