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In the book, Niebuhr gives a history of how Christianity has responded to culture. He outlines five prevalent viewpoints: Christ against culture. For the exclusive Christian, history is the story of a rising church or Christian culture and a dying pagan civilization. Christ of culture. For the cultural Christian, history is the story of the ...
Noll, Mark A. American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction (2000) excerpt and text search; Rodriguez, Juan. "Teacher of the year." (2000) Tweed, Thomas, ed. Retelling U.S. Religious History, (1997) complete text online free; Wigger, John H.. and Nathan O. Hatch. Methodism and the Shaping of American Culture. (2001) excerpt and text search
Maria Woodworth-Etter (1844–1924), was an American healing evangelist. Her ministry style served as a model for Pentecostalism. William Mitchell Ramsay, (1851–1939), archaeologist known for his expertise in Asia Minor; R. A. Torrey (1856–1928), American evangelist, pastor and educator and one of the founders of modern evangelical ...
The 266th bishop of Rome is Pope Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013.The pope is the patriarch of the Latin Church, the largest of the Catholic Church's 24 autonomous churches.
American Protestant religious leaders (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "American Christian religious leaders" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total.
Set of pictures for a number of famous Christians from various fields Christians have made many contributions in a broad and diverse range of fields, including the sciences , arts , politics , literatures , sports and business .
The majority of Christian Americans are Protestant Christians (140 million; 44%), though there are also significant numbers of American Roman Catholics (70 million; 22%) and other Christian denominations such as Latter Day Saints, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Oriental Orthodox Christians, and Jehovah's Witnesses (about 13 million in total; 4%). [2]
Many scholars have adopted historian David Bebbington's definition of evangelicalism. According to Bebbington, evangelicalism has four major characteristics. These are conversionism (an emphasis on the new birth), biblicism (an emphasis on the Bible as the supreme religious authority), activism (an emphasis on individual engagement in spreading the gospel), and crucicentrism (an emphasis on ...