How American Experience Reflects Global Faith

The concepts of “being in the world,” “American being,” and “Asia being,” from different countries was all connected to each other and having some relation to each other. At that time Europe, one of the strongest, had concerned about Africa and Asia, however, America was not there. Nevertheless, the O’ Gorman had mentioned that America in early time had deeply influenced by the western culture and the church history. The original American had seen a mere material being, devoid of feeling, of history and of humanity. While developing the culture, one of the most important elements was the evangelization and the

Christianity is a religion that has been around for about 2000 years. This religion is based on the birth, teachings, life and death of Jesus Christ. In the early first century, it started to expand from Palestine to the rest of the world. A movement that began with Jesus and twelve Apostles has grown to approximately two billion people worldwide. In America, this religion started from the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Until recently, the religion expanded all over the Americas and was followed by the largest majority of its people. Although Christianity was followed by a lot of people in the Americas, increasingly Christianity faces many challenges and problems, including declining attendance, rise in atheism, religious alternatives,

From when Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire in 380 A.D. to the postmodern age, the Christian Church had varying degrees of control on Western society as an authoritative figure, dictating moral decisions and controlling mass culture. This cultural super-influence, of course, bleed into literature, music and film as well as everyday life. With the decline of believers, Jesus’ contribution to American culture has surely not shaken. The

According to the author, American churches with their theology have promoted an “alternate reality” which has no connection to the real world. People view Christianity as a set of instructions for the invisible “heavenly” realm but not for the visible, physical world.

Thenature of this paper, which deals with the presence of a subconscious set ofparticularly American beliefs, inherently involves more reflection than thegathering of data. Whatsimportant is the way we live, not the historical manufacturing of facts whichis more evidence, not description, of the current Religion of the AmericanEconomy. And while most ofthese truths should be self evident (like any good preamble), some statisticswill be cited to illustrate their culmination in everyday life. To set this new dogma in context, Iwill also describe the founding principles of Christian living, with particularattention paid to the

Evangelicals, that is to say, have shaped a name for themselves, on the one hand, through their engagement in domestic policy, and on the other hand, via their building up of a great reputation in foreign policy. This chapter is divided into three sections, the first one, The Alteration of Evangelicals’ Perspective from Domestic to Foreign Cases, provides a compelling description of evangelicals’ impact on America’s role from inside to outside its borders. It aims at exploring the nature and the development of global interests of the evangelicals through the development of the Christian Right activities. We also try to examine how evangelicals’ faith have effected international affairs via actions and reflections on foreign issues especially

The author’s conclusion is persuasive because he seems to grasp the underlying heart of Christianity, the perseverance that has characterized them from the beginning. The author uses Jenkins’ statistical data to refute Jenkins’ assumptions derived from them and he does this using a keener eye for the presence of European Christianity with insider knowledge from his Dutch experiences. The belief he has that the Southern and Northern Christians are both “New Christians” is perfect use of his insider knowledge because as the Southern Christians are literally new, the Northern Christians have recently undergone a faith-shattering ordeal that left the survivors with a newly found understanding into the Christian faith (pg. 113).

Faith Daniel is a forty-six-year-old Chinese female resident of Montgomery, Texas. Faith was born in the Philippines. However, she is profoundly influenced by her Chinese ancestry. Faith has three sisters. Faith has a teaching degree and has taught in the private school sector. She can speak English, Mandarin, French, and knows sign language. Her ancestors moved from China to the Philippines due to a World War. Male children are valued more in the Chinese culture than females because males carry on the family name. Therefore, when Faith 's mother was pregnant with her fourth female child she was offered to trade her child with a cousin 's male child. Faith 's parents refused to give up their daughter. The refusal to trade for a male baby was a significant disgrace for the family. Consequently, her father moved his family to the United States of America where her mother instilled the importance of education in each of her daughters. She considers her father 's decision to move the family to the United States of America as a significant event that shaped her life. She feels that she and her sisters are much more educated than cousins that eventually moved to the country later in their lives. Faith possesses a fascinating set of life experiences along with an intriguing Chinese culture that has influenced her character.

When it comes to evangelicals in the American foreign policy’s concerns, many political researchers such as William Kistol and Robert Kagan have continued to argue the strong perception that religion has in shaping the American global policy. Most evangelicals in America care much more about the domestic policies such as: abortion, religious freedom, and pray in schools…etc. Besides, they were marked by domestic interests, based on social justice, yet, many evangelicals were also obsessed with the eschatological foretelling and the way how they will act out in the world. Hence, they achieved, recently, their concerns in request for greater global social justice and increased their interests globally as well as locally.

Christianity has a long history with multiethnic assemblies—even in the nineteenth century, they existed in the USA. The earliest generations of Christ-followers exhibited multiracial gatherings, prominently noted in Jerusalem (Acts 2:1-11), Antioch (Acts 11:19-25; 13:1-3), and Ephesus (Acts 19:1-17). Even the Old Testament speaks of praise that is either cross-cultural or multi-cultural (see Psalm 96; 98:1-2; 108:1-5); the New Testament refers to Jewish and Gentile expressions of praise in Romans (chapter 15), and Revelation a dresses a great assembly in heaven from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation worshiping God together (Revelation 7:9-10). Such Word pictures declare the multiracial potential of Christian worship.

Putnam and Campbell’s “America Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us” does a better job of foreshadowing the future religious landscape in the United States. The two authors use the concept of ‘shocks, aftershocks, and earthquakes’ in order to convey religious turbulence in the United States. The earthquake of the 1960s was the most significant indication of change in which there was a steep decline in religious observance (Putnam and Campbell, 97). The 1960s was a transitional time for the United States as the Civil Rights Movement, immigration reform, and the sexual revolution dominated American culture. These events displaced religion from the lives of Americans and thus became a clarion call for the transition away

In western cultures which predominately practices Christian religion, churches, prayers, bible studies and baptism as an infant or an adult are some of the essential beliefs and practice of most Christians. Attending church for service, prayer meetings and confessions are rituals that have become very entrenched in western culture as part of the Christian religion. However these rituals are only a very small part of the vast diversity of practices that Christians from around the world are involved in.

John 3:16 “For God so love the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believe in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” There are plenty of scriptures within the bible that elicits the love God has for his people as well as the equality he eludes. It is apparent that without God, Christ, or even Christianity the world would not be the way it is today. Religions have been around for thousands of years, some have decimated over the years while some have managed to flourish, like Christianity. Christianity is accepting God the Father, Christ as his son, the Holy Spirit and believing that there is a Heaven and a Hell. It has said that Jesus Christ have influenced many in the most unforgettable manner through his thoughts and interactions with people. The birth of Christ happened almost 2000 years ago, which was the ultimate part in history that set a series of events in motion which led to the formation of the Christian belief. For thousands of years, Christianity has helped to shape the world we live in, into what it is today. Since the inception of Christ’s his name has been connected with devotional exercises within the human race. Throughout this paper I will explore the impact Christianity has had on society. First, I will discuss Christianity and the value of human life. In addition, the impact Christianity has on marriage and family. Lastly, how it influences Art, music and Literature. As so you can see, how much one religion has had such a drastic

The introduction of religion due to globalization has brought about challenges and benefits to the different regions of the world. A shift in thinking and migration has formed a new wave of Christian thought in southern regions of the world and the benefits are uneven resulting in; the strong are getting stronger and the weak are continuing to whisk away while holding on to hope. It’s safe to say that in many parts of Africa, Latin America and Asia, religion is about sheer survival through adaptation, identity and personal faith. This southward trend has spread religious idealism of Christianity which will lead to a new powerful global Christianity.

The human race has been struggling to find peace between religion and diplomacy for decades. The start of numerous wars was due to a misunderstanding between policy makers and religious figures. Religion is an emotional thing, something that happens with compassion and understanding and traditions, people will take disrespect of a religion as a personal offence. Diplomacy is something that uses rules and regulations to control and order. This is why the two will never truly be on even playing field where an individual could choose a side. There needs to be combining of the two to prevent issues from arising. That’s why each religion must be studied and learned. To run any successful government