The greatest religious influences in Southeast Asia (except for the Philippines) are Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. Religious fundamentalism in Southeast Asia is generally associated with these three faiths, and even in the Philippines— the only...

Protestant Christianity is the fastest-growing religion in China. In 1949, the number of Protestant Christians was only around 700,000; but by 2000 the official estimate had reached approximately 15 million. Reliable unofficial sources claim at least...

Christianity: Protestantism FOUNDED: 1517 C.E. RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 5.8 percent Overview Along with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism is one of the three major branches of Christianity. It is divided into...

PROTESTANTISM. [This article provides an overview of the Protestant branch of Christian religion. The historical origins of Protestantism are examined in Reformation. Particular manifestations of Protestantism are discussed in Denominationalism and in...

Protestantism encompasses the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with the doctrines of the Reformation. The word Protestant is derived from the Latin protestatio meaning declaration which refers to the letter of protestation by...

PETER MARSHALL AND ALEC RYRIE, EDS. The Beginnings of English Protestantism. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 235, index. $20.00 (paper). Peter Marshall and Alec Ryrie have brought together a series of studies that wrestle with the nature of English Protestantism...

The advance of modernity does not necessarily lead to a decline in religion. Protestantism is built on the tenet of 'by faith alone'. The uncertainty that modern pluralism - even relativism - fosters can be incorporated into a strong religious faith. In the...

Ruth GrahamMONTREAT, N.C. (AP) _ Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, has died. She was 87.Graham died Thursday at her home at Little Piney Cove, surrounded by her husband and...

Here are Bill Kristol and Lawrence F. Kaplan (in The War Over Iraq, 2003): "That things might be worse without [Saddam] is of course a possibility. But... it is difficult to imagine how... Nevertheless, Powell and others have argued that if the United States alienates...

An examination of the effects that the emergence of Protestantism in England had on literature, using William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" as an example.

The major divisions of the Protestantism are Baptist, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Methodist, Lutheranism, Unitarianism, and Quakers. ( The divisions of Protestantism are just an example of the continued fragmentation of the churches.