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Conservative Christianity, also known as conservative theology, theological conservatism, traditional Christianity, [1] [2] or biblical orthodoxy [3] is a grouping of overlapping and denominationally diverse theological movements within Christianity that seeks to retain the orthodox and long-standing traditions and beliefs of Christianity.
Sociologists also use the term in reference to conservative Christian beliefs which include not just literalism but also biblical inerrancy. [7] [8] [9] A 2011 Gallup survey reports, "Three in 10 Americans interpret the Bible literally, saying it is the actual word of God. That is similar to what Gallup has measured over the last two decades ...
The Christian right has advanced socially conservative positions on issues such as creationism in public education, [15] school prayer, [16] temperance, [17] Christian nationalism, [18] Christian Zionism, [2] and Sunday Sabbatarianism, [19] as well as opposition to the teaching of biological evolution, [15] embryonic stem cell research, [20 ...
Harper's Bible Dictionary: 1952 Madeleine S. and J. Lane Miller The New Bible Dictionary: 1962 J. D. Douglas Second Edition 1982, Third Edition 1996 Dictionary of the Bible: 1965 John L. McKenzie, SJ [clarification needed] The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible: 1970 Henry Snyder Gehman LDS Bible Dictionary: 1979 Harper's Bible Dictionary ...
Evangelical Christianity brings together different theological movements, the main ones being fundamentalist or moderate conservative and liberal. [5] [6]Despite the nuances in the various evangelical movements, there is a similar set of beliefs for movements adhering to the doctrine of the Believers' Church, the main ones being Anabaptism, Baptists and Pentecostalism.
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Demographers Hout, Greeley, and Wilde have attributed the long-term decline in mainline membership and the concomitant growth in the conservative Protestant denominations to four basic causes: birth rates; switching to conservative denominations; departure from Protestantism to "no religion" (i.e. secularization); and conversions from non ...
Christian fundamentalism, also known as fundamental Christianity or fundamentalist Christianity, is a religious movement emphasizing biblical literalism. [1] In its modern form, it began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and American Protestants [2] as a reaction to theological liberalism and cultural modernism.