By Anna Steppler. Indulgent symbol of papist excess or mouthpiece for God’s second greatest gift? What place was there for the organ in the Reformation church? The Ehemann organ in the Holy Trinity Church, Ulm, 1643. Kartensammlung Moll. Public Domain. By the time Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685, the position of the organContinue reading “History Today: Why the Organ Split the Church”
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Andrew McWilliams-Doty looks at evangelicals
People often get confused between the terms evangelical and fundamentalist. They mean two different things plus can be looking at three different evangelical groups.
About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated
It might well be that in the developed countries Christians may be in the majority, but everywhere in the capitalist states we see that having an active faith is not anymore of importance. The latest Pew Research Center survey of the religious composition of the United States finds the religiously unaffiliated share of the publicContinue reading “About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated”
A diluted reformation point
Luther Bible, 1534 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 500 years ago most protestants take October 31 as Reformation Day and the beginning of Protestantism where Luther gave the Bible to the people. One of the key findings in “U.S. Protestants Are Not Defined by Reformation-Era Controversies 500 Years Later” is that today U.S. Protestants are split onContinue reading “A diluted reformation point”
500 Years of Reformation Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency
After 500 Years, Reformation-Era Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency Theological differences diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians in past centuries. As Protestants prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new Pew Research Center surveys show that in both Western Europe and the United States, the theological differences thatContinue reading “500 Years of Reformation Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency”
A special anniversary for the Church where Catholics and Protestants find common ground
Luther Before the Diet of Worms, photogravure after the historicist painting by Anton von Werner (1843-1915) in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 500 years ago 95 theses where posted at the door of the cloister church of Wittenberg, which became to serve as the catalyst for one of the world’s largest religious splits, asContinue reading “A special anniversary for the Church where Catholics and Protestants find common ground”
Jew refering to be religious or to be a people
The long-term decline in the Jewish by religion share of the population results partly from differences in the median age and fertility of Jews compared with the public at large
Some View on the World 