Chapter 4 Discussion Questions

  1. Describe the positions of modern-day Christian fundamentalists and postmodern Christians.
  1. What environment did the Social Gospel movement emerge from?
  1. How did the First Vatican Council and the Second Vatican Council differ?
  1. How does Eastern Orthodox Christianity differ from Western Christianity?
  1. Explain the paradox that although modernity appeared to be a threat to Christianity, modernity had actually been nurtured by Christianity itself.
  1. How did the invention of the printing press lead eventually to an increase in the diversity of religious expression?
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