DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES CHAPTER 20 PART 2 CHURCH

DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES CHAPTER 20 PART 2

CHURCH GROWTH • 1860 -1910: twenty-one million immigrants • Church membership increasing, especially in “mainline” or common denominations. • However, some began to feel church was _________ and formed new denominations

CHURCH GROWTH • Strange unorthodox groups also began to form: • Christian Science • Jehovah’s Witness • Seventh Day Adventist • American value of freedom of religion gives these groups the right to exist and practice freely. • Risk: Gives greater opportunity for Americans to practice wrong beliefs.

LIBERALISM • 1600 -1700 s: Europeans focus on reason—if it’s not logical, it’s not correct. • Focus switched from living righteously to _______. • ________: the message of doing good to others without the true gospel of salvation from sin. • Social gospel ideas gained ______

AGNOSTICISM • Agnostics • Believe that man __________ • Famous agnostic = ________

DARWINISM • 1859: Charles Darwin published Origin of Species • Proposed __________ based on natural selection • ___________; in fact, most rejected it and debated its validity. • Ideas only became popular later thanks to a physicist named John Tyndall

REFORM AND OUTREACH • Liberalism hardened people away from accepting idea of ____. • B. B. Warfield • Published books/pamphlets about the problems with liberalism; opposed growing belief that the Bible _____ • Billy Sunday—former professional ______ player • held revival meetings • Preached against _____ and _______

TEMPERANCE GROUPS • Abuse of ______ big problem during this era. • Crime rates, poverty, and domestic violence _____. • Many religious Americans wanted to help: • Formed __________ which tried to help people get away from _______ • Led to the efforts of the _________ (banning of alcohol legally)

INTERDENOMINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS • _________________ • Formed for entertaining young people who lived in the cities and were tempted by social evils • D. L. Moody largely responsible for bringing this organization to America from England. • _________________ • Designed to provide relief to poor and set up ________to convert and rebuild lives.

FOREIGN MISSIONS • ______ sent out more missionaries than any other nation. • Some historians have called the 19 th century the “Great Century of _________”

OVERALL VIEW • Faith split • Some stayed true to the Bible and its teachings; sent out ________ • Others altered it to fit the lifestyles that were becoming popular. • Respect for the Bible and morals ______ • No “one correct way”—dangerous to think people could actually be wrong. • Question: Does this thought still exist today?