Christianity And Politics

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Some Christians believe Christianity and politics should be kept separate, with Christianity focusing on spiritual matters and politics focusing on material matters. Others believe Christianity cannot be kept separate from politics and that Christian principles should influence politics. They point to teachings of Jesus where he was involved in politics and said religion must control politics. Overall, there are differing Christian views on whether religion and politics should be separated or intertwined.

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Like other religions, Christianity is expected to be similar to them in so many ways which happens not to be the case, however, it does have some similarities with Judaism and Islam which does not rule out its unique nature. In Christianity, people are taught that God comes to his people which differs with other religions in that they teach that people have to earn their way to God. Christianity is monotheistic like some other few religions but the uniqueness comes in where its monotheism is attributed by Trinitarian doctrine where Christians believe that God is in three beings, the God himself, the son Jesus and the Holy spirit (Sorenson, 2018). Other religions are governed by a system of rules to appease their gods while in Christianity it is believed that one must form a relationship with God through which one can directly communicate with Him. Christians believe that they are saved through God’s grace which was and is received by faith in Christ’s resurrection and his finished work here on earth during his stay here. Christianity is the only religion that has an empty tomb because Jesus came, stayed here on earth, saved his people, died on the cross for them and resurrected and ascended into heaven, therefore, it is the only religion that follow a leader who died and came back to life. Christians also believe and view the Bible as the only source of truth and also no other religion believes in one God who is also three persons (Wilhite, 2017). Christianity is based on the resurrection event in all human history and Christians' love in an action and attitude of good will which should be directed to everyone especially those in need and near to us as illustrated in the parable of the ‘Good Samaritan’. References Sorenson, J. (2018). The fundamental characteristics and unique outcomes of Christian summer camp experiences. Journal of Youth Development , 13 (1-2), 183-200. Wilhite, D. E. (2017). Ancient African Christianity: An introduction to a unique context and tradition . Taylor & Francis. REPLY 2 Describe primary doctrines or key beliefs about Jesus. How does this make Christianity unique among the world religions? Indeed, as its name states, Christianity is centered in Christ itself. The Christian faith centers on beliefs regarding the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Everything starts with his own birth. Christians believe that Jesus was God incarnated. The incarnation means God took a human form. Jesus was not conceived in the same way as other humans, through sexual intercourse between a man and a woman. Mary, Jesus' mother, was told by an angel that she would give birth to a child named Jesus. She was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus. Moving forward, alongside the death of Jesus, belief in his resurrection was the crucial thing for Christianity's development. Christians saw it as God's explanation of Jesus after being rejected by the Jewish leaders and put to death. It was the confirmation of his c.

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