Christianity is the world’s largest religion, with over 2.4 billion known adherents. Widely practiced through South America, Europe, Russia and most dominant in North America. There teachings are based on the life, death and teachings of Jesus Christ from almost 2,000 years ago. Christianity is one of the most influential religions in history. They have one god that created heaven, earth and the universe. In the United States 70.6% of adults 18 and up identify themselves as Christians.
Biblicism is the literal interpretation of the bible. Through out time people have been seeking their own personal definition of what bible means to them. Biblicism involves belief in the Bible’s exclusive authority, infallibility, perspicuity, self-sufficiency, …show more content…
This movement is facing the challenges of modernity and a ground for contemporary belief that doesn’t just rely on routine appeals to the power of scripture or tradition. Emerging churches are now forming communities that practice the way of Jesus within modern cultures. Many “reformist” practices, identify with the life of Jesus, transform the secular realm, and live highly communal lives. Because of these three activities, they welcome the stranger, serve with generosity, participate as producers, create as created beings, lead as a body, and take part in spiritual activities. This includes, gay, women, black, and Hispanic liberation. Emerging churches are shaping the way the late 20th and 21st centuries. The world is evolving and so is …show more content…
Post-modern Christianity falls into line with basic post-modernist thinking. It is about experience over reason, subjectivity over objectivity, spirituality over religion, images over words, outward over inward. The belief that Christianity involves not only faith in the teachings of the Church but also a commitment to change social and political conditions from within in societies in which it is considered exploitation and oppression exist. Scripture speaks against those who would cry “peace, peace” when there is no peace (Jeremiah 6:14) which liberal theologians do by saying that man can attain peace with God apart from Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and that man need not worry about a future judgment before God. New age thinking is shifting peoples thoughts and views on modern
Biblicism is the literal interpretation of the bible. Through out time people have been seeking their own personal definition of what bible means to them. Biblicism involves belief in the Bible’s exclusive authority, infallibility, perspicuity, self-sufficiency, …show more content…
This movement is facing the challenges of modernity and a ground for contemporary belief that doesn’t just rely on routine appeals to the power of scripture or tradition. Emerging churches are now forming communities that practice the way of Jesus within modern cultures. Many “reformist” practices, identify with the life of Jesus, transform the secular realm, and live highly communal lives. Because of these three activities, they welcome the stranger, serve with generosity, participate as producers, create as created beings, lead as a body, and take part in spiritual activities. This includes, gay, women, black, and Hispanic liberation. Emerging churches are shaping the way the late 20th and 21st centuries. The world is evolving and so is …show more content…
Post-modern Christianity falls into line with basic post-modernist thinking. It is about experience over reason, subjectivity over objectivity, spirituality over religion, images over words, outward over inward. The belief that Christianity involves not only faith in the teachings of the Church but also a commitment to change social and political conditions from within in societies in which it is considered exploitation and oppression exist. Scripture speaks against those who would cry “peace, peace” when there is no peace (Jeremiah 6:14) which liberal theologians do by saying that man can attain peace with God apart from Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and that man need not worry about a future judgment before God. New age thinking is shifting peoples thoughts and views on modern