Posts tagged Reformation
Should Religions Have Rituals Such As Baptism For Infants?
Should Religions Have Rituals Such As Baptism For Infants?

(ANALYSIS) Former Irish President Mary McAleese argues that infant baptism violates children’s human rights by imposing church membership without consent. Critics respond that parents possess religious freedom in child-rearing, note historical and biblical defenses of infant baptism, and compare similar birth rituals across Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism.

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Analysis, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Conflict, Constitution, Culture, Europe, Health, History, Human Rights, Islam, Jewish, Judaism, Middle East, News, North America, Orthodox, Politics, protestants, Religion, Religious Freedom, Sikh, Science, SocietyRichard OstlingRichard Ostling, analysis, religion, infants, Mary McAleese, infant baptism, Catholic Church, children’s rights, religious freedom, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, canon law, believer’s baptism, Anabaptists, Baptists, Mennonites, Southern Baptist Convention, Reformation, interfaith issues, circumcision, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, parenting and religion, church membership, theology debate, baptism, news, society, politics and religionComment
Peasants Revolted 500 Years Ago, But Martin Luther Shattered Their Hopes for Freedom
Peasants Revolted 500 Years Ago, But Martin Luther Shattered Their Hopes for Freedom

(ANALYSIS) Five hundred years ago, in the winter of 1524-1525, bands of peasants roamed the German countryside seeking recruits. It was the start of the German Peasants’ War, the largest uprising in Europe before the French Revolution. The peasants’ goal was to overturn serfdom and create a fairer society grounded on the Christian Bible.

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Analysis, Christianity, protestants, HistoryMichael BrueningThe Conversation, Michael Bruening, Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation, Catholic Church, Christianity, German revolution, German Peasants' War, analysis, Christians, Protestants, Reformation, historyComment