She is seen as an expert on "social messianic movements" of Brazil.
Yet again, a messianic movement provided a bridge to a secularist ideology.
The messianic Jewish movement has its own spiritual leaders, houses of worship and national associations.
There have been many messianic movements to redeem the world - Marxism, for example.
The most important messianic movement, and one whose influence was widespread throughout Jewry, lasting in some quarters over a century.
The failure of messianic movements weighed on him.
Messianic hopes were strong and many messianic movements occurred down through the centuries.
John the Baptist adopted baptismal immersion as the central sacrament in his messianic movement.
"My work has focused on messianic movements and new belief systems, not on the traditional ecclesiastical religions."
Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands had centers of his Messianic movement.