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Neo-orthodoxy is a branch of Protestant thought which arose in the early 20th century in the context of the rise of the Third Reich in Germany and the accompanying political and ecclesiastical destabilization of Europe in the years before and during World War II. Neo-orthodoxy's highly contextual, dialectical modes of argument and reasoning ...
[b] The faith represents approximately one-third of the world's population and is the largest religion in the world, [126] with the three largest groups of Christians being the Catholic Church, Protestantism, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. [128] The largest Christian denomination is the Catholic Church, with an estimated 1.2 billion adherents ...
6th century BCE: Possible start of Zoroastrianism; [34] Zoroastrianism flourished under the Persian emperors known as the Achaemenids. The emperors Darius (ruled 522–486 BCE) and Xerxes (ruled 486–465 BCE) made it the official religion of their empire.
20th-century religious buildings and structures (30 C) 20th-century religious leaders (9 C, 14 P) Religious organizations disestablished in the 20th century (12 C, 2 P)
Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Twentieth-Century America by D. G. Hart (1995) Crossed Fingers: How the Liberals Captured the Presbyterian Church by Gary North (1996) Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography by Peter Conn (1996) A Brief History of the Presbyterians by James H. Smylie (1996)
The early Puritan movement (late 16th century-17th century) was Reformed or Calvinist and was a movement for reform in the Church of England. Its origins lay in the discontent with the Elizabethan Religious Settlement. The desire was for the Church of England to resemble more closely the Protestant churches of Europe, especially Geneva.
World religions is a category used in the study of religion to demarcate at least five—and in some cases more—religions that are deemed to have been especially large, internationally widespread, or influential in the development of Western society.
In the study of post-classical history, which began around 500 CE, historians note the growing influence of religions. Missionary religions, like Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, spread rapidly and established themselves as world religions, marking a cultural shift as they gradually replaced local belief systems. Meanwhile, inter-regional ...