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William Franklin Graham Jr. ( / ˈɡreɪəm /; November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister and civil rights advocate [1] [2] whose broadcasts and world tours featuring live sermons became well known in the mid- to late 20th century. Throughout his career, spanning over six decades ...
Christianity. The relationship between Christianity and politics is a historically complex subject and a frequent source of disagreement throughout the history of Christianity, as well as in modern politics between the Christian right and Christian left. There have been a wide variety of ways in which thinkers have conceived of the relationship ...
Latin American liberation theology Main article: Latin American liberation theology Liberation theology developed within the Catholic Church in Latin America in the 1960s, as a reaction to the poverty and social injustice in the region, which CEPAL deemed the most unequal in the world. The term was coined in 1971 by the Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez, who wrote one of the movement's ...
The UAW’s recent deal with the Big Three automakers wasn’t just a victory for labor. It also marked the revival of an overlooked Christian movement that’s changing our politics.
Christian fundamentalism, also known as fundamental Christianity or fundamentalist Christianity, is a religious movement emphasizing biblical literalism. [1] In its modern form, it began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and American Protestants [2] as a reaction to theological liberalism and cultural modernism.
Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton, 536 U.S. 150 (2002), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a town ordinance's provisions making it a misdemeanor to engage in door-to-door advocacy without first registering with town officials and receiving a permit violates the First Amendment as it applies to religious proselytizing ...
The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist denomination founded by William O'Bryan, (born Bryant) a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 18 October 1815 in North Cornwall. The first society, consisting of just 22 members, met at Lake Farm in Shebbear, Devon. Members of the Church were sometimes known as Bryanites, after their founder.
The Christian Union (Dutch: ChristenUnie [ˈkrɪs.tənˈy.ni], CU) is a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CU is a centrist party, maintaining more progressive stances on economic, immigration and environmental issues [10] [11] [12] while holding more socially conservative positions on issues such as abortion and ...