Questions regarding the teaching of Christian beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and its varied aspects.
Questions tagged [religious-education]
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Do Protestants believe that "Our Father" is on par with "Our Mother," or is Jesus strictly invoking a male symbol only?
According to some people calling God 'Father', without adding that God is also Mother, unfairly exalts one image for God above all others and ignores the culturally conditioned nature of all our images of God, but Ratzinger said:
Christianity is…
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What is the history of the "Sunday School publishing industry"?
As I understand it, Christian education over the centuries often involved a catechism, decade after decade, where both the student and teacher memorized a long and complete set of doctrines, often in question and answer format.
Today, it seems that…
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Are there analogues to the Mormon/LDS high school seminary in other Christian denominations?
The LDS church has a high school seminary system where high school students intensively learn the teachings of the LDS church. This is a week-daily 1/2hr - 1 hour class taken before normal school hours and then the kids go to their highschool. Do…
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What established Christian theology speaks to the question of whether or not God is contingent on his followers?
In a hypothetical, worst case scenario, where remaining humanity did not accept Christianity, turned away from it/died out/whatever, would the religion of Christianity still exist?
Theologically speaking, do mainstream Nicene Christians hold to the…
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