This historiographical research sought to cognize why religious extremism has thrived globally through an enquiry into Christian book burnings in the late antiquities. The study posited that ritual of burning is a form oppression and persecution exerted by intolerant fundamentalists their pursuit shape reading habits, exhume idolatry, magic, censure philosophical ideologies challenge belief pro...

when constantine announced christianity as the official religion of the roman empire in 14th century, a great deal of attention has been attracted to the relationship between religion and state and much literature has appeared so far. the literature has not much been directly refered to social scientists, being based on a christian interpretation of religious societies and a western concept of ...

Scholars have identified numerous obstacles that appear to stand in the way of democracy taking root in Russia, including the country’s religious heritage. In an attempt to understand the role of Orthodoxy in Russian society more accurately, this article explores the civic, political, and democratic values of devout Orthodox Christians and more secular-leaning “cultural Orthodox.” The findings ...

How to cite this article: Müller, R., 2011, ‘Christianity and globalisation: An alternative ethical response’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 67(3), Art. #963, 7 pages. doi:10.4102/hts.v67i3.963 This article critically evaluated the role of Christian Ethics in response to globalisation. It showed that ethical critiques of globalisation inevitably fall short when Christianity’s hist...

Many people assume ceaseless conflict between natural science and Christianity, but the real has been scientism Christianity. Scientism is view that only sciences (especially not theology) generate knowledge or rational belief. I show how Christianity generated beliefs contributed to rise of science. This science-fostering belief included rationales for when practice methodological naturalism, ...

The Church and Christianity have maintained throughout history in a dichotomous relation to various eras such as pre-modernism, postmodernism, modernism, philosophical movements. Science influenced each period the extent of impacting interpretation comprehension Bible. Similarly, has not been immune influences from western globe. purpose this research is explore current challenges affecting man...