“World Communion Sunday started back in 1936, when the world was deeply fragmented by the conflict that would be later known as World War II. World Communion Sunday (originally called World Wide Communion Sunday) has been an observance to help Christians all over the world affirm their unity in Jesus Christ as it is expressed so beautifully at the Lord’s Table. Originating in the Presbyterian C...

Black churches in the USA constitute a significant source of the homophobia that pervades black communities. This theologically-driven homophobia is reinforced by the anti-homosexual rhetoric of black nationalism. Drawing on a variety of sources, this paper discusses the sources of homophobia within black communities, and its impact upon self-esteem, social relationships and physical health. Re...

Spirituality is one of the forms of religion that seems to thrive in secularised Western societies. It has become an umbrella term for a variety of experience-oriented religious practices in Western societies. The popularity of spirituality is clearly visible within Christian settings, both inside and outside churches. This paper explores the nature of ‘marginal’ Christian spirituality, i.e. Ch...

Two established churches, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and Orthodox Finland, have an active presence on several social media platforms. In this article, I review their online analyze Facebook content in depth. The analysis indicates that churches a traditional educational output represents form cultural Christianity. Additionally, discuss how operating is relevant to it reflection...

Abstract This article builds on the first in trilogy, ‘What’s a Name? An Examination of Current Definitions Resource Churches’, by evaluating narratives current literature about origins resource churches. These will be assessed according to criteria, highlighted through perspective Foucault and Arendt origin stories, believability their depiction historical events, application manifest properti...

Although at first sight Eastern Christianity is not associated with Africa, the African continent has shaped establishment and development of three four main Christian traditions. Through a sociological lens, we examine identity above churches, focusing on socio-historical entanglements their religious ethnic features. Firstly, study Coptic Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Eritrean Church belonging t...