The question “What Percentage of Christians Are Non-Denominational?” is a common one and receives many different answers....
Christianity
Trace Christianity from a Jewish movement in the Roman world into a global religion shaped by theology, worship, institutions, dissent, missionary expansion, political power, and the lived experiences of believers across two millennia.
A focus on culture wars now defines the Republican Party. Look at these quotes with alarm. “We need...
The colonists left a European society in which church and state were closely interconnected. Introduction On September...
The invention of moveable face type and the press meant that books could now be printed in...
The Nazis put forth their own supraconfessional variety of Christianity which they labelled ‘positive Christianity’. John Keegan...
Catholic and non-denominational mean different things, but both refer to a religious community that is not associated...
The canon law of the Catholic Church has all the ordinary elements of a mature legal system:...
Christianity first spread in the predominantly Greek-speaking eastern half of the Roman Empire. Introduction The History of the...
Many religions have been used to prop up nationalism, and Catholicism is no exception. Introduction Ever since...
Christianity merged the beliefs of ancient Judaism with elements from the dominant culture of the Roman Empire....
All ancient peoples believed in the total integration of the divine with humans and everyday life. Introduction...
The Geneva Bible followed the Great Bible of 1539, which was the authorized Bible of the Church...
Its purpose was to stop the spread of heresy and further challenges to the Church’s authority. Introduction...
Books not included when the New Testament became official after Constantine’s conversion to Christianity. Introduction In the...
Scholars have to think of reasons why a scribe might change a text and analyze which reason...
He went back to a theological concept to update it as his thoughts evolved and he matured....
The Scandinavians became nominally Christian, but it took considerably longer for actual Christian beliefs to establish themselves....
The ROC currently claims exclusive jurisdiction over the Eastern Orthodox Christians, irrespective of their ethnic background. Introduction...
Saint Valentine is commemorated in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Churches on February 14. Introduction Saint...
Dark forces underlie the increasingly reactionary and authoritarian politics on the rise in this country. Introduction “If...
Christian nationalism today begins with the conviction that conservative Christians are the most oppressed group in American...
The archaeological team that excavated the tomb in 1980 determined it to be from the Second Temple–Herodian...
Christianity followed an old pattern when it developed its own rules of behavior for “the Christian life.”...
Already in 1st-century CE Rome there was a Christian community. Introduction The central figure of the medieval...
Rights are falling prey to the legal engine behind the Christian Right agenda. As the Supreme Court...
The Protestant Reformation completely changed the European cultural, religious, social, and political landscape. Introduction The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) refers...
Women are presented for the most part using both Jewish and Graeco-Roman concepts of the social construction...
We understand these letters to be circumstantial. They were not written as systematic theology or as treatises...
Pliny’s letter to Trajan is significant as one of the earliest descriptions of the Christian movement from...
The works of Eusebius provide much of our information on early Christianity. Introduction Eusebius Pamphili (aka Eusebius...