The fictional world John Osborne builds up in Luther (1961) dramatizes Martin Luther’s spiritual journey from rooted Catholicism to emerging Protestantism. Throughout the journey, Martin’s religious tendency varies according belief he adheres to. This paper examines if aspects of Christian doctrine is fed with at first and initiatives undertakes later on can be reinterpreted through lens Islam....

Mirza Fath Ali Akhundzadeh is considered one of the most important and influential personalities in the religious-social life of contemporary Iran. He began his cultural activities writing dramas and criticizing the religious-social situation of the society he lived in. He said that this resembled Protestantism. In addition to this, he also dealt theoretically with the criticism of religion and...

To understand the consequences of Xi Jinping’s rise, one must look down as well up. Even in face increased repression, people have a say over how it unfolds and shape takes. Many Chinese pastors are adapting to harsher policies new ideological narratives by striving lessen threat Protestantism is perceived pose. They reduce competition, not preaching about politics, dissociating from dissidents...

There is a new understanding within the Pentecostal- Charismatic tradition of five-fold ministry role as concept for deploying effective leadership. The so-called New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement establishes an alternative approach today’s Christianity, one that noticeably different from traditional leadership models in Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and evangelical traditions. model...

This article compares religious responses to artificial insemination in Belgium and Britain from circa 1940 1980. was predominantly Catholic, whereas religiously diverse, combining Anglicanism, Protestantism, Catholicism as the main Christian denominations. Despite these differences, actors both countries became more permissive towards period under study. reveals that were adapting their morals...