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PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS	Christian asceticism: a life which is characterised by refraining from worldly pleasures and luxuries, such as wealth, private possessions, and alcohol.
PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS	Christian atheism: position in which the belief in the God of Christianity is rejected, but the moral teachings of Jesus are valued.
PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS	Christian existentialism: a school of thought founded by the 19th-century Danish philosopher and father of existentialism, Søren Kierkegaard, which emphasizes subjectivity and deep reflection on purpose, the apparent absurdity of life and the cosmos, the inevitable despair of an awakened existence, and finding authenticity of self by faith in God.
PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS	Christian vegetarianism: the dietary practice of vegetarianism or veganism based on the idea that Jesus, the twelve apostles and the early Jewish followers of Jesus (the Nazarenes) were vegetarians.
PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS	Christian pacifism: Christian churches, groups or communities teaching that Jesus was himself a pacifist who taught and practiced total nonviolence, and that his followers must do likewise.
PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS	Postmodern Christianity: an understanding of Christianity that has been influenced by the postmodern trend in 20th-century continental philosophy, associated with literary deconstruction, postliberal or narrative theology, and the Emerging church movement.
PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS	Weak theology: a form of postmodern Christianity that emphasizes the idea of the weakness of God.
PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS	Quiverfull: considers childbearing in marriage a Christian duty, emphasizes the continual role of Providence in controlling whether or not a woman conceives, and eschews all forms of human-mediated contraception. Generally involves complete submission of the wife to the husband; women generally don't work and children are homeschooled.
PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS	Wedding of the Weddings in Poland: considers the wedding celebration as a deeply religious acting that should not be distorted by alcohol consumption ("Jesus should enter the wedding house and not be driven away by alcohol")