Open AccessTransformations of the socio-theological position of Ukrainian evangelical Protestantism
Author(s) -
Mychailo Cherenkov
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2008.45.1905
Subject(s) - protestantism , openness to experience , religious studies , ukrainian , identity (music) , christianity , sociology , theology , political science , philosophy , psychology , aesthetics , social psychology , linguistics
Ukrainian evangelical Protestantism is a significant factor in the religious life of the country, not only because of its quantitative characteristics, but also because of its differentness, the identity of dominant national traditions and the situation of political situations. Representing the Eastern image of Western Christianity, the openness to the spiritual experience of the world church community, the evangelical communities are the most dynamic in their development, in new attempts at topical theological synthesis, and in establishing inter-denominational bridges. Evangelical Protestantism means, above all, evangelical Baptist Christians and Evangelical Christians, separating them, on the one hand, from the historical churches and, on the other, from the latest Protestant movements.