Religious denomination

not hold to the atonement through the death of Christ but emphasised the wisdom and lasting power of the teaching of Christ. This attempt at making the Gospel ‘’reasonable’’ drew followers in the USA and England so that Unitarians became a small denomination, mainly with middle class people. They established a training and research college in Oxford. But the attempt has not prospered. To jettison so much of the biblical material renders the message without any compelling force, and fails to…

Ammo ranks Tennessee as the 23d most gun-friendly state in the nation. Black powder rifles and magazines are not restricted, Beretta relocated there, and Nashville put out the red carpet for the NRA. Tennessee is also home to many Christian denominations. The National Baptist Convention, the Church of God in Christ, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, The Church of God and Church of God of Prophecy, The Free Will Baptists, and the Southern Baptist Convention all have their headquarters in the…

Exclusivism Exclusivism is when a religious group exclude other emphasizing that God is only in their members. If not part of them, they will have nothing in common with, you’ll be perceived as being incompatible with them. They use the scripture to support their opinion: John 14:6 “I am the way the truth and life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Exclusivist will answer the question “Where does one fine God?” They will respond that God is found only in Christianity. Therefore…

Grant Wacker’s Heaven Below offers a comprehensive, genuine and fact-laden account of early Pentecostal culture in America that spawned new denominations and transformed the religious landscape. Wacker grew up a Pentecostal attending church one or twice a week in a family filled with ministers and missionaries. When he entered a secular college, his religious beliefs were challenged and he now identifies himself as an Evangelical Christian finding his congenial abode in a United Methodist…

Scientists first discovered stem cells in the early 1900s. During this discovery, the scientists discovered that some cells had the capability to turn into blood cells, a completely different type of cell. These specific types of cells were classified as stem cells. Stem cells are known as undifferentiated cells, which means they do not have a specific function yet. Stem cells, since undifferentiated, are capable of becoming a specific type of cell such as a blood cell or a muscle cell. Unlike…

Most religious adherents, especially Christians, are often challenged with how to interact with and understand people who belong to religious traditions outside of their own. In a time of immense religious diversity, it is now more important than ever to try and solve this issue in attempt to promote peace among traditions. In Jeannine Hill Fletcher’s essay, Monopoly on Salvation? A Feminist Approach to Pluralism, she attempts to answer this problem with the concept of hybridity. The approach…

to maintain a neutral religious government in the land of the free. The Pledge of Allegiance includes the words, “under God,” and the inclusion of these words goes…

heavily religious country. The most dominant religion in Ireland is Roman Catholicism, a denomination of Christianity. Ethnic, racial, and religious minorities make up nearly 12% of the nation’s population. There are so many interesting…

School in Chicago where it became the first settlement house. Here, new immigrants were taught English, skills to survive in the city and childcare services were also available. At the end of the 19th century there were over 150 religious denominations to choose from. Catholic churches and Jewish synagogues grew rapidly with large…

century, and so the importance of religion within these wars shouldn’t be overstated as there were other factors interweaving alongside religion. The importance of religion in the Thirty Years War is emphasised through the evolution of new religious denominations appearing during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, causing friction in Europe. The context behind the Thirty Years War is essential in order to understand the reason behind religion being a significant factor. This view is…