The sub-category of Christian theology known as “Apologetics” is based on a Greek word meaning to make a defense. There have been many perspectives that have been offered in order to discredit the Christian faith....
Christian Identity: Mainliners, Evangelicals, and the Global South Class Date: April 12, 2023 By the early years of the 21st century, most of the world’s Christians lived outside of North America and Europe. How this...
The United States was extremely divided at the time of the American Civil War (1861-1864), however there was one thing that both the north and the south held in common. They were overwhelmingly Protestant. In...
The social changes that impacted the United States following World War II also impacted the Protestant churches in America. As the population of the United States swelled, so did the demand for new churches in...
Missionary Boomerang: Mainline Reactions to Foreign Cultures Class Date: March 1, 2023 There is no doubt that people in western cultures believed their civilization and way of life to be superior to those of others....
As we discussed in previous classes, American culture, politics and economics developed largely under the influence of Protestantism. Protestant churches became the centers of community life as waves of immigrants came to the United States....
Jews had a major impact on American culture and education in the 20th century. Prior to the rise of the Nazis, intellectuals in countries such as the United States and UK urged their German Jewish...
In this class Pastor Dan defines some of the differences between evangelical and ecumenical protestant churches and examines how these differences developed over time. In general, ecumenical seminaries absorbed the intellectual changes that took place...
American culture, politics, and economics developed largely under the influence of Protestantism. Three factors made America unique in the Christian world. First, Protestantism in America consisted largely of dissenters to the state church in Europe....
Class Date: November 2, 2022 While the number of people that attend church remains low in western Europe as a whole, its traditions, values, and way of life comes from its Christian heritage. While European...