Christianity

Christianity is the world’s most followed religion, but it was not always that way. Originally, followers were commonly persecuted. Christianity began with emperor Constantine of the Roman empire legalizing the practices of Christianity, most likely for the support from the Christians. Constantine furthered the spread of Christianity by converting to Christian on his deathbed, and regardless of his reasoning, this was the beginning of what turned Christianity into the world’s most commonly…

According to the least research, approximate 2.2billions people in the world are Christians and over half of them are Catholic, which means estimated 16 percent of the world population belonged to Catholicism. These facts make Christianity the largest and most universal religion group in the world. All of these such as enormous amount of disciples; wide distribution in the whole and integration with culture are much attributed to diligence of Apostles and evangelization in the first 500 years…

In today’s society Christianity is the largest religion with over two billion followers that come from hundreds of Christian dominations. Christianity was started from the Jewish religion, as Jesus and his twelve disciples were Jews. Christianity is based on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christians believe that Jesus was the messiah that was mentioned in the Old Testament and that he was to come to save mankind from their sins. The religion of Christianity spiked years…

discussion. Instead, I am interested in examining the critics of Christianity through the lens of this quote. I do not believe that Stephen is attacking Christians. I do think, however, that he is attacking the behavior of our American identity. So, why are non-Christians on the attack all over social media? This quote is significant in looking at why Christianity is/has been criticized. I am asking the question though: Is it Christianity itself, or some other variable? I have read different…

that influence Australian society as a whole, and contribute to different aspects of the nation. Christianity is the predominant religion within Australia therefore it has made a great impact on many factors that contribute to society such as law, healthcare and social welfare. Religion contributes through various ways to a variety of factors that recognise the beliefs and traditions of Christianity and its followers. The values that society holds are often reflected within the law, and as a…

“truth”. Over the past few years, my definition of this word had changed dramatically. I had hoped that taking a deeper look into worldviews would help me create a contrast between what I did and did not believe, and if I could find the truth of Christianity which had been eluding me for so long. In this course, I found that the topics of Classical Christian Theism, Deism, Traditionalism, New Age Philosophy, and Postmodernism had all influenced my own, current understanding. And, through…

Research on Christianity in Japan has indicated that during the warring period, the missionaries used lords and daimyos to propagate into the society due to lack of cohesion within the country. Most of the emperors led their followers to the faith that they wanted. For…

Christianity eventually became the leading religion in Rome, according to Kagan, despite the fact it was considered a poor man’s religion for many years. Catholicism was born out of the Roman Empire, and Rome eventually became the center of the early church. Christianity may be the most long lasting and impacting thing to come out of Rome. According to Elaine Pagels the oppression that modern women face in religion can be traced back to Rome. While other groups of Christians such as the Gnostics…

Many forms of religions cover the globe but not one sticks out as much as Christianity. At the most basic level, a “Christian” is anyone who professes that Jesus of Nazareth is the “Christ” .Leading into saying, most Christians of the past and present believe much more about Jesus: that he was not just a great prophet, or miracle-worker but that his relationship with God was so close and unique that he could rightly be called the Son of God,and given many other titles, some of which make him…

Anglicanism is one of the many branches within Christianity that is tied together by similar beliefs, features of worship and church structure. Christianity is a religion which incorporates a range of denominations and faith groups, including Anglicanism; a tradition joined to Christianity consisting of ‘The Church of England’, which claims to be both reformed and Catholic following parallel beliefs to Christianity, which are evident throughout its worships and church services. The Church of…