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With Wild Faith, she untangles the many interconnected threads of power, abuse, sin, and salvation that enshroud the Christian nationalist movement, leaving her readers chilled to the core—but ...
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]
A large majority (83%) of those who were raised as Christians in Western Europe still identify as such. The remainder mostly self-identify as religiously unaffiliated. [2] Christianity is still the largest religion in Western Europe, where 71% of Western Europeans identified themselves as Christian, according to a 2018 study by the Pew Research ...
The doctrine of sin is central to the Christian faith, since its basic message is about redemption in Christ. [2] Hamartiology, a branch of Christian theology which is the study of sin, [3] describes sin as an act of offence against God by despising his persons and Christian biblical law, and by injuring others. [4]
Censorship of the Bible occurred in the past and is still going on today. In the 20th century, Christian resistance to the Soviet Union's policy of state atheism occurred through Bible-smuggling. [1] The People's Republic of China, officially an atheist state, engages in Bible burning as a part of antireligious campaigns there. [2]
The Christian right is also known as the New Christian Right (NCR) or the Religious Right, [2] although some consider the religious right to be "a slightly broader category than Christian Right". [11] [27] John C. Green of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life states that Jerry Falwell used the label religious right to describe himself.
Outlets such as Christianity Today and Religion News Service have covered the movement's impact among congregations. [17] [13]In 2017, Ed Stetzer wrote that Christians should repent of spreading false conspiracy theories and fake news online, which he says "directly violates Scripture's prohibition from bearing false witness against our neighbors".
Christian views on poverty and wealth vary. At one end of the spectrum is a view which casts wealth and materialism as an evil to be avoided and even combated. At the other end is a view which casts prosperity and well-being as a blessing from God.