Global Studies Question

YOU MUST ONLY USED PROTHERO RELIGION MATTER TEXTBOOK AS A SOURCE 

Prothero, S. (2020). Religion Matters. Norton Publishing: New York.

For this discussion board assignment, respond to one of the following prompts. In your post, aim for 250 words. You are not required to comment on other student posts but doing so will earn bonus points (see grading rubric below).

This discussion is worth 10 points. You will be graded as follows:

10 points for writing 250 words, accuracy, and responding to the prompt.

8 points if you write less than 250 points, somewhat inaccurate, or fail to fully respond to the prompt.

6 points if you write less than 250 points, some inaccuracies, AND fail to fully respond to the prompt.

0 points for failing to post.

**One (1) bonus point for a substantial comment on another student post.

• A substantial comment is more than merely praising their post.
• When it comes to beliefs and practices, how are Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Protestants similar? How are they different? Consider creeds, sacraments, worship styles, and the concepts of “faith” and “works.”
• Who were the key figures responsible for transforming Christianity from a small movement into a global religion? What were their contributions, both religiously and politically?

How did religious, social, political, and technological factors contribute to the Protestant Reformation? Why did the Reformation set off a new pattern of rapidly splintering Christian groups?

What is evangelicalism? How did it spread in the United States and Great Britain during the early nineteenth century? How did it differ from the Puritanism that preceded it?

• During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, liberals and fundamentalists fought for the right to define Christianity. How did their views of modernity and Christianity differ?