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Party For Human And Spirit
De Nieuwe Mens (), formerly known as the Party for Human and Spirit (, MenS), is a political party in the Netherlands. The party registered with the electoral council in December 2008. History The Party for Human and Spirit (MenS) was founded on 11 March 2008 by astrologer Lea Manders. Since 2010, it has taken part in several elections, but it never managed to win any seats. In the 2017 general election, MenS participated in a combined list with the Basic Income Party (BIP) and the movement Peace and Justice (V&R), with Tara-Joëlle Fonk as ''lijsttrekker In politics, a lead candidate (; , ) is the leader of a political party in an election to a legislative body. In parliamentary systems, it is often the party's nominee for the position of head of government. In open list electoral systems, it is t ....'' Name change In September 2020, the name of the party was changed to De Nieuwe Mens. The party had intended to take part in the 2021 general election, but ultimatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiritual Left
Spiritual left refers to a spiritually or religiously based position that shares the social transformative vision of the left and its commitment to social justice, peace, economic equality, and (in recent years) ecological consciousness, but who base their commitment on spiritual or religious traditions. Two present-day examples of spiritual leftism are Jim Wallis, editor of ''Sojourners'' magazine, who finds a call for peace and for the elimination of poverty in the Christian Gospel and Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of '' Tikkun'' magazine, calling for a "New Bottom Line" where productivity, efficiency and rationality would be judged not only in material terms, but also in terms of love, generosity, peace, social justice, ecological sanity and awe and wonder at the grandeur of the universe. See also * Buddhist socialism * Christian left * Christian socialism * Engaged Spirituality * Islamic socialism * Islamo-leftism Islamo-leftism ( fa, چپ اسلامی; french: islamo(-) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
