Boston (ap)-downtown Dewey square is crowded with tents and tarpaulins according to Boston demonstrations, but the organizers from the beginning of the age of the camp, a sacred space certainly. No shoes is allowed in the "sacred space" tents here, but you can take almost any faith or spiritual tradition.
A day of the schedule to find balance the chakras, a "sympathy meditation", and discuss the bible in Luke through. Inside, the image of Buddha sitting close to a picture of Jesus, and hand toward mecca letters corner signs.
Tent is one-way protesters in here and in other cities are bothered to include in their professional spirit component. Even so, occupy Wall Street is not a religious movement, and in the spirit of the web site all protests evidence is not obvious.
The clergy stressed that they are actively decapitated sports participants, not people trying to add choose. In addition, in a claiming to represent the community "99%" movement, prominent religious group most comfortable.
Religion is probably not for seamless in sports, but activists Dan Sieradski, who help the Wall Street of jewish organizations activity and service, it must be suitable for somewhere.
"We are a country religious people," he said. "Religious groups must exist, and need to be welcomed, in this order is a comprehensive sports, covers the social from all walks of life."
Since the protests began, religious images and events have become common. In New York, the clergy, in the shape of a bull market on Wall Street in the old testament the golden calves, condemned the greedy false idols. Sieradski held a sin service. About 70 muslims knelt to mecca on Friday prayers, prayer service.
A Chicago group, religious workers the judge, has published the national prayer service occupied protest religious guide.
The clergy support protest say they are hit with many beliefs, because they share to the traditional economic injustice attention. They also point out that history, including the civil rights movement and cancelled.
"Every social reform movement, and it really make including different god's power, the power of the spirit, the conscience of the power of the people, and said:" Stephanie the seller pastor, Anglican "protest priest" a prayer and protesters in different locations.
Sieradski said, his jewish faith's commitment to help the powerless one reason, he was attracted to the sport, but he does not plan to set up a regular jewish service. He announced that the first event, in the network society's a Sabbath dinner eat, don't know what expectation. Eager to help his sin service organization, during the tabernacles of activities, and Sieradski hope will regularly religious activities.
In Boston, Marty Dagoberto said, sacred space, also created a non winners way, he suggested that occupy the first Boston in the general collection of idea after. He said, the space and contribute to calm and unity of the spirit of the key to bring about change.
"I think it really is very important to us, leave rooted in love is, simply," Dagoberto said.
Religious elements not appreciably in other occupied the Wall Street movement springing up established, Drescher said Elizabeth, Christian spiritual Santa Clara university, visited in the Santa cruz province and st Louis professional lecturer.
She said, some of the protesters worried because they do not admit that the authoritative organization, including religious, be in commonly find clergy "serve, but not preach." She reviewed the occupation and Santa cruz demonstrators dialogue, but a person in a civilian white-collar pick up garbage.
"(the protesters) said," this guy is here with us his not distributed brochures, and trying to save me, he's picking up trash ", "Drescher said.
Although the demonstrators were careful with religious leaders, these leaders attention, as well. The priest Catherine Henderson zhaoye, Mr This theological seminary in New York's President, has visited the Wall Street and the praise of the sport, forcing social re-examine your values. But she says, the school are still trying to identify how many participation.
"There are so many polarization in our country, a each other.... as a religious leader demonized, we want to" violation of maintenance, "she said, free translation through in Isaiah." So now the question is how we can walk to arrive together, Wall Street and main street, come up with a solution, is to all our work? "
Mark Tooley, propaganda team, a conservative mainstream protestant religious and democracy institute said, although occupy Wall Street has been successfully get attention, this is limited, as it is only attract from the left religious support.
He said, calling on the government to redistribution of wealth and rely on street radical large suburb with conservative member of the political and religious tend not to appeal.
"It seems to have they put a lot of thought, except those with the 1960 s protests sure to expand its support base," he said.
Sports can still attract a right-of-centre Roman Catholic religious support, Stephen said, policy research and the Catholic university of Catholic research institute director jelinek shi. But he said, must be clear about consumption and unrestrained free market share is still the mainstream movement fuzzily definition Catholic concern the demonstrators.
"If it became the progress of another version, and then I can imagine, the church may not hope drew was too much, jelinek said."
The imam pilgrimages ABuDuLe cloth rasheed Wallace, who helped organize the held in New York Friday prayer service Muslim, believe that religious groups have amplified the power of the movement. He thinks, his participation, responsibility, because in his congregation, many countries affect economic difficulties.
"If Moses and Jesus or Mohammed alive, they can be in this day time a guide and inspiring and teaching these young people," he said.




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