Written by an award-winning author, this well-organized and comprehensive introduction to global Christianity illuminates the many ways the world's Christians live their faith today. Covers the entire globe: Africa, Asia, and Latin America as well as Europe, North America, and the Pacific ...
Just as with many European Christians, there are many American Catholics that have moved away from the Church. Also known as “Cultural Catholics” or non-practicing Catholics, these members of the Catholic faith were born and raised Catholic, but rarely if ever, attend church. According to a ...
Sorry, but history predicts that many of your foundational beliefs are wrong, and they’ll be proven wrong in the future. Though it’s fun to mock the ideas of people who lived before us, there’s no reason to think our grandchildren won’t laugh at us in turn. Even if history is a...
Catholicism is the largest denomination of Christianity. All Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholics. A Christian refers to a follower of Jesus Christ who may be a Catholic,Protestant, Gnostic, Mormon, Evangelical, Anglican or Orthodox, or follower of another branch of the ...
How Many Working Hours Are There in a Year? Calculating the average work hours in a year requires another simple equation. The standard work day is eight hours, with the standard weekly work hours being 40. Therefore, if you want to know how many work hours there are in a year, start ...
Smartphone apps, social media, and artificial intelligence are all making religion more accessible. Is it enough to slow recent declines in religious beliefs?
The Christians would not recognize the Roman God’s and that caused great friction. There are many primary sources historians have found on the relationship between the Christians and the Romans. The majority of the sources being used in this summation are from the Documents of the Christian ...
Gaza’s 2.3 million population comprises an estimated 1,000 Christians, mostly Greek Orthodox. UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Thursday urged an immediate halt to the fighting in South Sudan and renewed its peacekeeping mission in the warring country for another year. ...
Many of the interventions that were successfully used to reduce polarization are aiming to correct people’s perception of others. This is possible because people, especially those who strongly identify with their ingroup, tend to believe that a (disliked) outgroup is substantially different to ...
“People ask me sometimes, ‘Why did you pick Serrastretta to start the synagogue in Calabria,” she says, noting that there were many places in the Italian region where she could “initiate a Jewish community and a synagogue.” “Once again, I think Serrastretta chose me. Because this is...