Mainline Protestant Christianity - Assignment Example

As opposed to the traditional Calvinism which emphasizes human immorality while strongly promoting the notion of God’s sovereignty and the predestination doctrine, modernism takes on a different approach by incorporating a ‘rational’ touch in theology. Followers of the modernist approach respond frequently to the knowledge and science that prevails in the modern era and in doing so, they are not reluctant to seek scientific explanations of the facts that are discussed in religious writings and scriptures. In addition to this, the modernists also questioned the older understanding and meanings of biblical scriptures and made attempts to bring forth improved explanations of the prevailing biblical words.

The followers of liberal mainline Protestant Christianity believe in the existence of a Deity i.e. Trinity that includes the Father, the Holy Spirit, and the Son. They believe that symbolically speaking, Jesus Christ is a manifestation or incarnation of God. God is the creator of the universe and evidence that arises as a result of scientific experimentation supports this notion. They also believe that death is not the end; evil will be punished while good acts will be rewarded in the afterlife (Albanese 106).