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A Christian state is a country that recognizes a form of Christianity as its official religion and often has a state church (also called an established church), [1] which is a Christian denomination that supports the government and is supported by the government.
Nominally "Christian" societies made "Christian" a default label for citizenship or for "people like us". [52] In this context, religious or ethnic minorities can use "Christians" or "you Christians" loosely as a shorthand term for mainstream members of society who do not belong to their group – even in a thoroughly secular (though formerly ...
An ethnoreligious group (or an ethno-religious group) is a grouping of people who are unified by a common religious and ethnic background. [1]Furthermore, the term ethno-religious group, along with ethno-regional and ethno-linguistic groups, is a sub-category of ethnicity and is used as evidence of belief in a common culture and ancestry.
Gospel of Thomas – well preserved early Christian, non-canonical sayings-gospel discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in December 1945, in one of a group of books known as the Nag Hammadi library. Authors of the Bible – Few biblical books are regarded by scholars as the product of a single individual; all have been edited and revised to ...
Members of various Christian ethnic groups have long since abandoned worshipping a White Jesus. Jesus has been portrayed as Korean , a Black man with dreadlocks , as an indigenous Māori with a ...
Paul the Apostle, an ethnic Jew [3] who was born and lived in the Middle East, holds such importance to Christianity that some call him the religion's "Second Founder". [4] The greatest influence on Christianity after Paul, Augustine of Hippo, a Church Father, a Doctor of the Church, and an eminent theologian, was North African. [5]
The Christian right, otherwise referred to as the religious right, are Christian political factions characterized by their strong support of socially conservative and traditionalist policies. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Christian conservatives seek to influence politics and public policy with their interpretation of the teachings of Christianity .