Cultural Christian is a broad term describing individuals who identify themselves as Christian, but who generally would not be described by other, more religious Christians, as active in their faith. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth These so-called cultural Christians put more emphasis on tradition and pragmatic matters than do their more religious brethren, whom they accuse of propagating a superficial type of Christianity based on outward signs of religious belief or fervor (such those of dancing, singing catchy tunes, healing, and others). The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem acc of traditio which means "a giving up delivering up surrendering" and is used in a number of The term "cultural Christian" usually is used pejoratively by more religious, usually fundamentalist, Christians, or those belonging to charismatic movements, to describe these individuals, whose spiritual understanding or practice they see as underdeveloped, superficial, or lacking obvious fervor. Words and phrases are pejorative if they imply disapproval or contempt Fundamentalism refers to a "deep and totalistic commitment" to a belief in and strict adherence to a set of basic principles (often Religious in nature a reaction The term charismatic movement describes the adoption from the early twentieth century onwards of certain beliefs typical of those held by Pentecostal Christians — specifically

In Chinese context, "Cultural Christian" is related with the movement of "Sino-Christian Theology", which, however, happens to render the term "Cultural Christian" problematic, ambiguous, vague, mislocated and out-fashioned.

The recently formed England Society was setup to promote Cultural Christianity from a civic viewpoint rather than a religious one.

Evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins has described himself as a cultural Christian. Atheism Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941 is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and Popular science ^[1]

See also

• Fundamentalist Christianity
• Secularism

References

1. ^ BBC News 10 December 2007 Dawkins: I'm a cultural Christian

Fundamentalist Christianity, also known as Christian Fundamentalism or Fundamentalist Evangelicalism, is a movement that arose mainly within British and Secularism is generally the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from Religion or religious beliefs

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