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1. Concept and definitionCharity is a key concept in Christian-Jewish ethics and is based on the biblical statements about love. Fundamental to charity is the relationship between the love of God, which has its basis in the New Testament double commandment of love (Mark 12.28-34) and is interpreted in different ways in the history of theology. The commandment to love God (Deut 6.4f.) and to love one's neighbor (Lev 19.18) becomes summarized in the Christian love commandment, the highest commandment…

The term popular theology refers generally to popular forms of communicating theology, which serve to popularize religious issues, making use of diverse media including literature, art, and a religious lecture culture that emerged in the 19th century [5]. Originally the term denoted a specific genre of theological literature in the late Enlightenment that was concerned with communicating theology on a scholarly but popular level to interested members of the intelligentsia.While conveying the content of the Christian religion to literate laity had always been…

Sunday (Latin  dies solis, German Sonntag), originally the second day of the Greco-Roman planetary week (in which each day was named for one of the planets), has left a deeper mark on European cultural history than any other day of the week. As the day following the Jewish Sabbath (Holidays 2.), it acquired its extraordinary significance from the resurrection of Jesus Christ (Matt 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20), which earned it the honorific  the Lord’s Day (Rev 1:10) and, after the emergence of the Christian community, led to regular worship on Sundays [2]. The theological aspect w…