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Church and Denominations - Coggle Diagram
Church and Denominations
Definition of a Church
Wallis
Formally tied to the state (Church of England, with the monarch at the head of the state and Bishops in the House of Lords)
Hierarchy in the Church, with Bishops at the top
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Churches claim that their interpretation of faith is the only legitimate or correct one - monopoly of truth
Universal membership - 8.5 million people identified with the CoE in 214 and 9% identified with Catholic Church
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Evaluation (AO3)
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Concept of a Church is too Christocentric, and would be more interesting to focus on Islam, as it is the fastest growing and not affected by secularisation
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Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life confirmed in 2015 that Britain was too religiously diverse for the concept of the Church to be appropriate
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Denominations
Niebuhr
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Clergy but more loose, likely to be voluntary
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Stark and Bainbridge
'A group that shares several, but not all features of a Church'
Denominations start life as a sect - a breakaway group from mainstream, and become a denomination as they grow in size and importance
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Becker
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Less strict, or if the leader dies
AO2
Pentecostalism
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A pastor is viewed as the shepherd, and can be appointed though a personal calling or by the leaders of the Pentecostal Church
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Lehmann - phases
Pentecostalism started to spread and became more popular - 250 million members due to combination of Christian beliefs with local religious beliefs
For example, spirit possession cults belief combined with Holy Spirit beliefs - rituals / exorcisms performed
Christian missionaries go to colonial countries and convert them to Christianity, suppressing local religion