There may not be a Christian revival, but Britain’s traditional churches aren’t doomed In the same week that a new archbishop of Canterbury was installed, YouGov admitted that a poll suggesting there was a “quiet revival” of Christianity was a dud. It had been inflated by fraudulent results and should
Probably the terms most commonly associated with twentieth-century German Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner (1904–1984) are “anonymous Christian,” and then perhaps, “supernatural existential” and “transcendental Thomism.” These jargony terms have come to serve as metonyms for his theology, and proof that Rahner’s writing is abstract and difficult. Similarly, when Rahner is
Church in state: Christian nationalism and the politicization of faith The Rev. Lucia Lloyd, then of the Episcopal Church, watched the first Trump presidency with apprehension. Her friends told her there would be limits to what damage he could do, despite his discriminatory and hostile rhetoric toward women and minorities,
Transformational Love of God: Christian Perfection — By Wendi. J. Deichmann — For centuries Methodists have enthusiastically sung the hymn, “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,” the lyrics of which poetically articulate the Wesleyan doctrine of Christian perfection. Composed by Charles Wesley in 1847, this hymn doubles as a teaching primer
In the year 410, the Eternal City, Rome, was sacked by barbarians, giving the lie to the idea that the city was in fact eternal. St. Jerome rather dramatically sums up what many people felt: When the bright light of all the world was put out, or, rather, when the
Most Countries Have a Christian Majority Though the number dropped recently, Christians were a majority in 60% of all countries and territories in 2020. Right questions for building an operating budget Many pastors and other church leaders are tempted to think of budget preparation for the new year as a
Christian share of global population shrinks despite remaining largest religious group: study A new Pew Research Center report shows that although Christianity continues to be the world’s largest religious group, its share of the rising global population has fallen over the last decade, mainly due to people walking away from