Zion is a hill in Jerusalem just outside the walls of the Old City. Most often Zion is used as a synecdoche for Jerusalem and the Land of Israel. Zion is another word for an idealized, harmonious community; utopia. Zion may also refer to: [edit] In politics and religion - Zionites, Believers of promoting love through music, community and charitable works. Established 09/09.
- Zionism, the chief ideology supporting a Jewish homeland in Israel
- World Zionist Organization, a group dedicated to the Zionist cause founded at the First Zionist Congress in 1897
- Zionist Churches, a group of Christian denominations in Southern Africa that stem from the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion (see below) with an emphasis on spiritual healing
- Zion Christian Church, a large denomination among African Zionists
- Zion (Latter Day Saints), a place of holiness (sometimes associated with an actual city, a New Jerusalem); also used to refer to Mormon-controlled land in general
- Zionites (Germany), a religious sect from the 18th century based in western Germany
- Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, also known as the Zionites, a fringe church founded in 1896 by John Alexander Dowie in Zion, Illinois that believed in a flat Earth
- Christian Zionism, belief among some Christians that the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 was a significant fulfilment of Biblical prophecy
- Zion Bible College, a Pentecostal bible college in Barrington, RI
[edit] In geography - United States of America
- Zion National Park, a park in southwestern Utah, notable for Zion Canyon sweeping through the reddish desert
- Zion, Illinois, a city just north of Chicago founded by John Alexander Dowie
- Zion, Maryland, a village
- Zion, Missouri, a village
- Zion, Oklahoma, a village
- Zion, Pennsylvania, a town
- Zion Township, Stearns County, Minnesota
- New Zealand
[edit] People - Zion (The Matrix), a human-controlled underground city in the Matrix series
- Zion, a space station in the 1984 cyberpunk novel Neuromancer
- Zion I, a hip-hop group
- Zion of Zion & Lennox, a reggaeton duo from Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Zion Nuclear Power Station, a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Zion, Illinois
- "Zion" (David Bowie song), a demo by David Bowie
- "Iron Lion Zion", a song by the reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers
- "Road to Zion", a song by Damian Marley
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