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Christian fundamentalism began as a movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to reject influences of secular humanism and source criticism in modern Christianity. In reaction to liberal Protestant groups that denied doctrines considered fundamental to these conservative groups, they sought to establish tenets necessary to maintaining ...
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]
Critics argue that many of these Christian founders actually supported the separation of church and state and would not support the notion that they were trying to found a Christian nation. [170] [171] [172] In Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, a Supreme Court decision in 1892, Justice David Josiah Brewer wrote that America was "a ...
American Christianity is at an inflection point. There is “a war for the essence and character of American Christianity,” writes Tim Alberta, a national political reporter for the Atlantic.
A Consuming Faith: The Social Gospel and Modern American Culture. (1991). Foster, Douglas Allen, and Anthony L. Dunnavant, eds. The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ (2004) Frey, Sylvia R.
An event at Gateway Church, an Evangelical megachurch in Texas. In the United States, evangelicalism is a movement among Protestant Christians who believe in the necessity of being born again, emphasize the importance of evangelism, and affirm traditional Protestant teachings on the authority as well as the historicity of the Bible. [1]
A boy scout yawns as he holds a furled U.S. flag at an event in Maine in 1984. Credit - Ernst Haas—Getty Images. W hen speaking recently at an evangelical town hall led by Lance Wallnau, J.D ...
Nearly 4 in 10 Christian nationalism Adherents (38%) and one-third of Sympathizers (33%) agree that “Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to ...