RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Grape

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 131
• Professor: John H.Young

Document Summary

Significant variation in christian practices: western christianity splintered as a result of the protestant reformation. Because of a major world-wide effort by western christian missionaries in the 19 th and early 20th centuries, those divisions were replicated elsewhere in the world. Christians expected to engage in individual practices of their tradition (e. g. , prayer), but the primary worship focus is on communal gatherings. Rationale: christians believe that jesus was raised from the dead on the first day of the week; very the beginning of the faith tradition, christians have gathered for worship on that day. Some christian groups for whom saturday is the primary day for weekly communal worship. Great variation in what happens and in length. Music based on ethnic of the nation, folk, country, classical. Prayers (usually including what is known as the lord"s prayer, a prayer christians believe jesus offered to his immediate followers during his life time as a model for how to pray.