Heresy literally, 'choosing'. A deliberate choice to believe or interpret doctrine in a certain way. Messianic movement a religious or political expression within a society involving the belief that a divine or exemplary human 'savior' figure will appear and initiate the re-organization of society or the fulfillment of a religious promise or vision. Messianic movements are often associated with Christianity but can be found in other religions such as Amerindian religion, Islam, Taoism, and Buddhism. Movement a form of religious affiliation not symmetric with institutional forms such as denominations, churches, religions.
Movements frequently are trans-denominational, involving participants from different churches.
Movements often focus upon a limited rather than full religious experience and tend to emphasize a special teaching, doctrine, explantation, or experience. Temporal persistence of a movement and appropriate socialization can transform a movement into a church. The narrative structure of a religion often expressed in a highly stylized literary form. The word from which the English word 'myth' is derived. Niche may be indicated by geographic factors such as neighborhood or region, or by economic factors, education, clothing, language, food customs, customary architecture, lifestyle, family structure, religious belief or practise, or political status.