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Hello. Anyone ever read these pages? I was curious why the Jesus Movement article stated the Jesus Movement spread throughout North America, Europe, and *Afghanistan*. I never knew there was an Afghanistan connection to the Jesus Movement. Can anyone elaborate on this?


REPLY: I'm not the author of this article, but I do recall hearing that during the late '60s and early '70s many American and European hippies went to Afghanistan, primarily for the simple lifestyle, the clothes and fabrics and the plentiful drugs. I'm sure a few Christians went there as well, and possibly some hippies wound up being converted while spending time there. All that changed with the Soviet occupation and subsequent resistance by the mujaheddin, financed by the CIA. The Christian commune I grew up at in Chicago in the '70s was very fond of "Afghan" quilts, rugs, etc.

Afghanistan is still the number one producer in the world of heroin... could this have been encouraged by the CIA?

I'm the originator of the page, and I can state that the previous answer is indeed correct. Afghanistan was a big place on the hippie trail, and a church there originally wanting to relate to Afghanis ended up spending a lot more time relating to the hippies, with large numbers of them joining up in the Jesus Freak movement. Remember, since there is no one leader for this movement, those in Afghanistan didn't have to subscribe to a leader somewhere else in the 1st world to be part of the movement; they just had to conform to the socio-history and practices of that people.

Removal of Afghanistan Reference

Notwithstanding the dialogue above, I could not find much evidence on the internet to support this claim. I did a google advanced search looking for the word "Afghanistan" at http://one-way.org and http://www.jpusa.org/ and checked the book "Harvest" for the word too. No results. If there was a Jesus movement in Afghanistan it is not alluded to at all by at least these three references.

If someone could provide a relatively strong external link then I'm happy for it to be reinstated. One Salient Oversight 09:21, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Jesus People Movement

Between 1975-1981,I compiled a history of the local Jesus People movement in La Crosse,Wisconsin.The notes and memoranda are now at the area research center at Eugene Murphy Library -University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.The local Jesus People Movement evolved into some pentecostal,charismatic churches in the area.I thought this was important enough to submit.Thank you- Richard F. Dungar-La Crosse,Wisconsin

Excluded Middle?

I have some familiarity with Jesus People and I don't know that the "Law of the Excluded middle" was/is a hot topic for them. Can anyone justify this reference?


Jesus Music Industry?

"Jesus Music, began as an industry", from all that I have read and heard discusses, Jesus Music began not as an industry but as an extension of the faith and close tied to music that was held by some of the early hippie and counter-culture converts. The Jesus Music article backs this latter view. I don't know the history of that phrase but will be chaging it soon unless there is strong objection. --Walter Görlitz 19:09, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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