What is Western Christian culture?

Western Christianity is one of two sub-divisions of Christianity (Eastern Christianity being the other). Western Christianity is composed of the Latin Church and Protestantism, together with their offshoots such as the Old Catholic Church, Independent Catholicism and Restorationism.

What is considered the Western Church?

the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.

Who brought Christianity to Western Europe?

Since at least the legalization of Christianity by the Roman Emperor Constantine in the 4th century, Europe has been an important centre of Christian culture, even though the religion was inherited from the Middle East and important Christian communities have thrived outside Europe such as Oriental Orthodoxy and the …

Is Christianity a Western or Eastern religion?

Eastern religions include: Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Confucianism. Western religions include Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism, Puritanism, Judaism, and Evangelicalism. Eastern religions are polytheistic and Western religions are monotheistic.

Does Western culture stem from Judeo-Christian values?

Had Western culture stemmed from Judeo-Christian values, we would be having a bleak theocracy in the West. Instead, the secular democracy stands against all that is represented by religious fundamentalism – feudalism and serfdom.

Is Western civilization really based on Judaism and Christianity?

Judeo-Christian values are based on western civilization. The premise here is that the values championed, if not always upheld, by western civilization are found and rooted in Judaism and Christianity. This ignores historical process. Neither sprang into the world fully formed like…oh, you know, that deity and the head of that other deity.

Did Judeo-Christian values create democracy?

The word ‘democracy’ owes its roots to the Greek words demos (people) and kratos (power). Judeo-Christian values did not give birth to democracy. Ancient Athens did, so did its predecessors in Vaishali, an ancient Indian state which flourished in 6 th Century BCE, and practiced Gana Sangha.

Is there a philosophical basis of Western values in Christianity?

Another claim is that there is some kind of philosophical basis of western values in Judeo-Christianity; and if we remove religion, the foundation for our Enlightenment values will have been removed along with it and our civilization will soon crumble. Some make both of these claims, but I think they should be separated.