Mere Christianity

Martin Luther started a religious reform with the intent to purify Christianity in the early 1500s, but his actions brought about an unintended social revolution. As the leader of the Reformation, he needed to take responsibility for what his movement caused. Yet, despite what his Catholic critics said, Luther never deviated from his support of the nobility, and was never a hypocrite in his views. His writings and teachings consistently defended the nobility’s power. In his Ninety-Five Theses,…

Proctor to have an affair.This inevitably influenced the couple's downfall. Their religion lead to sexual repression and adultery was an effect of it; this inevitably leads to E. Proctor and J. Proctor’s downfall. The religion used in the play is Christianity. The people of the town are known to be Puritans. According to Curtis, “These were Christians who wanted the Church of England purified of any liturgy, ceremony or practices which were not found in Scripture” (pg. 1). The…

completely opposite views on slavery, both sides used the same book to back up their positions. This was far from an isolated occurrence; ever since slavery began in America, its existence became irrevocably intertwined with religion, especially Christianity.…

woods to secure safety. Furthermore, they are guarded from having to engage with the culture around them, secluded to their own ways of living. The church can often do this. When driven by fear, the body of Christ easily becomes constrained to Christianity within four walls. Christians are directly commissioned to break past the walls of the…

In response to these counterarguments, Ilia Delio wrote that “evolution is not a positive, linear progression. …The idea that evolution is a positive or beneficial affair, therefore, must be balanced by more realistic theories of human evolution, which include a dialectic of suffering as well as a dialectic of advance.” In other words, evolution is not fair and will not always create the perfect specimen. Delio expands on the complexity of Jesus and his relationship with his humanity, divinity,…

concept of Christ's redemption, and instead understands humanity to have had more or less the same relationship to God throughout history, giving no significance to the revelation of Muhammad over those of Moses or Jesus, sin and therefore evil is a mere byproduct of free will instead of a disease that infected all of mankind with one bite of an apple. Thus, evil becomes a temporary condition, more often understood as something people do, rather than something people…

Book Review of Thomas Banchoff, ed. ‘Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics.’ Banchoff, Thomas, ed. Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics. Oxford University Press, 2008, 348 pp., £54.00 hard body (ISBN 978-0-19-532340-5), £13.99 paper body (ISBN 978-0-19-532341-2). To be submitted to the ‘Journal of Interreligious Studies.’ Introduction The book; ‘Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics’ was published in 2008 by Oxford University Press. It…

Conflicts in the Middle East, the Crusades & the Holocaust were all a result of attempting to eradicate false religions in an effort to instate perceived true religions. Since Christianity is the dominant religion in America I will focus on that religion. I believe the Christian God or any God can be disproved with mere logic. Let’s take statistics for example. There has been thousands of Gods throughout the course of humanity in terms of statistics the odds of the Christian God being the one…

culture altered the way non-Christians think, it has infiltrated the entire church body. Nowadays, Christians have fallen into a state fideism. They believe what they are told simply because it is much easier. What Christians profess to believe is a mere regurgitation of what they have heard time after time throughout the course of millions of church services. Generation to generation, the work ethic has slowly waned leaving behind a shell of what used to be. Moreland gives the illustration of…

The Eucharistic Dove (ca, 1215-35) is a suspended dove, stylized in typical Byzantine manner. During this period, Christian influence spread across the Roman conquered world and lead to the crusades, a series of holy wars began in the name of Christianity. These strong religious convictions that defined the time were represented in art of the day, famously finished in copper and heavy with ornate detail. One might quickly identify the period and suspect that because the artist depicted an animal…