Christianity and Islam are two monotheistic beliefs that became the religions of major empires. Christians and Muslims both praised honest merchants and criticized those that cheated in trade by not selling products at their right price (2‚ 4). However‚ at one point‚ they disagreed on whether making a profit was a good thing or not and whether merchants who earned profits were good people or not (3‚ 5). Christians at first were cautious towards trade and the riches that came from it while in the later
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MODULE 1 UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN MORALITY I. Discuss and illustrate what makes a person moral‚ immoral and amoral A Moral person When we say a person is moral it means that he correctly judges between right and wrong and consequently act on what is virtuous. A moral person does what is right and despises what is wrong. He does the things that are pleasing to God with decency and integrity and because of that he does the will of God. The only foundation for morality is being Christ like
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human emotions to create change‚ played roles in expanding women membership in the church‚ developing new religious denominations‚ and addressing social issue such as racism and slavery. The end of World War II also put an end the era of colonialism. There were many new nations popping up that wanted to develop their own society and religions. Thus‚ large numbers of religious denominations were created that made it hard for foreign missionaries to deliver their messages in a way that the native people
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Christian Values and America ’s Historical Documents Rita Kelly COM 220 August 26‚ 2012 Michael Mills Christian Values and America ’s Historical Documents While socially networking‚ a person will run into many different opinions on all topics. People have their own beliefs and ways of looking at things‚ so when I was expounding on my ideas‚ the inevitable topic of religion was brought up. As much as the Golden Rule flows through most religions‚ there are people who are not able to put their
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America‚ A Christian Nation...? Introduction to Religion REL 2000 April 24‚ 2012 It has been said before that the United States is considered a Christian nation. Many citizens truly believe this‚ while other strongly oppose this belief. Contrary to what critics imply‚ a Christian nation is not one in which all citizens are Christians‚ the laws require everyone to adhere to Christian theology‚ or all leaders are Christians. America is a Christian nation only in the sense that the majority
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doctrine of indulgences as well as the practices relating to the authority of the Pope. The invention of the printing press allowed people to read his Theses’ on a wide spread basis. His contribution to Christianity led to the development of his own denomination within Christianity: the formation of the Lutheran church in 1530. After posting his 95 Theses‚ the pope ordered Luther the bull of Excommunication in 1520. However‚ he gained support from many Germans. His posting of the Disputation questioned
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Summary and Critique: A Return To Christian Culture or‚ Why Avoid the Cult of the Slob? by Richard S. Taylor This book‚ A Return To Christian Culture‚ is written in the point of view that culture is important‚ and we are unaware and neglectful the significance of culture about its role in evangelism. The character of culture affects the majority of problems as a core of issue‚ such as the race‚ generation gap‚ and etc. The author‚ Richard Taylor‚ mentions the cultural difference between highly cultured
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In the Christian Worldview‚ there are four essential elements that make up the Christian Worldview. Those elements include God‚ Humanity‚ Jesus‚ and Restoration; which are the biblical and historical reasoning to the Christian worldview. The beliefs of Christians are essential in understanding the gospel and differentiation of how to live as a child of God. The first element of the Christian worldview is God and his likeness through creation. God is infinite and we can never fully understand him
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Christian Reflection on Hinduism Introduction: This paper brings special features on the Christians reflections on Hinduism and reflects between the Hinduism and Christianity in the past or early history of Hinduism. Hindu Christian Relationship Christianity has a long history of relating to Vedic religion in South Asia‚ though it is only in the modern period that explicit Hindu-Christian interaction can be documented. “ Hinduism is an actable abbreviation for family of culturally similar tradition
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at stake in the postmodern church era. Smith does not advocate against change‚ but instead for the church to reclaim its pre-modern practices for the postmodern church. Postmodernism thinking in churches is one that is not dictated by creeds or denomination‚ but one that concludes knowledge relies on God’s special revelation to the individual. “We confess knowledge without certainty‚ truth without objectivity‚” Smith said (Smith‚ 2006‚ p.
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