Moderate Christianity
Moderate Christianityis atheologicalmovement inChristianitythat seeks to make decisions based on spiritualwisdom.
Origin
[edit]Moderation inChristianityis related to the spiritualwisdomthat is addressed inEpistle of Jamesin chapter 3 verse 17.[1]In theFirst Epistle to Timothy,[2]moderation is also referred to astemperanceand is a required characteristic to bebishopin the Church.[3]
Characteristics
[edit]Moderate Christianity is characterized by its concern to bring hope, to include cultural diversity and creative collaboration, by not beingfundamentalistorliberal,predominantlyconservativeand avoidsextremismin its decisions.[4][5][6][7]
Catholicism
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ModerateCatholic Christianitymainly became visible in the 18th century, with Catholic groups taking more moderate positions, such as supportingecumenismand liturgical reforms.[8]These moderates are also overwhelmingly in favor of state autonomy and the independence of Church doctrine from the state.[9]AfterVatican Council II,moderate Catholics distanced themselves fromtraditionalist Catholicism.[10]
Evangelicalism
[edit]Moderateevangelical Christianityemerged in the 1940s in the United States in response to thefundamentalistmovement of the 1910s.[11]In the late 1940s, evangelical theologians fromFuller Theological Seminaryfounded inPasadena,California, in 1947, championed the Christian importance of socialactivism.[12][13]The study of theBiblehas been accompanied by certain disciplines such asBiblical hermeneutics,Biblical exegesisandapologetics.[14][15]Moderate theologians have become more present inBible collegesand more moderate theological positions have been adopted in evangelical churches.[16][17]In this movement called neo-evangelicalism,new organizations, social agencies, media andBible collegeswere established in the 1950s.[18][19]
See also
[edit]- Christian fundamentalism
- Conservative Christianity
- Liberal Christianity
- Progressive Christianity
- Political moderate
References
[edit]- ^Scot McKnight,The Many Faces of Faith: A Guide to World Religions and Christian Traditions,Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2011, p. 313
- ^Chapter 3, verse 2.
- ^William MacDonald,Believer's Bible Commentary,Thomas Nelson Inc, USA, 2008, p. 2087
- ^Sébastien Fath,Du ghetto au réseau: Le protestantisme évangélique en France, 1800-2005,Édition Labor et Fides, Genève, 2005, p. 160
- ^Stephen R. Rock,Faith and Foreign Policy: The Views and Influence of U.S. Christians and Christian Organizations,Bloomsbury Publishing USA, USA, 2011, p. 12
- ^Klauspeter Blaser,Les théologies nord-américaines,Labor et Fides, Genève, 1995, p. 46
- ^Jacques Prévotat, Jean Vavasseur-Desperriers,Les chrétiens modérés en France et en Europe (1870-1960),Presses Univ. Septentrion, France, 2013, p. 15
- ^J. Derek Holmes, Bernard Bickers,A Short History of the Catholic Church,Burns & Oates, UK, 2002, p. 179
- ^Jacques Prévotat, Jean Vavasseur-Desperriers,Les chrétiens modérés en France et en Europe (1870-1960),Presses Univ. Septentrion, France, 2013, p. 16
- ^Timothy Miller,America's Alternative Religions,SUNY Press, USA, 1995, p. 104
- ^Robert H. Krapohl, Charles H. Lippy,The Evangelicals: A Historical, Thematic, and Biographical Guide,Greenwood Publishing Group, USA, 1999, p. 197
- ^David R. Swartz,Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism,University of Pennsylvania Press, USA, 2012, p. 18
- ^George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport,Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5,Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 929
- ^George Demetrion,In Quest of a Vital Protestant Center: An Ecumenical Evangelical Perspective,Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2014, p. 128
- ^Roger E. Olson,The Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology,Westminster John Knox Press, USA, 2004, p. 49
- ^James Leo Garrett,Baptist Theology: A Four-century Study,Mercer University Press, USA, 2009, p. 45
- ^Robert Warner,Reinventing English Evangelicalism, 1966-2001: A Theological and Sociological Study,Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2007, p. 229
- ^J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann,Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices,ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 1081-1082
- ^Axel R. Schäfer,Countercultural Conservatives: American Evangelicalism from the Postwar Revival to the New Christian Right,University of Wisconsin Press, USA, 2011, p. 50-51
