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Christian worldview (also called biblical worldview) refers to the framework of ideas and beliefs through which a Christian individual, group or culture interprets the world and interacts with it. Various denominations of Christianity have differing worldviews on some issues based on biblical interpretation, but many thematic elements are ...
Theology of culture is a branch of theology that studies culture and cultural phenomena. It lies close to philosophy of culture , but it naturally works from a religious focus. Paul Tillich (1886–1965) popularized the concept of a theology of culture, publishing a book with that title in 1959, that showed the religious dimension of several ...
Christian pop culture (or Christian popular culture), is the vernacular Christian culture that prevails in any given society. The content of popular culture is determined by the daily interactions, needs and desires, and cultural 'movements' that make up everyday lives of Christians.
Cultural Christians are those who received Christian values or appreciate Christian culture. They may be non-practicing Christians , non-theists , apatheists , transtheists , deists , pantheists , or atheists .
The Creation of Adam, as depicted by Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In the context of Christian theology, Christian anthropology is the study of the human (anthropos) as it relates to God.
In Christianity, inculturation is the adaptation of Christian teachings and practices to cultures. This is a term that is generally used by Catholics and the Orthodox, whereas Protestants (such as Anglicans and Lutherans), especially associated with the World Council of Churches, prefer to use the term "contextual theology".
''Offering to Molech'' in Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us, by Charles Foster, 1897. The drawing is typical of Moloch depictions in nineteenth-century illustrations. [1] Moloch, Molech, or Molek [a] is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus.
"Bible scholars claim that discussions about the Bible must be put into its context within church history and then into the context of contemporary culture." [ 140 ] Fundamentalist Christians are associated with the doctrine of biblical literalism , where the Bible is not only inerrant, but the meaning of the text is clear to the average reader.