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World Religions: Christianity

Comparative Religions

Key Words

Christianity Keywords

Addams, Jane        
Anabaptists
Armageddon
Augustine
Calvin, John
Catholic Worker
Christian Zionism
Christmas
conversion of the head
conversion of the heart
Crusades
Day, Dorothy
dispensationalism
Easter
Enlightenment
epistles
Eucharist
Evangelicals
exaltation
Fundamentalists
Holy Spirit
incarnation
indwelling
Inquisition
inspired
interim ethic
kerygma
King, Martin Luther     
Lord’s Supper
Luther, Martin
Messiah
millennium
original sin
Peace Churches
Peace of God.
Pentecost
Prosperity Gospel
Radical Reformation
rapture
resurrection
Sermon on the Mount
social sin
Son of God
structural sin
tribulation
Truce of God

Definition

Christianity:

The religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus Christ, or its beliefs and practices. • Christian quality or character: you may know a man by his Christianity. Christianity is today the world's most widespread religion… (From The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised)