A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians
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A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians is an influential late-18th-century evangelical Christian treatise critiquing nominal Christianity and urging a more authentic, active faith.
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Target entity: A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians Context triple: [William Wilberforce, authorOf, A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians]
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The Christian System
The Christian System is a 19th-century theological work by Alexander Campbell that systematically presents the doctrines and principles of the Restoration Movement within Protestant Christianity.
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Commentary on True and False Religion
"Commentary on True and False Religion" is a 1525 theological treatise by Swiss Reformer Huldrych Zwingli that systematically contrasts what he saw as genuine Christian faith with the errors and abuses of the late medieval Catholic Church.
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C.
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The Reasonableness of Christianity is a 1695 theological treatise by John Locke arguing that the core of Christian faith is a simple, rational belief in Jesus as the Messiah rather than adherence to complex doctrinal systems.
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D.
The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
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E.
Institutes of the Christian Religion
Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin’s seminal 16th-century theological work that systematically outlines Reformed Protestant doctrine and became a foundational text of Calvinism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians Target entity description: A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians is an influential late-18th-century evangelical Christian treatise critiquing nominal Christianity and urging a more authentic, active faith.
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A.
The Christian System
The Christian System is a 19th-century theological work by Alexander Campbell that systematically presents the doctrines and principles of the Restoration Movement within Protestant Christianity.
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B.
Commentary on True and False Religion
"Commentary on True and False Religion" is a 1525 theological treatise by Swiss Reformer Huldrych Zwingli that systematically contrasts what he saw as genuine Christian faith with the errors and abuses of the late medieval Catholic Church.
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C.
The Reasonableness of Christianity
The Reasonableness of Christianity is a 1695 theological treatise by John Locke arguing that the core of Christian faith is a simple, rational belief in Jesus as the Messiah rather than adherence to complex doctrinal systems.
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D.
The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
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E.
Institutes of the Christian Religion
Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin’s seminal 16th-century theological work that systematically outlines Reformed Protestant doctrine and became a foundational text of Calvinism.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
Christian devotional literature
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Christian theological work ⓘ book ⓘ religious treatise ⓘ |
| addresses |
dangers of cultural Christianity
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relationship between faith and morality ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
promote genuine Christian discipleship
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reform religious practice in society ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Clapham Sect ⓘ |
| associatedWith | British evangelical revival ⓘ |
| author | William Wilberforce ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain ⓘ |
| critiques |
formalism in religion
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moral laxity among professing Christians ⓘ separation of belief from practice ⓘ |
| denominationalContext | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
practical charity
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social responsibility of Christians ⓘ the atonement ⓘ the authority of Scripture ⓘ the centrality of Christ ⓘ the necessity of regeneration ⓘ the work of the Holy Spirit ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1797 ⓘ |
| genre | didactic religious literature ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late 18th century Britain ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important work in evangelical Anglican tradition
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influential in shaping evangelical social conscience ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century evangelicalism
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Protestant social reform movements ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
call to authentic Christian faith
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critique of nominal Christianity ⓘ emphasis on personal conversion ⓘ importance of practical holiness ⓘ integration of faith and daily life ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Evangelical Christianity
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linked to:
Evangelicalism
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| targetAudience |
educated laypeople
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professing Christians ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | evangelical ⓘ |
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