Western Religions In 16th-Century Christianity

Religion is the essential drive that binds a race or religious groups together, and it provides it with a sense of existence. It does this by adding a method to life, by guiding and teaching people all of the aspects to living. Day after day people turn to religion and God to discover answers and seek advice with there problems or for other assorted reasons. People turn to religion to try and make sense and understanding of the world that can often seem too stressful and meaningless, to rise above however with faith; it gives the impression of meaning. Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are of the three most popular religions that rest on the establishment of a individual creator assumption and are therefore called western religions. As

The Protestant Reformation, often referred to simply as the Reformation, was the separation within Western Christianity initiated by the most notable reformer Martin Luther a German theologian. He and many other brave and controversial figures helped reshape and revolutionize the face of Christianity. Luther began by denouncing the selling of indulgences, insisting that the pope had no authority over hell and that the Catholic doctrine of the merits of the saints had no establishment in the faith of the

The Age of Enlightenment grew to challenge Christianity as a whole, it was a time period in which cultural and social changes occurred emphasizing reason, analysis and individualism rather than traditional ways of thinking generally elevating human reason above divine revelation, and down-graded religious authorities. The Age of Enlightenment was initiated by philosophes beginning in late 17th-century Western Europe the process of change fueled from voluntary organizations of men who were committed to the betterment of society. The Enlightenment was a time in which men thought they were no longer in need of a religious perspective to explain the world. Through the power of their own reason, men believed that they could understand and explain the world better than religious and/or superstitious