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- Flight 93 and Todd Beamer (ChristianityToday.com - Taylor)
Provides background information on Todd Beamer, a hero aboard United Airlines Flight 93. Some of the passengers, including Todd, prevented terrorists aboard from getting to their target in Washington DC. The target of the terrorists was believed to be either the White House or the Capitol. At least four who were involved in stopping the terrorists were Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Jeremy Glick, and Tom Burnett. Todd is known for saying "Let's roll" just before taking on the terrorists. 11-01
- War and Christianity - Defining a Just War (PBS Now)
Provides opinions from a Christian scholar, Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, on what conditions must be met for a war to be just. 1-02
- -11-04-04 'Moral Values' Carry Bush to Victory (ChristianityToday.com)
"Much has been made in this campaign of Bush political adviser Karl Rove's contention that up to 4 million evangelicals stayed home from the polls in 2000. While Weblog cannot yet be certain about evangelical turnout, note that in 2000, 14 percent of voters identified themselves with the Religious Right and sided overwhelmingly with Bush. But yesterday, 22 percent of voters were white and described themselves as 'evangelical/born-again' (favoring Bush over Kerry 77-22), and another 8 percent were white and called themselves 'Protestant conservatives' (favoring Bush over Kerry 95-4). It might appear that white evangelical/conservative Protestants upped their share of the electorate from 14 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2004. But surely this difference can be largely attributed to the polling questions asked, particularly the use of a pejorative term like 'Religious Right.' Hard data on evangelical turnout is hard to come by as yet, but with Bush's surprisingly large popular-vote victory, Rove is likely to have located his 4 million evangelicals plus many more." 11-04
- Fundamentalist Christianity (Wikipedia.org)
"Historically, and for those who use the name to describe themselves, a Fundamentalist Christian is one who holds to all of the five Fundamentals of the Faith as a bare-minimum definition of Christian faith...."
"Derivatively, a fundamentalist Christian is a Christian who holds the Bible to be infallible, historically accurate, and decisive in all issues of controversy that the Bible is believed to directly address; which was the central issue for which the Christian Fundamentalist movement has contended." 11-04
- Evangelical News (ChristianityToday.com)
Provides evangelical news.
- Christianity Today Magazine (Reference.com)
"Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. Readers can keep abreast of matters concerning books and culture, campus life, Christian history, Christian parenting, leadership skills, marriage, men and women, Bible study, preaching and spiritual help."
- History of Christianity (Wikipedia.org)
"This article outlines the history of Christianity and provides links to relevant topics." 06-06
- History of Christianity (ReligiousTolerance.org)
"One is forced to talk about the 'histories' of Christianity rather than of the 'history' of the religion. This is particularly true of the very early Christian movement:..." 06-06
- Luther, Martin (ChristianityToday.com)
Provides a short biography. 06-06
- Aquinas, Thomas (ChristianityToday.com)
Provides a short biography. 06-06
- Teresa of Avila (ChristianityToday.com)
Provides a short biography. "She was hesitant to put her insights to paper and had to be ordered by her superiors to do so. Thankfully for later generations, she obeyed: her three works, Autobiography, Way of Perfection, and Interior Castle, contain some of the most profound insights into the spiritual life ever written." 06-06
- History of Christianity (ReligionFacts.com)
"Christian history begins with Jesus of Nazareth, a Jew who was born in a small corner of the Roman Empire. Little is known of his early life, but around the age of 30, Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and had a vision in which he received the blessing of God. After this event, he began a ministry of teaching, healing, and miracle-working." 06-06
- History of Christianity
- Review of "Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years" (New York Times)
"A word of disclosure: I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously (if unemotionally), and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were to turn away from the church when they grow up. I am also a critic of Christianity, if by critic one means an observer who brings historical and literary judgment to bear on the texts and traditions of the church."
"I mention this because I sense a kind of kinship with Diarmaid MacCulloch, professor of the history of the church at Oxford University, who has written a sprawling, sensible and illuminating new book, 'Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years.' A biographer of Thomas Cranmer and the author of an acclaimed history of the Reformation, MacCulloch comes from three generations of Anglican clergymen and himself grew up in a country rectory of which he says, 'I have the happiest memories.' ”
"Questions of meaning — who are we, how shall we live, where are we going? — tend to be framed in theological and philosophical terms. But history matters, too, and historians, MacCulloch says, have a moral task: 'They should seek to promote sanity and to curb the rhetoric which breeds fanaticism.' " 04-10
- Christianity by Country (Wikipedia.org)
"As of the early 21st century, Christianity has around 2.2 billion adherents[6][7][8]. Christianity represents about a quarter to a third of the world's population and Christianity is the largest religion in the world with approximately 38,000 Christian denominations[9]. Christians have composed about 33 percent of the world's population for around 100 years. The largest Christian denomination is the Roman Catholic Church, with 1.166 billion adherents, representing half of all Christians." 09-10
- Christian Organizations and Denominations and Christianity
- Essay - Islam and Tolerance (MideastWeb.org)
"The Islamist use and distortion of doctrine is no different than the politicization of Christianity or Judaism by fundamentalism. It represents a danger that is present in all religions if their ancient tenets are taken literally, but not necessarily the 'core' of the religion as it is accepted today"
Quotes Thomas Friedman as writing, 'The real clash today is actually not between civilizations, but within them — between those Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and Jews with a modern and progressive outlook and those with a medieval one.' We make a great mistake if we simply write off the Muslim world and fail to understand how many Muslims feel themselves trapped in failing states and look to America as a model and inspiration." 11-02
- Catholic Encyclopedia (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Provides an encyclopedia of information on the Catholic approach to Christianity. 10-04
- For More Teens, Jesus is "Cool" (ABC News)
" 'It goes back to the roots of Christianity … how to make faith relevant within the context of capitalism,' said Lynn Schofield-Clark, an assistant research professor at the University of Colorado's School of Journalism and Mass Communication who studies youth culture, marketing and religion."
"Chanon Ross is a youth minister in Naperville, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, who recently wrote an article called 'Jesus Is Not Cool.' He says that all the focus on fun and games waters down the real message — and hard work — of following a faith." 10-05
- Editorial: A Proposal for Peace (LloydKraus.com)
"All wars are caused over land. People fight over land. The solution for peace is a resolution over land. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all believe in the same Creator, the same Ten Commandments, the Old Testament Patriarchs and Prophets, similar beliefs in the Promised Land, . . ."
"The following Peace Agreement would resolve the formidable Issues of Land. The 'structure' of Jerusalem would remain the same. Israel would still be allowed to call Jerusalem their Capitol. No Person is asked to leave where they are living now – or for there to be a change in the 'Current User and Use' structure. Israeli’s living in Palestine would become Jewish-Palestinian Citizens – thus not going against the Promise to the Jewish People. Palestinian’s would have a Written 'Right of Return', although the Power of that Right would stay with Israel ( there could be a one-for-one transfer of people). Can the Jewish People living in Palestine accept the sovereignty and 'fairness' of their new State (The Rule of Law keeps Democratic Countries accepting their new 'Sovereignty' every Election)? There would be a full 8 Year period of De-Militarization to address and solidify real Israeli Peace and Security Concerns." 01-06
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