Book Critique Alister McGrath‚ Christianity’s Dangerous Idea Name of Student: Jose Rodriguez Student ID: L25122679 Class: CHHI 525-BO7 Instructor’s Name: Dr. Douglas Mann Date Submitted: 06/20/2012 Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Book Content a. History of the Protestant Reformation b. How Protestantism Manifested c. The Transformation and how its view today III. Protestantism in America d. Great Awakening IV. Conclusion V. Bibliography
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Assess the sociological explanations of the relationship between globalisation and religion. 33 marks Secularisation theory has argued that modernisation has undermined religion. The importance of science and technology on economic development and rational worldview on which they depend on are seen as destroying the belief in supernatural. However religion can contribute to development‚ but most recently sociologists have examined what role religion may play in development in today’s globalising
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Armenian. A little after The Six-Day War‚ Benny and his family immigrated to Toronto‚ Ontario‚ Canada. There he attended the Georges Vanier Secondary School‚ but left early. While being a teenager in Toronto‚ Benny converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Pentecostalism. He eventually joined a group of young evangelicals to sing with. In a 2004 CNN report on Benny‚ they made it seem like he was a religious fanatic. Benny was mentored and taught the bible by Dr Winston I. Nunes of Broadview Faith Temple in Toronto
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4. How do you think this event fulfilled the great commission & began the development of Christian Communities? The men that were gathered from every nation when the disciples spoke in tongues were then convinced of the workings of God as they became witnesses to the miracles that they had heard about. They were then able to go back to their nations and minister the words of God themselves with faith. 6. See v22-24: Peter now tells the crowd the message about Jesus death and resurrection (this
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Alan Hirsch asks the question‚ how did the church grow from as few as 25‚000 Christians in AD100 to nearly 20 million only two centuries later? This was despite Christianity being an “illegal religion‚” and not having “any church buildings as we know them‚” nor the Scriptures in their finalised form and without the institutions and methods that are present in the church today. [3] To counter a claim that this may have been an historical aberration‚ Hirsch further illustrates the point by drawing
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In Apostolic Pentecostalism‚ the ordination of women is prohibited and women are expected to be part of the church community while also allowing the men of the church to lead. Women in the church accept their subordinate role in relation to the male church authorities and
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challenges in determining how to dialogue with philosophy and historical criticism. Origen also depicted the Gospel as being narrative. This is an important aspect of postmodern theology today and in some other theological approaches‚ such as Pentecostalism. Narrative for Origen did not mean simply a plain account of the story of Christ‚ instead it impacts the hearer in a profound way. This concept of being affected by the Gospel as more than story is also found later in Gadamer’s hermeneutics
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approach relate to the theology relating to Jesus’ work of salvation through the cross‚ for Finney‚ the crucifixion was God’s commentary against sin instead of a saving grace. From The Second Awakening‚ powerful revivals were birth that entailed Pentecostalism which emphasizes the indwelling of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues‚ and the demonstration of the Holy Spirit through miraculous signs and wonders (Bingham‚ 2002‚
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in more recent times denominational switching has become more common. Many people‚ especially young people‚ find their denomination boring or out of touch and switch to a more exciting and engaging denomination. This has led to an increase in Pentecostalism. Revivals and crusades also led to denominational switching. Also the breakdown of the traditional family structure has led to denominational switching. Children of divorced parents have been found to be more likely to switch denominations. Also
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Discuss the old patriarchal system of the South. Does it still apply? Support with specific examples in the areas of family and religion. Patriarchy is the idea that the man is supposed to be the head of the family which means the man dominated the institution. In the old patriarchal system of the South‚ men were the head of any institution as well as in the household. Woman had no much say and could barely occupy position either in the political system or in the church. But the trend has changed
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