The figure of Jesus Christ has been interpreted in a variety of ways in the widespread Christian congregations that exist throughout the world, with the figure of Jesus evolving in the interpretations that have been accorded to him by the worshipers and onlookers of Christianity and other Abrahamaic religions, from the early point in which [...]

As much as a church is a set of beliefs and practices related to a particular philosophy for conducting the worship of Jesus Christ or a community of believers which are joined together by adherence to those beliefs and the performance of those practices, churches must also be considered in terms of their basic functions [...]

In the history of Christianity, many disputes and conflicts have arisen over the direction that should best be taken by the institutions and practices of Christianity in the interests of serving the faith’s dissemination throughout the world, the continued adherence to it displayed by religious worshipers, and the assurance that the dominant form being taken [...]

A fascinating and important aspect of the history of Christians can be found in the form of the early Christian era, which preceded the long period of the dominance that was exercised by the institutions created by Christians for the purpose of disseminating and enforcing the strictures of the Christian faith over the political, social [...]

n the contemporary tradition of Christian songs that is available for the listening and enjoyment of the practicing Christian in the United States today as well as any outside observers who may be interested in gaining new sources of insight into and appreciation for the traditions of American Christianity, a particularly interesting and significant contribution [...]

Christian music has a long and storied tradition throughout the course of the history of the faith and the Western, European world in general. For much of this history, in fact, the concept of what could be considered to properly constitute “Contemporary Christian music” would have been inextricable from contemporary music in general, as religious [...]

In the practice of the Christian faith in the United States, particular emphasis has long been placed on the importance of involving young people as worshipers and believers in the greater community of the Christian religion community. It arises from the sense that Christian faith does not occur simply in terms of an individual’s own [...]

In the history of the various Christian churches which have interpreted and acted on the scriptures of the New Testament, a unique place has been held by the existence of the group of Christian churches which are referred to as the Mennonites, who adhere to the beliefs and practices of an Anabaptist kind of Christian [...]

In the body of Christian beliefs that have been built up over the thousands of years in which Christian values have acted as guiding principles for large masses of religious worshipers and provided a structure for social institutions, a particularly important concept has been provided in the form of Christian beliefs in that of the [...]

The text known as the Bible has existed in a number of different editions and versions throughout the history of religion, in the course of which it has served the crucial historical functions of being the primary text of two of the world’s most influential religions, Judaism and Christianity, as well as serving in its [...]